Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Storm
Floyd | Rain pelts down from the thick clouds above, feeding rivers that wind
Floyd | through warped and improbable rock formations. Air pressure and
Floyd | temperature are tolerable, but the pure carbon dioxide atmosphere is
Floyd | unbreathable for even the hardiest diasporans. Every building -
Floyd | civilian or military - is a robust fortress or sunken bunker.
Floyd | Overground traffic consists of a few rugged all-terrain rovers.
Floyd |
Floyd | A uniformed general meticulously maintains his garden under a
Floyd | reinforced dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | An off-duty soldier throws back drinks in an underground bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting in the lee of an austere building, military-issue breather
Floyd | mask held over his face, is a homeless veteran.
Floyd |
Floyd | A combat synthetic skulks around the landing pad in ill-fitting
Floyd | civilian clothes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Btw, I think you can jump without having to launch first."
		DavidW says, "oo, a garden"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that might be."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to general" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GENERAL
Floyd |
Floyd | He wears mixed-terrain camouflage fatigues and brightly coloured
Floyd | gardening gloves.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good day, captain. Admiring my little domed oasis? Those spiked
Floyd | bubble-plants are from Khamsin. The pond vines are descended from
Floyd | native Skadi flora. And that willow tree? Well, I picked it up during
Floyd | a police action on Unity. It has sentimental value, even if it's ugly
Floyd | as sin."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Unity?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record unity" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD UNITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Unity in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Must be in Imago space I imagine."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, not "must.""
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to soldier" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cyborgs to the left of us, bioroids to the right. The Commonwealth's
Floyd | the only place left where you can find true humans." Her
Floyd | gills swell with suppressed rage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "afk for a few. Bathroom break needed."
		Knight_Otu wonders what a "true" human looks like in this universe.
		DavidW says, "back"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to veteran" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VETERAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're a vagabond, captain? Me too. Used my old buddies still in the
Floyd | service to get hold of this classified intelligence report,
Floyd | fresh up-to-date. Gotta be worth at least 5k credits. I don't want to
Floyd | know what you do with it. I don't care. Gave my heart and soul at the
Floyd | Battle of Franklin and damned if I got any loyalty back from them
Floyd | after."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have to admit, I'm also getting tired early."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record franklin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD FRANKLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Franklin in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Do you want a short session today then?"
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to synthetic" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SYNTHETIC
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please. My name is Link-J. They made me to kill, but I don't want to.
Floyd | Please, take me to Venter so I can be with my people. I only
Floyd | have 13k credits, but it's all yours."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I still want to see the surface of Meriel's planet."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can do that."
		DavidW says, "oo, new crew member."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take link" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LINK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you. I will require little in the way of sustenance."
Floyd |
Floyd | Link-J moves his few belongings into one of your ship's smaller
Floyd | cabins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Might be a while until we reach Venter."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to nereus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NEREUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Storm
Floyd | An unbroken layer of cloud leaves this planet an almost featureless
Floyd | grey sphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Commonwealth military fleet is in orbit: hulking warships
Floyd | ready to jump into trouble at a moment's notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Commodore Lyulf commands the planet's considerable orbital
Floyd | defence network.
Floyd |
Floyd | A merchant service fuel tanker services civilian traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably in the Starbucks system."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Nereus
Floyd | Airy, simple buildings break up a multi-coloured and chemically
Floyd | unstable mix of diasporan and native flora. The ocean sparkles at the
Floyd | horizon in every direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nereus' most famous resident is the radical artist Tomer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nervous girl paces the pier, twirling her parasol.
Floyd |
Floyd | A marine biologist lives out of his submersible, washing strung
Floyd | between two palm trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of surfers lounge around a beach barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Beach planet."
		DavidW says, "Hippieville"
		Guenni nods.
		DavidW says, "please talk to all of them."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to tomer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TOMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You find him to be surprisingly accessible. Also wild-eyed and
Floyd | moustachioed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You will buy this decompressionist statue. The last one I will
Floyd | ever make. Now I spit on the decompressionists. They are stale and
Floyd | trite. 1k credits. I'm charging you too much. I should pay you to take
Floyd | this garbage away. But I must eat."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And we can't even examine it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Starving artists."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You didn't get this far as a space captain by needing to examine
Floyd | everything that's plainly in front of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to girl" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | She notices you from a distance and calls out. "You! Space captain!
Floyd | Excellent! I need something romantic and surprising and exotic and
Floyd | perfect. You must have found something like that somewhere right?
Floyd | Please, it's very important..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But that's four things at once!"
		DavidW asks, "Are oxygen tanks romantic?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I have some doubts about that."
		Guenni says, "I think some plant is."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to biologist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BIOLOGIST
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes his head. "Nereus was settled too early in the diaspora.
Floyd | Before we knew better. What I wouldn't give for the quarantine they
Floyd | have on Skadi. This ecosystem will never be the same again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to surfers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SURFERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Their necks are gilled, their hands and feet webbed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Man," one says, "what a mindscrew that Autark is in the Commonwealth
Floyd | and Jarland isn't."
Floyd |
Floyd | Her friend shrugs. "Jarland values its independence, dude."
Floyd |
Floyd | Another butts in: "And Autark would be just another lawless backwater
Floyd | getting owned by the amalgs without the Commonwealth fleet only a gate
Floyd | away."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we ever go to Autark?"
		Guenni says, "That's farther away."
		Knight_Otu says, "No, we skipped that to get the heat shield."
		Guenni says, "Oh, ok."
		DavidW says, "That's where Niv wants his $$$$, but it's in the Commonwealth."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right, Niv. Almost forgot that guy."
		DavidW says, "Larry Niv."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we do a tour of the remaining commonwealth?"
		DavidW says, "Please."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khamsin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHAMSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | Skyscrapers cluster together in the planet's only city, a small
Floyd | metropolis at the heart of a barren, dusty wasteland.
Floyd |
Floyd | A party of robed hunters has made camp outside the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A caravan of nomads circumnavigates the planet's tiny ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rella camps out in the spikelands.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young man sits playing a handheld game in the shade of the
Floyd | landing pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We could also talk to our new crewmember."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to link" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LINK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, when will we arrive at Venter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh well"
		Knight_Otu says, "It'll be a bit of an Adventure, Link."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to hunters" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Protected from the harsh elements by billowing robes, they peer at you
Floyd | through tinted goggles. One of them steps forward to speak halting
Floyd | Nacrese.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is the last of our sand dragon meat. For 2k."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Iason might want that."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we could smuggle that to... right."
		DavidW asks, "oh, we have to smuggle it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't know if it would be smuggling, but that security guy in the system said something about flora and fauna smuggling."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to nomads" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NOMADS
Floyd |
Floyd | They walk on elongated, webbed feet and watch you through thickly
Floyd | lashed eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This pilgrimage is harder than even the ancestors decreed. In their
Floyd | time this ocean was freshwater. Now it is brine."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rella" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | Long, dark-blonde hair spills out around her utilitarian gas mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "These lands are harsh and strange, but if you respect them, you can
Floyd | still find a home here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to man" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why did you even come to this hole? I'm Mirek. I'm tired and I'm
Floyd | bored to death. Can I catch a ride to Xanadu? I'll pay you 20k.
Floyd | Life is easy there, not like this place."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record Xanadu" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD XANADU
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Xanadu in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we buy the meat?"
		DavidW says, "I kinda want to, yes. But I wish I knew if it will be confiscated or not."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 3k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "You can't get into complicated trouble in this game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy meat" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 1k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the sand dragon meat for 2k credits, leaving you with 1k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read trading" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 1k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ TRADING
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -Besnik, selling an autodoc unit (Surface of Pearl)
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd | -shipping-and-receiving clerk, selling a large oxygen canister
Floyd | (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Tomer, selling a decompressionist statue (Surface of Nereus)
Floyd | -red hot diver, selling an unauthorised specimen (Subsurface of Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | coastal nomads (Surface of Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of
Floyd | Nereus), Chef Elin (Subsurface of Skadi), Chef Iason (Subsurface of
Floyd | Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some sand dragon meat
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Guenni), "No space jails? No space wars? No space pirates?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, we can buy a personal weapon."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to skadi" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 1k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SKADI
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Skadi
Floyd | A bright white moon, its surface smoothed over by cryovolcanic snow.
Floyd | There are very few lights visible on its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small squadron of private security ships monitor traffic in the
Floyd | system, led by the infamous combat synthetic, Kala-D.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "No jail in which we'll land."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 1k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Subsurface of Skadi
Floyd | A sealed, metal-sided citadel grasps the underside of the frozen
Floyd | surface: an upside-down, underwater city. Plant fronds dangle into
Floyd | depths where strange silhouettes swim and dart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarantine is a way of life on Skadi. Most citizens wear cleansuits
Floyd | and face masks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many parts of the city are closed to you, but the canteen run by
Floyd | Chef Elin and Chef Iason is open to all.
Floyd |
Floyd | A researcher picks sadly at his food in the canteen.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red hot diver melts through the ice far from the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell meat" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 1k                                          Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to sell the sand dragon meat to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "no boat no phone no motorcar"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "iason" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > IASON
Floyd |
Floyd | "The meat of a Diasporan animal gone wild. Sand dragon. A delicacy on
Floyd | its own world, let alone on this world of limited menus. 11k credits.
Floyd | A fair price, you agree?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 12k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Subsurface of Skadi
Floyd | A sealed, metal-sided citadel grasps the underside of the frozen
Floyd | surface: an upside-down, underwater city. Plant fronds dangle into
Floyd | depths where strange silhouettes swim and dart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarantine is a way of life on Skadi. Most citizens wear cleansuits
Floyd | and face masks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many parts of the city are closed to you, but the canteen run by
Floyd | Chef Elin and Chef Iason is open to all.
Floyd |
Floyd | A researcher eats intermittently in the canteen.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red hot diver melts through the ice far from the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to researcher" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RESEARCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Would you believe it, the food is actually getting better round here?
Floyd | It still has its off days, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe the researcher has an opportunity for us later."
		DavidW says, "hm. The researcher might discover something if the food is better."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "Last stop, Autark."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to autark" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO AUTARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Skadi
Floyd | A bright white moon, its surface smoothed over by cryovolcanic snow.
Floyd | There are very few lights visible on its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small squadron of private security ships monitor traffic in the
Floyd | system, led by the infamous combat synthetic, Kala-D.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 12k
Floyd | Equipment: spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 5/5 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Passengers:
Floyd | Link-J (Venter)
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight manual, ship's log
Floyd | and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to leda" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LEDA
Floyd |
Floyd | Your transmission is refused immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But but..."
		DavidW says, "I bet if we were Beyonce, she'd talk to us."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think we're cut out for races yet."
		Guenni says, "She only takes cargo."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to silver" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SILVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Voluptuous and barely dressed; her hair spills out around her in a
Floyd | ridiculous cloud of floating curls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This race is a hyperbolic orbit out past the furthest moon. First
Floyd | place gets 6k, sixth place 1k. Our sixth racer just pulled out -
Floyd | overclocked reactor melting down or something - so even if you come in
Floyd | dead last you still make some creds. So, do you wanna race, captain?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		Guenni says, "And you're right about the races."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess it might be a free 1k?"
		Guenni says, "But I think you could make a bit of profit anyway."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's your ship called, then? Something fast-sounding, I hope."
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your ship is called the)>

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hey."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Suggestions?"
		Guenni asks, "Zuwarmdraussen please?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hah."
		DavidW asks, "Zu what?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Too hot outside."
		Guenni says, "It's german for to warm outside."
		DavidW says, "oh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "Zuwarmdraussen" 		

Floyd | (Your ship is called the)>
Floyd | > ZUWARMDRAUSSEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me make sure I got that right. Your ship is the Zuwarmdraussen?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		DavidW says, "Swarmdancer"
		DavidW says, "yes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now if you'll just sign these disclaimers, waivers and other things
Floyd | you don't need to read too carefully, you're ready to race!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You line your ship up alongside the other racers and plot your course
Floyd | past the furthest moon from the ice giant. Crowds waving banners press
Floyd | against the habitat's windows, their jubilant cries failing to carry
Floyd | across the vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glowing hologram of Silver throbs into existence beyond the starting
Floyd | line. "Ready..."

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | line. "Ready...""Set..."

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | line. "Ready...""Set...""GO!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You slam your ship's throttle to the max.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | You slam your ship's throttle to the max.The other racers, in their
Floyd | specialised ships, easily pull away from you, leaving you trailing far
Floyd | behind. By the time you reach the finish line, another glass-sided
Floyd | habitat, your underdog status seems to have won you some fans.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And crawling over the finish line in sixth place, it's the
Floyd | Zuwarmdraussen! It seems that sometimes you do get a prize
Floyd | just for taking part."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance ticks up 1k to 13k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu wonders if there's an opportunity to name the captain as well.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Autark
Floyd | Domes and arcologies crowd the horizon: spacious mansions, dirty
Floyd | communes, unregulated sweatshops and outlandish temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trendy office neighbours the landing pad, rented out by an
Floyd | entrepreneur for unspecified business.
Floyd |
Floyd | Luciano conducts his business in an avant-garde park,
Floyd | talking on multiple comm screens at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cyborg starship pilot drowns her sorrows in a holo-nudie bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | A legendary data thief by the name of Violet supposedly makes
Floyd | Autark her home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Snake will be in his private dome, surrounded by
Floyd | bodyguards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "That was the one part I never managed."
		Guenni says, "I never managed to win a race."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Well, we can buy a booster from matej. Maybe multiple ones, too."
		DavidW says, "This seems very Chicago."
		Guenni says, "It's not really important."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to entrepeneur" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ENTREPENEUR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to entrepreneur" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ENTREPRENEUR
Floyd |
Floyd | She lights a cigarette. "I don't even know how I made a profit on
Floyd | Pearl with all that red tape. This place is a paradise."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to luciano" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LUCIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | A handsome, well-dressed man with a winning smile and immaculate hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, I don't think you have an appointment. Have your people
Floyd | call my people."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to pilot" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PILOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Her silver skull sweeps back to an aerodynamic point. Not to go
Floyd | faster. Just to look good.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Name's spitfire6. Had a few too many close calls out there, but the
Floyd | deep black still calls to me. You need a pilot who can dodge amalgs
Floyd | for a couple of rounds, I'll work for an upfront fee of 5k."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pay her 5k credits?
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your loss, captain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to violet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VIOLET
Floyd |
Floyd | Violet only agrees to talk to you on a pre-paid vidphone. It's unclear
Floyd | whether the hard-femme punk on the screen is her real appearance or a
Floyd | simulation.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You want in to the Imago Republic and you don't want to jump through
Floyd | hoops? I got my hands on a private key from the 'roid Immigration
Floyd | Ministry on Venter. Don't ask how. So what I got now is the only
Floyd | guaranteed perfect forged visa chip in existence. 45k credits."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we have a new goalpost there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | A bodyguard stops you at the dome's entrance. "You got five million
Floyd | credits, captain? No? Turn around."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Don't we want to go to Venter anyway?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Yeah. Shall we try?"
		Guenni says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm about ready to collapse, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "Last system for today, then."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's an ancient, plasticky synthetic in a pre-Diasporan
Floyd | spacesuit and a ten-gallon hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're looking to make some creds, maybe get a visa chip? Well,
Floyd | you're in luck. Unlike some nations I could name, the Imago Republic
Floyd | respects sovereign territory. That said, sometimes fugitives from our
Floyd | law wind up abroad. To that end we offer sizeable rewards to those who
Floyd | can arrest them on our behalf."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hands you the Imago Republic's most wanted list. "We can
Floyd | always use more bounty hunters, captain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Bounty hunting, eh?"
		Guenni says, "Yep."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read wanted list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ WANTED LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - 50k reward
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - 50k reward
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - 25k reward
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - 25k reward
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "It's very lucrative."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Venter
Floyd | A synth-futurist city of wide open spaces and glass-sided buildings
Floyd | that would seem almost idyllic were it not sitting in the crater of an
Floyd | airless ice moon. Bioroid citizens stroll through the plazas and
Floyd | avenues in casual clothes, unbothered by the hard vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Space-suited refugees form a lengthy queue outside the Border
Floyd | Ministry, where they are turned away by a polite official.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many of the workers at the loading docks are shellskin
Floyd | immigrants.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scruffy scientist sits on his luggage beside the landing pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | Link-J disembarks, pausing to shake your hand, awkwardly. "My
Floyd | journey is far from over, but this part wouldn't have been possible
Floyd | without you. Here is the 13k I promised."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I get the strong feeling we have multiple pathways to success, depending on our values."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Guenni says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Bye, Link."
		Guenni says, "read list works."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we save here?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		
**** SESSION 2 **** 		
		Jacqueline asks, "Did you all finish last week, after I had to run away?"
		DavidW says, "I also tried to replay the beginning part of the game to remind myself what we've done so far."
Knight_Otu arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		DavidW says, "We did not finish, no."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm gonna take that as a no."
		Guenni says, "I'm also fine."
		Jacqueline says, "Perry is still running, so I'll just keep it in the same transcript."
		Knight_Otu says, "One does not simply earn 5 million credits."
		Guenni says, "Not even halfway there yet. I think."
		Guenni says, "And hi Knight."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We have some 40k, I think?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hi, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "Golly"
		DavidW says, "We sold our wine, bought a heat shield so we can land on atmospheric worlds, bought a map of the local area, and tried to race our ship for giggles."
		Knight_Otu says, "We Linked up a passenger, sold the wine, and also got a most wanted list."
		Guenni says, "Which you didn't inspect yet, I think."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember a wanted list."
		Knight_Otu says, "We also bought and sold some exotic meat."
		DavidW says, "oh right. Forgot about the meat."
		Knight_Otu says, "The wanted list if we want to go bounty hunting."
		DavidW says, "If we can also sell food plants to the meat buyer's partner, that unlocks something."
		Jacqueline says, "This is definitely a game of the old lady and her pig."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I don't know that story."
		Guenni asks, "What's that?"
		Knight_Otu says, "There are a number of other passengers we could take on, and some goods we could buy."
		Jacqueline says, "It's a favorite of mine from childhood. Basically an old woman buys a pig at market and is walking it home but it won't go over a stile, so she asks dog to bite the pig, but it won't. So she asks a stick (yes, a stick) to beat the dog, because the dog won't bite the pig and the pig won't go over the stile and she won't get home tonight. But thee stick won't."
		Guenni says, "Ah."
		Jacqueline says, "It goes on like that for some time."
		DavidW says, "oh. I remember a MASH episode where there was a long chain of favours."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, we are searching for a "friend" of Aurea who is - maybe - somewhere in another nation where we need a visa."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure this game is quite like that. It's just we're finding ever more opportunities for contacts and money."
		DavidW says, "Prex."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, but it's all tasks. I guess that's what's making me think of that."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
		Jacqueline says, "It's basically one giant fetch quest."
		DavidW says, "My replaying say that Prex went to someplace called Jarland."
		Jacqueline says, "Like a text version of Skyrim."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can talk to Aurea and she should tell us."
		DavidW says, "Aurea is very good at that, yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Less so on paying our fuel bill with the money she promised us."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, our save file name is cfsvtventer."
		Guenni says (to Jacqueline), "I remember feeling like a taxi with a very large trunk when playing the game, yes."
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		Knight_Otu says, "Also, we did a moderate amount of punning."
		DavidW says, "yes, yes, it's time for ad Venter."
		Guenni says, "So, I guess someone should start the ship. :-)"
		Knight_Otu asks, "What's the file name for the game?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		Roger says, "oh yeah, this"
		DavidW says, "cfsvtventer"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cfsvtventer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "There we are."
		DavidW says, "The game where we can look but never examine."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to aurea" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AUREA
Floyd |
Floyd | An unnaturally beautiful, golden-haired woman with a jagged scar
Floyd | across her face and a cheap robotic arm. She slouches in the
Floyd | co-pilot's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Prex knows more than anyone about getting out of Hardshell, so
Floyd | hopefully he can get me back in. He was last seen heading to Jarland."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We should be on the lookout for an amalg called Viscera."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dr Vosov-R on Diallo tried to scan Hardshell or something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yep, Jarland. Must be right next to Vase-land."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Venter
Floyd | A synth-futurist city of wide open spaces and glass-sided buildings
Floyd | that would seem almost idyllic were it not sitting in the crater of an
Floyd | airless ice moon. Bioroid citizens stroll through the plazas and
Floyd | avenues in casual clothes, unbothered by the hard vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Space-suited refugees form a lengthy queue outside the Border
Floyd | Ministry, where they are turned away by a polite official.
Floyd |
Floyd | Link-J has joined the queue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many of the workers at the loading docks are shellskin
Floyd | immigrants.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scruffy scientist sits on his luggage beside the landing pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Hang a right at the Pottery Nook."
		DavidW says, "I don't think we talked to any of these folk yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "Essentially the embassy world of the so-called Imago Republic."
		Knight_Otu says, "We didn't."
		DavidW says, "oh right, we can get a visa chip here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hopefully, at least."
		Knight_Otu says, "Link was our passenger."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to refugees" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO REFUGEES
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick a refugee at random. "I fought in the Battle of Franklin. Now
Floyd | here I am."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick a refugee at random. "I'm a bioroid if you can believe it.
Floyd | Just had the dumb luck to be gestated in some far flung shithole."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're currently bopping around the Diasporan Commonwealth, but the chip will, in theory, let us visit the Imago Republic."
		Knight_Otu says, "Venter doesn't quite belong to the Commonwealth, though."
		DavidW says, "hm. The Battle of Franklin is why the Imagos closed their borders."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick a refugee at random. "I couldn't get into the Commonwealth.
Floyd | Seems even less likely I'll get in here. But what choice do I have?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick a refugee at random. "Used to be a nomad. Looking for a
Floyd | home."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick a refugee at random. "Amalgs destroyed my home. I was lucky
Floyd | to get away."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, so this is a borderland sort of place, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to official" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO OFFICIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm afraid the Border Minister has been called away to Zhao. I have
Floyd | no authority to issue visa chips myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "An airport's waiting lounge at best."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Zhao" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD ZHAO
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Zhao in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to link" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LINK
Floyd |
Floyd | "As I said, my journey is far from over, but already I have made
Floyd | friends. Do not worry for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Beware of Ganons, Link."
		DavidW asks, "Who's the scientist?"
		Guenni says, "We brought him here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to immigrants" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO IMMIGRANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone who clearly warrants considerable respect among the workers
Floyd | beckons you into one of their break rooms. "Hey, captain. So life
Floyd | ain't so bad for us shellskin here on Venter. Working hard, sure, but
Floyd | we get visa chips at the end of our contracts. Those poor bastards
Floyd | outside the Border Ministry though..."
Floyd |
Floyd | She shakes her smooth, featureless head. "They're supposed to get
Floyd | help. But it doesn't always work out that way. Look, all I'm saying
Floyd | is, you get us some oxygen, we'll pay for it, see it gets distributed
Floyd | to who needs it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. There was an oxygen cannister for sale for 2k creds somewhere."
		Knight_Otu says, "Someone sold oxygen tanks, I recall."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -Besnik, selling an autodoc unit (Surface of Pearl)
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd | -shipping-and-receiving clerk, selling a large oxygen canister
Floyd | (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Tomer, selling a decompressionist statue (Surface of Nereus)
Floyd | -red hot diver, selling an unauthorised specimen (Subsurface of Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | coastal nomads (Surface of Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of
Floyd | Nereus), Chef Elin (Subsurface of Skadi), shellskin immigrants
Floyd | (Surface of Venter)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
		DavidW says, "clerk on Cygnet has it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to scientist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SCIENTIST
Floyd |
Floyd | An unshaven bioroid in a clean, white environment suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, captain. You look like someone who has seen the wilderness." He
Floyd | extends a hand. "Dr Pico-G. I'm looking to make observations of
Floyd | certain astronomical phenomena from a wide variety of perspectives.
Floyd | I've already collected data from across the Imago Republic, the
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth, Network..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks over your ship. "But I need to go farther afield. If you take
Floyd | me on board, I'll pay you 1k credits for every unaffiliated world we
Floyd | visit. I might even be able to wrangle a visa chip for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't remember the Network mentioned before."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's new, yes."
		Guenni says, "It's possible I mixed up two different people."
		DavidW says, "We should take him."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take scientist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SCIENTIST
Floyd |
Floyd | He boards your ship, swaying under bulging cases of equipment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pleased to be aboard, captain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We know of two unaffiliated worlds, I believe."
		DavidW asks, "Lonely Rock and uh... Boony?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So let's buy some oxygen, first?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to cygnet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CYGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. I take it back. This isn't a giant Skyrim fetchquest. It's the interminable task of carrying tradegoods around to get more money for paying your troops in Mount and Blade."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Cygnet
Floyd | A landscape of vast mining machines and small, perfunctory buildings.
Floyd | Superheavy cargo transports crawl along the oversized roads. Most of
Floyd | the people around are shellskins, the smaller number of spacesuited
Floyd | figures seeming strange and unwieldy by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several ships are being overhauled in the mechanised dry dock run by
Floyd | that sly dog, Matej.
Floyd |
Floyd | Devrim directs the haulage traffic from a squat, functional
Floyd | tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stern forewoman oversees the operation of a deuterium mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shipping and receiving clerk runs around the landing pad in
Floyd | a panic, clipboard clutched to his chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bona fide cyberpunk sips fluorescent booze in a back alley
Floyd | VR-bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to clerk" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CLERK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Everything is always a mess; everything is wrongly ordered,
Floyd | misdelivered, undelivered and late. Say, captain, want to buy a
Floyd | large oxygen canister for 2k credits? I need to get it off my
Floyd | landing pad to make way for a million other mistakes that haven't
Floyd | happened yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy canister" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CANISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the large oxygen canister for 2k credits, leaving you with 24k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Jarland, Unity, Franklin, Xanadu, Zhao
Floyd | and Diallo
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "by the way, if we buy a headset, I think we can talk to the, uh, comet wranglers, that were in orbit above Khamsin."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the fuel jockey for 1k credits
Floyd | each. 3 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 21k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 5 fusion cells out of 5 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 21k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Venter
Floyd | A synth-futurist city of wide open spaces and glass-sided buildings
Floyd | that would seem almost idyllic were it not sitting in the crater of an
Floyd | airless ice moon. Bioroid citizens stroll through the plazas and
Floyd | avenues in casual clothes, unbothered by the hard vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Space-suited refugees form a lengthy queue outside the Border
Floyd | Ministry, where they are turned away by a polite official.
Floyd |
Floyd | Link-J has joined the queue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many of the workers at the loading docks are shellskin
Floyd | immigrants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell canister to immigrants" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL CANISTER TO IMMIGRANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, captain. We can do a lot of good with this - make sure the
Floyd | most needy get it when they, well, most need it. We hope 10k credits
Floyd | is enough?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 31k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -Besnik, selling an autodoc unit (Surface of Pearl)
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd | -Tomer, selling a decompressionist statue (Surface of Nereus)
Floyd | -red hot diver, selling an unauthorised specimen (Subsurface of Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | coastal nomads (Surface of Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of
Floyd | Nereus), Chef Elin (Subsurface of Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "p works, but prospects doesn't."
		DavidW says, "Prospects just never works."
		DavidW says, "There's probably a typo version that does, but I haven't guessed it yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "propects" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROPECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a command you need to use. Type "about" if you want help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "prosects" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROSECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a command you need to use. Type "about" if you want help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds likely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "porspects" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PORSPECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a command you need to use. Type "about" if you want help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "prospecs" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PROSPECS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a command you need to use. Type "about" if you want help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "bah"
		Knight_Otu says, "I misremembered. I thought potential passengers would also show up."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pprospects" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PPROSPECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a command you need to use. Type "about" if you want help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 31k
Floyd | Equipment: spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, Dr Pico-G, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 5/5 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight
Floyd | manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "i and status do the same thing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "d = land; u = launch."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's nice"
		DavidW says, "You can also 'go to PLACE' even if you're on the surface of another world."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "We can try jumping to Zhao, where the border minister should be?"
		DavidW asks, "I guess?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to Zhao" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ZHAO
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Zhao
Floyd | Slender megastructures rise gleaming from the silvery continents
Floyd | below, arcing over oceans and snow-tipped mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | The muscled war beasts of the Imago Defence Fleet are in orbit,
Floyd | guns protruding from every orifice.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to fleet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FLEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Echoing voices transmit from the war beasts. You make out the words:
Floyd | "WE... ARE... WATCHING."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wish I had advance info on which planets are in which different regions."
		Guenni says, "You could record them, than use map."
		Knight_Otu says, "True. Some have context of course."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Warning signals and weapon lock-ons bombard your ship from the
Floyd | surface. You'll need a visa chip to land on this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Map doesn't tell you the info unless you've actually been there."
		Guenni says, "Ah ok."
		DavidW says, "Zhao is part of Imago Republic, I'm guessing now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Unfortunately, it seems we'll need a visa chip to get a visa chip."
		DavidW asks, "There was something about getting one illegally?"
		Guenni asks, "Didn't some surfer dudes talk about it wanting to stay independent?"
		Guenni asks, "Or do I mix things up?"
		DavidW says, "I only vaguely remember surfer dudes."
		Knight_Otu says, "There is a way to get a chip illegally, yes."
		DavidW says, "I'm not great at remembering so many characters in just one game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+ (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Jarland, Unity, Franklin, Xanadu and
Floyd | Diallo
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think the surfers were talking about Autark and Unity."
Plover arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Plover says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Floyd | A text-only space sim by C.E.J. Pacian
Floyd | Release 6 / Serial number 160316 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | (Type about if you have trouble getting started. Type
Floyd | credits to learn who made this possible.)
Floyd | Identification number: //44956A3D-87D6-4570-89DF-C57A8438B956//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Glulx Text Effects version 3 by Emily Short
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Credits: 31k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Since that jump was a bit of a waste."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Tour of the places of interest?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect most will be Imago territory."
		DavidW says, "sorry, was afk to use washroom"
		DavidW says, "I see. We un-visited Zhao."
		Knight_Otu says, "Since we can't do a whole lot there yet, yes."
Plover runs out of the room, with a smile on his face. 		DavidW says, "hm. Just noticing that the headjack is 25k. That's pretty pricey."
		Guenni says, "You could check the list for more places of interest."
		DavidW says, "yeah, we should probably visit more places or try to."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jarland" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JARLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Jarland is unaffiliated, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+ (not yet landed)
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Unity, Franklin, Xanadu, Zhao and Diallo
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Unexpected."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jarland
Floyd | The thin atmosphere is a subtle glow at the horizon, behind glass
Floyd | hemispheres large and small. Each dome brims with lush greenery and
Floyd | minimalist buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximo runs the Bell Jar Pub, an olde timey establishment
Floyd | filled with antique astronaut paraphernalia.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hard working jar farmer nurtures crops that bulge out against
Floyd | the side of his bubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pressure chief hurries from habitat to habitat in a bright
Floyd | yellow boiler suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim hauls cargo out of a low, ugly, opaque warehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The highest ranking official that'll talk to a random space captain is
Floyd | Minister Ramos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "'medusoid' sounds fun. Didn't want to talk to them?"
		DavidW says, "oo, crops."
		DavidW says, "we can use those."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think that was Venter, and the source of the most-wanted list."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to maximo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MAXIMO
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximo's arms are tattooed with rocket engine blueprints. He winks and
Floyd | pours you a drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | "To hear those Commonwealth types talk about it, you'd think Jarland
Floyd | was some lawless rogue world like Splinter, but we're a democratic
Floyd | state like any other. Just not interested in being part of anyone
Floyd | else's plans."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record splinter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD SPLINTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Splinter in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | His overalls hang from a pale and lanky frame that has never seen the
Floyd | outside of a dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Shipping crops interstellar gives you the thinnest profit margins -
Floyd | unless it's a true luxury, like this blue asparagus. 4k is a
Floyd | fair price, in my eyes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Don't visit Splinter until we have a gun."
		DavidW says, "Or four ninja turtles."
		Knight_Otu says, "Noted."
		Guenni says, "Yeah, I think that's a good idea."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy asparagus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ASPARAGUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the blue asparagus for 4k credits, leaving you with 28k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to chief" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | She wipes sweat from her brow with a grimy hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You think it's easy, so many people living in a near vacuum? Always
Floyd | checking for positive pressure and racing to find the leak. I'd kill
Floyd | for some help."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmm."
DavidW says, "There was a shellskin on Pearl." 		DavidW says, "oops"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can check back there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to phelim" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PHELIM
Floyd |
Floyd | His thick beard flows dangerously over the neck ring of his urban
Floyd | camouflage spacesuit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No world can be truly independent when the cyborgs and 'roids have
Floyd | banded together into their cartels. Even the Commonwealth is more
Floyd | interested in bullying smaller nations than furthering the diasporan
Floyd | cause."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ramos" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RAMOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall. Slender. Pale. The product of a carefully controlled
Floyd | environment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your friend here is from inside Hardshell?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea looks herself over, as if wondering what part of her ridiculous
Floyd | appearance gave it away. "You knew Prex?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I met him when he first arrived. It was pretty big news."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is he still here? I need to speak with him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Ramos shakes his head. "He never settled in. Claustrophobia. Sort of.
Floyd | Terrified of getting cut off from the Universe. Thought he'd feel
Floyd | closer to the vacuum living in a dome, but it wasn't enough."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Where is he now? Please."
Floyd |
Floyd | "A nomad worldship passed by some time ago. Prex talked his way on
Floyd | board. I think they were stopping by Source 3 for supplies, then
Floyd | heading off away from civilisation. No idea where you'd find them
Floyd | now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Source 3" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD SOURCE 3
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Source 3 in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess you're faster recording than I am."
		DavidW says, "By the time we find him, he'll have duplicated himself into Corn Prex and Rice Prex."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Deliver the asparagus first, and a side jump to Pearl?"
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "Good plan."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -Besnik, selling an autodoc unit (Surface of Pearl)
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd | -Tomer, selling a decompressionist statue (Surface of Nereus)
Floyd | -red hot diver, selling an unauthorised specimen (Subsurface of Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), coastal nomads (Surface of
Floyd | Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of Nereus), Chef Elin (Subsurface of
Floyd | Skadi)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some blue asparagus
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to skadi" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SKADI
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Skadi
Floyd | A bright white moon, its surface smoothed over by cryovolcanic snow.
Floyd | There are very few lights visible on its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small squadron of private security ships monitor traffic in the
Floyd | system, led by the infamous combat synthetic, Kala-D.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 28k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Subsurface of Skadi
Floyd | A sealed, metal-sided citadel grasps the underside of the frozen
Floyd | surface: an upside-down, underwater city. Plant fronds dangle into
Floyd | depths where strange silhouettes swim and dart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarantine is a way of life on Skadi. Most citizens wear cleansuits
Floyd | and face masks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many parts of the city are closed to you, but the canteen run by
Floyd | Chef Elin and Chef Iason is open to all.
Floyd |
Floyd | A researcher eats intermittently in the canteen.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red hot diver melts through the ice far from the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell asparagus to elin" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL ASPARAGUS TO ELIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Blue asparagus? Like real blue asparagus from Jarland? Do you know
Floyd | how much this is worth here? 12k. That's all I can offer you."
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 40k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 40k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Talk to the researcher now."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to researcher" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 40k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RESEARCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | "The food is so much better now it's crazy. I mean, I grew up on
Floyd | Sirona, so I'm not a gourmand or anything, but this is delicious."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Sirona" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 40k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD SIRONA
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Sirona in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "my my my Sirona"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 40k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Subsurface of Skadi
Floyd | A sealed, metal-sided citadel grasps the underside of the frozen
Floyd | surface: an upside-down, underwater city. Plant fronds dangle into
Floyd | depths where strange silhouettes swim and dart.
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarantine is a way of life on Skadi. Most citizens wear cleansuits
Floyd | and face masks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many parts of the city are closed to you, but the canteen run by
Floyd | Chef Elin and Chef Iason is open to all.
Floyd |
Floyd | A researcher wolfs down food in the canteen.
Floyd |
Floyd | A red hot diver melts through the ice far from the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "The diver sells that "specimen". Shall we?"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember what the specimen is all about."
		DavidW asks, "Where would we take it?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to diver" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 40k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Steam rises from her wetsuit. Empty jars clink at her belt. She levels
Floyd | a harpoon gun at you, in a not-too-unfriendly kind of way.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Unauthorised specimen. 2k. Cross me and regret it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hard to say."
		Knight_Otu says, "Now if only we could x it..."
		DavidW says, "sigh. yes."
		DavidW says, "Up to you. I'd wait."
		DavidW says, "But 2k isn't that much right now."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy specimen" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 38k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY SPECIMEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the unauthorised specimen for 2k credits, leaving you with 38k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I think I know where that one goes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to pearl" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 38k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO PEARL
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Skadi
Floyd | A bright white moon, its surface smoothed over by cryovolcanic snow.
Floyd | There are very few lights visible on its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small squadron of private security ships monitor traffic in the
Floyd | system, led by the infamous combat synthetic, Kala-D.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Pearl
Floyd | Moon of a storm-bedecked gas giant, jewel of the Diasporan
Floyd | Commonwealth: a world of blue seas, green continents and white clouds.
Floyd | Its night side glitters with artificial light.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Commonwealth Courier Co. has a floodlit spindle in low orbit.
Floyd | Viktoria doles out the packages, as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dejected freighter captain is awaiting repairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 38k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Pearl
Floyd | Blue skies; carefully managed fields and forests; air that's almost
Floyd | baseline-breathable. Elevated highways pass over the greenery with
Floyd | minimal impact, tangling together at the foot of narrow skyscrapers.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tallest spire reaches towards the gas giant above, satellite
Floyd | towers splitting off like branches: the Commonwealth Building itself.
Floyd | A cyborg representative allows citizens to query the government
Floyd | systems.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ambassador from the Imago Republic maintains a penthouse
Floyd | embassy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Besnik's small knickknack shop stands on splayed stilts, trees
Floyd | leaning out from beneath it in search of sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The landing pad is maintained by the shellskin, Katalin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably someone's ear, if it's a babelfish."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to katalin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 38k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KATALIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun gleams off her opalescent skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I know, a shellskin living on the most hospitable world in the
Floyd | Commonwealth. I've heard it all before. I may not need air, but I like
Floyd | forests and fields. And vacuum is only a short hop away, in any case."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, not her, then."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to besnik" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 38k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BESNIK
Floyd |
Floyd | Besnik's carefully cultivated oddball persona is completed by a
Floyd | patched waistcoat and antique pince-nez glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not got much here that'll interest a space captain. This autodoc
Floyd | unit maybe? It's a curio by modern standards, but some folks out
Floyd | there in the black might be lucky to have it. I'll let you take it
Floyd | away it for 2k credits."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy autodoc" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY AUTODOC
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the autodoc unit for 2k credits, leaving you with 36k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "No. :-)"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ambassador" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AMBASSADOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The ambassador is an unnaturally dignified woman in a neat business
Floyd | suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry," she tells you, "but I have no authority over the
Floyd | distribution of visa chips. The Immigration Ministry on Venter
Floyd | controls access to the Republic."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to cygnet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CYGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Pearl
Floyd | Moon of a storm-bedecked gas giant, jewel of the Diasporan
Floyd | Commonwealth: a world of blue seas, green continents and white clouds.
Floyd | Its night side glitters with artificial light.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Commonwealth Courier Co. has a floodlit spindle in low orbit.
Floyd | Viktoria doles out the packages, as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dejected freighter captain is awaiting repairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Cygnet
Floyd | A landscape of vast mining machines and small, perfunctory buildings.
Floyd | Superheavy cargo transports crawl along the oversized roads. Most of
Floyd | the people around are shellskins, the smaller number of spacesuited
Floyd | figures seeming strange and unwieldy by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several ships are being overhauled in the mechanised dry dock run by
Floyd | that sly dog, Matej.
Floyd |
Floyd | Devrim directs the haulage traffic from a squat, functional
Floyd | tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stern forewoman oversees the operation of a deuterium mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shipping and receiving clerk runs around the landing pad in
Floyd | a panic, clipboard clutched to his chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bona fide cyberpunk sips fluorescent booze in a back alley
Floyd | VR-bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to matej" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MATEJ
Floyd |
Floyd | Matej is a round-faced man in a comfortable spacesuit. His smile is
Floyd | almost as wide as his gut.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Back for more, captain? That fine ship of yours deserves the best.
Floyd | Here's what I'm selling:"
Floyd |
Floyd |  -wireless headjack - 25k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -external fuel pod - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -ion booster - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -autorevolver - 25k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -fishing rod - 2k  (allows you to fish)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "25k for a revolver is quite a bit."
		DavidW says, "I'm sure we can eventually afford his entire stock."
		Guenni nods.
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		DavidW says, "I want the headjack first of all those remaining, though."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to clerk" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CLERK
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've done a lot to help me, thanks, brilliant, now get out of
Floyd | my way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Stay a clerk forever, guy."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want something from Matej yet?"
		DavidW says, "I want the headjack, but I can wait."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd | -Tomer, selling a decompressionist statue (Surface of Nereus)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), coastal nomads (Surface of
Floyd | Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of Nereus)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | an autodoc unit and an unauthorised specimen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The comet wranglers are above Khamsin."
		Knight_Otu asks, "The nervous woman wanted some exotic flower, right?"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember. That intel report may be interesting too."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall what the nomadds wanted."
		Guenni says, "SHe wanted something hopelessly romantic. I guess a exotic flower could count."
		Knight_Otu says, "The report was 5k."
		Guenni says, "an."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "launch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "For all I know, a decompressionist statue is 'romantic'."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the industrial fuel rig for 1k
Floyd | credits each. 2 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 5 fusion cells out of 5 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have some doubts that we can just sell the statue on the same world."
		DavidW says, "true."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khamsin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHAMSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I don't remember that one."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to wranglers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WRANGLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They seem to speak a weird dialect unique to the outer reaches of this
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | Skyscrapers cluster together in the planet's only city, a small
Floyd | metropolis at the heart of a barren, dusty wasteland.
Floyd |
Floyd | A party of robed hunters has made camp outside the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A caravan of nomads circumnavigates the planet's tiny ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rella camps out in the spikelands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirek sits playing a handheld game in the shade of the landing
Floyd | pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to nomads" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NOMADS
Floyd |
Floyd | They walk on elongated, webbed feet and watch you through thickly
Floyd | lashed eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This pilgrimage is harder than even the ancestors decreed. In their
Floyd | time this ocean was freshwater. Now it is brine."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's why we need the headjack. We can't talk to the wranglers without it, I'm assuming."
		Knight_Otu nods.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - 50k reward
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - 50k reward
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - 25k reward
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - 25k reward
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Rella is on our list."
		Knight_Otu says, "Luciano is I believe on Autark."
		DavidW asks, "Can we just 'arrest' people?"
		Knight_Otu says, "But I don't think we should bounty-hunt without a weapon."
		DavidW says, "Don't we need a space tranq gun or something? yeah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I don't think we have much to do in the Commonwealth for now. Next of the places of interest?"
		DavidW says, "We didn't talk to anyone above Jarland."
		Knight_Otu asks, "On scrollback, I think there was only the fuel tanker?"
		DavidW says, "I saw two people to talk to."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jarland" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JARLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to tanker" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TANKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can refuel at the fuel tanker for 1k credits per unit of
Floyd | fuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Was I thinking of Zhao then?"
		DavidW says, "I forget now where the medusoid was."
		Knight_Otu says, "Zhao I think was only that fleet that was watching us."
		Knight_Otu says, "That was Venter, and the person who gave us the list, I#m pretty sure."
		DavidW says, "There's too many characters for me to keep track of in my head. I take copious notes for a reason."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Jarland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I can imagine. Just spectating is wearing me out."
		Guenni says, "You could put the poor folks out of their brine misery, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "lot's and lots of characters."
		DavidW asks (of Guenni), "How? Did we see a portable shower stall somewhere?"
		Guenni says, "I was listening with only one ear, but I think you bought what they need."
		Knight_Otu says, "We bought the autodoc and the specimen."
		DavidW says, "We bought an autodoc and a specimen. Neither seem to be anti-salt in any obvious way."
		Guenni says, "Yep."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell autodoc to nomads" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL AUTODOC TO NOMADS
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have simple needs and do not require such a thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell specimen to nomads" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SPECIMEN TO NOMADS
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have simple needs and do not require such a thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "you gotta shoot one of them first"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "uhh"
		Guenni says, "OOps! I thought the specimen was what they wanted. Sorry."
		DavidW says, "Please do not shoot the nomads because they are getting salty."
		Guenni says, "We don't have a weapon yet anyway."
		Roger says, "just part of a viral marketing campaign for the autodoc, now with real viruses"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we can jump to Unity for now?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe the comet wranglers sell ice comets and the nomads would like one of those."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		DavidW says, "Unity is okay, but I'm not a fan."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to unity" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO UNITY
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Unity
Floyd | Impact craters have thrown bright dust across the bronze surface of
Floyd | this planet. The relentless red blaze of the swollen nearby star has
Floyd | stripped any atmosphere it may once have had.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to pico" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PICO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unshaven bioroid in a clean, white environment suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've taken me to 2 worlds outside the Imago Republic, Network or
Floyd | the Diasporan Commonwealth, captain. I can't thank you enough, but the
Floyd | more data I can get, the better. And, don't forget, there may be a
Floyd | visa chip in this for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "land on this rock, I guess?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Did we know that we could get a visa from pico?"
		DavidW says, "If I did, I forgot."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall seeing that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Unity
Floyd | The settlement on this world is enclosed within thick, windowless
Floyd | radiation shields. The buildings are square, orderly and undecorated.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smiling face of Leader adorns his towering residence.
Floyd |
Floyd | You do your best to avoid the secret police agent that shadows
Floyd | your every move here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some disaffected youths hang out in the alley between two
Floyd | cuboid apartment blocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otherwise deserted landing pad is swept clean by a worker
Floyd | in a grey boiler suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "geez. This is an unpleasant place."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sensing much unity on Unity."
		Guenni agrees.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to worker" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WORKER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll always be grateful to Leader for taking me in. I'll die before I
Floyd | go back to Jag."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record jag" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD JAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Jag in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to youths" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO YOUTHS
Floyd |
Floyd | All grey boiler suits and shaved heads, tagging the wall with crude
Floyd | graffiti. One turns to you with piercing green eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't have to pretend. Our tags are awful. But this isn't the
Floyd | place to come see great art. If... someone were to bring us art from
Floyd | the outside, we'd be grateful."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah. Buyers for that statue."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah hah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to agent" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AGENT
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to look casual as you approach.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Greetings, outsider. I hope you are keeping your strange ideas to
Floyd | yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to leader" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LEADER
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard turns you away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Enough foreign assassins have taken advantage of Leader's hospitality
Floyd | in the past. Never again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Enjoy your stay, may it be short."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
		Guenni grins.
		Knight_Otu asks, "Go buy that statue?"
		DavidW says, "Sure. I like money. Sometimes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to nereus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NEREUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Unity
Floyd | Impact craters have thrown bright dust across the bronze surface of
Floyd | this planet. The relentless red blaze of the swollen nearby star has
Floyd | stripped any atmosphere it may once have had.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Nereus
Floyd | Airy, simple buildings break up a multi-coloured and chemically
Floyd | unstable mix of diasporan and native flora. The ocean sparkles at the
Floyd | horizon in every direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nereus' most famous resident is the radical artist Tomer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nervous girl paces the pier, twirling her parasol.
Floyd |
Floyd | A marine biologist lives out of his submersible, washing strung
Floyd | between two palm trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of surfers lounge around a beach barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy statue" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the decompressionist statue for 1k credits, leaving you with
Floyd | 34k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell specimen to girl" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SPECIMEN TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, it's exotic, I'll give you that. Also probably very difficult
Floyd | to look after off of Skadi, and maybe illegal to own? So, maybe
Floyd | something else, please?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
		DavidW asks, "What about the biologist? Is he buying?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to biologist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BIOLOGIST
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes his head. "Nereus was settled too early in the diaspora.
Floyd | Before we knew better. What I wouldn't give for the quarantine they
Floyd | have on Skadi. This ecosystem will never be the same again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. He won't want it."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think he's just relating setting details."
		Guenni says, "Trying rarely hurts."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell specimen to biologist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SPECIMEN TO BIOLOGIST
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't look impressed. "So here I am extolling the virtues of the
Floyd | Skadi quarantine, and you expect me to be impressed that you broke
Floyd | it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Good point."
		Guenni says, "Ok, Ok. You were right."
		DavidW says, "I just don't want to be adde to our wanted list."
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), disaffected youths (Surface of
Floyd | Unity), coastal nomads (Surface of Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of
Floyd | Nereus)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a decompressionist statue, an autodoc unit and an unauthorised
Floyd | specimen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Statue to Unity, I guess, next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure. We have some fuel to spare."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to unity" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO UNITY
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Unity
Floyd | Impact craters have thrown bright dust across the bronze surface of
Floyd | this planet. The relentless red blaze of the swollen nearby star has
Floyd | stripped any atmosphere it may once have had.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Unity
Floyd | The settlement on this world is enclosed within thick, windowless
Floyd | radiation shields. The buildings are square, orderly and undecorated.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smiling face of Leader adorns his towering residence.
Floyd |
Floyd | You do your best to avoid the secret police agent that shadows
Floyd | your every move here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some disaffected youths hang out in the alley between two
Floyd | cuboid apartment blocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | The otherwise deserted landing pad is swept clean by a worker
Floyd | in a grey boiler suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh yeah, don't run out of fuel."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell statue to youths" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL STATUE TO YOUTHS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Decompressionism? Dated, but it still flies here. We just take what
Floyd | we can get. 7k?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 41k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "maybe there's some way to forge papers for the thingy"
		Roger says, "but unloading it is good too"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Splinter, Sirona, Jag, Franklin, Xanadu,
Floyd | Zhao, Diallo and Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Franklin?"
		DavidW asks, "fuel?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We have fuel to jump back to the commonwealth after that."
		DavidW says, "Eventually, we'll probably use up more than 1 unit of fuel for 1 jump."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Possibly not. But I won't swear on it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to franklin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO FRANKLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Unity
Floyd | Impact craters have thrown bright dust across the bronze surface of
Floyd | this planet. The relentless red blaze of the swollen nearby star has
Floyd | stripped any atmosphere it may once have had.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The fuel warning light blinks on.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Franklin
Floyd | Dust chokes the atmosphere of this world, obscuring the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrails of a dead war beast form a gruesome planetary
Floyd | ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to beast" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | The corpse broadcasts a looping cry for vengeance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Franklin
Floyd | Ash clouds drift across the broken remains of megastructures and
Floyd | arcologies. Long dead synthetic flora clings to every surface, frozen
Floyd | in the act of clambering desperately towards the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now only rampant biomechanical scavengers remain to pick
Floyd | through the ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | A thin line of red light shines from the laser eye of an
Floyd | eviscerated amalg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to scavengers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SCAVENGERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They reply in a broken mishmash of stolen words. You can't make out
Floyd | any meaning in what they say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to eye" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | The laser eye is not something you can talk to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take the eye" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE THE EYE
Floyd |
Floyd | It comes out with a wet pop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ew."
		DavidW says, "finders, keepers!"
		Guenni points to the ewww channel.
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we want that com thing for the scavengers as well."
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to cygnet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CYGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Franklin
Floyd | Dust chokes the atmosphere of this world, obscuring the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrails of a dead war beast form a gruesome planetary
Floyd | ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Red lights blink on around the cockpit. You're out of fuel.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the industrial fuel rig for 1k
Floyd | credits each. 5 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 37k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 5 fusion cells out of 5 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 37k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Cygnet
Floyd | A landscape of vast mining machines and small, perfunctory buildings.
Floyd | Superheavy cargo transports crawl along the oversized roads. Most of
Floyd | the people around are shellskins, the smaller number of spacesuited
Floyd | figures seeming strange and unwieldy by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several ships are being overhauled in the mechanised dry dock run by
Floyd | that sly dog, Matej.
Floyd |
Floyd | Devrim directs the haulage traffic from a squat, functional
Floyd | tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stern forewoman oversees the operation of a deuterium mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shipping and receiving clerk runs around the landing pad in
Floyd | a panic, clipboard clutched to his chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bona fide cyberpunk sips fluorescent booze in a back alley
Floyd | VR-bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to matej" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 37k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MATEJ
Floyd |
Floyd | Matej is a round-faced man in a comfortable spacesuit. His smile is
Floyd | almost as wide as his gut.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Back for more, captain? That fine ship of yours deserves the best.
Floyd | Here's what I'm selling:"
Floyd |
Floyd |  -wireless headjack - 25k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -external fuel pod - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -ion booster - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -autorevolver - 25k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -fishing rod - 2k  (allows you to fish)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy headjack" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY HEADJACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the wireless headjack for 25k credits, leaving you with 12k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now we got it."
		DavidW says, "yay"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 12k
Floyd | Equipment: spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: wireless headjack (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, Dr Pico-G, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 5/5 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight
Floyd | manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted), an autodoc unit and an
Floyd | unauthorised specimen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "now we can go walkie-talkies."
		Knight_Otu says, "We got a +2 eye."
		DavidW says, "hm"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khamsin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHAMSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I had no idea badassitude was an attribute."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to wranglers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WRANGLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They seem to speak a weird dialect unique to the outer reaches of this
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW says, "boo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think at wranglers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK AT WRANGLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You didn't get five million creds into debt by thinking every little
Floyd | thing through!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to wranglers using headjack" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WRANGLERS USING HEADJACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear headjack" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR HEADJACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use headjack" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE HEADJACK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to use the wireless headjack to implant?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I vaguely remember the headjack being for somewhere else."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "implant headjack" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPLANT HEADJACK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's already implanted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "use headjack on wranglers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE HEADJACK ON WRANGLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a valid command, even if it used some of the right words.
Floyd | Type "about" if you want help.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. ok. So the headjack doesn't help here. Or not yet. Drat."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to franklin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO FRANKLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Franklin
Floyd | Dust chokes the atmosphere of this world, obscuring the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrails of a dead war beast form a gruesome planetary
Floyd | ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to beast" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | The corpse broadcasts a looping cry for vengeance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Franklin
Floyd | Ash clouds drift across the broken remains of megastructures and
Floyd | arcologies. Long dead synthetic flora clings to every surface, frozen
Floyd | in the act of clambering desperately towards the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now only rampant biomechanical scavengers remain to pick
Floyd | through the ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to scavengers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SCAVENGERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They reply in a broken mishmash of stolen words. You can't make out
Floyd | any meaning in what they say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		DavidW asks, "Visit a new world?"

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Splinter, Sirona, Jag, Xanadu, Zhao,
Floyd | Diallo and Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Diallo's been on our list a long time."
		Knight_Otu says, "We should show Boony and Lonely Rock to the Doc."
		Knight_Otu says, "That, too."
		DavidW says, "your choice"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to boony" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 13k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO BOONY
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Franklin
Floyd | Dust chokes the atmosphere of this world, obscuring the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrails of a dead war beast form a gruesome planetary
Floyd | ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Boony
Floyd | A grey, airless world, left lopsided by some ancient cataclysm.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to lonely rock" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO LONELY ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Lonely Rock
Floyd | Though it's not as bright as any star, the luminescence of Hardshell
Floyd | dominates the sky: a furrowed, flesh-and-metal sphere enclosing the
Floyd | entire star system. The entire star system, that is, except the
Floyd | irregular planetoid below; a little left over chunk of rock and ice.
Floyd |
Floyd | An automated, meteor-shredded fuel station in low orbit offers the
Floyd | chance to refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can fuel up at Lonely Rock too."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the automated fuel station for
Floyd | 1k credits each. 3 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 5 fusion cells out of 5 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to pico" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PICO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unshaven bioroid in a clean, white environment suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've taken me to 5 worlds outside the Imago Republic, Network or
Floyd | the Diasporan Commonwealth, captain. I can't thank you enough, but the
Floyd | more data I can get, the better. And, don't forget, there may be a
Floyd | visa chip in this for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to diallo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO DIALLO
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Diallo
Floyd | A thin blue sliver of nitrogen atmosphere curves over a loamy surface
Floyd | punctuated with lakes of hydrazine and a single, carapaced
Floyd | megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Splinter, Sirona, Jag, Xanadu, Zhao and
Floyd | Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Diallo's in Imago."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was hoping for Network."
		DavidW says, "I bet Source 3 is unaffiliated."
		DavidW says, "Or Network."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to source 3" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 3
Floyd | Mountainous terrain looms through the fog of the thick, toxic
Floyd | atmosphere below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small shuttles arc back and forth between the surface and a huge
Floyd | mining ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ship" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Imago Republic is processing this world into raw materials. We
Floyd | don't need anything from you, captain, except to stay out of our way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "beep beep low fuel"
		Guenni says, "Gee, thanks for nothing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "m" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > M
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (need visa chip), Source 3 (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Splinter, Sirona, Jag, Xanadu and Zhao
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Jag may be unaffiliated."
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jag" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jag
Floyd | Tangled canyons have been clawed across the face of this large, rocky
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chaotic, unclear radio transmissions blast out from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg clawship occupies an eccentric orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg clawship closes in, locking on to your cargo hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		DavidW says, "oopsie"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to amalg" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AMALG
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive only aggressive electronic barks in return.
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg clawship tears into your cargo hold, extracts
Floyd | the autodoc unit and reels it in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "noooo"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Jag
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 12k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Jag
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Source 3
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We'll stay away for now."
		DavidW says, "NAUGHTY claw ship."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to aurea" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AUREA
Floyd |
Floyd | An unnaturally beautiful, golden-haired woman with a jagged scar
Floyd | across her face and a cheap robotic arm. She slouches in the
Floyd | co-pilot's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Prex knows more than anyone about getting out of Hardshell, so
Floyd | hopefully he can get me back in. He was last seen heading to Source
Floyd | 3."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We should be on the lookout for an amalg called Viscera."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dr Vosov-R on Diallo tried to scan Hardshell or something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to xanadu" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO XANADU
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (need visa chip), Source 3 (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu (not yet landed)
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Splinter, Sirona, Jag and Zhao
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "space elevator!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Network!"
		DavidW says, "oo!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You dock with the space elevator, which ferries your ship down to the
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xanadu
Floyd | A lone hyperspace conduit to Hub stands at the heart of parched
Floyd | scrublands and bare hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface is deserted but for the odd simple obelisk standing stark
Floyd | against the sky. Each marks an entrance to the subterranean facilities
Floyd | where stacks of bodies and brains are plugged into a virtual reality
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visitor's port will let you jack in temporarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | xDreamQueenx sashays through the deepest corridors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jack in" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JACK IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Xanadu Proper
Floyd | A chaotic jumble of tessellating realities. Fields spill into oceans
Floyd | beneath floating cities that tower towards a hundred different skies.
Floyd | You can jack out at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | The virtual superintelligence, Nephele, sprawls through
Floyd | multiple domains.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright colours and flowing shapes spill from the hands of a thought
Floyd | artist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jade participates in an endless post-neo-electro-swing dance
Floyd | number.
Floyd |
Floyd | hotSpyder sits thoughtfully on a cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to nephele" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NEPHELE
Floyd |
Floyd | Shapeless, a million colours at once, constantly shifting.
Floyd |
Floyd | It subjects your mind to a barrage of indecipherable information that
Floyd | momentarily stuns you and then leaves you with the vague sense of
Floyd | having had a satisfying conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If this is VR, we won't get more than info here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to artist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ARTIST
Floyd |
Floyd | "One day," he says, scattering winged rainbows from his fingertips,
Floyd | "this place will be larger and more intricate than the Universe
Floyd | outside. One day... the Universe outside will die, and this will be
Floyd | the new totality."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "tries to subtly clears her throat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Universe" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD UNIVERSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to jade" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Her limbs are literally impossibly long, her hair consists of rippling
Floyd | waves of electric blue.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Careful! Don't ruin the rhythm!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Jade I think is on the list."
		Guenni nods.
		Knight_Otu says, "How do we arrest her though..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to hotspyder" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HOTSPYDER
Floyd |
Floyd | A painfully average looking man in a grey suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Most of the time I live on Panopticon. I just come here for holidays
Floyd | from reality. And sometimes to remember what it was like to have a
Floyd | human body plan."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Bad guys are just like objects. :P"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record panopticon" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD PANOPTICON
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Panopticon in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume 'arrest Jade' or 'take Jade' would do something."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest jade" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST JADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Xanadu acknowledges your authority as a bounty hunter and wraps Jade
Floyd | in virtual chains. The dance number loses its rhythm and the
Floyd | participants drift away, complaining loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice," Jade says. "Real nice. Bet you're proud of yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | A system admin informs you that Jade's physical form has been placed
Floyd | in your ship's brig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - 50k reward
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - 50k reward
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - 25k reward
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - 25k reward
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jack out" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JACK OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xanadu
Floyd | A lone hyperspace conduit to Hub stands at the heart of parched
Floyd | scrublands and bare hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface is deserted but for the odd simple obelisk standing stark
Floyd | against the sky. Each marks an entrance to the subterranean facilities
Floyd | where stacks of bodies and brains are plugged into a virtual reality
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visitor's port will let you jack in temporarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | xDreamQueenx sashays through the deepest corridors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | She trails neural connector cables like fairy tale hair. Her silver
Floyd | face is fixed and expressionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The sleepers dream deeply, but they are not solipsists. I control the
Floyd | entry of external stimuli into their world. If you have new stories or
Floyd | myths, I will compensate you suitably."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm boggling not only at all you all are having to track, but how much planning it took to freakin' write this game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "hm. Has Queenie heard the one about the old lady and her pig?"
		Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "Yeah."
		Guenni laughs.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell specimen to queen" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SPECIMEN TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "That will not entertain my dreamers."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Vent Jade at Venter?"
		DavidW says, "sure. Then refuel asap."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 11k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The space elevator ferries your ship back into orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The fuel warning light blinks on.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give jade to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE JADE TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Jade and transfer your 25k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh hey," she says. "It's the fun police. Sorry I cracked a smile."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Next time," the marshal says, "don't have your fun on someone else's
Floyd | credit balance."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the fuel jockey for 1k credits
Floyd | each. 4 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 5 fusion cells out of 5 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We might want to buy an extra fuel pod soon."
		Knight_Otu says, "That is a possibility."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 32k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (need visa chip), Source 3 (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Splinter, Sirona, Jag, Zhao and
Floyd | Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So, we're staying away from Jag for now."
		DavidW says, "I suppose we'll need a story before we learn another Network locale."
		Knight_Otu says, "Panopticon may be one."
		DavidW says, "or wait, Panopticon is probably Network too."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if all of Network is VR."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can perhaps safely jump to Splinter."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Maybe."
		DavidW says, "Splinter is the one where I want a gun for."
		Knight_Otu asks, "As long as we don't land?"
		DavidW says, "But sure, orbiting Splinter should be okay."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to splinter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SPLINTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Splinter
Floyd | The largest irregular rock in the asteroid belt around a dazzling blue
Floyd | star. Clunky industrial structures cling to its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up barges comprise most of the shipping. You know
Floyd | smugglers when you see them.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Commonwealth warship, repainted mercenary colours, holds a
Floyd | high orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A carefully shored up fuel tower extends far out from Splinter.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to smugglers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SMUGGLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | They pretend not to receive your transmissions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to warship" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 4/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WARSHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whatever rumours you've heard, this is a safe port. Dangerous
Floyd | elements will be dealt with swiftly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Riiight."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not landing here yet."
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to sirona" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SIRONA
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Sirona
Floyd | A sizeable, jaundiced moon just on the outside of the habitable zone.
Floyd |
Floyd | An outdated defence satellite maintains watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to satellite" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SATELLITE
Floyd |
Floyd | An automated voice speaks: "You are very welcome here at Sirona.
Floyd | However, know that marauders and pirates will be met with maximum
Floyd | force."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's questionable just how much force this piece of junk could
Floyd | actually provide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Sirona
Floyd | Small settlements cluster around hot springs, many of the buildings
Floyd | cobbled together from old starships.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kleo dozes on the roof of her fuel truck, air tank
Floyd | tucked under her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fish farmer nurtures a sickly looking shoal at one of the
Floyd | less populated springs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Idly wandering the settlements is, of all things, a tuber.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg has been strung up from a makeshift gallows, his razor
Floyd | tail dangling limply down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - 50k reward
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - 50k reward
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - 25k reward
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to kleo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KLEO
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods a greeting as you approach, but doesn't bother to sit up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome to the ass end of nowhere, captain. Used to be a promising
Floyd | little place. Now it's only a matter of time before we get raided by
Floyd | the amalgs. Everyone who's not a stubborn fuckup like me has run off
Floyd | to the Diasporan Commonwealth."
Floyd |
Floyd | She tugs down her breathing mask. "Which is just perfect, by the way,
Floyd | because the amalgs were never a threat before those bastards armed
Floyd | them at the Battle of Franklin."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet this place is where the fishing rod is useful."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | His hand falls to the gun at his hip. "Back off, stranger. These are
Floyd | my fish."
Floyd |
Floyd | Seeing them swim in circles and bump into one another, you're pretty
Floyd | sure he can keep them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to tuber" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TUBER
Floyd |
Floyd | A battered metal tube with robotic arms and legs arranged - in this
Floyd | case - in a vaguely humanoid form. The tube is featureless save a
Floyd | sturdy round porthole, through which you catch glimpses of something
Floyd | luminous and sinuating.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello. I am known as Six Redsky. My childhood has ended. I have
Floyd | learned much out here, but I must now return to the Orphanage
Floyd | to pupate. This could form a transaction of benefit to you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record orphanage" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD ORPHANAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You record the Orphanage in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to razor" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RAZOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The razor tail is not something you can talk to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Orphanage sounds weird."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tail" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It tears away from the spine, trailing wires and tendons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We be scavengers."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 34k
Floyd | Equipment: spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: wireless headjack (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, Dr Pico-G, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 3/5 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight
Floyd | manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a razor tail (+1 badassitude when implanted), a laser eye (+2
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), an autodoc unit and an unauthorised
Floyd | specimen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we're collecting our amalg Hallowe'en costume."
		Knight_Otu says, "More badassitude."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (need visa chip), Source 3 (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Orphanage, Jag, Zhao and Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read star map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ STAR MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The following worlds are part of the Diasporan Commonwealth: Pearl,
Floyd | Storm, Khamsin, Cygnet, Nereus, Skadi and Autark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have in my note file a passenger for Xanadu. I think they're on Khamsin."
		DavidW says, "okay"
		Guenni asks, "What's with the guy here?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, take the tuber."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can take him, I guess, unless the Orphanage is Imago territory."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take tuber" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 3/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you. I will not require any form of sustenance or material for
Floyd | the duration of the voyage."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to orphanage" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ORPHANAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Sirona
Floyd | A sizeable, jaundiced moon just on the outside of the habitable zone.
Floyd |
Floyd | An outdated defence satellite maintains watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Orphanage
Floyd | A massive blue star is warped into strange concentric shapes by...
Floyd | something. It's difficult to tell if what you're looking at is
Floyd | physical or a complex optical illusion.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Orphanage Vestibule
Floyd | Impossible shapes loom in the distance, moving fluidly, rippling the
Floyd | bright light that emanates from all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Indistinct, colourful forms move to and fro, coiling
Floyd | organically.
Floyd |
Floyd | You jettison Six Redsky's tube from the airlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something approaches. Something physical, with parts that might be
Floyd | eyes and fins.
Floyd |
Floyd | Six Redsky's voice speaks in your head: "Thank you. I will always
Floyd | know that I was once like you. I lived among the likes of you. I shall
Floyd | always respect and appreciate what I am about to receive."
Floyd |
Floyd | The tube peels open and something erupts from it - an undulating
Floyd | and rapidly growing form that has soon acquired the same stature and
Floyd | anatomy as the thing that first approached. Together they turn and
Floyd | recede into the Orphanage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You realise your credit balance has increased by 50k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nice."
		Knight_Otu says, "Now that was nicely weird."
		Guenni says, "Like I said. A Taxi with a massive trunk. :-)"
		DavidW says, "Space taxi."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khamsin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHAMSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Orphanage
Floyd | A massive blue star is warped into strange concentric shapes by...
Floyd | something. It's difficult to tell if what you're looking at is
Floyd | physical or a complex optical illusion.
Floyd |
Floyd | (The fuel warning light blinks on.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "FUEL!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | Skyscrapers cluster together in the planet's only city, a small
Floyd | metropolis at the heart of a barren, dusty wasteland.
Floyd |
Floyd | A party of robed hunters has made camp outside the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A caravan of nomads circumnavigates the planet's tiny ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rella camps out in the spikelands.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirek sits playing a handheld game in the shade of the landing
Floyd | pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We're fine!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to mirek" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MIREK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why did you even come to this hole? I'm Mirek. I'm tired and I'm
Floyd | bored to death. Can I catch a ride to Xanadu? I'll pay you 20k.
Floyd | Life is easy there, not like this place."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take mirek" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MIREK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Finally!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He finds a cubbyhole in your ship where he can sit and continue to
Floyd | play his game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to cygnet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CYGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 85k                                         Fuel: 1/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the industrial fuel rig for 1k
Floyd | credits each. 4 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 81k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 5 fusion cells out of 5 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 81k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Cygnet
Floyd | A landscape of vast mining machines and small, perfunctory buildings.
Floyd | Superheavy cargo transports crawl along the oversized roads. Most of
Floyd | the people around are shellskins, the smaller number of spacesuited
Floyd | figures seeming strange and unwieldy by comparison.
Floyd |
Floyd | Several ships are being overhauled in the mechanised dry dock run by
Floyd | that sly dog, Matej.
Floyd |
Floyd | Devrim directs the haulage traffic from a squat, functional
Floyd | tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stern forewoman oversees the operation of a deuterium mine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shipping and receiving clerk runs around the landing pad in
Floyd | a panic, clipboard clutched to his chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bona fide cyberpunk sips fluorescent booze in a back alley
Floyd | VR-bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to matej" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 81k                                         Fuel: 5/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MATEJ
Floyd |
Floyd | Matej is a round-faced man in a comfortable spacesuit. His smile is
Floyd | almost as wide as his gut.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Back for more, captain? That fine ship of yours deserves the best.
Floyd | Here's what I'm selling:"
Floyd |
Floyd |  -external fuel pod - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -ion booster - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -autorevolver - 25k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -fishing rod - 2k  (allows you to fish)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We could even buy him out."
		DavidW says, "It's very tempting, yes."
		DavidW says, "I suppose we should."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy pod" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 71k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY POD
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the external fuel pod for 10k credits, leaving you with 71k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy booster" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 68k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY BOOSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the ion booster for 3k credits, leaving you with 68k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy revolver" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 43k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY REVOLVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the autorevolver for 25k credits, leaving you with 43k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy rod" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the fishing rod for 2k credits, leaving you with 41k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to matej" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MATEJ
Floyd |
Floyd | Matej is a round-faced man in a comfortable spacesuit. His smile is
Floyd | almost as wide as his gut.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If it isn't my best customer! Captain, if it's worth buying, I've
Floyd | already sold you one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No multiple boosters."
		DavidW says, "Drat"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "launch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the industrial fuel rig for 1k
Floyd | credits each. 5 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 fusion cells out of 10 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to xanadu" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 36k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO XANADU
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You dock with the space elevator, which ferries your ship down to the
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xanadu
Floyd | A lone hyperspace conduit to Hub stands at the heart of parched
Floyd | scrublands and bare hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface is deserted but for the odd simple obelisk standing stark
Floyd | against the sky. Each marks an entrance to the subterranean facilities
Floyd | where stacks of bodies and brains are plugged into a virtual reality
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visitor's port will let you jack in temporarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | xDreamQueenx sashays through the deepest corridors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirek disembarks. "Thanks and all that shit. Here's the 20k I owe
Floyd | you. Smell ya later."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "what a sweetie"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 56k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: wireless headjack (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, Dr Pico-G, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | ion booster (racing speed +1)
Floyd | external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 9/10 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight
Floyd | manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a razor tail (+1 badassitude when implanted), a laser eye (+2
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), an autodoc unit and an unauthorised
Floyd | specimen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need another bathroom break, back in a few secs."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to pico" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PICO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unshaven bioroid in a clean, white environment suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've taken me to 8 worlds outside the Imago Republic, Network or
Floyd | the Diasporan Commonwealth, captain. I can't thank you enough, but the
Floyd | more data I can get, the better. And, don't forget, there may be a
Floyd | visa chip in this for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Good timing."
		Guenni says, "I think you could try to get a visa chip now."
		DavidW says, "back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), coastal nomads (Surface of
Floyd | Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of Nereus), xDreamQueenx (Surface of
Floyd | Xanadu)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | an autodoc unit and an unauthorised specimen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Back."
		Guenni says, "Like I said. I think you could try for a visa chip now."
		DavidW asks, "From Pico?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The following worlds are part of the Diasporan Commonwealth: Pearl,
Floyd | Storm, Khamsin, Cygnet, Nereus, Skadi and Autark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (need visa chip), Source 3 (need visa chip)
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Jag, Zhao and Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "From the official adress. You brought someone in after all."
		DavidW says, "Just one."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, right, they mentioned that."
		DavidW says, "but I suppose it's worth a try."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The space elevator ferries your ship back into orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I'm not sure about the specifics."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's an ancient, plasticky synthetic in a pre-Diasporan
Floyd | spacesuit and a ten-gallon hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've brought in a bounty or two. Not bad. The Imago Republic
Floyd | rewards loyalty. Just keep at it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we neeed more."
		Guenni says, "Yeah, it's possible I only needed one because it was one of the "big" ones."
		Guenni says, "Well I think you met at least one other already."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we can try the two in Commonwealth space if we want?"
		Guenni nods.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - 50k reward
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - 50k reward
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - 25k reward
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Rella and Luciano, I think we've seen?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
		Guenni says, "The first one I remember."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khamsin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHAMSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | Skyscrapers cluster together in the planet's only city, a small
Floyd | metropolis at the heart of a barren, dusty wasteland.
Floyd |
Floyd | A party of robed hunters has made camp outside the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A caravan of nomads circumnavigates the planet's tiny ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rella camps out in the spikelands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder what can help the nomads."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest rella" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST RELLA
Floyd |
Floyd | You sneak up on Rella's camp and press your autorevolver to her head.
Floyd |
Floyd | She spits at you. "You bounty hunters make me sick. This is a world of
Floyd | true honour and you besmirch it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock her up on your ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "She's Rella mad at us."
		DavidW asks, "O Rella?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to autark" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO AUTARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Autark
Floyd | Domes and arcologies crowd the horizon: spacious mansions, dirty
Floyd | communes, unregulated sweatshops and outlandish temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trendy office neighbours the landing pad, rented out by an
Floyd | entrepreneur for unspecified business.
Floyd |
Floyd | Luciano conducts his business in an avant-garde park,
Floyd | talking on multiple comm screens at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | spitfire6 drowns her sorrows in a holo-nudie bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | A legendary data thief by the name of Violet supposedly makes
Floyd | Autark her home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Snake will be in his private dome, surrounded by
Floyd | bodyguards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't remember all these people."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest luciano" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 56k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST LUCIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whoa there! The state shouldn't use violence to interfere with the
Floyd | workings of the free market. How do you sleep at night? Not that you
Floyd | have to use violence. I'm coming with you, peacefully..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think spitfire is a pilot with some skill."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to spitfire" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SPITFIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Her silver skull sweeps back to an aerodynamic point. Not to go
Floyd | faster. Just to look good.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Name's spitfire6. Had a few too many close calls out there, but the
Floyd | deep black still calls to me. You need a pilot who can dodge amalgs
Floyd | for a couple of rounds, I'll work for an upfront fee of 5k."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pay her 5k credits?
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		Knight_Otu says, "I think that's a yes, now."
		Guenni says, "flying fast might help against clawships."
		DavidW says, "oh."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cool. Take me aboard whenever you're ready."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We're not ready, though, are we?"
		Guenni says, "She doesn't bring any hassles if she's aboard."
		DavidW says, "We have one or two bounties to deal with."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do you think she'll object?"
		Guenni says, "She's fine with that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take spitfire" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SPITFIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | She straps herself into your ship's pilot seat and, after adjusting it
Floyd | to her liking, sits back. "Okay, I'm back where I belong."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "She's just there, once she's there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm worried if Luciano will take over our ship if we're not careful."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give luciano to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 76k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE LUCIANO TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Luciano and transfer your 25k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to speak to my lawyer immediately," Luciano says. "I will be
Floyd | suing you for the business I'm losing right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "If I were you," the marshal says gruffly, "I'd start working on a
Floyd | deal. The Imago Republic gets mighty angry about the trafficking of
Floyd | synthetic humans and we've got plenty of evidence that's what your
Floyd | business partners are involved in."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni laughs.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give rella to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 126k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE RELLA TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Rella and transfer your 50k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Enjoy your blood money, scum," Rella hisses at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That'd carry a lot more weight," the marshal interjects, "if you
Floyd | weren't wanted for selling people to the amalgs."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wait a second," the marshal adds. "You've been a real help to the
Floyd | Republic, captain, so I've authorised a visa chip for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | He shows you to the habitat's doctor. The implantation doesn't even
Floyd | hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "take the chip"
		Knight_Otu says, "We got the chip."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take chip" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 126k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, it's implanted."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 126k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the fuel jockey for 1k credits
Floyd | each. 4 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 fusion cells out of 10 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+ (not yet landed), Source 3 (not yet landed)
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Jag, Zhao and Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So, Diallo next?"
		DavidW says, "It's weird, but because of a Russian song, I keep associating the word 'implanted' with boob implants."
		DavidW asks, "Is Diallo the one with the claw ship?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Diallo is the one with the professor, I believe."
		DavidW says, "I am happy to travel to places."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to diallo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO DIALLO
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Diallo
Floyd | A thin blue sliver of nitrogen atmosphere curves over a loamy surface
Floyd | punctuated with lakes of hydrazine and a single, carapaced
Floyd | megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "No, I think the clawship was another."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Diallo
Floyd | Bioroid scientists and data holograms glide through the airy white
Floyd | halls of the research institute. Only the odd picture window offers a
Floyd | view of the freezing world beyond its curved walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Vosov-R bosses his assistants around in the neutrino
Floyd | observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Rindo-X is in charge of the bio-research team.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jaheem is one of the few natural humans on the research team.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shifty grad student loiters near the landing pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was Jag I think."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to aurea" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AUREA
Floyd |
Floyd | An unnaturally beautiful, golden-haired woman with a jagged scar
Floyd | across her face and a cheap robotic arm. She slouches in the
Floyd | co-pilot's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Prex knows more than anyone about getting out of Hardshell, so
Floyd | hopefully he can get me back in. He was last seen heading to Source
Floyd | 3."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We should be on the lookout for an amalg called Viscera."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dr Vosov-R on Diallo tried to scan Hardshell or something."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo, researchers."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to vosov" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VOSOV
Floyd |
Floyd | A handsome, neatly groomed man in a lab coat meets you in the
Floyd | reception area of his lab complex.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea gets straight to the point. "I hear you tried to map the
Floyd | interior of Hardshell."
Floyd |
Floyd | He takes in her unusual appearance. "Did you also hear that it almost
Floyd | got me and my team killed?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "A risk I'm prepared to take - to get home."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really? Interesting. Look, I can sell you my neutrino scanner
Floyd | for 100k credits. That's at no profit for me; it's just an expensive
Floyd | piece of kit."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well now things are getting expensive."
		DavidW says, "I was wondering when."
		DavidW says, "We can afford it. Maybe."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rindo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 122k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RINDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Her neon pink hair is a stark contrast to the immaculate white of her
Floyd | clean-suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Managed, synthetic biology is quite liberating, but we can't compete
Floyd | with the sheer diversity and longevity of natural ecosystems. Not that
Floyd | we get much chance to study that sort of thing in the Imago Republic.
Floyd | Every new specimen we get here is highly significant, especially with
Floyd | the pressure we're under to innovate for the colony on Jaenisch."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We do have to think of our twin, though."
		DavidW says, "I was hoping to save some creds for a Captain's Vacation Fund."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell specimen to rindo" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL SPECIMEN TO RINDO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aww! It's cute! And it has trilateral symmetry! Let's pretend I don't
Floyd | know where you got this, and I'll pay 10k. Deal?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 132k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 132k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Jaenisch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 132k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD JAENISCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Jaenisch in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, almost missed that one."
		DavidW says, "so did I"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to jaheem" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 132k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JAHEEM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Back home they call these people soulless husks. Well, I look at the
Floyd | passion my colleagues here have for science compared to the venal
Floyd | academic politics in the Commonwealth... You can probably finish my
Floyd | train of thought yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to student" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 132k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO STUDENT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Look, you're a straight shooter, right? I need creds and I've got
Floyd | some confidential research: bleeding edge theoretical physics.
Floyd | Not published anywhere yet. Guaranteed to be the first place you ever
Floyd | read these ideas because the only other minds to think of them died
Floyd | three million years ago on Sheol. 5k credits. It's a steal but I need
Floyd | the cash right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record sheol" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 132k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD SHEOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Sheol in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I am fond of research."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy research" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 127k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY RESEARCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the confidential research for 5k credits, leaving you with
Floyd | 127k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read research" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 127k                                        Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ RESEARCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't claim to understand it, but it's certainly some advanced
Floyd | theoretical science.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "If I remember correctly no red herrings are for sale in this game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Good to know."
		DavidW says, "It'll let some mad prof make us a powerful gun or warp drive or something."
		DavidW asks, "Should we buy the scanner now?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Universe self-destruct button?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy scanner" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY SCANNER
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the neutrino scanner for 100k credits, leaving you with 27k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr Vosov-R oversees its installation on your ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I really can't overstate how dangerous it will be to scan on
Floyd | the surface of Hardshell. Then again, maybe you're in a position to
Floyd | deploy better defences than my research team was."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd rather have a pocket universe."
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if we can scan other worlds."
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "launch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Diallo
Floyd | A thin blue sliver of nitrogen atmosphere curves over a loamy surface
Floyd | punctuated with lakes of hydrazine and a single, carapaced
Floyd | megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "scan diallo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCAN DIALLO
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to scan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "scan" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The neutrino scanner is a pretty involved piece of equipment. It's not
Floyd | clear that using it here will do anything other than waste a lot of
Floyd | time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Probably not."
		DavidW says, "drat"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+, Source 3 (not yet landed)
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Jag, Zhao, Jaenisch and
Floyd | Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Source 3 is where Prex was last seen."
		DavidW asks, "Source 3... was that the one with the warship?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to source 3" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 3
Floyd | Mountainous terrain looms through the fog of the thick, toxic
Floyd | atmosphere below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small shuttles arc back and forth between the surface and a huge
Floyd | mining ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Mining ship."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ship" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Imago Republic is processing this world into raw materials. We
Floyd | don't need anything from you, captain, except to stay out of our way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Source 3
Floyd | The air and ground are both rich in valuable, if poisonous chemicals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mining crawlers churn through the haze, carving wide trails
Floyd | into the oozing rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intendant Aq-P manages the bustling administration facility.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to crawlers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CRAWLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A low, keening moan is your only response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to aq" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AQ
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall, slender woman in a sleek yellow jumpsuit, made top heavy by
Floyd | bulbous comms headgear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is the part of the Source process that requires the most thought
Floyd | - gathering data on where resources are concentrated, mapping the
Floyd | world's interior, planning where the world excavator will touch
Floyd | down... So you'll excuse me if I'm a little busy."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll be quick then," Aurea says. "Did some nomads pass through here,
Floyd | and where did they go after?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why do you want to know? Lot of unsavoury types would be very happy
Floyd | to get their hands on a worldship."
Floyd |
Floyd | "My friend is on that worldship. I need his help."
Floyd |
Floyd | The intendant pushes her headgear up and takes in Aurea properly for
Floyd | the first time. "Well, maybe he really was your friend. Okay. They
Floyd | stopped by to trade for some rare minerals, then headed off to the far
Floyd | reaches. Place called Gossamer if I remember rightly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Ack-Pee? What an awful name."
		Knight_Otu says, "Jikes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record gossamer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD GOSSAMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Gossamer in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x trading log" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRADING LOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -homeless veteran, selling a classified intelligence report (Surface
Floyd | of Storm)
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), coastal nomads (Surface of
Floyd | Khamsin), nervous woman (Surface of Nereus), xDreamQueenx (Surface of
Floyd | Xanadu)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some confidential research and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | There aren't any good fishing spots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There was that one place with the fish farmer and a gun."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Might an intelligence report be of interest to the queen of Xanadu?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think so."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right. Also that one ocean world Meriel watches over."
		Guenni says, "I'm not sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Gossamer, Jag, Zhao, Jaenisch and
Floyd | Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think Queen wants a story that can be turned into a dream play."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to zhao" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ZHAO
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 3
Floyd | Mountainous terrain looms through the fog of the thick, toxic
Floyd | atmosphere below.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small shuttles arc back and forth between the surface and a huge
Floyd | mining ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Zhao
Floyd | Slender megastructures rise gleaming from the silvery continents
Floyd | below, arcing over oceans and snow-tipped mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | The muscled war beasts of the Imago Defence Fleet are in orbit,
Floyd | guns protruding from every orifice.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to fleet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FLEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Echoing voices transmit from the war beasts. You make out the words:
Floyd | "WE... ARE... WATCHING."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Basically, find someone named Marsha who's written some Harry Potter slash fic."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh my."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | A grasping limb curves towards you with swan-like grace, enfolding
Floyd | your ship and setting it gently down upon the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Zhao
Floyd | A wilderness of synthetic life bursts from the foot of translucent,
Floyd | shell-like arcologies. Cetacean biomachines scud gently through the
Floyd | skies overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | An elegant lady and gentleman sit outside a cafe, immaculate
Floyd | and graceful. Passers-by of all stripes stop to briefly chat with
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Diasporan Commonwealth ambassador frequents some of the
Floyd | more exotic bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jora-D hangs out at the landing field, sketching the ships
Floyd | neatly lined up by articulating space elevators.
Floyd |
Floyd | A florist sells altflowers from his market stall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni laughs.
		DavidW says, "Jora-D la Forge!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to lady and gentleman" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LADY AND GENTLEMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to lady" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | The lady sips a cup of coffee. "Do you know the latest news, captain?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The gentleman adds a dash of cream to his own cup. "One must keep up
Floyd | on current events, don't you agree? Especially those lesser known
Floyd | facts."
Floyd |
Floyd | "People from all over," the lady says, "keep us up-to-date."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And," the gentleman adds, "isn't fine conversation its own reward?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Or so they say," the lady finishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two share a knowing smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Also altflowers for the nervous girl!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ambassador" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AMBASSADOR
Floyd |
Floyd | He's a stubbled, cheap-suited guy, standing out among the immaculate
Floyd | bioroids.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No-one back home cares about cooperation, but imagine if we could get
Floyd | a fraction of the production output of Koltsov. It could turn the
Floyd | tides of poverty and win the war against the amalgs. Hey, a guy can
Floyd | dream, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "These two might like an intel report, maybe. They might like gossip more, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Koltsov" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD KOLTSOV
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Koltsov in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Guenni says, "I think they really want it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to jora" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO JORA
Floyd |
Floyd | She sketches on a holopad with a graphite pencil. "I meet all sorts
Floyd | here. Well, all sorts of humans. No aliens yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment, she shrugs. "And yeah, before you ask, I consider
Floyd | myself human. You talk to a mind from Panopticon - and beyond the
Floyd | singularity - and suddenly the whole natural/synthetic divide doesn't
Floyd | seem too big."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record singularity" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD SINGULARITY
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to florist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 27k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FLORIST
Floyd |
Floyd | His stall bursts with colour: from bright petals that would pass for
Floyd | natural if you didn't know better, to gleaming leaves embedded with
Floyd | miniature solar cells.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's very rare that a humble flower seller such as I would have
Floyd | anything to offer a space captain from the depths of the black. But my
Floyd | living crystal rose has just bloomed. 3k credits is a fair
Floyd | price for such uncommon beauty."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy rose" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY ROSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the living crystal rose for 3k credits, leaving you with 24k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Back to the commonwealth then?"
		DavidW says, "I'll just put it in water... in a vase... next to Jarland."
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to nereus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NEREUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The same muscular appendage that deposited your ship on the surface
Floyd | raises it up beyond the atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Zhao
Floyd | Slender megastructures rise gleaming from the silvery continents
Floyd | below, arcing over oceans and snow-tipped mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | The muscled war beasts of the Imago Defence Fleet are in orbit,
Floyd | guns protruding from every orifice.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Nereus
Floyd | Airy, simple buildings break up a multi-coloured and chemically
Floyd | unstable mix of diasporan and native flora. The ocean sparkles at the
Floyd | horizon in every direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nereus' most famous resident is the radical artist Tomer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nervous girl paces the pier, twirling her parasol.
Floyd |
Floyd | A marine biologist lives out of his submersible, washing strung
Floyd | between two palm trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of surfers lounge around a beach barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell rose to girl" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL ROSE TO GIRL
Floyd |
Floyd | She gasps so hard it seems she might suffocate, until she finally
Floyd | remembers to breathe. "YES. That is so perfect I could cry. 11k
Floyd | credits. It's all I have. That and the knowledge that you will be
Floyd | smoothing the course of true love. Please?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 35k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to storm" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO STORM
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Storm
Floyd | An unbroken layer of cloud leaves this planet an almost featureless
Floyd | grey sphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Commonwealth military fleet is in orbit: hulking warships
Floyd | ready to jump into trouble at a moment's notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Commodore Lyulf commands the planet's considerable orbital
Floyd | defence network.
Floyd |
Floyd | A merchant service fuel tanker services civilian traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Storm
Floyd | Rain pelts down from the thick clouds above, feeding rivers that wind
Floyd | through warped and improbable rock formations. Air pressure and
Floyd | temperature are tolerable, but the pure carbon dioxide atmosphere is
Floyd | unbreathable for even the hardiest diasporans. Every building -
Floyd | civilian or military - is a robust fortress or sunken bunker.
Floyd | Overground traffic consists of a few rugged all-terrain rovers.
Floyd |
Floyd | A uniformed general meticulously maintains his garden under a
Floyd | reinforced dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | An off-duty soldier throws back drinks in an underground bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting in the lee of an austere building, military-issue breather
Floyd | mask held over his face, is a homeless veteran.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to veteran" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VETERAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're a vagabond, captain? Me too. Used my old buddies still in the
Floyd | service to get hold of this classified intelligence report,
Floyd | fresh up-to-date. Gotta be worth at least 5k credits. I don't want to
Floyd | know what you do with it. I don't care. Gave my heart and soul at the
Floyd | Battle of Franklin and damned if I got any loyalty back from them
Floyd | after."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy report" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 30k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the classified intelligence report for 5k credits, leaving you
Floyd | with 30k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "read it"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read report" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 30k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pretty heavily encrypted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmmm"
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll see if the couple still wants it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "launch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 30k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Storm
Floyd | An unbroken layer of cloud leaves this planet an almost featureless
Floyd | grey sphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Commonwealth military fleet is in orbit: hulking warships
Floyd | ready to jump into trouble at a moment's notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | Commodore Lyulf commands the planet's considerable orbital
Floyd | defence network.
Floyd |
Floyd | A merchant service fuel tanker services civilian traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 30k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the merchant service fuel
Floyd | tanker for 1k credits each. 4 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 fusion cells out of 10 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "our creds are lower than I"
		DavidW says, "I'd like"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to zhao" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ZHAO
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Zhao
Floyd | Slender megastructures rise gleaming from the silvery continents
Floyd | below, arcing over oceans and snow-tipped mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | The muscled war beasts of the Imago Defence Fleet are in orbit,
Floyd | guns protruding from every orifice.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's true."
		Knight_Otu says, "I blame the neutrinos."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 26k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | A grasping limb curves towards you with swan-like grace, enfolding
Floyd | your ship and setting it gently down upon the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Zhao
Floyd | A wilderness of synthetic life bursts from the foot of translucent,
Floyd | shell-like arcologies. Cetacean biomachines scud gently through the
Floyd | skies overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | An elegant lady and gentleman sit outside a cafe, immaculate
Floyd | and graceful. Passers-by of all stripes stop to briefly chat with
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Diasporan Commonwealth ambassador frequents some of the
Floyd | more exotic bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jora-D hangs out at the landing field, sketching the ships
Floyd | neatly lined up by articulating space elevators.
Floyd |
Floyd | A florist sells altflowers from his market stall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell report to gentleman" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL REPORT TO GENTLEMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quite a conversation piece." the gentleman says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "20k words of conversation, to be precise," the lady says.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gentleman smiles. "If we are quite clear?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 46k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "I wasn't expecting that to work."
		Knight_Otu says, "Now let's hope the next time we jump to the commonwealth we don't jump into a war zone."
		Guenni says, "The universe is stable as it is. :-)"
		DavidW says, "By the time we rescue our twin, he will have to rescue us."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we must be making enemies left, right, and starboard."
		DavidW asks, "Where next?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Gossamer, Jag, Jaenisch, Koltsov
Floyd | and Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Isn't Sheol another name for Hell?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Jaenisch was the imago colony?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think it may be."
		Guenni shrugs.
		Guenni says, "I don't remember."
		DavidW says, "I think Jaenisch was a colony, yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jaenisch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAENISCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The same muscular appendage that deposited your ship on the surface
Floyd | raises it up beyond the atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Zhao
Floyd | Slender megastructures rise gleaming from the silvery continents
Floyd | below, arcing over oceans and snow-tipped mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | The muscled war beasts of the Imago Defence Fleet are in orbit,
Floyd | guns protruding from every orifice.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jaenisch
Floyd | One hemisphere of the planet below is formed of blue oceans and
Floyd | silvery landmasses, the other is a sand-blasted desert.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jaenisch
Floyd | Spiral-shelled synthformers crawl across the landscape, scattering
Floyd | spores that sprout into solar-panelled altforests and biomechanical
Floyd | utilities. The few urban areas are a hodgepodge of improvisation and
Floyd | re-use.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blimp floats overhead, from which the construction
Floyd | shepherdess directs the planet's development.
Floyd |
Floyd | A frontier family is camped out in tents beneath a fungal
Floyd | satellite dish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Girix-F oversees the unloading of embryonic machines at the
Floyd | landing pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to sheperdess" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SHEPERDESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to shepherdess" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SHEPHERDESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Her long hair is gathered into a complex but practical knot of braids;
Floyd | her synthetic skin is weathered and aged.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Every shipment from Koltsov improves our ability to enrich lifeless
Floyd | planets. We don't have that drive to take over the Universe that our
Floyd | progenitors did - no offence - but having a few worlds under our belt
Floyd | will help to ensure our survival."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to family" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FAMILY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clad in practical outdoor clothes, each at various stages of mental
Floyd | maturity, one still showing the fresh sheen of the gestation tanks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We wanted a more exciting life than on Zhao. We certainly got that,
Floyd | but it'd be nice to have a more permanent home."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to girix" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 46k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GIRIX
Floyd |
Floyd | His body bulges with a biologically impossible amount of muscle, but
Floyd | his eyes are calm and kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some time ago we messed up the watercourse. Took some doing, but we
Floyd | sorted it out ourselves. Now this water desalination beast
Floyd | turns up, when we don't need it any more. Take it off my hands for 4k
Floyd | creds and you'll be doing me a favour."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "THAT for the nomads."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy beast" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY BEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the water desalination beast for 4k credits, leaving you with
Floyd | 42k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Guenni nods.
		Guenni says, "I mixed that up with the other specimen."
		DavidW asks, "Do we have to find this family a new house?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), coastal nomads (Surface of
Floyd | Khamsin), frontier family (Surface of Jaenisch), xDreamQueenx (Surface
Floyd | of Xanadu)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a water desalination beast, some confidential research and an autodoc
Floyd | unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "That, I don't remember."
		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't look like it."
		DavidW says, "I assume we don't have to solve absolutely everything."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops, they do."
		Guenni says, "I'd have thought they want to go somewhere. But it sounds like some form ofr oof is required."
		Knight_Otu says, "looked at the wrong category."
		DavidW says, "I hear someone 3D-printed a house."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khasmin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHASMIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to khamsin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KHAMSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jaenisch
Floyd | One hemisphere of the planet below is formed of blue oceans and
Floyd | silvery landmasses, the other is a sand-blasted desert.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 42k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | Skyscrapers cluster together in the planet's only city, a small
Floyd | metropolis at the heart of a barren, dusty wasteland.
Floyd |
Floyd | A party of robed hunters has made camp outside the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A caravan of nomads circumnavigates the planet's tiny ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell beast to nomads" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL BEAST TO NOMADS
Floyd |
Floyd | "This creature is strange. But so are we. If it will allow us to drink
Floyd | of the sea, as our ancestors did, we shall offer 13k credits. Do you
Floyd | commit to this exchange?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 55k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Khamsin
Floyd | Skyscrapers cluster together in the planet's only city, a small
Floyd | metropolis at the heart of a barren, dusty wasteland.
Floyd |
Floyd | A party of robed hunters has made camp outside the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A caravan of nomads circumnavigates the planet's tiny ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to nomads" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NOMADS
Floyd |
Floyd | They walk on elongated, webbed feet and watch you through thickly
Floyd | lashed eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The absurd beast you sold us mingles well with our pack animals.
Floyd | Through this strange addition we are closer to our ancestors and their
Floyd | ways."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to hunters" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Protected from the harsh elements by billowing robes, they peer at you
Floyd | through tinted goggles. One of them steps forward to speak halting
Floyd | Nacrese.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have sold all we have to sell. Soon we return to the hunt."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed),
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Gossamer, Jag, Koltsov and
Floyd | Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Nacrese" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD NACRESE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record nacre" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD NACRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Koltsov should ve the last republic world on our list."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, we're nearing the three-hour mark."
		DavidW asks, "Is that the food world?"
		DavidW says, "oh wow."
		DavidW says, "The universe is a big place."
		Knight_Otu says, "I lost track of what world it could be."
		Guenni asks, "Want to land the ship for the week?"
		DavidW says, "Visit Koltsov first, then stop."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's a holiday tomorrow, so I could go a bit longer."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to koltsov" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KOLTSOV
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Khamsin
Floyd | A sandy brown world orbiting close to an ageing red star. Its arid
Floyd | terrain is capped with scant white ice at the poles and veiled by a
Floyd | few insubstantial clouds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet wranglers tow in evaporating hunks of ice from further
Floyd | out in the system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chief Drake leads a crew of spacesuited ice breakers, blasting
Floyd | and drilling those comets too large to dump on the surface intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 55k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the fuel jockey for 1k credits
Floyd | each. 4 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 fusion cells out of 10 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Koltsov
Floyd | A labyrinth of ribbed tunnels, through which ooze giant construction
Floyd | polymorphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every tube and artery leads back to Controller in her nerve
Floyd | centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fono-H oversees the output of one of the primary sphincters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursing his latest crop is a hab farmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tentacled engineer paces the complex, muttering to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo, let's stop here and do this next week."
		Knight_Otu asks, "This isn't secretly a spin-off of Eat Me, is it?"
		DavidW says, "That'll give us something bizarre to look forward to."
		DavidW says, "I have no idea where Pacian gets all his ideas from, but maybe."
		
**** SESSION THREE **** 		
		Knight_Otu says, "As I recall, we landed on a weird biofactory planet."
		DavidW says, "oh somewhere so strange that I didn't want to explore it last week."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "load" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOAD
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cfvagrantwhatthe" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Koltsov
Floyd | A labyrinth of ribbed tunnels, through which ooze giant construction
Floyd | polymorphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every tube and artery leads back to Controller in her nerve
Floyd | centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fono-H oversees the output of one of the primary sphincters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursing his latest crop is a hab farmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tentacled engineer paces the complex, muttering to himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was hoping we could get yummy plants for the cook, unless we've done that already."
		Guenni says, "We did."
		Knight_Otu says, "The Blue Asparagus, I think."
		DavidW says, "oh right"
		Guenni says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), frontier family (Surface of
Floyd | Jaenisch), xDreamQueenx (Surface of Xanadu)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some confidential research and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | There aren't any good fishing spots here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Queen wants a story. What did the others want?"
		Guenni says, "The family wants a roof/tent kind of thing."
		DavidW says, "oh right. hmph"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think the pressure chief wanted... I don't quite recall. Helping hands?"
		DavidW says, "sure, let's go with that."
		Guenni says, "Yeah, someone wanted that."
		DavidW says, "anyway, look at stuff here, please. talk to the folks. The usual."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to controller" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CONTROLLER
Floyd |
Floyd | She shows you one of her twelve faces.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's not talk shop. I'm a ten tonne brain made to design technology.
Floyd | There's really nothing about machines you could tell me that I'd find
Floyd | interesting. So, how are you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You make small talk with the Controller for a little while.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "Would controller like research?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell research to controller" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL RESEARCH TO CONTROLLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could mentally dis- and re-assemble that in a split second. It's of
Floyd | no interest to me at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "You could show her the document."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "show research to controller" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW RESEARCH TO CONTROLLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could mentally dis- and re-assemble that in a split second. It's of
Floyd | no interest to me at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "It's some research."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps a blueprint is what she wants instead."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "That may be. And I was so sure!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to fono" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 51k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FONO
Floyd |
Floyd | He keeps a bundle of eight eyes on the results of the production line.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our production is usually tightly allotted to Imago Republic needs,
Floyd | but output is so high now that imports from Source 3 are finally
Floyd | ramping up, we're able to allocate a few items for free trade with
Floyd | passing ships."
Floyd |
Floyd |  -headjack orifice - 25k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -fuel bladder - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -laser pistol - 25k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -remote drone - 10k  (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd |  -solar sail membrane - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -collector spines - 25k  (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd |  -warp shield - 100k  (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, he's a store!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Indeed."
		DavidW says, "That drone and the spines look very useful."
		DavidW says, "With the spines, we start generating our own fuel."
		Knight_Otu says, "We probably don't need a second personal weapon, nor a second set of non-verbal com though."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW asks, "Wasn't there someone that was despondent because they didn't have a headjack or visa chip or a third item?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, though I don't think they counted as a buyer."
		Guenni says, "possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy drone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY DRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the remote drone for 10k credits, leaving you with 41k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I admit they're not listed as a buyer, so you may be right."
		DavidW asks, "Is controller listed now?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Should we get the spines now as well? I guess the earlier, the better."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 41k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), frontier family (Surface of
Floyd | Jaenisch), Controller (Surface of Koltsov), xDreamQueenx (Surface of
Floyd | Xanadu)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some confidential research and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oho. She is."
		Knight_Otu says, "So she is."
		DavidW says, "Sure, get the spines."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy spines" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY SPINES
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the collector spines for 25k credits, leaving you with 16k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to farmer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FARMER
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick, transparent hood keeps the pollen out of his lungs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "These are all due to ship soon, but the runt of the litter won't be
Floyd | mature in time. What do you say, 2k for a house spore of your
Floyd | own? You can sell it on if it's not your style."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hey."
		DavidW says, "Buy it! Sell to frontier family!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy house" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the house spore for 2k credits, leaving you with 14k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | "This genetic blueprint still requires significant revision. The
Floyd | biophysical properties are difficult to simulate. Those theoretical
Floyd | types on Diallo would probably love to work out the particulars, but I
Floyd | don't want to give them the satisfaction. If you take me to ERX
Floyd | Beta, I can solve the problem more discreetly. Obviously, I would
Floyd | pay you 20k credits for the passage."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Erx beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD ERX BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | You record ERX Beta in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record erx beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD ERX BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | ERX Beta is already recorded in your ship's log as a place of
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take engineer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ENGINEER
Floyd |
Floyd | He finds a cabin on your ship and gathers his tentacles around
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Deliver the house, then erx away to beta?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jaenish" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAENISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jaenisch" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAENISCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jaenisch
Floyd | One hemisphere of the planet below is formed of blue oceans and
Floyd | silvery landmasses, the other is a sand-blasted desert.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jaenisch
Floyd | Spiral-shelled synthformers crawl across the landscape, scattering
Floyd | spores that sprout into solar-panelled altforests and biomechanical
Floyd | utilities. The few urban areas are a hodgepodge of improvisation and
Floyd | re-use.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blimp floats overhead, from which the construction
Floyd | shepherdess directs the planet's development.
Floyd |
Floyd | A frontier family is camped out in tents beneath a fungal
Floyd | satellite dish.
Floyd |
Floyd | Girix-F oversees the unloading of embryonic machines at the
Floyd | landing pad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell house to family" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL HOUSE TO FAMILY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Great Minds be praised, we could nurture this spore into exactly the
Floyd | home we need right now. 10k credits seems almost too little, but it's
Floyd | the best we can offer. What do you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 24k                                         Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 24k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to erx beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 25k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ERX BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jaenisch
Floyd | One hemisphere of the planet below is formed of blue oceans and
Floyd | silvery landmasses, the other is a sand-blasted desert.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting ERX Beta
Floyd | The dark surface of the airless world below is etched with complex
Floyd | glowing circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hey, also unaffiliated."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of ERX Beta
Floyd | Lightning arcs across neat, right-angled channels cut through rocky
Floyd | terrain. The soil has crystallised into regular hexagons. And
Floyd | somewhere deep underground, something quakes and rumbles with
Floyd | mechanical precision.
Floyd |
Floyd | A holographic persona of ERX Beta stands on a stone dais.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crystallised idle fancy protrudes from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tentacled engineer disembarks. "Here's your 20k, as promised.
Floyd | Now I just need to convince ERX Beta to help me..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "And with the spines, the pay from Pico doesn't need to go to fuel."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | The hologram is a vague reflection of your own appearance. It speaks
Floyd | in a voice tinged with bitterness.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have allocated a tiny fraction of my mind to this simulation of a
Floyd | human personality. The rest of me is currently engaged in mourning and
Floyd | is otherwise unavailable. I am prepared to trade for self-replicating
Floyd | polymer. All other functions are suspended."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get fancy" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FANCY
Floyd |
Floyd | As you lift it up, it hums ethereally in the palm of your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), persona of ERX Beta (Surface of
Floyd | ERX Beta), Controller (Surface of Koltsov), xDreamQueenx (Surface of
Floyd | Xanadu)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a crystallised idle fancy, some confidential research and an autodoc
Floyd | unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder who ERX Beta is mourning for."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Who knows?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | The hologram is a vague reflection of your own appearance. It speaks
Floyd | in a voice tinged with bitterness.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have allocated a tiny fraction of my mind to this simulation of a
Floyd | human personality. The rest of me is currently engaged in mourning and
Floyd | is otherwise unavailable. I am prepared to trade for self-replicating
Floyd | polymer. All other functions are suspended."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The queen might want the fancy, maybe?"
		Guenni says, "If I remember correctly someone'll tell you."
		Knight_Otu says, "The... right."
		Guenni says, "about the mourning."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to xanadu" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO XANADU
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting ERX Beta
Floyd | The dark surface of the airless world below is etched with complex
Floyd | glowing circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 45k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You dock with the space elevator, which ferries your ship down to the
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xanadu
Floyd | A lone hyperspace conduit to Hub stands at the heart of parched
Floyd | scrublands and bare hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface is deserted but for the odd simple obelisk standing stark
Floyd | against the sky. Each marks an entrance to the subterranean facilities
Floyd | where stacks of bodies and brains are plugged into a virtual reality
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visitor's port will let you jack in temporarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | xDreamQueenx sashays through the deepest corridors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirek has been plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell fancy to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL FANCY TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "This... is potent beyond imagining. The idle fancy of a giant mind is
Floyd | a million lucid dreams to a mere human. I will pay 20k credits. It is
Floyd | worthless to anyone but me. Is that acceptable?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 65k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that was a couple of lucrative trips."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+ (not yet landed), ERX
Floyd | Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Gossamer, Jag and Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "As I recall, we'll be attacked over Jag."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Knight_Otu says, "We have a pilot now, but I think Id feel better with the shield as well."
		DavidW says, "agreed"
		Knight_Otu says, "Splinter, we wanted a personal weapon first. We have one now."
		* Zach has left the channel.
		DavidW says, "I guess we need to visit it eventually, so okay."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to splinter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SPLINTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The space elevator ferries your ship back into orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Splinter
Floyd | The largest irregular rock in the asteroid belt around a dazzling blue
Floyd | star. Clunky industrial structures cling to its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up barges comprise most of the shipping. You know
Floyd | smugglers when you see them.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Commonwealth warship, repainted mercenary colours, holds a
Floyd | high orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A carefully shored up fuel tower extends far out from Splinter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to warship" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WARSHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Whatever rumours you've heard, this is a safe port. Dangerous
Floyd | elements will be dealt with swiftly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Splinter
Floyd | Gravity is a weak tug towards the floor of these cramped and
Floyd | functional corridors. Every so often, a path opens up into a
Floyd | glass-sided observation gallery, crowded bar or chaotic market.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no real law round here, but Sheriff Yeung keeps people
Floyd | from killing one another, mostly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A deep space explorer nurses a drink in one of the more
Floyd | secluded establishments.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sickly amalg haunts the maintenance corridors, wrapped in
Floyd | rags.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kal-Y watches the coming and going of the loading docks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - 50k reward
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Kal is on the list."
		DavidW says, "I see."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to yeung" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO YEUNG
Floyd |
Floyd | The sheriff is a stubbled man in a baseball cap, creased suit and
Floyd | bulletproof vest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chances are you came here to do stuff you can't do anywhere else.
Floyd | That's fine. Just remember the one rule: you hurt anyone, I'll hurt
Floyd | you worse."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to explorer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO EXPLORER
Floyd |
Floyd | She's older than anyone you've ever seen. Not in years, maybe, but
Floyd | certainly in biological terms. White-haired and wrinkled, practically
Floyd | pickled by the longevity systems in her faded spacesuit. From the
Floyd | looks of it, she might even be baseline.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've seen things out there. Stars consuming one another. Barren rocks
Floyd | in just the right part of space to take your breath away with their
Floyd | beauty. Distant colonies that left humanity behind so long ago there's
Floyd | no resemblance anymore."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And alien civilisations. Oh, they're separated from us by millions of
Floyd | years of technological evolution. Even the molonks, after a fashion.
Floyd | But they're not all tucked away in the Orphanage. They're out there,
Floyd | doing stuff. See enough of it, you start to think you might even be
Floyd | able to grasp the tiniest notion of their plans - though no human mind
Floyd | really could, I'm sure of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record orphanage" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD ORPHANAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You recorded the Orphanage in your ship's log the first time you
Floyd | visited it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "You brought some robot adolescent back home there. :-)"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah that was the..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
		DavidW says, "I've forgotten a lot of stuff. Why I keep notes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to amalg" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AMALG
Floyd |
Floyd | He shies away from you fearfully, clutching a broken prosthetic arm.
Floyd | Fresh injuries to his biological parts suggest he's not Splinter's
Floyd | most popular inhabitant.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Leave me alone, please. I couldn't hack it on Athena. I'm not a
Floyd | killer. I just want to live here in peace."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record athena" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD ATHENA
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Athena in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "sell auto-doc to the amalg?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell autodoc to amalg" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL AUTODOC TO AMALG
Floyd |
Floyd | The sickly amalg is not interested in trade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sell auto-doc to amalg" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL AUTO-DOC TO AMALG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to kal" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The smooth good looks of this bioroid are marred by numerous scars.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You wanna be careful, flying a nice ship like that through places
Floyd | like this. People might try and take a piece out of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), persona of ERX Beta (Surface of
Floyd | ERX Beta), Controller (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some confidential research and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't seem to count as a buyer."
		DavidW says, "the amalg, you mean. So it's a wildcard."
		Guenni asks, "Wasn't someone on the list from here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, Kal. Do we try to apprehend them? The sherriff might not like it."
		DavidW says, "I honestly don't know."
		Guenni says, "We only arrest him, no torture/hurting involved."
		DavidW asks, "Can we undo in this game if we goof up?"
		Guenni says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "We did when we jumped to Jag."
		Guenni says, "Ant like I said, it's pretty unmessupable. :-)"
		DavidW says, "So arrest him then. Or try to."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest kal" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST KAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach Kal-Y, aim your autorevolver over his head and fire a
Floyd | warning shot. Within a few seconds the loading docks are deserted
Floyd | apart from you and your quarry.
Floyd |
Floyd | He tosses a blade away. "I know better than to bring a knife to a gun
Floyd | fight. But I gotta warn you: you'll regret this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You stow Kal-Y in your ship's brig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Such nice criminals."
		DavidW says, "yeah, maybe we will regret it."
		DavidW says, "Not this turn, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm hm."
		DavidW says, "so, deliver to venter."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 65k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Splinter
Floyd | The largest irregular rock in the asteroid belt around a dazzling blue
Floyd | star. Clunky industrial structures cling to its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up barges comprise most of the shipping. You know
Floyd | smugglers when you see them.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Commonwealth warship, repainted mercenary colours, holds a
Floyd | high orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | A carefully shored up fuel tower extends far out from Splinter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give kal to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE KAL TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Kal-Y and transfer your 50k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'll pay for this," Kal-Y calls back to you. "My crew will bust me
Floyd | out and we'll find you."
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal laughs. "It'll be difficult for your crew to bust you out
Floyd | when they're already locked up themselves, numbnuts."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's an ancient, plasticky synthetic in a pre-Diasporan
Floyd | spacesuit and a ten-gallon hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're making quite a name for yourself as a bounty hunter, captain.
Floyd | I'm impressed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can buy a shield now, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to aurea" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AUREA
Floyd |
Floyd | An unnaturally beautiful, golden-haired woman with a jagged scar
Floyd | across her face and a cheap robotic arm. She slouches in the
Floyd | co-pilot's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Prex knows more than anyone about getting out of Hardshell, so
Floyd | hopefully he can get me back in. He was last seen heading to
Floyd | Gossamer."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We should be on the lookout for an amalg called Viscera."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We can try landing on Hardshell and scanning with the neutrino
Floyd | scanner, but I don't think it'll work out well."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, ERX Beta, Sirona*,
Floyd | Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Gossamer, Jag, Athena and
Floyd | Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to koltsov" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KOLTSOV
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Koltsov
Floyd | A labyrinth of ribbed tunnels, through which ooze giant construction
Floyd | polymorphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every tube and artery leads back to Controller in her nerve
Floyd | centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fono-H oversees the output of one of the primary sphincters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursing his latest crop is a hab farmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to fono" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 115k                                        Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FONO
Floyd |
Floyd | He keeps a bundle of eight eyes on the results of the production line.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our production is usually tightly allotted to Imago Republic needs,
Floyd | but output is so high now that imports from Source 3 are finally
Floyd | ramping up, we're able to allocate a few items for free trade with
Floyd | passing ships."
Floyd |
Floyd |  -headjack orifice - 25k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -fuel bladder - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -laser pistol - 25k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -solar sail membrane - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -warp shield - 100k  (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we ever jack in on Xanadu?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We did on our first visit."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy shield" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 15k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY SHIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the warp shield)
Floyd | You buy the warp shield for 100k credits, leaving you with 15k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Also, is the headjack orifice different from the headjack itself?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I honestly have no idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 15k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 15k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: bounty hunter visa chip (entry to Imago Republic) and
Floyd | wireless headjack (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | ion booster (racing speed +1)
Floyd | external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 8/10 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight
Floyd | manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some confidential research, a razor tail (+1 badassitude when
Floyd | implanted), a laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted) and an autodoc
Floyd | unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Both name the same benefit though."
		DavidW says, "We have a 'wireless headjack' but maybe we can't use it without an orifice."
		DavidW says, "oh wait. That makes no sense."
		DavidW says, "If it's wireless, we don't need to plug it in anywhere."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe it allows someone to plug into us... somehow?"
		DavidW says, "okay, we can worry about that later, I guess."
		Knight_Otu says, "Can't afford it anyway."
		DavidW says, "oh, yes, we need to earn even more credits."
		DavidW says, "I want to see Gossamer."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to gossamer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO GOSSAMER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Drifting near Gossamer
Floyd | Deep space. The nearest star is an intense pinpoint, outnumbered but
Floyd | not outshone. Small space habitats are scattered across this orbit,
Floyd | made of metal, glass and hollowed out comets - all tethered together
Floyd | with thin, monomolecular cables.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spidery cyborgs glide along the lines, their business
Floyd | inscrutable.
Floyd |
Floyd | World Weaver stands astride a multitude of tiny worlds,
Floyd | surveying everything with a cluster of eyeballs and sensor dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Aren't you there at the moment? Or did I misunderstand that."
		Guenni says, "I was... partially absent for a bit."
		Knight_Otu says, "we were at the biofactory"
		DavidW says, "I'm wondering if World Weaver actually 3D prints planets."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cyborgs" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CYBORGS
Floyd |
Floyd | They query you with weird requests for data: adverbs from your mother
Floyd | tongue, visual memories of marble architecture, the sensation of eyes
Floyd | watering in a cold wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | You reply to each enquiry as best you can, and the curious party in
Floyd | each case responds with something equally enigmatic - intense
Floyd | claustrophobia, the image of something squirming at the heart of a
Floyd | dark asteroid, music that you can feel but not hear - before
Floyd | slithering away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to weaver" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WEAVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You send World Weaver a query for information on the nomads.
Floyd |
Floyd | It replies with a vivid but alien memory of their vast, ungainly
Floyd | worldship jumping into the system. Its crew - tiny, fragile little
Floyd | wisps of meat from World Weaver's perspective - traded for knowledge
Floyd | of far off, uncharted worlds.
Floyd |
Floyd | But these frugal, hyper-efficient cyborgs don't want for much. World
Floyd | Weaver shares the worldship's destination with you for free: Amarok.
Floyd |
Floyd | You add the new data to your star charts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Should land here as well."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing with high enough gravity to land on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh. Or not."
		DavidW says, "Cotton candy world."
		Knight_Otu says, "I've been in an argument with our cat just now, so I've been a bit slow."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX Beta,
Floyd | Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Sheol, Jag, Athena and Panopticon
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record amarok" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 16k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD AMAROK
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Amarok in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Good thing I checked."
		DavidW says, "oh yeah. The game was misleading there."
		Knight_Otu says, "At least this one, we could get from Aurea if we missed that it wasn't added."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Sheol next?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to sheol" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SHEOL
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Sheol
Floyd | Barren moon of a verdant world. The grey surface below is marked with
Floyd | precise, angular formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I imagine Sheol will be some airless wasteland."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Sheol
Floyd | Orderly channels have been carved between silver ziggurats, broken
Floyd | sporadically by impact craters. There is no movement, no indication of
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tera-O leads an archaeological team from a bubble tent.
Floyd |
Floyd | A xenolinguist studies carvings in the wall of a half-collapsed
Floyd | structure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to tera" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TERA
Floyd |
Floyd | She wears a sleek but armoured suit, powerful lights mounted on her
Floyd | shoulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This civilisation died out three million years ago. Never got much
Floyd | further than their moon. There's almost nothing of them left on their
Floyd | homeworld now, but here the vacuum has left things remarkably well
Floyd | preserved."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to xenolinguist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO XENOLINGUIST
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks up from a complex spaghetti of etchings with no obvious
Floyd | start or end.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rifling through dead cities is a bit morbid, I guess, but this is the
Floyd | only way we get to study alien cultures that are the least bit
Floyd | comparable to our own. If these guys hadn't died out, by now they'd be
Floyd | beyond anything we could understand."
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moment, she adds: "Well, there's always the molonks. But after
Floyd | the time I spent on Volund I decided they're the exception that proves
Floyd | the rule."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You didn't get this far as a space captain by needing to examine
Floyd | everything that's plainly in front of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sadly, still no X."
		DavidW says, "I forgot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Volund" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD VOLUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Volund in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was a quick visit."
		DavidW says, "mm"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to panopticon" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO PANOPTICON
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Sheol
Floyd | Barren moon of a verdant world. The grey surface below is marked with
Floyd | precise, angular formations.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Panopticon
Floyd | You orbit carefully in the shade of one of the huge solar panels
Floyd | Panopticon uses to leech energy from the intense blue star at the
Floyd | heart of the system. Panopticon itself is a glittering band of linked
Floyd | space habitats of all shapes and sizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel drone adopts a similar orbit, sending binary offers for
Floyd | a reasonably priced refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Panopticon Interior
Floyd | Piercing starlight shines through broad skylights into multi-layered,
Floyd | over-sized streets that curve towards an inverted horizon. The air is
Floyd | thick with colourful holograms.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hyperspace conduit provides ready access to Hub.
Floyd |
Floyd | Decidedly non-humanoid cyborgs go about their strange business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The posthuman superintelligence Wunderkind socialises with
Floyd | several new arrivals at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiral-shelled bookseller hoards physical tomes in a
Floyd | cluttered shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cyborgs" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CYBORGS
Floyd |
Floyd | It quickly becomes apparent you lack whatever peculiar social mores
Floyd | you need to engage one in conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Hub" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 17k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD HUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Hub in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to wunderkind" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WUNDERKIND
Floyd |
Floyd | A lustrous brittle star of a creature. One of its spiny fronds curves
Floyd | round to meet you and approximates something like a face.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me your story - your whole story - as you see it - in your own
Floyd | words."
Floyd |
Floyd | You tell Wunderkind about where you came from; about how you got your
Floyd | ship; about your twin and the Snake.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Unique - and precious - as are all the stories - take this - for your
Floyd | story."
Floyd |
Floyd | Wunderkind transfers you 5k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nice kid."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to bookseller" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BOOKSELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The bulbous cyborg glides around the shop on a multitude of stubby
Floyd | little legs, clutching old volumes in its claws.
Floyd |
Floyd | It sends you a brief greeting across cyberspace and then resumes
Floyd | organising its books.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "And they say talking is overrated. :-)"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), persona of ERX Beta (Surface of
Floyd | ERX Beta), Controller (Surface of Koltsov), bookseller (Panopticon
Floyd | Interior)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some confidential research and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Bookseller probably wants a book."
		Knight_Otu says, "So the book*seller* is a potential *buyer*. Right."
		DavidW says, "yes, well"
		Knight_Otu says, "So I guess we get the book from a bookbuyer."
		DavidW says, "Maybe get a library spore to put his books in."
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to hub" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO HUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You need a transit chip to pass through the hyperspace conduit. Do you
Floyd | want to launch and jump to Hub normally?
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Why not?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "We haven't seen one of those yet, have we?"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember any."
		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't want to jump too quickly."
		DavidW says, "It's nice to have the option."
		DavidW says, "Like, maybe the chip is only available on the other side."
		Knight_Otu says, "But I guess we can jump there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to hub" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO HUB
Floyd |
Floyd | You need a transit chip to pass through the hyperspace conduit. Do you
Floyd | want to launch and jump to Hub normally?
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Panopticon
Floyd | You orbit carefully in the shade of one of the huge solar panels
Floyd | Panopticon uses to leech energy from the intense blue star at the
Floyd | heart of the system. Panopticon itself is a glittering band of linked
Floyd | space habitats of all shapes and sizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel drone adopts a similar orbit, sending binary offers for
Floyd | a reasonably priced refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Hub
Floyd | The surface of Hub is aflame with the light of sprawling conurbations.
Floyd |
Floyd | A multitude of space elevators lance into the sky, each feathered with
Floyd | white hot radiators.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel drone adopts a similar orbit, sending binary offers for
Floyd | a reasonably priced refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You dock with one of the space elevators, which ferries your ship down
Floyd | to the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Hub
Floyd | Dark megastructures crowd out the sky, wreathed in holographic
Floyd | advertisements and connected by glowing arteries of aerial traffic.
Floyd | The hot air would be unbearable if not for the cool, only mildly
Floyd | acidic rain.
Floyd |
Floyd | The matte black, spidery transit master stands watch over
Floyd | hyperspace conduits to Panopticon and Xanadu.
Floyd |
Floyd | Onlycheapdroids has established a meatspace store at the base
Floyd | of the elevator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting in one corner of a dirigible bar is Quidnunc, his
Floyd | heavily modified brain pressing against a transparent cranium.
Floyd |
Floyd | A broken android lies crumpled in a filthy back alley.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden cyborg going by the moniker Eleet watches the skies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to master" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 22k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MASTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The transit master's voice carries through cyberspace, genteel and
Floyd | expressive.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Free usage of all Network hyperspace conduits can be yours if you
Floyd | only buy this transit chip for 3k credits."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Any bets the broken android will have a body part we can snatch away?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
		DavidW says, "ah, transit chip for sale!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want it?"
		DavidW says, "yes please"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy transit chip" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 19k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TRANSIT CHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the Network transit chip for 3k credits, leaving you with 19k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "With the fuel never ending, I'd say you don't need it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to droids" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 19k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DROIDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Her holographic form swims gracefully towards you, flame-haired and
Floyd | striking, if a little pixelated at the edges.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You won't believe how much you'll get done with this maintenance
Floyd | droid in your life, taking care of all those little time wasters
Floyd | that eat up your energy. Really, it's priceless. But, for a brave
Floyd | space captain like you, I'll sell it for only 5k credits. I may not
Floyd | actually make a profit on this."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, but the fuel replenishing is slow too."
		Knight_Otu says, "That is true."
		DavidW says, "oh, there's the "help" that someone else wants."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
		DavidW says, "A nice little droid slave."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy droid" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY DROID
Floyd |
Floyd | (the maintenance droid)
Floyd | You buy the maintenance droid for 5k credits, leaving you with 14k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to quidnunc" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 14k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUIDNUNC
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're well travelled, captain? Seen a lot? Cutting-edge science.
Floyd | That's what I want. Theoretical stuff. I don't want any machinery or
Floyd | alien bio-junk. Something to blow my mind."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell research to quidnunc" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL RESEARCH TO QUIDNUNC
Floyd |
Floyd | You let him skim the abstract.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, yes! Provocative and surprising. Such a new perspective! 20k
Floyd | credits. Agreed?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 34k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get android" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not clear this pile of scrap is worth taking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | As a space captain, you take in the big picture. No need to rummage
Floyd | through everything like some kind of surface beast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to android" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, hello," the android says. "I am Cicerone. I was created to be a
Floyd | guide to the known worlds. Unfortunately, my previous user decided to
Floyd | void my warranty, and I am uncertain what occurred subsequent to this.
Floyd | As my ownership has been forfeited, I would be pleased to accompany
Floyd | you on your travels."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, not *that* broken."
		DavidW says, "We can rebuild it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get android" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | "Please, talk to me if at any point you wish to learn about the
Floyd | general region."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to android" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world is part of Network: a superluminal alliance of transhuman
Floyd | and posthuman cyborgs, simulated brains and intelligent programs.
Floyd | Historically, Network has maintained a stance of neutrality towards
Floyd | the other powers and their conflicts."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to eleet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ELEET
Floyd |
Floyd | His voice is a deep and bombastic growl across cyberspace.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You got an iron spine, captain? This place is too soft for me. Just
Floyd | suckers and the losers who bleed them of their money. Yeah, Network's
Floyd | not the place for me. I shoulda been an amalg. Take me to
Floyd | Athena and I'll pay you 25k credits. Danger money, you know."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Take him. We want to go there anyway."
		Guenni checks ship once more for a cab license plate. :-)
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take eleet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ELEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Eleet looks around your ship as he comes aboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry, captain. I could wrest control of your ship from you
Floyd | easily, but I won't. 'Cause I'm so honourable."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that sure is a trust-building sentence."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we dump him at Athena as quickly as possible?"
		Guenni says, "You could get try to get rid of him as soon as possible."
		DavidW asks, "Is Eleet on the wanted list?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 34k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nope."
		DavidW says, "oh well."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to athena" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 35k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ATHENA
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ship is ferried back into orbit by the steaming elevator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Hub
Floyd | The surface of Hub is aflame with the light of sprawling conurbations.
Floyd |
Floyd | A multitude of space elevators lance into the sky, each feathered with
Floyd | white hot radiators.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel drone adopts a similar orbit, sending binary offers for
Floyd | a reasonably priced refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Athena
Floyd | Space junk crowds around a planet of dark clouds and oily seas.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg war junker tries to blend in with the garbage.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg war junker closes in, blasting out aggressive binary
Floyd | obscenities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, let's dump him asap."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Athena
Floyd | The air is a haze of toxic pollutants, the skyline a jumble of stolen
Floyd | architectural styles. Wet rubbish and rotting biomatter squelch
Floyd | underfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fireballs periodically burst into the air from the eye sockets of a
Floyd | giant metal fuel skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on a towering throne of broken cyborg prosthetics is the
Floyd | exalted Piecekeeper.
Floyd |
Floyd | An elderly warrior sits slumped in the street, stripped of his
Floyd | parts by younger amalgs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pyrogut sharpens his blade by a burning oil drum.
Floyd |
Floyd | The landing pad is run by Sharptooth. She keeps the locals away
Floyd | from your ship with lightning that arcs from her gunmetal fist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eleet pays you his 25k credit fare and disembarks cheerfully.
Floyd | "Thanks, captain. Now I'm truly home. I know it."
Floyd |
Floyd | A few minutes later, you hear distant screaming that is abruptly
Floyd | silenced. An amalg scampers past the landing pad clutching one of
Floyd | Eleet's golden arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was a quick end."
		Guenni says, "Ouch!! :-("
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get arm" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's a lot here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Pyrogut is on the list."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to piecekeeper" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PIECEKEEPER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Piecekeeper's voice rasps from between the teeth of a matte black
Floyd | skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are monsters, yes? We cannot be reasoned with. But we can be
Floyd | bought. A protective emblem for your ship. Wherever you travel,
Floyd | amalgs will respect it. 50k. Many credits. But our favour is
Floyd | priceless."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to warrior" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WARRIOR
Floyd |
Floyd | He lifts his head with the hiss of escaping hydraulic fluid. "Don't
Floyd | pity me. I've led a glorious life. I crewed the war cruiser of Viscera
Floyd | herself. Now she fights on at Chimera while I nourish new
Floyd | generations."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record chimera" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD CHIMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Chimera in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to pyrogut" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PYROGUT
Floyd |
Floyd | His body bulges with dozens of stolen prosthetics and organs. His
Floyd | mouth is a wide grin, overflowing with teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | He ignores everything you say, just laughs heartily and loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world has been claimed as sovereign territory of the amalg.
Floyd | Travellers are not advised to remain here for any length of time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to sharptooth" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SHARPTOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Her voice is warped by the chrome canines that inspired her moniker.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is not the best place for you, outsider. The old ways hold sway
Floyd | here. You'll find Junkbucket to be much more... welcoming."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record junkbucket" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD JUNKBUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Junkbucket in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I hope there's a bookshelf at Junkbucket."
		Guenni says, "I think I know now it least one place where I don't want to live."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Is Junkbucket Jarland after a visit from an elephant?"
		Guenni asks, "Can you imagine the comments every time you mention your hometown planet whatever?"
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX
Floyd | Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Jag, Amarok, Chimera, Junkbucket and
Floyd | Volund
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, arrest this guy?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest pyrogut" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST PYROGUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You aim your autorevolver at Pyrogut and tell him that he's under
Floyd | arrest.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is the prolonged clatter of guns being loaded and cocked as
Floyd | amalgs spill into the street to point their weapons at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pyrogut gestures to his comrades and laughs magnanimously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nope."
		DavidW says, "well, geez"
		Knight_Otu says, "At least we live through the attempt."
		DavidW says, "yeah. Maybe the medallion would make a difference."
		Knight_Otu says, "This may be where badassitude comes in."
		DavidW says, "oh, that too might help."
		DavidW asks, "anyway, where to next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can try Jag now."
		DavidW asks, "We didn't buy that drone, did we?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 60k                                         Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 60k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: Network transit chip (enter hyperspace conduits), bounty
Floyd | hunter visa chip (entry to Imago Republic) and wireless headjack
Floyd | (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, Cicerone, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G, Aurea and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | ion booster (racing speed +1)
Floyd | external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 8/10 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, debt note, flight
Floyd | manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a maintenance droid, a razor tail (+1 badassitude when implanted), a
Floyd | laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted) and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, droid"
		Knight_Otu says, "And the drone as a ship system."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jag" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 61k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Athena
Floyd | Space junk crowds around a planet of dark clouds and oily seas.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg war junker tries to blend in with the garbage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jag
Floyd | Tangled canyons have been clawed across the face of this large, rocky
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chaotic, unclear radio transmissions blast out from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg clawship occupies an eccentric orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg clawship closes in, locking on to your cargo hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Who wanted the hired help?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jarlabd" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 61k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JARLABD
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | spitfire6 fires the retros and evades the amalg clawship. 
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jarland" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 61k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JARLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 61k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | pressure chief (Surface of Jarland), persona of ERX Beta (Surface of
Floyd | ERX Beta), Controller (Surface of Koltsov), bookseller (Panopticon
Floyd | Interior)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a maintenance droid and an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We ignored the junker over Athena, I suppose."
		Knight_Otu says, "That one attacked as well."
		DavidW asks, "oh, did it?"
		DavidW says, "I miss having my own notes."
		Knight_Otu says, "At least it approached us with obscenities."
		Knight_Otu says, "Which seemed a lot like hostile intent."
		DavidW says, "ok. So land and visit the chief."
		Guenni says, "Possibly, yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 61k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jarland
Floyd | The thin atmosphere is a subtle glow at the horizon, behind glass
Floyd | hemispheres large and small. Each dome brims with lush greenery and
Floyd | minimalist buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximo runs the Bell Jar Pub, an olde timey establishment
Floyd | filled with antique astronaut paraphernalia.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hard working jar farmer nurtures crops that bulge out against
Floyd | the side of his bubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pressure chief hurries from habitat to habitat in a bright
Floyd | yellow boiler suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim hauls cargo out of a low, ugly, opaque warehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The highest ranking official that'll talk to a random space captain is
Floyd | Minister Ramos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell droid to chief" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 61k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL DROID TO CHIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Cicerone or the maintenance droid?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "maintenance" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAINTENANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Huh. That might be just the ticket. 12k credits. How 'bout it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 73k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 73k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Not the best profit margin we've seen, but okay."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 73k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Although it has eschewed alliances with other worlds, Jarland remains
Floyd | a powerful and prosperous state."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 73k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX
Floyd | Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag (not yet landed), Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Amarok, Chimera, Junkbucket and Volund
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I wonder how we're supposed to make 5000 in this game. That is the amount we need, right? Or is it just 500?"
		Knight_Otu says, "5000."
		Knight_Otu says, "Supposedly, Aurea can get us twice the sum we need."
		DavidW says, "We need to rescue a space princess or end a war or something."
		Guenni says, "She can."
		DavidW says, "ah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 73k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | persona of ERX Beta (Surface of ERX Beta), Controller (Surface of
Floyd | Koltsov), bookseller (Panopticon Interior)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | an autodoc unit
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wanna see Junkbucket. It sounds fun, like an antique store."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to junkbucket" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JUNKBUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to freighters" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FREIGHTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The reply you receive, as much as it is comprehensible, is relatively
Floyd | friendly and only somewhat obscene.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to traders" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TRADERS
Floyd |
Floyd | "No offence, captain, but if we wanted to trade with someone like you,
Floyd | we'd still be at Hub."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think I might be offended."
		DavidW says, "fine, they're another mention of 'Hub'."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Junkbucket Interior
Floyd | A fever dream of metal architecture, plastic conveniences and rotting
Floyd | leftovers. Corridors curve back on themselves; centrifuges speed and
Floyd | slow, varying the gravity; too-big spaces are reinforced with
Floyd | jury-rigged struts and cyborg body parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fireballs periodically burst into the air from the eye sockets of a
Floyd | giant metal fuel skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filthy, many-limbed Grimo pitches items of dubious provenance
Floyd | to the passing crowds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sawbones potters around in her chop shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every unscheduled blackout, cacophonic music begins to pump out of the
Floyd | nightclub run by Halftwin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to grimo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GRIMO
Floyd |
Floyd | Grimo's telescopic eyes size you up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Genuine, best quality amalg products here. Precision made by our own
Floyd | cybernetic hands."
Floyd |
Floyd |  -battered heat shield - 8k  (atmo entry)
Floyd |  -hardwire headjack - 23k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -salvage crane - 8k  (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd |  -sawn-off blaster - 20k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -reserve fuel tank - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -chemical rocket booster - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -military EM shield - 95k  (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "hm. Seems like we have most of those."
		Knight_Otu says, "I would think the fuel and spped would stack, though."
		DavidW says, "yes, probably."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to sawbones" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SAWBONES
Floyd |
Floyd | A stooped old lady, long grey hair almost to the floor, heavy duty
Floyd | buzz saw for a hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is this fleshy lump before me? You call that a body? Bring good
Floyd | parts and old Sawbones will swap them in for you. Very reasonable

		Guenni asks, "Why fuel?"

Floyd | rate."
Floyd |
Floyd | You show her the razor tail and the laser eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. Yes, all good," she says. "You want a part added, you
Floyd | give it to old Sawbones."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Each tank system should add to fuel capacity, shouldn't it?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "But ours doesn't drop under 6 anyway."
		Knight_Otu says, "If we're doing enough jumps right after another, it would, I think."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure I want to go cyborg."
		DavidW asks, "What will our twin say?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to halftwin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HALFTWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Badass shades. Luminescent hair. Long, nickel-plated legs that end in
Floyd | stiletto feet. Her chiselled abs twist up into a crooked scar.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry, I'm used to the staring. That's where they tore out my
Floyd | twin. After that, didn't have the heart to stay on Jag and keep
Floyd | fighting. Came here. Got soft. Learned how to dance badly and not even
Floyd | care."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is there another meaning to 'twin' we ought to know about?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerino" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERINO
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		Guenni says, "I don't think so."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world has been claimed as sovereign territory of the amalg.
Floyd | Travellers are not advised to remain here for any length of time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Was she a conjoined twin?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It sounds like it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX
Floyd | Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag (not yet landed), Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Amarok, Chimera and Volund
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Should we risk a visit to Jag now?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Unless we want to buy a fuel extension or racing speed here..."
		Guenni says, "I think the pilot helps. But don't remember exactly."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. I'm not sure we're ready for Jag, but we can try."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jag" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jag
Floyd | Tangled canyons have been clawed across the face of this large, rocky
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chaotic, unclear radio transmissions blast out from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg clawship occupies an eccentric orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg clawship closes in, sharp robotic pincers glinting in
Floyd | the starlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jag
Floyd | Ponderous black clouds press low against the spiky crags of the
Floyd | horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg war party roams the wasteland, waving cyborg skulls on
Floyd | pikes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The war party holds hostage a diplomat from the Imago Republic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some charity workers have set up brightly coloured tents.
Floyd |
Floyd | Marisa lives in a remote shack.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead amalg lies broken at the bottom of a cliff, yellow warning sign
Floyd | emblazoned across his nuclear heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get heart" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HEART
Floyd |
Floyd | It unscrews with a bit of effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Have a heart."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to marisa" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MARISA
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at you from under the brim of a broad, weathered hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Take a hint. Leave."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - 50k reward
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to charity" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 74k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHARITY
Floyd |
Floyd | They're all diasporans in blue T-shirts.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Those warriors are dangerous, never forget that, but most of the
Floyd | people here are living desperate and unhappy lives. We do our best to
Floyd | try and make things better, though what they really need here is
Floyd | reliable medical practitioners."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell autodoc to charity" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL AUTODOC TO CHARITY
Floyd |
Floyd | "That would definitely improve some lives around here. Would 9k
Floyd | credits cover your expenses?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 83k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 83k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to diplomat" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 83k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DIPLOMAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalgs holding him hostage aren't too keen on letting him
Floyd | socialise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to war party" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WAR PARTY
Floyd |
Floyd | One of their number has an antique vocoder. She steps forward,
Floyd | dangling bones clacking at the hem of her battledress.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Negotiator. Hostage one piece, for now. 50k credits."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pay the ransom?
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | The war party throw the diplomat at your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you," he sobs. "Please, take me home. Take me to Venter. I'll
Floyd | get you a visa chip, credits... I owe you my life!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "You'll get it back for Marisa anyway."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest marisa" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST MARISA
Floyd |
Floyd | You surprise Marisa while she strums an out-of-tune guitar, your
Floyd | autorevolver levelled at her chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | She sets her guitar down, and her over-sized guns. "Fair enough."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get diplomat" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DIPLOMAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You bring the grateful diplomat on board.
Floyd |
Floyd | "About damn time. Let's get out of here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 33k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jag
Floyd | Tangled canyons have been clawed across the face of this large, rocky
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chaotic, unclear radio transmissions blast out from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg clawship occupies an eccentric orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give marisa to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 83k                                         Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MARISA TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Marisa and transfer your 50k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | As they lead her away, she meets your gaze coldly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal shudders. "She gives me the creeps, that one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 183k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Venter
Floyd | A synth-futurist city of wide open spaces and glass-sided buildings
Floyd | that would seem almost idyllic were it not sitting in the crater of an
Floyd | airless ice moon. Bioroid citizens stroll through the plazas and
Floyd | avenues in casual clothes, unbothered by the hard vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Space-suited refugees form a lengthy queue outside the Border
Floyd | Ministry, where they are turned away by a polite official.
Floyd |
Floyd | Link-J has joined the queue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many of the workers at the loading docks are shellskin
Floyd | immigrants.
Floyd |
Floyd | The diplomat you rescued from Jag disembarks. "Thank you, captain.
Floyd | I owe you my life. To redress the balance, I'm transferring 100k to
Floyd | your account. You already have a visa chip, so I won't need to throw
Floyd | one of those in too."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 183k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Venter
Floyd | A synth-futurist city of wide open spaces and glass-sided buildings
Floyd | that would seem almost idyllic were it not sitting in the crater of an
Floyd | airless ice moon. Bioroid citizens stroll through the plazas and
Floyd | avenues in casual clothes, unbothered by the hard vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | Space-suited refugees form a lengthy queue outside the Border
Floyd | Ministry, where they are turned away by a polite official.
Floyd |
Floyd | Link-J has joined the queue.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many of the workers at the loading docks are shellskin
Floyd | immigrants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 183k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX
Floyd | Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag, Franklin
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Amarok, Chimera and Volund
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 183k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Grimo (Junkbucket Interior)
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | persona of ERX Beta (Surface of ERX Beta), Controller (Surface of
Floyd | Koltsov), bookseller (Panopticon Interior)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess visit a new place?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to volund" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VOLUND
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Volund
Floyd | Structures rise above the thick clouds of this planet: towering,
Floyd | impractical machines of no obvious purpose and unsettling design.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Volund
Floyd | This whole world is layered in complex and arcane machinery. Machine
Floyd | has been built upon machine, feeding into machine, decorated with
Floyd | baroque mechanisms and littered with spare parts. The noise is
Floyd | profound.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hunched, furry molonks continue their inscrutable work,
Floyd | refining their over-engineered contraptions even more.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lone human, Reuben, sleeps in a hammock suspended from
Floyd | convoluted pipework.
Floyd |
Floyd | No sooner have you landed than a group of molonks heaves a weird,
Floyd | disconnected gizmo into your cargo hold. It seems to do nothing except
Floyd | move parts in complex rhythms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The molonks leave your ship having only warily acknowledged your
Floyd | existence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I would 'x gizmo' if I could."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess the gizmo is for Controller."
		DavidW says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to molonk" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO MOLONK
Floyd |
Floyd | You approach a molonk in as non-threatening a manner as you can, but
Floyd | it shies away from you.
Floyd |
Floyd | When you leave it in peace, it returns instinctively to its
Floyd | construction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to reuben" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO REUBEN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's a scruffy old man in a creased jumpsuit and durable breathing
Floyd | mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The chances of two civilisations evolving within even vaguely the
Floyd | same time frame are seriously remote. Aliens have usually either
Floyd | advanced beyond anything we can understand or died out completely.
Floyd | These guys, though, well... look at them. They've adapted to
Floyd | civilisation. They don't even think about it anymore."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - (caught)
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - 25k reward
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world is inhabited by molonks - the first alien civilisation to
Floyd | be recorded by human explorers. There is some debate about whether
Floyd | they are truly intelligent, whether they are the descendants of
Floyd | intelligent ancestors, or whether their entire technological society
Floyd | is the result of pure instinct, similar to a spider's web."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Right. I keep forgetting about cicerone."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we arrest that guy?"
		DavidW says, "sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest reuben" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST REUBEN
Floyd |
Floyd | He holds up his hands. "Ah, crap. Okay, you got me. I'll come
Floyd | quietly."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 184k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Volund
Floyd | Structures rise above the thick clouds of this planet: towering,
Floyd | impractical machines of no obvious purpose and unsettling design.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give reuben to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 209k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE REUBEN TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Reuben and transfer your 25k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm gonna go down in history," Reuben says. "I'm gonna change the law
Floyd | on this stuff."
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal shakes his head. "Keep dreaming, son. Those laws are there
Floyd | to protect alien ecosystems. It doesn't matter how much profit you
Floyd | stand to make: right is right and wrong is wrong."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 209k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's an ancient, plasticky synthetic in a pre-Diasporan
Floyd | spacesuit and a ten-gallon hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're making quite a name for yourself as a bounty hunter, captain.
Floyd | I'm impressed."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 209k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are now in the Imago Republic, a nation founded by artificial
Floyd | humans in response to their persecution and oppression elsewhere.
Floyd | Recently, the Republic has begun tightly enforcing its borders, and a
Floyd | visa is required to land on all of its worlds save Venter."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Gizmo to controller next?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to koltsov" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 209k                                        Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KOLTSOV
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 209k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Koltsov
Floyd | A labyrinth of ribbed tunnels, through which ooze giant construction
Floyd | polymorphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every tube and artery leads back to Controller in her nerve
Floyd | centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fono-H oversees the output of one of the primary sphincters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursing his latest crop is a hab farmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell gizmo to controller" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL GIZMO TO CONTROLLER
Floyd |
Floyd | "What... is that? What do all the parts do? What is it for? What's the
Floyd | power source? You don't know? I don't know either! Um, okay, look,
Floyd | I'll buy it off you for 15k credits? Please?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 224k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to controller" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CONTROLLER
Floyd |
Floyd | She shows you one of her twelve faces.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm still puzzling that weird gizmo out. I actually don't think it
Floyd | does anything at all, but working out exactly how it does
Floyd | nothing is keeping me occupied in idle moments."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We just sold an office desk fiddle toy, didn't we?"
		Guenni says, "Yeah, something like that."
		Knight_Otu says, "So it's an automatic procrastinator."
		Guenni says, "As the saying goes, what's ones junk it's another's treasure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are now in the Imago Republic, a nation founded by artificial
Floyd | humans in response to their persecution and oppression elsewhere.
Floyd | Recently, the Republic has begun tightly enforcing its borders, and a
Floyd | visa is required to land on all of its worlds save Venter."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess Cicerone's text is the same for each planet in a nation."
		DavidW says, "yes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to pearl" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO PEARL
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Pearl
Floyd | Moon of a storm-bedecked gas giant, jewel of the Diasporan
Floyd | Commonwealth: a world of blue seas, green continents and white clouds.
Floyd | Its night side glitters with artificial light.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Commonwealth Courier Co. has a floodlit spindle in low orbit.
Floyd | Viktoria doles out the packages, as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dejected freighter captain is awaiting repairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But unaligned ones might be all different."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is the Diasporan Commonwealth, known as the cradle of
Floyd | interstellar humanity. The Commonwealth is a diverse and loose
Floyd | alliance of worlds connected by hyperspace gates and protected by a
Floyd | unified military."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Fuel's at only 4."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to cygnet" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CYGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | (via hyperspace gate)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Cygnet
Floyd | Grey, airless and cratered, its surface is nevertheless dusted with
Floyd | countless lights and scarred with broad highways.
Floyd |
Floyd | An industrial fuel rig extends its arms to passing freighters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grayson runs a low-revolution saloon in high orbit, a spinning
Floyd | constellation of gaudy neon. A grizzled traveller sits slumped
Floyd | over the bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 224k                                        Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the industrial fuel rig for 1k
Floyd | credits each. 6 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 218k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 10 fusion cells out of 10 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Not anymore."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 218k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX
Floyd | Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag, Franklin, Volund
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Amarok and Chimera
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Where's the place we're supposed to use that neutrino scanner thing?"
		DavidW asks, "Hardcastle or whatever it is?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Amarok to follow Prex, or Chimera for the Viscera?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hardshell I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Hardshell" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 218k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD HARDSHELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Hardshell in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |

		Guenni nods.

Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Amarok next, please."
		Knight_Otu says, "Lonely Rock was a satellite of it I think."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to Amarok" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 219k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO AMAROK
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Amarok
Floyd | Shrouded in thick, purplish clouds, this world probably isn't quite
Floyd | massive enough to be a true gas giant. A white, cyclonic storm rages
Floyd | at its equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gargantuan nomad worldship drifts powerless through space,
Floyd | ripped open and spilling its cargo into the vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg dreadnought has latched onto it with over-sized claws.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ripjaw commands the boarding parties.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dead amalg drifts through space, her bronze wings useless in
Floyd | vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wings" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 219k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE WINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | They come off with a little effort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that's not looking good."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to worldship" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 219k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO WORLDSHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive only chaotic amalg transmissions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to dreadnought" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 219k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DREADNOUGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a transmission of aggressive growls, warbling modem sounds
Floyd | and euphoric whooping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ripjaw" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 219k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RIPJAW
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive man fuelled by thick hoses pumping stolen blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea speaks calmly, but her fists are clenched. "What is going on
Floyd | here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | His huge face is split by a smile. "Just collecting some salvage,
Floyd | ma'am."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And the ship's crew?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "After this catastrophic hull breach, we put them in cryo tubes for
Floyd | their own safety. Is there one in particular that interests you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea just grits her teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can buy the cryo tube off me for 100k. I only ask for so
Floyd | many credits to be sure it's going to a good home. For all I know, you
Floyd | just want a body for parts."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "buy it"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy prex" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 219k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY PREX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The tube."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy cryo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 119k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CRYO
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy Prex's cryo tube for 100k credits, leaving you with 119k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Burly amalgs leave Prex's cryo tube in your ship's hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea examines it. "Life signs are steady."
Floyd |
Floyd | The cryo tube is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Could've been a synonym!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, Aurea gets to examine stuff."
		DavidW asks, "Should we land? Open the tube?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 119k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | The atmospheric pressure on the surface would be too great to take
Floyd | off, even if your ship could survive it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open tube" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 119k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Prex emerges glistening, naked and bright-blue haired from the cryo
Floyd | tube. He looks around with sharp but cynical eyes. "These are
Floyd | friendlier faces than I expected to see when I came out of this
Floyd | thing."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea helps him up. "I need your help to get back."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So purely altruistic motives then? I've memorised Haven's jump
Floyd | vector. Just give me a terminal and I'll set you up. But can you get
Floyd | me some clothes first?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You lend the man a jumpsuit. As he enters data into your nav system he
Floyd | adds: "Shit got bad back home, princess. I got out just in time. Ya
Floyd | know... this ship's pretty cool... Might hang around for a bit. Okay,
Floyd | finished. We're good to go."
Floyd |
Floyd | Did he just call you "princess"?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record Haven" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 119k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD HAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Haven in your ship's log as a place of potential interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No, protagonist, I think he was talking to Aurea."
		Knight_Otu says, "I doubt we'd have that much of a debt if we were a princess."
		Guenni says, "We're also a guy. :-)"
		Knight_Otu says, "(Though I suppose its possible.)"
		DavidW says, "I don't mind being a princess but Prex got dressed far too quickly."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall our gender getting established, but maybe I missed it."
		Guenni says, "Remember No x-ing in this game anyway."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember if we have a gender or not."
		Guenni says, "Well, I think it was mentioned we're identical twins."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "..Guenni I guess I'll just have to look at Prex with my fingers, then." 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 119k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ..GUENNI I GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT PREX WITH MY FINGERS,
Floyd | THEN.
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ack"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "touch prex" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 119k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH PREX
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a good idea to wander the Universe putting your mitts on
Floyd | everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni grins.
		Knight_Otu says, "It's not a touchy feely game."
		DavidW says, "Let's go to Haven or wherever."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to haven" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 120k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO HAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Haven
Floyd | A small, blue-oceaned world is warmed by a yellow star, both lodged in
Floyd | immense biomechanical megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Enjoy the view, captain," Aurea says. "Very few outsiders have seen
Floyd | the interior of Hardshell in a thousand years."
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's almost 4pm."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do you want to wrap up early?"
		DavidW says, "Not me. Just saying."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 120k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Haven
Floyd | A lush, Arcadian land of rolling fields and cyclopean fortresses.
Floyd | Gnarled pillars line the horizon, disappearing into a sky patterned
Floyd | with organic shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | A titanic statue of Aurea, young and unscarred, lies awkwardly on its
Floyd | side, both arms snapped off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black smoke vomits from several settlements, sparkling with hot
Floyd | embers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Corpses have been heaped into careless piles.
Floyd |
Floyd | A perpetually bowed chamberlain glides snail-like across the
Floyd | throne room of a castle besieged by crawling horrors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is unsettling."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to aurea" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 120k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO AUREA
Floyd |
Floyd | An unnaturally beautiful, golden-haired woman with a jagged scar
Floyd | across her face and a cheap robotic arm. She slouches in the
Floyd | co-pilot's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well. Here we are."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry princess, your kingdom is in another castle."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 120k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are currently inside Hardshell. My databanks provide precisely
Floyd | zero information on this location. Indeed, I am suppressing numerous
Floyd | errors in my positioning system stemming from the assumption that
Floyd | being here is impossible."
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Credits: 120k                                        Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are currently inside Hardshell. My databanks provide precisely
Floyd | zero information on this location. Indeed, I am suppressing numerous
Floyd | errors in my positioning system stemming from the assumption that
Floyd | being here is impossible."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to chamberlain" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CHAMBERLAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The chamberlain prostrates itself before Aurea. "Princess Aureana the
Floyd | Uncertain. When we saw that outsiders had arrived, I knew it to be
Floyd | you."
Floyd |
Floyd | She watches the battle through arched windows. "This is what my little
Floyd | sister has wrought, then? Fine. I'll take your damn crown."
Floyd |
Floyd | The chamberlain breathes a hissing breath. "Not all of the constructs
Floyd | will recognise your authority. She has seen to this."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's ever easy?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She steps out onto a balcony. Below, innumerable ageless,
Floyd | brightly-coiffed denizens look up at her.

		DavidW says, "Talk to the chamberlain next, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | brightly-coiffed denizens look up at her....
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't like you guys," Aurea booms, "and you don't like me. But this
Floyd | shitty sphere's set up so you need me, and here I am. I'm gonna kick
Floyd | my sister's arse and then I'm gonna crack this piece of crap wide
Floyd | open, whether you want me to or not."
Floyd |
Floyd | The faces below stare up at her silently. A wave of hesitant,
Floyd | uncertain applause passes through the crowd and then dies out.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 10120k                                      Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | uncertain applause passes through the crowd and then dies out....
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea returns to the throne room. "Oh," she says, "and I owe this
Floyd | outsider ten million credits."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very well." The chamberlain extends a long-fingered, tri-symmetrical
Floyd | hand and deposits a glowing cred stick in your palm. "We shall also
Floyd | refuel the outsider's starship, as a gesture of thanks for returning
Floyd | our rightful ruler."
Floyd |
Floyd | Aurea snorts disdainfully and throws herself into the throne. "Thank
Floyd | you, captain. One day I'll get back out, and look you up. When I do,
Floyd | you can introduce me to your twin."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, this is a push space sort of storytime region"
		DavidW says, "oh. ka-ching ka-ching"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now we know why she couldn't pay for refuelling."
		DavidW asks, "so, we can now rescue our twin?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Jump to Autark and get our tw..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to autark" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 10120k                                      Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO AUTARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Haven
Floyd | A small, blue-oceaned world is warmed by a yellow star, both lodged in
Floyd | immense biomechanical megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 10120k                                      Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Autark
Floyd | Domes and arcologies crowd the horizon: spacious mansions, dirty
Floyd | communes, unregulated sweatshops and outlandish temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trendy office neighbours the landing pad, rented out by an
Floyd | entrepreneur for unspecified business.
Floyd |
Floyd | A legendary data thief by the name of Violet supposedly makes
Floyd | Autark her home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Snake will be in his private dome, surrounded by
Floyd | bodyguards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Credits: 10120k                                      Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to snake" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 10120k                                      Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SNAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | A long, limbless trunk of a man.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I understand you've come into some money, captain. This is not
Floyd | usually how these things go, but I do stick to my agreements. You can
Floyd | buy back your twin's cryo tube for 5000k."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy tube" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5120k                                       Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Niv brings the tube out to the landing pad, flanked by armed goons.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, captain," he says, "maybe you're not the complete reprobate I
Floyd | took you for. I have a lot of respect for those who pay back their
Floyd | debts. You ever need another loan, you come see us again."
Floyd |
Floyd | At that he breaks into a wide grin and leaves, trailing laughter. His
Floyd | goons follow a moment later, unsmiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You check over your new cargo. The life sign read-outs are steady and
Floyd | the cryo tube is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open tube" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5120k                                       Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your twin emerges from the cryo tube naked, wet and shivering.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You got old," your twin says.
Floyd |
Floyd | The perfect comeback somehow eludes you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How did you get the money?" your twin asks. "You must have got
Floyd | around. Seen some things."
Floyd |
Floyd | You tell your twin how you got an Imago Republic visa, saw the inside
Floyd | of Hardshell, met a molonk, entered the Orphanage, commanded a crew of
Floyd | four, caught a bounty...
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you didn't win the respect of the amalgs, visit a world of cats,
Floyd | catch an alien sea creature, get a badass implant, win an orbital
Floyd | race, catch all the bounties..."
Floyd |
Floyd | You admit that you didn't get around to any of that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all the more for us to do together."
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up the jump drive and begin to plot a course.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |    *** Your adventures continue ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You gained 6 out of 12 achievements and visited 33 worlds in 84 jumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | Continue playing? (continue/restart/restore)>

		DavidW says, "hm. It's tempting, but I'm okay with stopping here."
		Knight_Otu says, "I must admit, I expected a last plot twist here."
		Guenni says, "Oh, than let me at least show you something before we land definitely."
		DavidW says, "I notice the dialog is carefully ambiguous with the genders."
		Knight_Otu nods.
		Knight_Otu says, "Go ahead, Guenni."
		Guenni asks, "You ok with showing you two plnets before landing?"
		DavidW says, "yes, feel free."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "continue" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5120k                                       Fuel: 10/10
Floyd | Continue playing? (continue/restart/restore)>
Floyd | > CONTINUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Autark
Floyd | Domes and arcologies crowd the horizon: spacious mansions, dirty
Floyd | communes, unregulated sweatshops and outlandish temples.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trendy office neighbours the landing pad, rented out by an
Floyd | entrepreneur for unspecified business.
Floyd |
Floyd | A legendary data thief by the name of Violet supposedly makes
Floyd | Autark her home.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Snake will be in his private dome, surrounded by
Floyd | bodyguards.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your twin settles back in aboard your ship in no time.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You'd better not have touched any of my stuff..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "jump to xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5121k                                       Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xyzzy
Floyd | A charred and ancient planet, far out from a fading white dwarf star.
Floyd | It has long lost its momentum, forever showing one face to the feeble
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint, intermittent signal stutters from the night side.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "cute"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5121k                                       Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xyzzy
Floyd | It is pitch dark. Your ship's running lights illuminate a small patch
Floyd | of scorched rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something slithers in the darkness, a large blip on your
Floyd | scanners, drawing closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is it a grue?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We might be..."
		Guenni says, "Something like that. Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "David was faster there again."
		Guenni says, "Want me to play that out, or flee as fast as possible? :-)"
		DavidW asks, "Are there Plugh and Plover planets too?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe even a Yoho."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5121k                                       Fuel: 9/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world has no wider affiliation."
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "I do.t think so.-"

Floyd | A flash of ebony teeth and grasping claws.  Something strikes the hull
Floyd | of your ship. And then begins, relentlessly, to tear through.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You were eaten by an unknown creature ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You gained 6 out of 12 achievements and visited 34 worlds in 85 jumps.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5121k                                       Fuel: 9/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xyzzy
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "jump to earth" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5122k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xyzzy
Floyd | A charred and ancient planet, far out from a fading white dwarf star.
Floyd | It has long lost its momentum, forever showing one face to the feeble
Floyd | light.
Floyd |
Floyd | A faint, intermittent signal stutters from the night side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's difficult to find an orbit that doesn't intersect with worthless
Floyd | space junk. Below, white clouds swirl over green-brown continents and
Floyd | deep blue oceans.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "gosh"
		Knight_Otu says, "I *was* wondering about that."
		Guenni says, "Yeah, my reaction exactly. :-)"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5122k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | Wild trees and shrubs burst through cracks in the concrete-and-asphalt
Floyd | ground, climbing fractured, empty-windowed, crumbling skyscrapers.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vibrant shanty towns of recycled building parts and rusting vehicles
Floyd | are stacked haphazardly at their feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Brightly dressed crowds press close around your ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's visit Austria and get pastries."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5122k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world belongs to the star system from which all diasporan life
Floyd | is believed to have originated. Although this belief is arguably the
Floyd | consensus among scientists, it is politically controversial due to its
Floyd | contradiction of those religions that hold that humanity originated on
Floyd | Pearl."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "We could the rest of our system."
		Guenni says, "could do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to crowds" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5122k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CROWDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You try all the languages you speak well: Nacrese, Artiglot,
Floyd | Astropatois, even your own mother tongue, but no-one seems to
Floyd | understand. Random phrases you've picked up from other languages
Floyd | similarly draw a blank.
Floyd |
Floyd | The people seem cheerful enough. Many try, with gestures, to sell you
Floyd | worthless knick-knacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Towards the back of the crowd, you notice a biomechanical
Floyd | android of an unfamiliar design.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to biomechanical android" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5122k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BIOMECHANICAL ANDROID
Floyd |
Floyd | Hydraulics whirr and hiss as his features assume a smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me answer your questions. No, I'm not an android. I'm a
Floyd | Diallo-Zhao Series 3 synthetic human. Yes, that makes me very old.
Floyd | Yes, these are baseline humans, though some modified diasporan genes
Floyd | have entered the population, so they're not as baseline as they used
Floyd | to be. Yes, there are a lot of them, possibly more than everywhere
Floyd | else put together, but not as many as there used to be. No, there is
Floyd | nothing valuable here except history and what's left of the sights."
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to think of a question he didn't answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're welcome," he finishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to mars" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5123k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO MARS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's difficult to find an orbit that doesn't intersect with worthless
Floyd | space junk. Below, white clouds swirl over green-brown continents and
Floyd | deep blue oceans.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Mars
Floyd | A small, ochre world, scarred by a massive canyon and barely able to
Floyd | hold on to its atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5123k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Mars
Floyd | A frozen desert with an atmosphere as insubstantial as it is
Floyd | unbreathable. And yet signs of habitation abound: black, rickety
Floyd | towers; low, camouflaged bunkers; scaffolds strung with metallic
Floyd | skeletons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Warped, lopsided cyborgs prowl the plains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nice."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cyborgs" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5123k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CYBORGS
Floyd |
Floyd | They keep their distance from you, aiming wrought iron spears at your
Floyd | heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You anger the code-minds with your disgusting meatbag. Leave."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Not nice!"
		Guenni says, "Yep. I wanted to show you these before we stop. :-)"
		DavidW says, "let's try the moon or Luna."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to moon" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5123k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO MOON
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to luna" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5123k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO LUNA
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Venus?"
		Knight_Otu says, "No mooning."
		Guenni says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5124k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENUS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Mars
Floyd | A small, ochre world, scarred by a massive canyon and barely able to
Floyd | hold on to its atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venus
Floyd | A planet left pale and featureless by a thick layer of cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5124k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | The atmospheric pressure on the surface would be too great to take
Floyd | off, even if your ship could survive it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat. I wanted to know what the surface of Venus was like."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hot."
		Guenni says, "Warm, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to vulcan" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5124k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VULCAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we never learned terraforming technologies in this universe."
		DavidW says, "Guess not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to deimos" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5124k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO DEIMOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to pluto" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5125k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO PLUTO
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Pluto
Floyd | An icy planetoid with a patchwork surface of darker and lighter browns
Floyd | - smooth areas encroaching on fields of craters - and a surprising
Floyd | collection of tiny moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "I think only our system is implemented. :-)"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5125k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Pluto
Floyd | Mountains of water ice, cold enough to seem more like rock, break
Floyd | through tracts of frozen nitrogen. A subtle haze hugs the curved
Floyd | horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "nobody home"
		DavidW asks, "hm. Where's Dr Who's home? Gallifrey, is it?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to ceres" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5126k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CERES
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Pluto
Floyd | An icy planetoid with a patchwork surface of darker and lighter browns
Floyd | - smooth areas encroaching on fields of craters - and a surprising
Floyd | collection of tiny moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Ceres
Floyd | A small, mottled planetoid with some evidence of patchwork habitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5126k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Ceres
Floyd | Deserted domes interrupt a graveyard of partially dismantled starships
Floyd | and rockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long-range survey ship leans improbably into the sky under the low
Floyd | gravity, brandishing compact fuel collector arrays.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5126k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Haven, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+,
Floyd | Gossamer, ERX Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag, Franklin, Amarok, Volund,
Floyd | Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Pluto, Xyzzy
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Hardshell and Chimera
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "They're all in other worlds rather than Sol system."
		DavidW asks, "Can we refuel from the arrays?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get arrays" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5126k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ARRAYS
Floyd |
Floyd | Using the remote drone, you're able to successfully extract the fuel
Floyd | collector arrays.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5126k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 5126k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: Network transit chip (enter hyperspace conduits), bounty
Floyd | hunter visa chip (entry to Imago Republic) and wireless headjack
Floyd | (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, your twin, Prex, Cicerone, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | fuel collector arrays (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | ion booster (racing speed +1)
Floyd | external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 6/10 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, flight manual,
Floyd | ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some bronze wings (+1 badassitude when implanted), a nuclear heart (+1
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), a razor tail (+1 badassitude when
Floyd | implanted) and a laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well where there's nobody home, there can't be a common wealth or something similar. :-)"
		DavidW says, "oh. They're like the spines. But for free."
		Knight_Otu says, "If you know where to look."
		Knight_Otu says, "Wonder if they stack."
		DavidW says, "Will we get 2 fuel every ... yeah that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jupiter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5127k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JUPITER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Ceres
Floyd | A small, mottled planetoid with some evidence of patchwork habitation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jupiter
Floyd | A sepia-toned, swirling gas giant dominated by a large storm. Its four
Floyd | largest moons are an odd and colourful assortment.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5127k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Ganymede
Floyd | The intricately clouded face of Jupiter fills the skylights of this
Floyd | sprawling but deserted complex.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cleaning bots glide along the long, silent corridors, searching
Floyd | for litter that never appears.
Floyd |
Floyd | A holographic sales assistant flickers in an empty boutique.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to say, that better not work."
		DavidW asks, "What's for sale on Ganymede?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to bots" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5127k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Their only reaction to your presence is to bumble slowly out of your
Floyd | way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to assistant" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5127k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ASSISTANT
Floyd |
Floyd | Her clothes adhere to no style or fashion that you know of. She smiles
Floyd | broadly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello! I'm afraid we are currently out of stock. No deliveries are
Floyd | scheduled, however the previous delivery was only - ERROR - NUMERIC
Floyd | OVERFLOW - days ago, so please check back soon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, darn."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to titan" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5128k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO TITAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jupiter
Floyd | A sepia-toned, swirling gas giant dominated by a large storm. Its four
Floyd | largest moons are an odd and colourful assortment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Saturn
Floyd | A pastel-clouded gas giant with large, dazzling rings and a cluster of
Floyd | icy moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5128k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Titan
Floyd | A thick, frigid nitrogen atmosphere presses down on a world of dunes
Floyd | and hydrocarbon lakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Feral mining crawlers churn through the landscape, clustering
Floyd | together for warmth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to crawlers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5128k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CRAWLERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A low, rumbling moan is the only reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is quite a lot of hidden content."
		Knight_Otu says, "We do get 2 fuel."
		DavidW says, "oo"
		DavidW says, "Very nice."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to neptune" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5129k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NEPTUNE
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Saturn
Floyd | A pastel-clouded gas giant with large, dazzling rings and a cluster of
Floyd | icy moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Neptune
Floyd | A dark blue ice giant, brooding at the centre of a few tenebrous
Floyd | rings.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has captured an icy, pinkish planetoid as its largest moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5129k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Triton
Floyd | Geysers periodically erupt from the nitrogen ice surface, laying a
Floyd | faint mist over the horizon, below the deep blue crescent of Neptune.
Floyd |
Floyd | A crashed orbital racer has carved a groove through the surface, its
Floyd | fusion drive now long cold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get drive" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5129k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DRIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the fusion drive)
Floyd | You salvage the fusion drive and fit it to your own ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5129k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 5129k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: Network transit chip (enter hyperspace conduits), bounty
Floyd | hunter visa chip (entry to Imago Republic) and wireless headjack
Floyd | (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, your twin, Prex, Cicerone, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | fuel collector arrays (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | fusion drive (racing speed +2) and ion booster (racing speed +1)
Floyd | external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 5/10 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth star map, flight manual,
Floyd | ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some bronze wings (+1 badassitude when implanted), a nuclear heart (+1
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), a razor tail (+1 badassitude when
Floyd | implanted) and a laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, faster racing speed."
		Knight_Otu says, "That and the other racing systems may be the key to winning the race."
		DavidW says, "yeah, probably."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to mercury" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5129k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO MERCURY
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Neptune
Floyd | A dark blue ice giant, brooding at the centre of a few tenebrous
Floyd | rings.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has captured an icy, pinkish planetoid as its largest moon.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not wise to jump to a world so close to a star. The distortion in
Floyd | spacetime can lead to side effects on arrival like extra limbs,
Floyd | psychosis and astronaut duplication.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to uranus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO URANUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Uranus
Floyd | A pale blue ice giant with faint, dark rings and an insubstantial set
Floyd | of moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Titania
Floyd | A lightly cratered surface of dry and water ice, beneath the azure
Floyd | crescent of its parent world.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some long forgotten cult had its domed compound here, now only
Floyd | populated with a neat circle of human skeletons and a thriving
Floyd | population of stray cats.
Floyd |
Floyd | An eldritch book sits untouched in the centre of the circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "CATS"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cats" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CATS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're cats. They just stare at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And a BOOK"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have the eldritch book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Pages and pages of bizarre, psychedelic, stream-of-consciousness
Floyd | speculation about the "Others" the author claims lurk behind the thin
Floyd | veil of reality.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Grimo (Junkbucket Interior)
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish... somewhere?
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | Potential Buyers:
Floyd | persona of ERX Beta (Surface of ERX Beta), bookseller (Panopticon
Floyd | Interior)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | an eldritch book
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, ""Others"? Does it mean us players?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		DavidW says, "Junkbucket had the bookseller."
		DavidW says, "oh no."
		DavidW says, "Panopticon did."
		Knight_Otu says, "Panopticon."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to panopticon" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO PANOPTICON
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Uranus
Floyd | A pale blue ice giant with faint, dark rings and an insubstantial set
Floyd | of moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Panopticon
Floyd | You orbit carefully in the shade of one of the huge solar panels
Floyd | Panopticon uses to leech energy from the intense blue star at the
Floyd | heart of the system. Panopticon itself is a glittering band of linked
Floyd | space habitats of all shapes and sizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel drone adopts a similar orbit, sending binary offers for
Floyd | a reasonably priced refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5130k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Panopticon Interior
Floyd | Piercing starlight shines through broad skylights into multi-layered,
Floyd | over-sized streets that curve towards an inverted horizon. The air is
Floyd | thick with colourful holograms.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hyperspace conduit provides ready access to Hub.
Floyd |
Floyd | Decidedly non-humanoid cyborgs go about their strange business.
Floyd |
Floyd | The posthuman superintelligence Wunderkind socialises with
Floyd | several new arrivals at once.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiral-shelled bookseller hoards physical tomes in a
Floyd | cluttered shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell book to bookseller" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL BOOK TO BOOKSELLER
Floyd |
Floyd | The bookseller turns the eldritch book over in its claws a few times,
Floyd | then sends you a simple data packet. "10k."
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5140k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 5140k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A little for for something you have to know about to find it."
		Knight_Otu says, "As in, hidden content."
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Knight_Otu says, "Also compared to the fuel system and the drive. But okay."
		Guenni says, "Well, you don't reaaly need it at this point."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5140k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, saw the inside of Hardshell, met
Floyd | a molonk, entered the Orphanage, visited a world of cats, commanded a
Floyd | crew of four, caught a bounty... but we still need to win the respect
Floyd | of the amalgs, catch an alien sea creature, get a badass implant, win
Floyd | an orbital race, catch all the bounties..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Of course, this means I want to try every planet from every story I've ever read."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to saturn" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5140k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SATURN
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Panopticon
Floyd | You orbit carefully in the shade of one of the huge solar panels
Floyd | Panopticon uses to leech energy from the intense blue star at the
Floyd | heart of the system. Panopticon itself is a glittering band of linked
Floyd | space habitats of all shapes and sizes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel drone adopts a similar orbit, sending binary offers for
Floyd | a reasonably priced refuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Saturn
Floyd | A pastel-clouded gas giant with large, dazzling rings and a cluster of
Floyd | icy moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Sorry. I'm pretty sure our system is the only one implemented that's not mentioned or can be guessed through logical deduction."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5140k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Titan
Floyd | A thick, frigid nitrogen atmosphere presses down on a world of dunes
Floyd | and hydrocarbon lakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Feral mining crawlers churn through the landscape, clustering
Floyd | together for warmth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to eris" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 3/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ERIS
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Saturn
Floyd | A pastel-clouded gas giant with large, dazzling rings and a cluster of
Floyd | icy moons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Eris
Floyd | The frozen surface of this planetoid has been shattered by a
Floyd | cataclysmic explosion. Based on the amount of shrapnel in orbit -
Floyd | shards of ice and tumbling, fragmented warships - this was the site of
Floyd | some ancient, long forgotten battle.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Eris
Floyd | The horizon is deformed into a surreal inverse curve by the huge
Floyd | crater that has been blasted into the icy mantle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The corpses of ancient soldiers litter nitrogen glaciers, their
Floyd | spacesuits painted colours representing no nation you know of.
Floyd |
Floyd | The soul of a primitive battle drone protrudes from its
Floyd | armoured carapace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Glad you remember all the dwarf planet names."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to soldieres" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIERES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something within reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I opened Wikipedia."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to soldiers" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SOLDIERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing but static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take soul" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SOUL
Floyd |
Floyd | It pops out of the slot with a brief hiss. The rest of the drone folds
Floyd | up and quietly self immolates, bubbling through the ice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 5141k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: Network transit chip (enter hyperspace conduits), bounty
Floyd | hunter visa chip (entry to Imago Republic) and wireless headjack
Floyd | (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, your twin, Prex, Cicerone, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | fuel collector arrays (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | fusion drive (racing speed +2) and ion booster (racing speed +1)
Floyd | external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 5/10 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | primitive battle drone soul, most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | star map, flight manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | some bronze wings (+1 badassitude when implanted), a nuclear heart (+1
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), a razor tail (+1 badassitude when
Floyd | implanted) and a laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read soul" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SOUL
Floyd |
Floyd | SELF: (event detected begin recording)
Floyd |
Floyd | ECHO SIX: Wait, does that mean-
Floyd |
Floyd | ECHO THREE: Nah, they'd never blow this rock. It's frickin' holy to
Floyd | them or some shit.
Floyd |
Floyd | ECHO SIX: Do you feel that?
Floyd |
Floyd | ECHO THREE: Calm down. You're imagining it.
Floyd |
Floyd | ECHO THREE: And that light on the horizon?
Floyd |
Floyd | ECHO SIX: You- I- Um... Echo Leader are you-
Floyd |
Floyd | SELF: (imminent termination soul hardcopy)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wild"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to makemake" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO MAKEMAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to haumea" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO HAUMEA
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to klingon" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO KLINGON
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to romulus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ROMULUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to death star" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO DEATH STAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to tatooine" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO TATOOINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think we caught them all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to counter-earth" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO COUNTER-EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to gallifrey" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO GALLIFREY
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to oz" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO OZ
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well there are three you could find out when studying the map carefully."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to narnia" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NARNIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Initial letters?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5141k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Haven, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+,
Floyd | Gossamer, ERX Beta, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag, Franklin, Amarok, Volund,
Floyd | Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto,
Floyd | Eris, Xyzzy
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Hardshell and Chimera
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Not that complicated."
		Guenni says, "Look at names that have more than one word. so to speak."
		DavidW asks, "Oh. ERX Alpha?"
		Guenni says, "Yep, that's one of them."
		DavidW asks, "Source 2?"
		Knight_Otu says, "And source 1 and 2, presumably"
		Guenni says, "Yep. :-)"
		DavidW says, "Please someone drive there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to erx alpha" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ERX ALPHA
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Eris
Floyd | The frozen surface of this planetoid has been shattered by a
Floyd | cataclysmic explosion. Based on the amount of shrapnel in orbit -
Floyd | shards of ice and tumbling, fragmented warships - this was the site of
Floyd | some ancient, long forgotten battle.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting ERX Alpha
Floyd | The dark surface of the airless world below is etched with dull
Floyd | patterns in the shape of circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "jump to source i" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE I
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of ERX Alpha
Floyd | Neat, right-angled channels cut through rocky terrain, crumbling at
Floyd | the edges. Hexagonal patterns, perhaps once prominent, now fade into
Floyd | the dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Natalya is camped out by an exposed vein of fibre optics.
Floyd | Wiring trails out into her headjack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - (caught)
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - (caught)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to natalya" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NATALYA
Floyd |
Floyd | Data scrolls rapidly across her pupils. Her sleek cyborg head requires
Floyd | no space helmet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess humans didn't really make the ERXes, but we at least gave
Floyd | birth to them. This was infanticide. And it was dumb. Diasporans will
Floyd | never get the chance to harm anyone on the other side of the
Floyd | singularity a second time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Guenni), "You said Source I instead of Source 1" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest her" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST HER
Floyd |
Floyd | She holds up her hands. "Well, I've known this has been coming for a
Floyd | long time. I've been able to think quite a bit out here, and I'm ready
Floyd | to turn myself in."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to source 1" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE 1
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting ERX Alpha
Floyd | The dark surface of the airless world below is etched with dull
Floyd | patterns in the shape of circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 1
Floyd | Great chunks have been ripped from this rocky planet. The debris of a
Floyd | staggering strip mining effort forms a multitude of unstable rings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The metallic tentacles of a world excavator loop around the
Floyd | uneven globe below, before boring into its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Oh, I thought they were romen numerals. I didn't check on the braille display."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to excavator" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO EXCAVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The noises you receive in response are not intelligible to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Source 1
Floyd | There's not much sky left overhead, just a few ragged streams of gas
Floyd | spiralling towards the stars from great chasms that bubble with lava.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intendant Tivu-Q is in command of the world excavation, from
Floyd | deep inside a reinforced bunker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to tivu" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TIVU
Floyd |
Floyd | Even in his bunker, he wears an armoured spacesuit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "At such a late stage in the process, I don't need this
Floyd | self-replicating polymer any more. 4k credits? Someone will
Floyd | have a use for this stuff, but the Imago Republic can always just grow
Floyd | more for much less than the cost of shipping it off this rock."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oooo"
		DavidW says, "ERX Beta wants that."
		Knight_Otu says, "We really should have guessed that there are alphas, 1s and 2s."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5142k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We are now in the Imago Republic, a nation founded by artificial
Floyd | humans in response to their persecution and oppression elsewhere.
Floyd | Recently, the Republic has begun tightly enforcing its borders, and a
Floyd | visa is required to land on all of its worlds save Venter."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy polymer" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5138k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY POLYMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the self-replicating polymer for 4k credits, leaving you with
Floyd | 5138k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to erx beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5138k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ERX BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | (Jumping to ERX Beta, where you last saw the persona of ERX Beta.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 1
Floyd | Great chunks have been ripped from this rocky planet. The debris of a
Floyd | staggering strip mining effort forms a multitude of unstable rings.
Floyd |
Floyd | The metallic tentacles of a world excavator loop around the
Floyd | uneven globe below, before boring into its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting ERX Beta
Floyd | The dark surface of the airless world below is etched with complex
Floyd | glowing circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There might be an ERX Gamma and a Source 4"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5138k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of ERX Beta
Floyd | Lightning arcs across neat, right-angled channels cut through rocky
Floyd | terrain. The soil has crystallised into regular hexagons. And
Floyd | somewhere deep underground, something quakes and rumbles with
Floyd | mechanical precision.
Floyd |
Floyd | A holographic persona of ERX Beta stands on a stone dais.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tentacled engineer has taken up residence in an oxygenated
Floyd | blister.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sell polymer to beta" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SELL POLYMER TO BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | "I will purchase this self-replicating polymer for 14k credits. I have
Floyd | always acted towards humans with kindness and compassion, and the
Floyd | price I will pay reflects this. Do you consider this a fair price?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 5152k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world has no wider affiliation."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Talk to beta again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess Beta mourns for Alpha."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to beta" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BETA
Floyd |
Floyd | The hologram is a vague reflection of your own appearance. It speaks
Floyd | in a voice tinged with bitterness.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have allocated a tiny fraction of my mind to this simulation of a
Floyd | human personality. The rest of me is currently engaged in mourning and
Floyd | is otherwise unavailable. At this time, I have no requirement for
Floyd | trade."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "OH"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to source 2" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE 2
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting ERX Beta
Floyd | The dark surface of the airless world below is etched with complex
Floyd | glowing circuitry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 2
Floyd | A small rocky world, ringed by debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | An embryonic world excavator gestates in orbit, guarded by a
Floyd | serpentine war beast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to excavator" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO EXCAVATOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The war beast hijacks the signal with a growl of intense static.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to beast" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO BEAST
Floyd |
Floyd | Screeching static and electronic noise coalesce into three words:
Floyd | "KEEP... YOUR... DISTANCE."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Source 2
Floyd | The ground shudders and quakes constantly as automated mass drivers
Floyd | systematically launch the useful parts of the planet's crust into
Floyd | orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intendant Dilo-R watches the show from a deck-chair beneath a
Floyd | parasol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to dilo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DILO
Floyd |
Floyd | "If one of those launches goes awry and lands on my head, a roof isn't
Floyd | going to be worth much more than this parasol, believe me. Then again,
Floyd | when the drones finish building my bunker I'll probably never leave
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - 25k reward
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - (caught)
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - 25k reward
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - (caught)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 2
Floyd | A small rocky world, ringed by debris.
Floyd |
Floyd | An embryonic world excavator gestates in orbit, guarded by a
Floyd | serpentine war beast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give natalya to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE NATALYA TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Natalya and transfer your 25k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to do my time," she says, "and put this behind me."
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal shakes his head. "If you hadn't run off in the first
Floyd | place, you wouldn't be going away for quite so long. But it's too late
Floyd | for that now."
Floyd |
Floyd | As Natalya is led away, she nods farewell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to source 4" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 4
Floyd | Rocky plateaus rise from dusty plains across the face of this planet.
Floyd | Geostationary orbit is crowded with survey satellites of every shape
Floyd | and size.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "There is a source 4!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Source 4
Floyd | A desolate wasteland peppered with tall, blinking survey beacons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Intendant Fira-P co-ordinates the reconnaissance from an
Floyd | all-terrain rover.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yuzo-I traverses the plains on a synthetic steed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
		DavidW says, "Yuzo is on the list, I think"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to fira" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FIRA
Floyd |
Floyd | She loosens her scarf and pushes her protective goggles up onto her
Floyd | forehead.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come out here to get away from it all, captain? You and me both."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to yuzo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO YUZO
Floyd |
Floyd | A delicate figure almost lost in a beaten duster and lengthy scarf.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just scouting for treasure, captain. But then, aren't we both?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest yuzo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST YUZO
Floyd |
Floyd | He dismounts his warbling, thick-skinned creature. "I have papers for
Floyd | everything I've been doing. This is a profound mistake. Let me go,
Floyd | captain. Or take me in, if you really must, I suppose."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5177k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Source 4
Floyd | Rocky plateaus rise from dusty plains across the face of this planet.
Floyd | Geostationary orbit is crowded with survey satellites of every shape
Floyd | and size.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give yuzo to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE YUZO TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Yuzo-I and transfer your 25k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have some of your own people, marshal," Yuzo-I says. "Someone will
Floyd | contact you soon to arrange a prisoner exchange."
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal says only, "Hmm."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to source 5" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SOURCE 5
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "All out of sources."
		DavidW asks, "ERX Gamma?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to erx gamma" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ERX GAMMA
Floyd |
Floyd | Unknown co-ordinates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nope."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 1, Source 2,
Floyd | Source 3, Source 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Haven, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+,
Floyd | Gossamer, ERX Beta, ERX Alpha, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag, Franklin,
Floyd | Amarok, Volund, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Floyd | Neptune, Pluto, Eris, Xyzzy
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Hardshell and Chimera
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Talk to the twin. But I think we've been everywhere, or at least have a record for everywhere. :-)"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 8/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, saw the inside of Hardshell, met
Floyd | a molonk, entered the Orphanage, visited a world of cats, commanded a
Floyd | crew of four, caught a bounty... but we still need to win the respect
Floyd | of the amalgs, catch an alien sea creature, get a badass implant, win
Floyd | an orbital race, catch all the bounties..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to nereus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NEREUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Nereus
Floyd | Airy, simple buildings break up a multi-coloured and chemically
Floyd | unstable mix of diasporan and native flora. The ocean sparkles at the
Floyd | horizon in every direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nereus' most famous resident is the radical artist Tomer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A smiling girl strolls the pier, twirling her parasol.
Floyd |
Floyd | A marine biologist lives out of his submersible, washing strung
Floyd | between two palm trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of surfers lounge around a beach barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just buying the emblem or whatever it was should get the amalg respect."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing on the beach, the alien surf between your toes, you cast your
Floyd | fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press Z to wait. Press space to reel in your line.)

		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | (Press Z to wait. Press space to reel in your line.)...

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | (Press Z to wait. Press space to reel in your line.)...A
Floyd | surfer leisurely paddles out towards the horizon.

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | surfer leisurely paddles out towards the horizon.You feel a tug on the
Floyd | line.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 7/10
Floyd | line.You reel in your fishing line.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've caught a banded genejacked flounder. It turns sky blue,
Floyd | trying to hide.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since this catch is priced in credits, not kilocredits, you throw it
Floyd | back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to junkbucket" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JUNKBUCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Junkbucket Interior
Floyd | A fever dream of metal architecture, plastic conveniences and rotting
Floyd | leftovers. Corridors curve back on themselves; centrifuges speed and
Floyd | slow, varying the gravity; too-big spaces are reinforced with
Floyd | jury-rigged struts and cyborg body parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fireballs periodically burst into the air from the eye sockets of a
Floyd | giant metal fuel skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filthy, many-limbed Grimo pitches items of dubious provenance
Floyd | to the passing crowds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sawbones potters around in her chop shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every unscheduled blackout, cacophonic music begins to pump out of the
Floyd | nightclub run by Halftwin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is it just luck when fishing or do we need a fancy lure?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Wrong system."
		Knight_Otu says, "I have no idea."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jag" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JAG
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jag
Floyd | Tangled canyons have been clawed across the face of this large, rocky
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chaotic, unclear radio transmissions blast out from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg clawship occupies an eccentric orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg clawship closes in, locking on to your cargo hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jag
Floyd | Ponderous black clouds press low against the spiky crags of the
Floyd | horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg war party roams the wasteland, waving cyborg skulls on
Floyd | pikes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some charity workers have set up brightly coloured tents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 1, Source 2,
Floyd | Source 3, Source 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Lonely Rock+, Haven, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity, Splinter+,
Floyd | Gossamer, ERX Beta, ERX Alpha, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag, Franklin,
Floyd | Amarok, Volund, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Floyd | Neptune, Pluto, Eris, Xyzzy
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | NOTES
Floyd | Places of potential interest: Hardshell and Chimera
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to athena" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ATHENA
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jag
Floyd | Tangled canyons have been clawed across the face of this large, rocky
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chaotic, unclear radio transmissions blast out from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg clawship occupies an eccentric orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Athena
Floyd | Space junk crowds around a planet of dark clouds and oily seas.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg war junker tries to blend in with the garbage.
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg war junker closes in, blasting out aggressive binary
Floyd | obscenities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5202k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Athena
Floyd | The air is a haze of toxic pollutants, the skyline a jumble of stolen
Floyd | architectural styles. Wet rubbish and rotting biomatter squelch
Floyd | underfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fireballs periodically burst into the air from the eye sockets of a
Floyd | giant metal fuel skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on a towering throne of broken cyborg prosthetics is the
Floyd | exalted Piecekeeper.
Floyd |
Floyd | An elderly warrior sits slumped in the street, stripped of his
Floyd | parts by younger amalgs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pyrogut sharpens his blade by a burning oil drum.
Floyd |
Floyd | The landing pad is run by Sharptooth. She keeps the locals away
Floyd | from your ship with lightning that arcs from her gunmetal fist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy emblem" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY EMBLEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the protective emblem for 50k credits, leaving you with 5152k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep careful watch as amalgs clamber over the hull of your ship,
Floyd | burning the arcane symbol prominently into the metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, won the respect of the amalgs,
Floyd | saw the inside of Hardshell, met a molonk, entered the Orphanage,
Floyd | visited a world of cats, commanded a crew of four, caught a bounty...
Floyd | but we still need to catch an alien sea creature, get a badass
Floyd | implant, win an orbital race, catch all the bounties..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - (caught)
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - (caught)
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - 100k reward
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - (caught)
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - (caught)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall seeing Phelim. Though they might be at Chimera."
		Guenni asks, "Did you get the one from the amalg?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Pyrogut?"
		Guenni says, "I don't know exactly."
		Knight_Otu says, "He's too well protected by his allies."
		Guenni says, "I think with the amalg respect, you can get him."
		DavidW says, "sorry, had to visit the bathroom"
		DavidW says, "yeah, that was my theory"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest pyrogut" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST PYROGUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You aim your autorevolver at Pyrogut and tell him that he's under
Floyd | arrest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passing amalgs side-eye the two of you, but refuse to engage in
Floyd | someone else's dispute.
Floyd |
Floyd | Pyrogut drops his blade and shows you his hands. He laughs a slow,
Floyd | resigned laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock him up in your ship's brig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5152k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Athena
Floyd | Space junk crowds around a planet of dark clouds and oily seas.
Floyd |
Floyd | An amalg war junker tries to blend in with the garbage.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give pyrogut to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5252k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PYROGUT TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Pyrogut and transfer your 100k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | As he's led away, the amalg throws back his head and howls with
Floyd | maniacal laughter.
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal just watches him go. "I don't get the joke."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5252k                                       Fuel: 5/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Grimo (Junkbucket Interior)
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish on Nereus
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to grimo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5252k                                       Fuel: 4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO GRIMO
Floyd |
Floyd | (Jumping to Junkbucket, where you last saw Grimo.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5252k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Junkbucket Interior
Floyd | A fever dream of metal architecture, plastic conveniences and rotting
Floyd | leftovers. Corridors curve back on themselves; centrifuges speed and
Floyd | slow, varying the gravity; too-big spaces are reinforced with
Floyd | jury-rigged struts and cyborg body parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fireballs periodically burst into the air from the eye sockets of a
Floyd | giant metal fuel skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filthy, many-limbed Grimo pitches items of dubious provenance
Floyd | to the passing crowds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sawbones potters around in her chop shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every unscheduled blackout, cacophonic music begins to pump out of the
Floyd | nightclub run by Halftwin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to grimo" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5252k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GRIMO
Floyd |
Floyd | Grimo's telescopic eyes size you up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Genuine, best quality amalg products here. Precision made by our own
Floyd | cybernetic hands."
Floyd |
Floyd |  -battered heat shield - 8k  (atmo entry)
Floyd |  -hardwire headjack - 23k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -salvage crane - 8k  (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd |  -sawn-off blaster - 20k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -reserve fuel tank - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -chemical rocket booster - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |  -military EM shield - 95k  (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy booster" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5249k                                       Fuel: 6/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY BOOSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the chemical rocket booster)
Floyd | You buy the chemical rocket booster for 3k credits, leaving you with
Floyd | 5249k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy tank" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5239k                                       Fuel: 6/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the reserve fuel tank for 10k credits, leaving you with 5239k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "refuel" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5239k                                       Fuel: 6/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REFUEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can replenish your fusion cells at the fuel skull for 1k credits
Floyd | each. 9 cells are expended.
Floyd |
Floyd | How many do you want to refuel?
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "all" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5230k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | Enter a number, "all" or "none" >
Floyd | > ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | 15 fusion cells out of 15 are now charged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to fono" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5230k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO FONO
Floyd |
Floyd | (Jumping to Koltsov, where you last saw Fono-H.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5230k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Koltsov
Floyd | A labyrinth of ribbed tunnels, through which ooze giant construction
Floyd | polymorphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every tube and artery leads back to Controller in her nerve
Floyd | centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fono-H oversees the output of one of the primary sphincters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursing his latest crop is a hab farmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to fono" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5230k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO FONO
Floyd |
Floyd | He keeps a bundle of eight eyes on the results of the production line.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Our production is usually tightly allotted to Imago Republic needs,
Floyd | but output is so high now that imports from Source 3 are finally
Floyd | ramping up, we're able to allocate a few items for free trade with
Floyd | passing ships."
Floyd |
Floyd |  -headjack orifice - 25k  (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |  -fuel bladder - 10k  (+5 fuel)
Floyd |  -laser pistol - 25k  (personal weapon)
Floyd |  -solar sail membrane - 3k  (racing speed +1)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "buy membrane" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5227k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY MEMBRANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You buy the solar sail membrane for 3k credits, leaving you with 5227k
Floyd | credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to autark" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5227k                                       Fuel: 13/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO AUTARK
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Koltsov
Floyd | Below thick clouds and barren mountains, geometric shapes are etched
Floyd | into the surface of this world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Autark
Floyd | Airless ice-moon of a black-ringed, aquamarine ice giant. Scattered
Floyd | across its surface are bright lights and gaudy megastructures.
Floyd |
Floyd | An asteroid on an eccentric orbit has been carved into the luxury
Floyd | habitat of reclusive trillionaire Leda.
Floyd |
Floyd | Souped-up ships with huge engines line up in view of a vast-windowed
Floyd | habitat. An orbital race overseen by Silver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to silver" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SILVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Voluptuous and barely dressed; her hair spills out around her in a
Floyd | ridiculous cloud of floating curls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We still need a sixth racer, captain. If you're not too embarrassed
Floyd | by your last performance, do you want to take part again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | You line your ship up alongside the other racers and plot your course
Floyd | past the furthest moon from the ice giant. Crowds waving banners press
Floyd | against the habitat's windows, their jubilant cries failing to carry
Floyd | across the vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice a laughing spectator wearing a snail costume and waving a
Floyd | crude "Zuwarmdraussen" banner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glowing hologram of Silver throbs into existence beyond the starting
Floyd | line. "Ready..."

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | line. "Ready...""Set..."

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | line. "Ready...""Set...""GO!"
Floyd |
Floyd | spitfire6 slams your ship's throttle to the max.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | spitfire6 slams your ship's throttle to the max.G-forces push you back
Floyd | into your seat. You easily pass by the slowest racer - a moustachioed
Floyd | bioroid in an antique spacesuit, flying a brightly coloured
Floyd | rocketship.  He waves to you, jovially. Then you pass...

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | rocketship.  He waves to you, jovially. Then you pass......a high
Floyd | performance shuttle, weighed down by elegant flight surfaces. The
Floyd | pilot winks one of her eight bionic eyes at you.

		Guenni says, "That's interesting. I didn't figure out that you can jump to people."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | pilot winks one of her eight bionic eyes at you....a bundle of engines
Floyd | strapped to a crew pod filled with murky acceleration-absorbing fluid.
Floyd | Whatever floats inside, it gives you the finger.

		Knight_Otu says, "I remembered, the first time I typed jump, it defaulted to Szymon."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Whatever floats inside, it gives you the finger....a shellskin riding
Floyd | a missile. He slams his fist against it in rage.

		Guenni says, "Ah."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | a missile. He slams his fist against it in rage....a living spaceship
Floyd | - human brain plugged into a stripped-down orbiter. The running lights
Floyd | give you a respectful salute. That's it! You're in first place!

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5233k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | give you a respectful salute. That's it! You're in first place!"Well
Floyd | ladies and gentlemen, history has been made today. The Zuwarmdraussen,
Floyd | a jump-capable starship weighed down by superluminal engines, crew
Floyd | quarters, and God knows what cargo... has won the Autark Orbital Race!
Floyd | It just goes to show: if you strap enough engines to it, anything can
Floyd | go fast!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance ticks up 6k to 5233k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hooray"
		Knight_Otu says, "Race - won."
		Guenni exclaims, "Toeroe!!!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5233k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, won the respect of the amalgs,
Floyd | saw the inside of Hardshell, met a molonk, entered the Orphanage,
Floyd | visited a world of cats, commanded a crew of four, won an orbital
Floyd | race, caught a bounty... but we still need to catch an alien sea
Floyd | creature, get a badass implant, catch all the bounties..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to chimera" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO CHIMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Chimera
Floyd | What you can see of this world's surface through the thick storm
Floyd | clouds is a cratered wasteland. Every so often, an explosion flashes
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Commonwealth troop carrier bombards the planet from orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skirting the edge of the gravity well is an amalg grappleship.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The amalg grappleship sends you a wary message of respect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we must get an implant, let's have the wings."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to carrier" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CARRIER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Jump out of this system immediately. It is not safe here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to grappleship" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GRAPPLESHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | They maintain a polite silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Chimera
Floyd | Once a thriving settlement, before the amalgs came. Now a skeletal
Floyd | city of raging fires, billowing smoke and constant gunfire.
Floyd | Anti-aircraft lasers and bursts of flak are the only colour in
Floyd | overcast skies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Commonwealth commandos have secured the landing pad. They
Floyd | scurry between sand-bagged positions and periodically fire tracers
Floyd | into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | A refueller truck sits beneath thick camouflage netting.
Floyd |
Floyd | Viscera leads the amalg forces from an iron-ribbed hovercraft.
Floyd |
Floyd | The roboclaw of a dead amalg protrudes from a shallow grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get roboclaw" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROBOCLAW
Floyd |
Floyd | It pulls away with the snapping of old, decayed bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. Viscera."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to viscera" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO VISCERA
Floyd |
Floyd | Viscera has the face of a beautiful woman. You doubt it was hers
Floyd | originally. Every other part of her is finely honed war machinery or
Floyd | toned, transplanted muscle.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You got some guts, talking to me. Some pretty fine guts indeed. I'll
Floyd | leave them where they are for now. They'll keep better."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take roboclaw" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROBOCLAW
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to commandos" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO COMMANDOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Their officer narrows his eyes at you. "Are you sure didn't take a
Floyd | wrong turn somewhere, captain?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to truck" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5234k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TRUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can refuel at the refueller truck for 1k credits per unit
Floyd | of fuel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess if we still had Aurea, we could get somewhere here."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to hardshell" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO HARDSHELL
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Chimera
Floyd | What you can see of this world's surface through the thick storm
Floyd | clouds is a cratered wasteland. Every so often, an explosion flashes
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Commonwealth troop carrier bombards the planet from orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skirting the edge of the gravity well is an amalg grappleship.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Hardshell
Floyd | A colossal sphere of wrinkled biomechanical flesh, large enough to
Floyd | enclose a whole star system. A few intestinal structures spill across
Floyd | the surface, and countless cilia probe the vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no apparent way inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "scan" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You've already mapped Hardshell. Not that the scanner could penetrate
Floyd | it from up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Hardshell
Floyd | A bizarre vista: organic and squirming.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mechanoid drones stride across the shell-flesh, maintaining its
Floyd | integrity.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "She won't leave, onc she's settled."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to drones" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DRONES
Floyd |
Floyd | They do not respond to your transmissions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I assumed as much."
		Guenni says, "once"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | VISITED WORLDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | Pearl, Storm+, Khamsin, Cygnet+, Nereus, Skadi, Autark
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic
Floyd | Venter+, Zhao+, Jaenisch+, Koltsov+, Diallo+, Source 1, Source 2,
Floyd | Source 3, Source 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Network
Floyd | Xanadu, Hub+, Panopticon+
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg
Floyd | Junkbucket*, Athena*
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Worlds
Floyd | Boony, Hardshell, Lonely Rock+, Haven, Sheol, Jarland+, Unity,
Floyd | Splinter+, Gossamer, ERX Beta, ERX Alpha, Sirona*, Orphanage, Jag,
Floyd | Franklin, Amarok, Chimera*, Volund, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres,
Floyd | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris, Xyzzy
Floyd |
Floyd | +fuel station in orbit
Floyd | *fuel station on surface
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we jack in in Xanadu?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to xanadu" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 13/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO XANADU
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Hardshell
Floyd | A colossal sphere of wrinkled biomechanical flesh, large enough to
Floyd | enclose a whole star system. A few intestinal structures spill across
Floyd | the surface, and countless cilia probe the vacuum.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no apparent way inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 13/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You dock with the space elevator, which ferries your ship down to the
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xanadu
Floyd | A lone hyperspace conduit to Hub stands at the heart of parched
Floyd | scrublands and bare hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface is deserted but for the odd simple obelisk standing stark
Floyd | against the sky. Each marks an entrance to the subterranean facilities
Floyd | where stacks of bodies and brains are plugged into a virtual reality
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visitor's port will let you jack in temporarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | xDreamQueenx sashays through the deepest corridors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirek has been plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Yes. and caught someone."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jack in" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 13/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JACK IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Xanadu Proper
Floyd | A chaotic jumble of tessellating realities. Fields spill into oceans
Floyd | beneath floating cities that tower towards a hundred different skies.
Floyd | You can jack out at any time.
Floyd |
Floyd | The virtual superintelligence, Nephele, sprawls through
Floyd | multiple domains.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bright colours and flowing shapes spill from the hands of a thought
Floyd | artist.
Floyd |
Floyd | hotSpyder sits thoughtfully on a cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to nephele" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 13/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO NEPHELE
Floyd |
Floyd | Shapeless, a million colours at once, constantly shifting.
Floyd |
Floyd | It subjects your mind to a barrage of indecipherable information that
Floyd | momentarily stuns you and then leaves you with the vague sense of
Floyd | having had a satisfying conversation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we were here."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to artist" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ARTIST
Floyd |
Floyd | "One day," he says, scattering winged rainbows from his fingertips,
Floyd | "this place will be larger and more intricate than the Universe
Floyd | outside. One day... the Universe outside will die, and this will be
Floyd | the new totality."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "p" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > P
Floyd |
Floyd | Known Merchants:
Floyd | -Grimo (Junkbucket Interior)
Floyd | -Matej (Surface of Cygnet)
Floyd | -Fono-H (Surface of Koltsov)
Floyd |
Floyd | Odd Jobs:
Floyd | -Delivering packages for Viktoria, orbiting Pearl
Floyd | -Hauling pods for Devrim on Cygnet
Floyd | -Autark Orbital Race run by Silver
Floyd | -Turn bounties in to Marshal Zila-S, orbiting Venter
Floyd | -Fish on Nereus
Floyd |
Floyd | Other Opportunities:
Floyd | -None known
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STATUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 5235k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: Network transit chip (enter hyperspace conduits), bounty
Floyd | hunter visa chip (entry to Imago Republic) and wireless headjack
Floyd | (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, your twin, Prex, Cicerone, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | protective emblem (amalg respect)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | fuel collector arrays (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | solar sail membrane (racing speed +1), chemical rocket booster (racing
Floyd | speed +1), fusion drive (racing speed +2) and ion booster (racing
Floyd | speed +1)
Floyd | reserve fuel tank (+5 fuel) and external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 15/15 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | primitive battle drone soul, most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | star map, flight manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a roboclaw (+1 badassitude when implanted), some bronze wings (+1
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), a nuclear heart (+1 badassitude when
Floyd | implanted), a razor tail (+1 badassitude when implanted) and a laser
Floyd | eye (+2 badassitude when implanted)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to prex" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PREX
Floyd |
Floyd | You find him dozing at the scanner console. Pale, slender and
Floyd | blue-haired.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe a dinky spaceship like this is what I've been looking for all
Floyd | this time. I'll, ya know, do the dishes every so often."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to spitfire" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SPITFIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Her silver skull sweeps back to an aerodynamic point. Not to go
Floyd | faster. Just to look good.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Can hardly believe this scrapheap actually flies, but don't worry:
Floyd | I'll make it do things no-one will see coming."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to pico" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PICO
Floyd |
Floyd | An unshaven bioroid in a clean, white environment suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've taken me to 31 worlds outside the Imago Republic, Network or
Floyd | the Diasporan Commonwealth, captain. I can't thank you enough, but the
Floyd | more data I can get, the better."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to szymon" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SZYMON
Floyd |
Floyd | Szy lurks in the bowels of your starship, doting over the core
Floyd | systems. A bit too much radiation exposure has left him a
Floyd | cybernetically-preserved head floating - detached and jawless - in the
Floyd | space helmet of a heavily patched old EVA suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | His simulated voice rasps and crackles. "The engine's purring like a
Floyd | kitten, reactor's as efficient as it's ever been. Everything else, I
Floyd | leave up to you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before descending back into the depths of the engines, he adds, "Glad
Floyd | you got your twin back. Was always the more sensible one out of the
Floyd | two of you. No offence, captain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The drone soul had no useful info, did it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think so."
		Knight_Otu says, "We are now at the three hour mark."
		DavidW asks, "So what's left? One bounty and a fish?"
		DavidW says, "I think we can stop here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, won the respect of the amalgs,
Floyd | saw the inside of Hardshell, met a molonk, entered the Orphanage,
Floyd | visited a world of cats, commanded a crew of four, won an orbital
Floyd | race, caught a bounty... but we still need to catch an alien sea
Floyd | creature, get a badass implant, catch all the bounties..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "And getting transplanted."
		Knight_Otu says, "And the implant."
		DavidW says, "Sawbones can do the implant easily."
		Guenni nods.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to sawbones" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SAWBONES
Floyd |
Floyd | (Jumping to Junkbucket, where you last saw Sawbones.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to jack out first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jack out" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JACK OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Xanadu
Floyd | A lone hyperspace conduit to Hub stands at the heart of parched
Floyd | scrublands and bare hills.
Floyd |
Floyd | The surface is deserted but for the odd simple obelisk standing stark
Floyd | against the sky. Each marks an entrance to the subterranean facilities
Floyd | where stacks of bodies and brains are plugged into a virtual reality
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visitor's port will let you jack in temporarily.
Floyd |
Floyd | xDreamQueenx sashays through the deepest corridors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mirek has been plugged in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to sawbones" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO SAWBONES
Floyd |
Floyd | (Jumping to Junkbucket, where you last saw Sawbones.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The space elevator ferries your ship back into orbit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Xanadu
Floyd | This planet's sparse green patches cluster around small seas. The only
Floyd | indication of habitation is the brightly lit space elevator protruding
Floyd | from the equator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5235k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Junkbucket Interior
Floyd | A fever dream of metal architecture, plastic conveniences and rotting
Floyd | leftovers. Corridors curve back on themselves; centrifuges speed and
Floyd | slow, varying the gravity; too-big spaces are reinforced with
Floyd | jury-rigged struts and cyborg body parts.
Floyd |
Floyd | Fireballs periodically burst into the air from the eye sockets of a
Floyd | giant metal fuel skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | Filthy, many-limbed Grimo pitches items of dubious provenance
Floyd | to the passing crowds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sawbones potters around in her chop shop.
Floyd |
Floyd | Every unscheduled blackout, cacophonic music begins to pump out of the
Floyd | nightclub run by Halftwin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give wings to sawbones" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE WINGS TO SAWBONES
Floyd |
Floyd | She bares several rows of teeth, each a different kind of gem or
Floyd | metal. "These won't quite let you fly, most gravities, but they should
Floyd | give you a non-fatal terminal velocity. And make quite a fashion
Floyd | statement. Just 3k credits. Agreed?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		Guenni says, "You also had the right idea for the fish."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Excellent. You hold still and you bite down on this."
Floyd |
Floyd | ...
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch your wings wide, exalting in your newly punk-angelic
Floyd | appearance - and also knocking a few things over.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A start," Sawbones says. "Couple more parts, you don't look so bad."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your credit balance is now 5232k credits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Credit balance: 5232k
Floyd | Equipment: fishing rod (allows you to fish), autorevolver (personal
Floyd | weapon) and spacesuit (don't need air)
Floyd | Implants: bronze wings (+1 badassitude), Network transit chip (enter
Floyd | hyperspace conduits), bounty hunter visa chip (entry to Imago
Floyd | Republic) and wireless headjack (non-verbal communication)
Floyd |
Floyd | Crew:
Floyd | Yourself, your twin, Prex, Cicerone, spitfire6, Dr Pico-G and Szymon
Floyd |
Floyd | Installed systems:
Floyd | jump drive (superluminal travel)
Floyd | protective emblem (amalg respect)
Floyd | sleek heat shield (atmo entry)
Floyd | remote drone (take items from dangerous environments)
Floyd | collector spines (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | warp shield (protection from laser weapons)
Floyd | neutrino scanner (run deep scans)
Floyd | fuel collector arrays (gain 1 fuel every 10 time units)
Floyd | solar sail membrane (racing speed +1), chemical rocket booster (racing
Floyd | speed +1), fusion drive (racing speed +2) and ion booster (racing
Floyd | speed +1)
Floyd | reserve fuel tank (+5 fuel) and external fuel pod (+5 fuel)
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuel:
Floyd | 15/15 fusion cells charged
Floyd |
Floyd | Readable Data:
Floyd | primitive battle drone soul, most wanted list, Diasporan Commonwealth
Floyd | star map, flight manual, ship's log and trading log
Floyd |
Floyd | Cargo:
Floyd | a roboclaw (+1 badassitude when implanted), a nuclear heart (+1
Floyd | badassitude when implanted), a razor tail (+1 badassitude when
Floyd | implanted) and a laser eye (+2 badassitude when implanted)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Guenni), "A lure?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Or fishing on Néreus?"
		Guenni says, "The latter."
		Guenni says, "Just do it again. It's somewhat randomized."
		DavidW says, "I wonder where the missing felon is."
		Knight_Otu says, "Might be a bit too random."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall seeing them."
		Guenni says, "That's something I don't remember. Where everyone was, I mean."
		Guenni says, "but since we were everywhere. You could try jump to him/her."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to phelim" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO PHELIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim is a wanted fugitive. You'll have to keep an eye out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. That's right. We *could* try that."
		Guenni says, "Pity."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we havent seen them."
		DavidW asks, "Could they be in disguise?"
		Guenni says, "I think we have. But you can't just to them."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read list" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ LIST
Floyd |
Floyd | Imago Republic Most Wanted Fugitives
Floyd | Arrest on sight and turn over to a Marshal at Venter.
Floyd | Successful bounty hunters eligible for visa chip.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim (terrorism) - 50k reward
Floyd | Kal-Y (piracy) - (caught)
Floyd | Natalya (fraud) - (caught)
Floyd | Marisa (murder) - (caught)
Floyd | Pyrogut (war crimes) - (caught)
Floyd | Rella (kidnapping) - (caught)
Floyd | Luciano (racketeering) - (caught)
Floyd | Yuzo-I (espionage) - (caught)
Floyd | Jade (identity theft) - (caught)
Floyd | Reuben (bio-piracy) - (caught)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "can't just jump."
		DavidW asks, "Which worlds would a terrorist like best?"
		DavidW asks, "Unity?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "One with a lot of important infrastructure or one that's heavily frequented?"
		Guenni says, "I think looking on the first ones makes the most sense. Since the brain wasn't tuned to look out for him than"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah. Found him in my transcript."
		Guenni says, "Well, or that. :-)"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to jarland" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO JARLAND
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Junkbucket
Floyd | Something loops around this faltering white dwarf star: space station
Floyd | modules, starship wrecks and synthetic biomes all grafted together
Floyd | into a single improbable habitat - a vast and irregular megastructure.
Floyd |
Floyd | Amalg freighters lumber back and forth, strapped haphazardly
Floyd | with cargo.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few Network traders orbit at a wary distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Jarland
Floyd | The thin atmosphere is a subtle glow at the horizon, behind glass
Floyd | hemispheres large and small. Each dome brims with lush greenery and
Floyd | minimalist buildings.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maximo runs the Bell Jar Pub, an olde timey establishment
Floyd | filled with antique astronaut paraphernalia.
Floyd |
Floyd | A hard working jar farmer nurtures crops that bulge out against
Floyd | the side of his bubble.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pressure chief hurries from habitat to habitat in a bright
Floyd | yellow boiler suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Phelim hauls cargo out of a low, ugly, opaque warehouse.
Floyd |
Floyd | The highest ranking official that'll talk to a random space captain is
Floyd | Minister Ramos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to phelim" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO PHELIM
Floyd |
Floyd | His thick beard flows dangerously over the neck ring of his urban
Floyd | camouflage spacesuit.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No world can be truly independent when the cyborgs and 'roids have
Floyd | banded together into their cartels. Even the Commonwealth is more
Floyd | interested in bullying smaller nations than furthering the diasporan
Floyd | cause."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "arrest him" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARREST HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | He makes a casual movement, and suddenly a large gun is in his hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before he can aim it, you've shot it out of his grip with your
Floyd | autorevolver.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Phelim," he says. "Corporal.  Four eight five six one five."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock him in your ship's brig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to venter" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5232k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO VENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Jarland
Floyd | A dark, cratered moon in the shadow of a turbulent gas giant. Networks
Floyd | of bright lights shine from the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel tanker refuels passing traffic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Venter
Floyd | The golden rings of a gas giant sprawl across the stars, dwarfing the
Floyd | grey and icy moon below. Bright lights and luminous structures shine
Floyd | from within the satellite's largest crater.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spinning, largely transparent, medusoid habitat serves as the base
Floyd | of operations for the venerable Marshal Zila-S.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fuel jockey orbits lazily - tentacles trailing, bladders
Floyd | swollen with deuterium.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give phelim to zila" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5282k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PHELIM TO ZILA
Floyd |
Floyd | The marshal's remote deputies collect Phelim and transfer your 50k
Floyd | credit reward.
Floyd |
Floyd | He stares hard at you with unwavering eyes as he's led away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your personal little war's over, Phelim," the marshal says. "And you
Floyd | lost."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well that's it, captain," the marshal adds. "You've caught all ten
Floyd | most wanted fugitives. The Imago Republic owes you a debt of
Floyd | gratitude."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5282k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, won the respect of the amalgs,
Floyd | saw the inside of Hardshell, met a molonk, entered the Orphanage,
Floyd | visited a world of cats, got a badass implant, commanded a crew of
Floyd | four, won an orbital race, caught a bounty, caught all the
Floyd | bounties... but we still need to catch an alien sea creature..."
Floyd |
Floyd | You sigh. Really? Does that one last lousy thing really matter that
Floyd | much?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		DavidW says, "CEJ Pacian, I do love you."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "twin, jump to nereus yourself" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5282k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TWIN, JUMP TO NEREUS YOURSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Your twin ignores your orders. So much for being captain...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's go get it, then."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to nereus" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5282k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO NEREUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5282k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Nereus
Floyd | Airy, simple buildings break up a multi-coloured and chemically
Floyd | unstable mix of diasporan and native flora. The ocean sparkles at the
Floyd | horizon in every direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nereus' most famous resident is the radical artist Tomer.
Floyd |
Floyd | A smiling girl strolls the pier, twirling her parasol.
Floyd |
Floyd | A marine biologist lives out of his submersible, washing strung
Floyd | between two palm trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | A group of surfers lounge around a beach barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing on the beach, the alien surf between your toes, you cast your
Floyd | fishing line into the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Press Z to wait. Press space to reel in your line.)

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | (Press Z to wait. Press space to reel in your line.)You feel
Floyd | a tug on the line.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5283k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | a tug on the line.You reel in your fishing line.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've caught something native to Nereus. Whatever it is, it's
Floyd | pulsating with light and has nine eyes on stalks.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sell it to the Nereus Ocean Research Institute for 1k.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to twin" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5283k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TWIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, you got an Imago Republic visa, won the respect of the amalgs,
Floyd | saw the inside of Hardshell, met a molonk, entered the Orphanage,
Floyd | visited a world of cats, caught an alien sea creature, got a badass
Floyd | implant, commanded a crew of four, won an orbital race, caught a
Floyd | bounty, caught all the bounties... That's quite an adventure.
Floyd | Maybe we should head to Waystation. We've earned it, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "record waystation" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5283k                                       Fuel: 14/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD WAYSTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You record Waystation in your ship's log as a place of potential
Floyd | interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump to waystation" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5284k                                       Fuel: 13/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO WAYSTATION
Floyd |
Floyd | (You launch first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Nereus
Floyd | The world below is a bright, reflective blue: endless oceans broken up
Floyd | only by sparse white clouds and even less substantial wisps of land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Meriel runs the orbital weather monitoring station all on her
Floyd | own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting near Waystation
Floyd | Tattered solar arrays reach out from the dual rings of Waystation like
Floyd | fingers grasping at the Milky Way. The station is only partially lit,
Floyd | but the axle landing beacon is as clear as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | The face of the planet below is marred by canyons that radiate from a
Floyd | gaping impact crater. Debris forms an orbital ring of readily
Floyd | accessible metals.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Dr Pico-G pays you 1k for bringing him to a new world.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to cicerone" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5284k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CICERONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A sleek humanoid of shiny black plastic. Its head is dented and
Floyd | cracked.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This world has no wider affiliation."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5284k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Waystation Habitat Ring
Floyd | Used to be, this place was a vital refuelling stop between Pearl and
Floyd | the Old Worlds. Then jump drives increased their range by a few orders
Floyd | of magnitude and the Old Worlds faded in importance. Now the shops are
Floyd | shuttered and the apartments are stripped bare.
Floyd |
Floyd | But this place will always have a draw for space captains like you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elva-G sits slumped against the Superluminauts' Wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to elva" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5284k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ELVA
Floyd |
Floyd | Her synthetic features are hidden behind tangled white hair that
Floyd | spills to the floor, knotting around the matte black data cables that
Floyd | snake out from her skull and into the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is your name, captain?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your name is Captain)>

		Knight_Otu says, "So there is a way to name us."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right at the end of the game, of course."
		DavidW says, "I think this will give us a code to send to the author to join the wall of winners."
		Guenni asks, "So Clubfloyd?"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ClubFloyd" 		

Floyd | (Your name is Captain)>
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is that right? Captain ClubFloyd?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		DavidW says, "yes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | She holds out a small laser cutter in her gnarled fingers. "Will you
Floyd | scratch that name onto the Superluminauts' Wall, to be preserved for
Floyd | untold aeons?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (yes/no)>

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Credits: 5284k                                       Fuel: 15/15
Floyd | (yes/no)>
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You scratch your name awkwardly into the hard material of the wall,
Floyd | next to the most recent addition.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elva-G takes the laser from you and adds more words below. When she is
Floyd | finished, your spot on the wall reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Captain ClubFloyd of the Zuwarmdraussen: Adventurer, explorer and
Floyd | bounty hunter; peer to diasporans, cyborgs, synthetics and amalgs;
Floyd | victorious racer; humane angler; TRUE SPACE CAPTAIN."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I guess we can take a break now," your twin says. "Then it'll be time
Floyd | to find some more trouble to get into."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Your adventures will continue, another day ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You gained 12 out of 12 achievements and visited 51 worlds in 120
Floyd | jumps.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "woot!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Horray!"
		Guenni says, "Yeah, we finished after all. :-)"
		Guenni says, "Time for small Guenns to have some dream adventures."
		DavidW says, "Until the next game, which I'd call Superliminal Virtual Triplet."
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
		Knight_Otu says, "And only three sessions. That's quite fast considering the previous game. :p"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Prelude to Night by Ivan Cockrum
As played on ifMUD on June 30, 2019

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 Prelude to Night written by Ivan Cockrum. 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 prelude2night" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd | tadsr - A text-only TADS 2.5.10 Interpreter.
Floyd | Copyright (c) 1993, 2006 by Michael J. Roberts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | PROLOGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | Klckt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cold.  Silence.  The egg lies in a nest of rock and ice, dormant but
Floyd | for a few key monitor functions.  Blind eyes and deaf ears converge on
Floyd | a remote blue speck a milliyear removed.  Little of interest exists
Floyd | elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Klckt tik.
Floyd |
Floyd | Periodically, some anomaly invites inspection.  Analysis is swift and
Floyd | thorough. Ordinarily, the egg logs the data and then returns to its
Floyd | ordained task.  Divergence.  The anomaly has scanned back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Klckt tik tik tik BEEP.
Floyd |
Floyd | Recognition.  The egg responds with a blush of activity.  Energy wells
Floyd | from its core, breathing life to dead systems.  Initialization routines
Floyd | chatter and hum in an overlapping chorus of electronic voices.
Floyd | Visitors are coming.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dee DEEP.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Hit any key to continue.]

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Prelude to Night
Floyd | A TADS Adventure by Ivan Cockrum (c) 1998.
Floyd | Release 1
Floyd | Based on Sea of Night by G.  Kevin Wilson (c) 1997
Floyd |
Floyd | The author's notes may be read by typing 'note'.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Hit any key to continue.]

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The stars whorl sickeningly as you commence your attack on the capital
Floyd | ship.  You slide into a long downward spiral in an attempt to evade
Floyd | enemy fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "note" 		

Floyd | Ivan's notes here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ship lurches beneath the incessent concussion of nearby
Floyd | explosions.  You look for the object of your attack.  There it is; a
Floyd | mammoth gun that spits flaming blue bile at your harried forces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Did he ... forget to put in his notes?"
		DavidW says, "He did forget."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "For this scene, or at all?"
		Jacqueline says, "dunno"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You find yourself to be curiously indistinct, almost ethereal.
Floyd |
Floyd | You ignore the persistent flash of smaller guns.  Eyes locked on the
Floyd | bore of that gaping maw, you can only watch in horror as it powers up
Floyd | for another volley.  Wisps of energy leap and crackle about its rim in
Floyd | a deadly nimbus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't believe I've ever played Sea of Night, either."
		DavidW says, "Sea of Night involves finding yourself on a strange alien ship."
		wordsmith says, "As usual, DW has played *and* created a walkthrough."
		DavidW says, "My description of Sea of Night is: | You play as a cargo driver of a one-person spaceship, *The Shooting Star*. While en route to Io, your ship collides with something and you crash inside the landing bay of an alien ship. Your future is about to change."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gun" 		

Floyd | It's huge.  From where you sit, it looks large enough to swallow
Floyd | planets.  It crackles with blue fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Captain!"  shouts an unstrung voice.  The gun roils on towards full
Floyd | potential as you continue your deep, lazy slide.  Tiny warrior craft
Floyd | buzz angrily in your wake, adding to the constant barrage of stinging
Floyd | fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot gun" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "shoot".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter gun" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to enter the enemy gun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great maw bubbles like a cauldron, brimming over with luminous
Floyd | energy.  "Captain!  We've been acquired!"  As if in confirmation, a
Floyd | well aimed shot impacts your aft shields.  The resulting blast nearly
Floyd | rocks you from your seat, but you remain locked on course.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have:
Floyd | Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire from the pursuing craft intensifies, battering you beneath a
Floyd | series of well aimed blasts.  "Captain!  Shields are down!"  Critical
Floyd | systems overload, erupting in dark clouds of acrid smoke.  "Captain!
Floyd | Thrusters gone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x seat" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "seat".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attack" 		

Floyd | What do you want to attack?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "maw" 		

Floyd | There seems to be no reason to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare down into the gravid blue pit that fills your screen and
Floyd | scream, "Now!  Fire all weapons!"  The ship rattles as it expels its
Floyd | lethal payload.  You watch as the missiles blaze like burning comets
Floyd | toward the icy bowels of hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That seems promising"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps this intro section happens no matter what we type."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | And hell answers back, bathing you in heavenly blue radiance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Captain!  Captaaaain!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Hit any key to continue.]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters, on your sleeping platform
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake groggily, the fear of your dream still shifting in your belly
Floyd | like a dollop of hot mercury.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Captain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer in your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice from everywhere and nowhere asks, "Were you dreaming, Captain?"
Floyd | It is Star.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, Star," you say.  "I was dreaming of the Sharush again."  The
Floyd | Sharush, whose captain flew straight into the maw of the beast so that
Floyd | we might escape, you think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "This should be more interactive now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd | This ornate prayer box has been in your family for generations.  It was
Floyd | carved with exquisite craftsmanship from a single block of ironwood.
Floyd | The doors, which display a pair of fierce guardians, are shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am sorry to have awakened you, Captain, but your presence is
Floyd | urgently required in the navigation chamber."
Floyd |
Floyd | The specifics of your dream flee as you gradually become more alert,
Floyd | leaving you with a lingering sense of dread.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, but I did tell it to attack the maw."
		Jacqueline says, "That was interactive"
		wordsmith says, "illusion"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		wordsmith says, "I think"
		wordsmith exclaims, "Good timing, though!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Jacqueline shrugs. 		Jacqueline says, "oops."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shrugs
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Junction
Floyd | This area is identical to the South Junction.  Ladders lead down
Floyd | circular tunnels to the east and west, though each tunnel is obstructed
Floyd | by a sealed iris.  The main corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Hallway
Floyd | This part of the corridor is exceptionally narrow.  The walls are a
Floyd | very pale pink, almost to the point of being white.  The corridor
Floyd | continues to the south and ends in some kind of iris to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Star's voice reaches you from no specific point to say, "Captain,
Floyd | please report to the navigation chamber.  Your presence is urgently
Floyd | required".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step inside, finding another one just
Floyd | ahead.  The first iris closes, and then the second one opens.  A bit
Floyd | bemused, you step through into the room beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | Torus Room
Floyd | Hanging in the air is an enormous torus.  The walls here are a very
Floyd | pale white, almost green.  The odor of Star's digestive tract is nearly
Floyd | overwhelming here.  An iris blocks the corridor leading south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I don't know if this is the navigation chamber, but maybe?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What's a torus?"
		Jacqueline googles.
		wordsmith says, "like a donut"
		DavidW says, "Donut shaped."
		Knight_Otu says, "A donut sdhape"
		wordsmith says, "or a bagel"
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on torus" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to sit on the torus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x torus" 		

Floyd | Looking closer, you see a small half-twist in the torus near the top,
Floyd | making this object a mobius strip.  The hole in its center is nearly
Floyd | two meters in diameter.  Nothing is visible through the hole except
Floyd | inky blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Star's voice reaches you from no specific point to say, "Captain,
Floyd | please report to the navigation chamber.  Your presence is urgently
Floyd | required".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, maybe this isn't the right chamber"
		wordsmith says, "Klein bottle, maybe. (3D Moebius strip)."
		Knight_Otu says, "That would be easier if we knew where, Star."
		Jacqueline says, "seems not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step inside, finding another one just
Floyd | ahead.  The first iris closes, and then the second one opens.  You step
Floyd | through into the room beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hallway
Floyd | This part of the corridor is exceptionally narrow.  The walls are a
Floyd | very pale pink, almost to the point of being white.  The corridor
Floyd | continues to the south and ends in some kind of iris to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Junction
Floyd | This area is identical to the South Junction.  Ladders lead down
Floyd | circular tunnels to the east and west, though each tunnel is obstructed
Floyd | by a sealed iris.  The main corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | Star's voice reaches you from no specific point to say, "Captain,
Floyd | please report to the navigation chamber.  Your presence is urgently
Floyd | required".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "can we >go to navigation ?"
		Jacqueline says, "Probably not. It was the 90s"
		wordsmith exclaims, "You'd think the captain would know the layout of his/her own ship!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to navigation" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to your quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Star's voice reaches you from no specific point to say, "Captain,
Floyd | please report to the navigation chamber.  Your presence is urgently
Floyd | required".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the navigation
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Psh, knowledge is overrated."
		DavidW says, "oh, here it is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd | The chair is already occupied by Nu-Banda.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to nu-banda" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "talk".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "report to nu-banda" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "report".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nu-banda, hi" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nu-banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x nu-banda" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nu-banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x console" 		

Floyd | The navigation console is one of a small few concessions to traditional
Floyd | human design.  You recognize the majority of its controls and feedback
Floyd | from long standing experience with standard space craft.  Also apparent
Floyd | are some strange elements unique to Star.  Much of the console's
Floyd | functionality is redundant, as Star can be communicated with through
Floyd | more efficient means, and is largely self-monitoring.  However, the nav
Floyd | console was included in the event that Star's central mentality should
Floyd | be damaged or incapacitated - a decision that has already proven its
Floyd | merit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x planet" 		

Floyd | I don't see any planet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banda" 		

Floyd | I don't see any banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd | I don't see any ship here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x uru-sha-iltanu" 		

Floyd | I don't see any uru-sha-iltanu here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Man, the 90s"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x navigator" 		

Floyd | I don't see any navigator here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "woman".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about navigation" 		

Floyd |    "The navigation console and chair allow a human pilot to interface
Floyd | with me in what you would consider a traditional manner, Captain.  I
Floyd | consider it cumbersome, but it is in my directives to work within its
Floyd | limitations."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "interface" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "interface".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about nu-banda" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x membrane" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "membrane".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x Nu-Banda" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nu-banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x console" 		

Floyd | The navigation console is one of a small few concessions to traditional
Floyd | human design.  You recognize the majority of its controls and feedback
Floyd | from long standing experience with standard space craft.  Also apparent
Floyd | are some strange elements unique to Star.  Much of the console's
Floyd | functionality is redundant, as Star can be communicated with through
Floyd | more efficient means, and is largely self-monitoring.  However, the nav
Floyd | console was included in the event that Star's central mentality should
Floyd | be damaged or incapacitated - a decision that has already proven its
Floyd | merit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x uru" 		

Floyd | I don't see any uru here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of game), "Now what?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x Nubanda" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nubanda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd | What do you want to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Houston, we have a problem."
		Jacqueline says, "But, she's there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "chair" 		

Floyd | The chair is already occupied by Nu-Banda.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x Nu-Banda" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nu-banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd | I don't see what you're referring to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is such a basic early step surely it can be gotten past."
		biko asks, "What about the other ship?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x kim-ma-tu" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "kim-ma-tu".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to biko), "I can't look at it either."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x kimmatu" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "kimmatu".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd | Your throat is a bit sore now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x other ship" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "other".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd | I don't see any ship here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline dies a little inside.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sister ship" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "sister".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe we should've brought the prayer box."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "hahaha. That may be our only hope!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to your quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd | You've no reason to remove it at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "pray".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd | This ornate prayer box has been in your family for generations.  It was
Floyd | carved with exquisite craftsmanship from a single block of ironwood.
Floyd | Currently the doors are open to reveal a pair of figures, each sitting
Floyd | cross-legged in a pose of mutual contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figures" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "figures".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "contemplate" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "contemplate".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This must be one of Ivan's very early games."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "meditate" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "meditate".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cry" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "cry".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess this isn't helpful either."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the navigation
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nu-banda, hi" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nu-banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "star, hi" 		

Floyd |    "I do not understand your order, Captain."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "OH!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "PROGRESS!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, land" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "land".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "explain"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd | Below you lies a barren world of ice, partly eclipsed by its sister
Floyd | satellite.  Beyond the planet's rim lie the stars, and the inky velvet
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suspended squarely in your screen, several kilometers distant, is
Floyd | another Kim-Ma-Tu ship.  It looks like a small toy that has been hung
Floyd | like an ornament above the snowy globe below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, just progress in that you figured out we can talk to the ship."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), ""x nu-banda"" 		

Floyd | There's no verb in that sentence!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's the closest thing we've had to progress in 10 minutes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x "nu-banda"" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to inspect "nu-banda".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "notes" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "notes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about planet" 		

Floyd |    "Data suggests that planet Z29 contains an atmosphere rich in
Floyd | nitrogen and oxygen, an ideal mixture for me to absorb.  However, I do
Floyd | not have enough energy remaining to open the mobius gate to that
Floyd | distance, or for a long enough duration to absorb what I require."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking we're only still playing this because some of us know Ivan and know he wrote some good games. I'm not sure this is one of them."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about mobius gate" 		

Floyd |    "The mobius gate is capable of sending you to the surface of any
Floyd | known planets within range by folding space.  You need a wrist recall
Floyd | device in order to activate the gate from planetside.  As you know,
Floyd | when I travel, I use the gate to cut the distance immeasurably.  Given
Floyd | my current energy levels, I can not leave this space until I have
Floyd | refueled."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about ship" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Although it may be a very good game and we're just judging it through modern eyes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, refuel" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "refuel".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about energy" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "energy".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask star about status" 		

Floyd | I don't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "status" 		

Floyd | In a total of 46 turns, you have achieved a score of 0 point(s) out of
Floyd | a possible 8.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about wrist recall" 		

Floyd |    "The wrist recall device is worn when entering the mobius gate in
Floyd | order to be able to return to me.  To operate, you simply twist it.
Floyd | The mobius gate will then open near you.  However, as I have very
Floyd | little energy to maintain the gate, be sure not to call for it until
Floyd | you have located a supply of fuel for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It doesn't help that we can't use the hyphenated words."
		wordsmith says, "ah"
		DavidW says, "I think we need to find this wrist recall thing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about fuel" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "fuel".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Land on planet, find fuel, return."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take recall" 		

Floyd | I don't see any recall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Maybe when we enter the moebius we get the wrist thing?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "The torus?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about torus" 		

Floyd |    "The mobius gate is capable of sending you to the surface of any
Floyd | known planets within range by folding space.  You need a wrist recall
Floyd | device in order to activate the gate from planetside.  As you know,
Floyd | when I travel, I use the gate to cut the distance immeasurably.  Given
Floyd | my current energy levels, I can not leave this space until I have
Floyd | refueled."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The torus is the gate, not the wrist gadget."
		Knight_Otu says, "right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Junction
Floyd | Ladders lead down circular tunnels to the east and west.  Star's
Floyd | constant spin creates enough centripetal force to simulate nearly a
Floyd | full g, enabling you to walk up the 'walls' to the holes and then fall
Floyd | down either one.  However, the western ladder ends in a sealed iris.
Floyd | The main corridor continues north, while another sealed iris blocks
Floyd | passage to the south.  The iris to the south is scarred and burned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You walk up to the east ladder, and then climb down it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medical Bay
Floyd | A ladder leads upwards out of this spacious room.  The room is
Floyd | dominated by the med tank, filled with Star's vital fluids.  There is
Floyd | also a reddish tube hanging from the ceiling.  The floor here, besides
Floyd | the pool, is a hard, glossy black.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying submerged in the tank is Gar-Du, your Dumu-Sal-Aga.  She was
Floyd | severely wounded in the recent battle.  Sitting on the floor beside her
Floyd | with an expression of long suffering consternation is Sal-Me, the
Floyd | ship's Ba-Ha-Ru and Gar-Du's partner.
Floyd |    A Sal-Me is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taking a deep breath, you feel strangely comfortable and relaxed.  Your
Floyd | heart rate slows down, and you feel a bit better.
Floyd |
Floyd | Star says, "Sickbay operational."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sal-me" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me is your ship's Ba-Ha-Ru, or Prophetess, whose role it is to aid
Floyd | the crew in spirital matters.  Her scarlet robes are torn and bloodied,
Floyd | and she bears the signs of physical exhaustion.  So far as you know,
Floyd | she has not left Gar-Du's side since her immersion in the pool.  Were
Floyd | she not Gar-Du's Hala Si-Il, or spiritual partner, you would have
Floyd | commanded her to bed many hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about gar-du" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me glances tiredly at you but fails to answer.  She is bleary-eyed
Floyd | with exhaustion and concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pool" 		

Floyd | The pool is about two meters long, one meter wide, and one meter deep.
Floyd | Looking carefully, you note that the bottom of the pool is covered with
Floyd | large cilia.  Currently, the pool is occupied by Gar-Du, your
Floyd | Dumu-Sal-Aga.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about gar-du" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So is Banda just not implemented then?"
		wordsmith says, "Not a good sign..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about pool" 		

Floyd |    "The sick bay is in operational condition, as you know, Captain.  It
Floyd | is a first priority function, so it was not shut down to conserve
Floyd | energy.  I hope that it is able to heal crew member Gar-Du."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about wrist recall" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me glances tiredly at you but fails to answer.  She is bleary-eyed
Floyd | with exhaustion and concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star for wrist recall" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "for".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have:
Floyd | Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wrist" 		

Floyd | I don't see any wrist here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South Junction
Floyd | Ladders lead down circular tunnels to the east and west.  Star's
Floyd | constant spin creates enough centripetal force to simulate nearly a
Floyd | full g, enabling you to walk up the 'walls' to the holes and then fall
Floyd | down either one.  However, the western ladder ends in a sealed iris.
Floyd | The main corridor continues north, while another sealed iris blocks
Floyd | passage to the south.  The iris to the south is scarred and burned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about star" 		

Floyd |    "Yes, Captain.  Performing diagnostic check.  As you know, I
Floyd | acquired extensive damage during the recent battle."  Star's calm
Floyd | bravery tingles in your throat, causing you to swallow a small pang of
Floyd | guilt.  "My offensive and defensive capabilities are marginal, and I
Floyd | have only enough energy to open the mobius gate for a few moments.  I
Floyd | am badly in need of nitrogen to begin repairs."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is the darn thing in our room and we just didn't see it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to your quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd | It's a soft, fleshy extrusion that extends from a wall of the chamber.
Floyd | Though you've grown used to it, it still reminds you uncomfortably of a
Floyd | large tongue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd | There's nothing under your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close it" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to close your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pedestal" 		

Floyd | This ornate prayer box has been in your family for generations.  It was
Floyd | carved with exquisite craftsmanship from a single block of ironwood.
Floyd | Currently the doors are open to reveal a pair of figures, each sitting
Floyd | cross-legged in a pose of mutual contemplation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search box" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd | (your sleeping platform)
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "think".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer in your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the navigation
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, find recall" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "find".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "star, where is recall" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "where".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Your uniform is a bit disheveled, but otherwise you appear to be none
Floyd | the worse for wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in pocket" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "pocket".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x uniform" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "uniform".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You have:
Floyd | Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We have: no clue how to play this game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Junction
Floyd | This area is identical to the South Junction.  Ladders lead down
Floyd | circular tunnels to the east and west, though each tunnel is obstructed
Floyd | by a sealed iris.  The main corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Hallway
Floyd | This part of the corridor is exceptionally narrow.  The walls are a
Floyd | very pale pink, almost to the point of being white.  The corridor
Floyd | continues to the south and ends in some kind of iris to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step inside, finding another one just
Floyd | ahead.  The first iris closes, and then the second one opens.  A bit
Floyd | bemused, you step through into the room beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | Torus Room
Floyd | Hanging in the air is an enormous torus.  The walls here are a very
Floyd | pale white, almost green.  The odor of Star's digestive tract is nearly
Floyd | overwhelming here.  An iris blocks the corridor leading south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd | Looking closer, you see a small half-twist in the torus near the top,
Floyd | making this object a mobius strip.  The hole in its center is nearly
Floyd | two meters in diameter.  Nothing is visible through the hole except
Floyd | inky blackness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd | The torus repels you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to open the torus.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe, as captain, we can order Star to open an iris they've locked."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step inside, finding another one just
Floyd | ahead.  The first iris closes, and then the second one opens.  You step
Floyd | through into the room beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hallway
Floyd | This part of the corridor is exceptionally narrow.  The walls are a
Floyd | very pale pink, almost to the point of being white.  The corridor
Floyd | continues to the south and ends in some kind of iris to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Junction
Floyd | This area is identical to the South Junction.  Ladders lead down
Floyd | circular tunnels to the east and west, though each tunnel is obstructed
Floyd | by a sealed iris.  The main corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, open iris" 		

Floyd | I don't see any iris here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I got the impression she sealed off things intentionally, but yeah, perhaps."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, unlock door" 		

Floyd | I don't see any door here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x iris" 		

Floyd | I don't see any iris here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't see the wrist recall in any room we can visit. Unless the woman in the pool wears one."
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems a no."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, unseal extremities" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "unseal".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Junction
Floyd | Ladders lead down circular tunnels to the east and west.  Star's
Floyd | constant spin creates enough centripetal force to simulate nearly a
Floyd | full g, enabling you to walk up the 'walls' to the holes and then fall
Floyd | down either one.  However, the western ladder ends in a sealed iris.
Floyd | The main corridor continues north, while another sealed iris blocks
Floyd | passage to the south.  The iris to the south is scarred and burned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You walk up to the east ladder, and then climb down it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medical Bay
Floyd | A ladder leads upwards out of this spacious room.  The room is
Floyd | dominated by the med tank, filled with Star's vital fluids.  There is
Floyd | also a reddish tube hanging from the ceiling.  The floor here, besides
Floyd | the pool, is a hard, glossy black.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying submerged in the tank is Gar-Du, your Dumu-Sal-Aga.  She was
Floyd | severely wounded in the recent battle.  Sitting on the floor beside her
Floyd | with an expression of long suffering consternation is Sal-Me, the
Floyd | ship's Ba-Ha-Ru and Gar-Du's partner.
Floyd |    A Sal-Me is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Star says, "Sickbay operational."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sal-me" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me is your ship's Ba-Ha-Ru, or Prophetess, whose role it is to aid
Floyd | the crew in spirital matters.  Her scarlet robes are torn and bloodied,
Floyd | and she bears the signs of physical exhaustion.  So far as you know,
Floyd | she has not left Gar-Du's side since her immersion in the pool.  Were
Floyd | she not Gar-Du's Hala Si-Il, or spiritual partner, you would have
Floyd | commanded her to bed many hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | [TADS-1001: stack overflow]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Medical Bay
Floyd | A ladder leads upwards out of this spacious room.  The room is
Floyd | dominated by the med tank, filled with Star's vital fluids.  There is
Floyd | also a reddish tube hanging from the ceiling.  The floor here, besides
Floyd | the pool, is a hard, glossy black.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying submerged in the tank is Gar-Du, your Dumu-Sal-Aga.  She was
Floyd | severely wounded in the recent battle.  Sitting on the floor beside her
Floyd | with an expression of long suffering consternation is Sal-Me, the
Floyd | ship's Ba-Ha-Ru and Gar-Du's partner.
Floyd |    A Sal-Me is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "nooooooooooooooooooooooo"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gar-du" 		

Floyd | Gar-Du is your Dumu-Sal-Aga, or First Officer.  You wince at the sight
Floyd | of her naked, wounded form.  Though you know she is in the nurturing
Floyd | care of the healing bath, she appears unpleasantly lifeless.  The
Floyd | injuries she sustained in the battle were extreme.  It's a wonder she
Floyd | has survived them this long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tube" 		

Floyd | The tube is about eight centimeters wide.  At its end is a mouthful of
Floyd | teeth similar to that on a lamprey.  The teeth are tightly clenched to
Floyd | a spot just above Gar-Du's left breast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I didn't see a mention of a tube?"
		DavidW says, "oh. there it is."
		Knight_Otu says, ""There is also a reddish tube...""
		wordsmith says, "I think it is life-support..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | South Junction
Floyd | Ladders lead down circular tunnels to the east and west.  Star's
Floyd | constant spin creates enough centripetal force to simulate nearly a
Floyd | full g, enabling you to walk up the 'walls' to the holes and then fall
Floyd | down either one.  However, the western ladder ends in a sealed iris.
Floyd | The main corridor continues north, while another sealed iris blocks
Floyd | passage to the south.  The iris to the south is scarred and burned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | The walls are dark pink, with only a very thin coating of the strange,
Floyd | clear oil.  The floor is spongy and shakes constantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the navigation
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x nu-banda" 		

Floyd | I don't see any nu-banda here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x nu-bandu" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "nu-bandu".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We never actually did anything in this room in response to the summons."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bandu-nu" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "bandu-nu".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banda-nu" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "banda-nu".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Nothing seemed to be implemented except the screen..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about me" 		

Floyd |    "Yes, you are my Captain.  What is your command?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star, give recall to me" 		

Floyd | I don't see any recall here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about screen" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about recall" 		

Floyd |    "The wrist recall device is worn when entering the mobius gate in
Floyd | order to be able to return to me.  To operate, you simply twist it.
Floyd | The mobius gate will then open near you.  However, as I have very
Floyd | little energy to maintain the gate, be sure not to call for it until
Floyd | you have located a supply of fuel for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about navigation" 		

Floyd |    "The navigation console and chair allow a human pilot to interface
Floyd | with me in what you would consider a traditional manner, Captain.  I
Floyd | consider it cumbersome, but it is in my directives to work within its
Floyd | limitations."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about navigator" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about nu-banda" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about humans" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "humans".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Your uniform is a bit disheveled, but otherwise you appear to be none
Floyd | the worse for wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about dumu-sal-aga" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about sal-me" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about prayer box" 		

Floyd |    "That is one of your personal possessions, Captain.  As such, you
Floyd | would know better than I."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about life support" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "life".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about tube" 		

Floyd |    "The cilia relax the subject and attempt to repair epidermal damage
Floyd | while the feed tube takes care of replacing lost fluids and encouraging
Floyd | the repair of internal damage."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about goddess" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "goddess".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about prophetess" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about kim-ma-tu" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "kim-ma-tu".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about crew" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about damage" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "damage".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about emergency" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "emergency".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about equipment" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "equipment".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask star about sharush" 		

Floyd |    "I'm sorry, Captain.  I have no knowledge of that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about storage" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "storage".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask star about nitrogen" 		

Floyd |    "Captain, I am in great need of nutritive substance to effect the
Floyd | repairs necessary for my well-being."  Despite Star's calm analysis,
Floyd | you sense the great pain beneath her words.  "The planet below has rich
Floyd | deposits of frozen nitrogen, but as it is in a solid form, I am unable
Floyd | to retrieve it myself.  If I may be so bold, Captain:  perhaps someone
Floyd | could travel to the planet to mine the nitrogen for me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, Star, tell us where the Macguffin is then."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search console" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd | I don't know how to open the navigation console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search me" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I need to go soon."
		DavidW says, "In the other game, the device was in the room of holes, east of the north junction."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search chair" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to your quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "exits".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd | You've no reason to remove it at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push pedestal" 		

Floyd | Pushing the prayer box doesn't do anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Good luck!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "lie on bed" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're now lying on your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd | Captain's Quarters, on your sleeping platform
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You're not going anywhere until you get out of your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd | Okay, you're no longer in your sleeping platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Junction
Floyd | This area is identical to the South Junction.  Ladders lead down
Floyd | circular tunnels to the east and west, though each tunnel is obstructed
Floyd | by a sealed iris.  The main corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open east iris" 		

Floyd | I don't see any east iris here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open iris" 		

Floyd | I don't see any iris here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | North Hallway
Floyd | This part of the corridor is exceptionally narrow.  The walls are a
Floyd | very pale pink, almost to the point of being white.  The corridor
Floyd | continues to the south and ends in some kind of iris to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | The walls are a pale pink, with almost no oil at all.  The floor is dry
Floyd | and crumbling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step inside, finding another one just
Floyd | ahead.  The first iris closes, and then the second one opens.  A bit
Floyd | bemused, you step through into the room beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | Torus Room
Floyd | Hanging in the air is an enormous torus.  The walls here are a very
Floyd | pale white, almost green.  The odor of Star's digestive tract is nearly
Floyd | overwhelming here.  An iris blocks the corridor leading south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "twist gate" 		

Floyd | Turning the torus doesn't have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | The walls are a pale green, and stink horribly.  The floor is dry and
Floyd | seems to be made of rotting flesh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step inside, finding another one just
Floyd | ahead.  The first iris closes, and then the second one opens.  You step
Floyd | through into the room beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | North Hallway
Floyd | This part of the corridor is exceptionally narrow.  The walls are a
Floyd | very pale pink, almost to the point of being white.  The corridor
Floyd | continues to the south and ends in some kind of iris to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | North Junction
Floyd | This area is identical to the South Junction.  Ladders lead down
Floyd | circular tunnels to the east and west, though each tunnel is obstructed
Floyd | by a sealed iris.  The main corridor continues to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | I don't see any walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | South Junction
Floyd | Ladders lead down circular tunnels to the east and west.  Star's
Floyd | constant spin creates enough centripetal force to simulate nearly a
Floyd | full g, enabling you to walk up the 'walls' to the holes and then fall
Floyd | down either one.  However, the western ladder ends in a sealed iris.
Floyd | The main corridor continues north, while another sealed iris blocks
Floyd | passage to the south.  The iris to the south is scarred and burned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | I don't see any walls here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Star says, "I am sorry, Captain, but I have sealed off my non-critical
Floyd | extremities in order to preserve life support at my core."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You walk up to the east ladder, and then climb down it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Medical Bay
Floyd | A ladder leads upwards out of this spacious room.  The room is
Floyd | dominated by the med tank, filled with Star's vital fluids.  There is
Floyd | also a reddish tube hanging from the ceiling.  The floor here, besides
Floyd | the pool, is a hard, glossy black.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying submerged in the tank is Gar-Du, your Dumu-Sal-Aga.  She was
Floyd | severely wounded in the recent battle.  Sitting on the floor beside her
Floyd | with an expression of long suffering consternation is Sal-Me, the
Floyd | ship's Ba-Ha-Ru and Gar-Du's partner.
Floyd |    A Sal-Me is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Star says, "Sickbay operational."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | The walls are pinkish and oily with Star's vital fluids, right up until
Floyd | they reach the black, shiny floor, which is perfectly dry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | The floor reminds you of a beetle's shell.  There is a pool of oily
Floyd | liquid in the middle of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "ceiling".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sal-me" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me is your ship's Ba-Ha-Ru, or Prophetess, whose role it is to aid
Floyd | the crew in spirital matters.  Her scarlet robes are torn and bloodied,
Floyd | and she bears the signs of physical exhaustion.  So far as you know,
Floyd | she has not left Gar-Du's side since her immersion in the pool.  Were
Floyd | she not Gar-Du's Hala Si-Il, or spiritual partner, you would have
Floyd | commanded her to bed many hours ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x liquid" 		

Floyd | I don't see any liquid here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x robe" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "robe".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell sal-me about dream" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "dream".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gar-du" 		

Floyd | Gar-Du is your Dumu-Sal-Aga, or First Officer.  You wince at the sight
Floyd | of her naked, wounded form.  Though you know she is in the nurturing
Floyd | care of the healing bath, she appears unpleasantly lifeless.  The
Floyd | injuries she sustained in the battle were extreme.  It's a wonder she
Floyd | has survived them this long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "touch walls" 		

Floyd | Touching the oily walls doesn't seem to have any effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about herself" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "herself".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hff."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about prayer box" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me glances tiredly at you but fails to answer.  She is bleary-eyed
Floyd | with exhaustion and concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about sal-me" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me glances tiredly at you but fails to answer.  She is bleary-eyed
Floyd | with exhaustion and concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about gar-du" 		

Floyd | Sal-Me glances tiredly at you but fails to answer.  She is bleary-eyed
Floyd | with exhaustion and concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sal-me about future" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "future".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "pray".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | [TADS-1001: stack overflow]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Medical Bay
Floyd | A ladder leads upwards out of this spacious room.  The room is
Floyd | dominated by the med tank, filled with Star's vital fluids.  There is
Floyd | also a reddish tube hanging from the ceiling.  The floor here, besides
Floyd | the pool, is a hard, glossy black.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying submerged in the tank is Gar-Du, your Dumu-Sal-Aga.  She was
Floyd | severely wounded in the recent battle.  Sitting on the floor beside her
Floyd | with an expression of long suffering consternation is Sal-Me, the
Floyd | ship's Ba-Ha-Ru and Gar-Du's partner.
Floyd |    A Sal-Me is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | [TADS-1001: stack overflow]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | (Undoing one command)
Floyd |
Floyd | Medical Bay
Floyd | A ladder leads upwards out of this spacious room.  The room is
Floyd | dominated by the med tank, filled with Star's vital fluids.  There is
Floyd | also a reddish tube hanging from the ceiling.  The floor here, besides
Floyd | the pool, is a hard, glossy black.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lying submerged in the tank is Gar-Du, your Dumu-Sal-Aga.  She was
Floyd | severely wounded in the recent battle.  Sitting on the floor beside her
Floyd | with an expression of long suffering consternation is Sal-Me, the
Floyd | ship's Ba-Ha-Ru and Gar-Du's partner.
Floyd |    A Sal-Me is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | South Junction
Floyd | Ladders lead down circular tunnels to the east and west.  Star's
Floyd | constant spin creates enough centripetal force to simulate nearly a
Floyd | full g, enabling you to walk up the 'walls' to the holes and then fall
Floyd | down either one.  However, the western ladder ends in a sealed iris.
Floyd | The main corridor continues north, while another sealed iris blocks
Floyd | passage to the south.  The iris to the south is scarred and burned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is not one of our better sessions."
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah..."
		Jacqueline says, "But I admire the persistence."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | In a total of 176 turns, you have achieved a score of 0 point(s) out of
Floyd | a possible 8.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you really want to quit?  (YES or NO) >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Okay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder what we did wrong or missed."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to your quarters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain's Quarters
Floyd | Though there's little to define it as such, this chamber comprises your
Floyd | quarters.  A sleeping platform extends from one wall.  Against another
Floyd | is a small pedestal on which rests an ornate prayer box.  To the east,
Floyd | a closed iris leads to the next chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | The walls and floor are a faint pink, coated with Star's vital fluids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the central hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Central Hall
Floyd | The vibrations of Star's heart are strong here, though not as strong as
Floyd | usual, and very irregular.  Constant tremors run through the floor, and
Floyd | the walls are unusually reddish in hue.  The corridor continues both to
Floyd | the north and south, and there are sealed irises leading into the walls
Floyd | to east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | The iris squelches open, and you step through it to the navigation
Floyd | chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Navigation Chamber
Floyd | Though Star can be helmed by less traditional means, the navigation
Floyd | deck offers a more standardized command interface.  A semi-circular
Floyd | console sweeps the large chamber, encrusted with odd but recognizeable
Floyd | controls, and is accessible from a gimbal mounted chair.  The forward
Floyd | wall of the chamber consists of a thick membrane that can be set to
Floyd | varying degrees of opacity.  Currently, it displays an uninspiring view
Floyd | of the icy planet below, edged with a sprinking of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a sister ship - another survivor of the Kim-Ma-Tu fleet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The console is inhabited by Nu-Banda, your Uru-Sha-Iltanu.  She
Floyd | expertly manuevers the chair along its track, reading a gauge here,
Floyd | adjusting a dial there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd | The walls and floor are a faint pink, coated with Star's vital fluids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I can't help but think that we're missing something that was fairly standard for games of this era."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | The walls and floor are a faint pink, coated with Star's vital fluids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "diagnose" 		

Floyd | You're feeling fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search floor" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search walls" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd | I don't know the word "help".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "note" 		

Floyd | Ivan's notes here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh no. Guenni is here to see our shame."
		Knight_Otu asks, "IFDB has the game tagged as incomplete. But this incomplete?"
		DavidW asks, "It's incomplete?"
		Guenni asks, "Oh??"
		DavidW says, "I didn't note that."
		Jacqueline says, "Guenni, don't join us. Remain happy, with memories of the party you went to today."
		DavidW says, "hi Guenni"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Dragon Diamond by Kenneth Pedersen
As played on ifMUD on July 7, 2019

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 Dragon Diamond written by Kenneth Pedersen. This game has existed in several forms since as least 1987. There were Commodore and ADRIFT versions before there was an Inform version. There's also a sequel to this game, The "Way Home", but available only in ADRIFT 5. Together, the pair of games is called "The Bash Saga". 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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Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask dragondiamond" 		

Floyd | >]  Outskirts                                            0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally you arrive at the outskirts of the forest. Both you and the
Floyd | queen's chauffeur Leon step down from the carriage. As you alight, you
Floyd | clearly remember the words of Queen Drana: "Please return with the
Floyd | Dragon Diamond..." She did not need to finish her sentence with the
Floyd | words "...if you want to live." You know her too well.
Floyd |
Floyd | (New players: type ABOUT).
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon Diamond
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Kenneth Pedersen
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 171123 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd | You stand in the outskirts of the Forest of Fear, beside the carriage
Floyd | which brought you here in the first place. An intense feeling of evil
Floyd | emanates from within the forest, which lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leon is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Okay, weightofasoul ought to be uploaded as well, now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks, David."
		wordsmith says, "> l at leon"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Dragon Diamond
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Hints if you are stuck
Floyd |    Contacting the author

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                 Introduction to The Dragon Diamond
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon Diamond was written by Kenneth Pedersen, originally on c64,
Floyd | then ported to ADRIFT and INFORM. Thanks must go to the one who
Floyd | created INFORM, Graham Nelson and to Emily Short for the extensions
Floyd | "Basic Screen Effects", "Menus" and "Basic Help Menu".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]                            Instructions
Floyd ]
Floyd ]  N = Next                                              Q = Quit Menu
Floyd ]  P = Previous                                          ENTER = Select
Floyd |  > Introduction to The Dragon Diamond
Floyd |    Instructions for Play
Floyd |    Hints if you are stuck
Floyd |    Contacting the author

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/1
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd | You stand in the outskirts of the Forest of Fear, beside the carriage
Floyd | which brought you here in the first place. An intense feeling of evil
Floyd | emanates from within the forest, which lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leon is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leon" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | Leon is a tall warrior, much like yourself. He is carrying a long
Floyd | rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a long sword
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "> ask leon for rope"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Bash the Barbarian, a feared warrior deeply in depth to the
Floyd | evil queen Drana.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I assume that's meant to be debt."
		wordsmith says, "yah"
		DavidW says, "That's not encouraging."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carriage" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARRIAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The empty carriage is drawn by a black horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a big strong black stallion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in carriage" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            0/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN CARRIAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet we just go south."
		wordsmith asks, "north?"
		DavidW says, "oops, north."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       0/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ah man. Maze right away?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe, maybe not?"
		DavidW asks, "Which way, then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Then again, it is apparently a remake of an old game."
		Knight_Otu asks, "West?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Glade                                                0/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Glade
Floyd | You are in a little glade surrounded by little bushes. A trail
Floyd | continues east to west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an odd looking bush here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bush" 		

Floyd ]  Glade                                                0/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is an odd looking bush with poisonous thorns. Stuck beneath the
Floyd | bush is an axe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I guess wait until we find a glove or a match."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x axe" 		

Floyd ]  Glade                                                0/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | The axe look sharp. Unfortunately it is covered by poisonous thorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "continue west?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Plain                                          0/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Plain
Floyd | You are in mud to your knees. Many saplings are scattered around the
Floyd | mud. An exit leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is mud everywhere you look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x mud" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Plain                                          0/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | The mud is wet and soft but will harden quickly if you dip your hands
Floyd | in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the mud is a muddy branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mud" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Plain                                          0/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | The mud is wet and soft but will harden quickly if you dip your hands
Floyd | in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the mud is a muddy branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Mud gloves?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take branch" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Plain                                          0/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dip hands" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Plain                                          0/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIP HANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dip your hands in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "mud" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Plain                                          0/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | You dip your hands into the mud and the mud hardens leaving a thick
Floyd | layer of dry mud on your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Glade                                                0/17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Glade
Floyd | You are in a little glade surrounded by little bushes. A trail
Floyd | continues east to west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an odd looking bush here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take axe" 		

Floyd ]  Glade                                                1/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | Due to the protective layer of mud on your hands, you manage to drag
Floyd | the axe out through the thorns and take it with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "yea!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branch" 		

Floyd ]  Glade                                                1/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A strong branch, length about 1 meter. The branch is covered in a
Floyd | protective layer of dry mud.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now we can chop all those evil trees we're sure to meet."
		DavidW asks, "Should we try to clean the branch?"
		wordsmith says, "nah"
		DavidW says, "okay."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not yet, anyway."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       1/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "North or east now?"
		JonasC says, "It says it's "protective" mud"
		wordsmith asks, "north?"
		DavidW says, "I guess Leon doesn't follow us."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we go south for Leon's rope?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            1/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd | You stand in the outskirts of the Forest of Fear, beside the carriage
Floyd | which brought you here in the first place. An intense feeling of evil
Floyd | emanates from within the forest, which lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leon is standing nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leon" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            1/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose Leon would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            1/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you try to take the rope from Leon, he steps away from you and says
Floyd | "If you want the rope you will have to fight me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "> fight leon"
		DavidW asks, "really?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf15" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            1/23
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "should we test restore, too?"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "You're the knight."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "leon, n" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            1/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEON, N
Floyd |
Floyd | In an aggressive tone, Leon says "Your job is to get the diamond. My
Floyd | job is to wait here. I am NOT going into that forest!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My, my."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fight leon" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            8/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FIGHT LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | You raise your sword and enter into a long sword battle with Leon.
Floyd | After a long and exhausting battle, you finally manage to swing your
Floyd | sword against Leons neck before he can react. While his head and sword
Floyd | fly in a big curve into the thick vegetation, his body, and the rope
Floyd | Leon was holding, fall to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by seven points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "We are rewarded for our violent urges..."
		DavidW says, "wow. You beheaded the guy just for a rope."
		Knight_Otu says, "Seven points. I guess that was the right thing to do after all."
		JonasC says, "lol"
		Knight_Otu asks, "um, um he was evil?"
		DavidW says, "no, I don't think so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            8/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu |>detect evil
		JonasC says, "he seemed pretty grumpy anyway"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x body" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            8/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | Leons headless bloody body lies sprawled on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search body" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            8/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x head" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            8/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith mourns the loss of the possessive apostrophe... 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vegetation" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            8/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VEGETATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Well, if we find a lion, feed Leon to it."
		Knight_Otu says, "No head to be found. Leon, the Headless Carriageman."
		DavidW says, "Wonder what the horse thinks of this."
		JonasC says, "Maybe you'll find it somewhere in the forest"
		Knight_Otu says, "It doesn't quite have the same ring as Headless Horseman."
		DavidW asks, "Carcass Carriageman?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I dunno."
		DavidW says, "Speaking of 'ring', the local church rang its bell for a thousand o'clock this morning."
		wordsmith asks, "Can I drive for bit?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       8/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  8/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are south of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  8/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is hard to see anything through the dark water. There are several
Floyd | crocodiles on the surface though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       8/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dense Forest
Floyd | In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it
Floyd | impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the
Floyd | west towards north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A string dangles down from the treetops.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No lions, but still carnivores."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | The string dangles down from somewhere high up in the tree tops. The
Floyd | string has a certain magical aura. Magical strings tend to be strong
Floyd | as rope and cannot be cut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "climb string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | The string is too smooth to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a long rope
Floyd |   a sharp axe
Floyd |   a muddy branch
Floyd |   a long sword
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "climb the tree?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "rats"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie rope to string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         8/39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't leave while holding the dangling string, so you let go of
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden platform is placed on the south side of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | The basket is huge, huge enough to enter. A string extends from the
Floyd | basket and stretches far up into the tree tops above the platform. The
Floyd | basket is tilted slightly, as if something is underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the huge basket is a blade of a spade.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | You look under the basket and find a hook stuck to the bottom of the
Floyd | basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get hook" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | That seems to be a part of the huge basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x blade" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | It should be possible to make a decent spade with this blade, if an
Floyd | appropriate branch is found.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Unhook basket?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get blade" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        8/46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hey."
		DavidW says, "So make a spade."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie blade to branch" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE BLADE TO BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to attach the blade of a spade decently to the branch and
Floyd | voilà,  you have now a spade!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 13 out of a possible 101, in 47 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Amateur Adventurer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "unhook basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNHOOK BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie rope to basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess one point is a Last Lousy Point."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Remove hook?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | There are no branches within easy reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, the hook's part of the basket."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "throw rope" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie rope to hook" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie the rope to the hook and drop the rope beside the big basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "progress, maybe"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was thinking the basket was hooked to the ground, but maybe not."
		DavidW says, "no, it's underneath the basket."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Try untying it first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JonasC asks, "perhaps the hook is sticking out of the basket?"
		DavidW says, "yes."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "throw rope over platform" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW ROPE OVER PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the tied rope)
Floyd | Try untying it first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'd keep it tied gfor now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden platform is placed on the south side of the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "*for"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "throw basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | The huge basket is already here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Ideas?"
		DavidW says, "I would not leave the rope with Leon's head blood here."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Pull the string, maybe?"
		wordsmith says, "The string is S of here. We could try that."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dense Forest
Floyd | In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it
Floyd | impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the
Floyd | west towards north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dangling string here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "We don't have the string." 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WE DON'T HAVE THE STRING.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "pull string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a good hold of the string and begin to pull. As you pull the
Floyd | string, it feels like you are raising something heavy somewhere else.
Floyd | You pull the string as much as you can. Whatever you are raising must
Floyd | now be lifted many meters above the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Good idea, KO."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to tie the dangling string to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "axe" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a dangling string
Floyd |   a handy spade
Floyd |   a sharp axe
Floyd |   a long sword
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "tie string to tree?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't leave while holding the dangling string, so you let go of
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rope here tied to the hook underneath the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | The basket is too bulky to carry.
Floyd | >

		JonasC exclaims, "ooh, it didn't fall!"
		JonasC asks, "Maybe climb the rope?"
		DavidW asks, "I think we can enter the basket?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "enter basket" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | You get into the huge basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Like it's an elevator."
		wordsmith asks, "now what?"
		wordsmith says, "We can't carry the basket, and the magic string stays to the south..."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the huge basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rope here tied to the hook underneath the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dense Forest
Floyd | In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it
Floyd | impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the
Floyd | west towards north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dangling string here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "We probably need to tie the string to a tree that it remains aloft, then climb the rope?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "pull string" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL STRING
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a good hold of the string and begin to pull. As you pull the
Floyd | string, it feels like you are raising something heavy somewhere else.
Floyd | You pull the string as much as you can. Whatever you are raising must
Floyd | now be lifted many meters above the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie string to tree" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         13/67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE STRING TO TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tie the string to a nearby tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "nice"
		DavidW says, "That's reasonable."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rope dangling here from above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        13/69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | If you climb the dangling rope, you might be able to untie it once you
Floyd | get to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "now climb rope"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             21/70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway
Floyd | leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rope dangling from a hook in the bottom of the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "push save" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             21/70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf16" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Platform                                             21/70
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "thanks"
		Knight_Otu says, "You just push save, not f push save."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cottage" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             21/71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COTTAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a doorway in the cottage leading inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look out window" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK OUT WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to look outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JonasC says, "I've gotta go. I'll be around next week for the full session though."
		Knight_Otu says, "That poor, poor tree."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Bye, JonasC!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "See you!"
		DavidW says, "bye Jonas"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look outside" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		JonasC exclaims, "Bye!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | From the window the crocodile infested lake far below can be seen. The
Floyd | northern shore is not so far from here, and it makes you wonder if you
Floyd | could jump out of the window and into the lake in order to reach the
Floyd | northern shore before the crocodiles reach you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
JonasC goes home. 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The trapdoor is closed.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Yikes. Let's wait before trying that."

Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "We did save recently, though."
		DavidW says, "The jumping bit, I mean. That's obviously a one-way connection."
		wordsmith says, "Sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that does not sound like a reasonable assumption."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | okay, you open the trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              21/77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We'll want everything from the south side of the crocodiles before jumping over them."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, yeah, one-way."
		wordsmith asks, "down?"
		DavidW asks, "Wonder if we need light down into the tree trunk?"
		DavidW says, "yes, down please"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            21/78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           21/79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bamboo Hut
Floyd | You are inside a small bamboo hut. The exit lies northeast. The
Floyd | furniture is quite sparse, consisting of a chair, a table and a bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's some trapdoor."
		wordsmith exclaims, "magical!"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           21/80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The chair is made from heavy wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           21/81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The bed is made from heavy wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           21/82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table is made from heavy wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "slower please"
		wordsmith says, "sure"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the bed you find a long spear. You take it with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm trying to keep notes, and I want to be sure we haven't missed anything obvious."
		wordsmith says, "Oh good, no dead body under the bed."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 29 out of a possible 101, in 83 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Amateur Adventurer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "That's a lot of points just for looking under a bed."
		Knight_Otu says, "But maybe under the table or chair? (Probably not.)"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under chair" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Also, we are building up quite an arsenal."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "move chair" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The traditional way to get past quicksand is to chop down an almost rotten tree, so it makes a log bridge across."
		wordsmith says, "ah"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "move table" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "move bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bamboo Hut                                           29/88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So I bet the axe is for that."
		wordsmith asks, "OK. NW?"
		DavidW asks, "NE, I think?"
		DavidW asks, "or OUT?"
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I think you're right."
		Knight_Otu says, "NE."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          29/90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Wood
Floyd | You are in a little wood. Footprints can be noticed on the overgrown
Floyd | trail, indicating the presence of humans. Trails lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far to the south you notice an archer high up in a tree, aiming in
Floyd | your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		wordsmith says, "uf oh"
		DavidW says, "Don't ignore the flowers on the lawn either."
		wordsmith says, "uh oh"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The yellow flowers add to the peaceful atmosphere on the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get flowers" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a long spear
Floyd |   a handy spade
Floyd |   a sharp axe
Floyd |   a long sword
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pool" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we get closer to the quicksand?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf17" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/94
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf18" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            29/94
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, no harm done."
		wordsmith says, "I think we might be able to throw spear at archer"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "That's iffy."
		DavidW says, "But it's worth trying, yes."
		DavidW says, "A shield would be a better option."
		wordsmith says, "We saved, I'll try it."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          29/95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Wood
Floyd | You are in a little wood. Footprints can be noticed on the overgrown
Floyd | trail, indicating the presence of humans. Trails lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far to the south you notice an archer high up in a tree, aiming in
Floyd | your direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "throw spear at archer" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          37/96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW SPEAR AT ARCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the archer in a tree)
Floyd | With a strong throw you plant the spear right in the archers chest. He
Floyd | screams and falls down from the tree into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "yea!"
		DavidW says, "goodness. What a bloodthirsty game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Impressive throw."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get spear" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          37/96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SPEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x archer" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          37/96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "go south"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Clearing
Floyd | You are in a clearing within the little wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a pile of twigs here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x twigs" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TWIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a pile of twigs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get twigs" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TWIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Clearing
Floyd | You are in a clearing within the little wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Archer gave his life for twigs."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Magical twigs?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Big treasure."
		DavidW says, "Twigs might be helpful for making a fire."
		wordsmith says, "'Just a pile of twigs', so not magical..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search twigs" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TWIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Clearing                                             37/104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "back north?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          37/105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Wood
Floyd | You are in a little wood. Footprints can be noticed on the overgrown
Floyd | trail, indicating the presence of humans. Trails lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I can't believe we killed a guy for *twigs*."
		wordsmith says, "After beheading a guy for a rope, I'm not shocked."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x footprints" 		

Floyd ]  Little Wood                                          37/106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | The footprints lead south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Don't forget, he was aiming for us. Kill or be killed..."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm sure there'll be more questionable killings."
		wordsmith asks, "north, then check the quicksand now?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims (at wordsmith), "He was just protecting his twigs!"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "With the queen at the end, perhaps."
		wordsmith says, "I think I saw there is a follow-up game. I think in this one we retrieve the dragon diamond, but don't get back to the queen yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "If she's really evil, it might not be questionavle."
		DavidW says, "Let's see the quicksand pool next, please."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            37/107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               37/108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x pool" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               37/109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a 5 meter wide quicksand pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "north or south?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "North?"
		DavidW says, "It probably doesn't matter. I bet the tree to chop is on the east bank."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of West Bank                               37/110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the northern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further north. You can go back south
Floyd | along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               37/111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, try south."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the southern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further south. On the other side of
Floyd | the pool, a tree with long branches stand. One branch is projected
Floyd | over the quicksand pool. You can go back north along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "aha"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cut branch with axe" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT BRANCH WITH AXE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cut the projected tree
Floyd | branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cut branch" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting it up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "NOOOOOO"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we need the rope here."
		wordsmith says, "We left that with the basket, I think."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pile of twigs
Floyd |   a handy spade
Floyd |   a sharp axe
Floyd |   a long sword
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "just climb the branch?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "climb branch" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x branch" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The branch is projected approximately over the middle of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Shall I try to go back for the rope?"
		DavidW says, "oh wait, the tree isn't *here*."
		wordsmith says, "yah"
		DavidW says, "yeah, get the rope."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               37/117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            37/118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            37/119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "We came down the trap door to here, right?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Enter trapdoor, I guess."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "enter trapdoor" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              37/120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TRAPDOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "or Down?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Down might work, too."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x basket" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              37/120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              37/121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "out"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             37/122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway
Floyd | leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a rope dangling from a hook in the bottom of the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             37/123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Try untying it first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "untie rope" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             37/124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNTIE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You untie the rope and take it with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              37/125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "continue?"
		DavidW says, "yes."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            37/126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               37/127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the southern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further south. On the other side of
Floyd | the pool, a tree with long branches stand. One branch is projected
Floyd | over the quicksand pool. You can go back north along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "tie rope to branch" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               37/129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm not sure how to use the rope at the branch. Maybe it's possible to get the hook now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw rope at branch" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW ROPE AT BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Before throwing the rope you tie a loop. You manage to catch the
Floyd | branch with the loop and you let the rope dangle over the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "or that."
		wordsmith says, "Glad the game anticipated that."
		Knight_Otu says, "And it didn't involve killing anything."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf19" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/130
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So now what? SWING ROPE?"
		wordsmith asks, "swing over pool?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "swing over pool" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWING OVER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach it from here. The quicksand is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swing rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWING ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing sensible to swing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP TO ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Climb rope?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We might have to enter the quicksand, then climb rope."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump over pool" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP OVER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "OK"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "enter pool" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               45/137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               45/138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the southern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further south. On the other side of
Floyd | the pool, a tree with long branches stand. One branch is projected
Floyd | over the quicksand pool. You can go back north along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Sometimes the simplest things..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go pool" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter quicksand" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER QUICKSAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no water here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't reach it from here. The quicksand is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump over quicksand" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP OVER QUICKSAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump quicksand" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP QUICKSAND
Floyd |
Floyd | When jumping, please specify if you want to jump INTO something, jump
Floyd | ONTO something, jump THROUGH something or jump OUT OF something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump into quicksand" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               45/147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP INTO QUICKSAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot jump into that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump onto rope" 		

Floyd ]  East Bank of Quicksand                               45/148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few steps back, then you run and take a big leap across the
Floyd | quicksand pool, where you manage to catch the dangling rope and swing
Floyd | the last meters across the pool and land safely on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the east bank of a large quicksand pool. You can go east
Floyd | into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
wordsmith breathes a sigh of relief 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          45/149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep Forest
Floyd | you are deep inside the magical part of forest of fear. Trails lead
Floyd | east, west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Which way?"
		wordsmith asks, "E or SE?"
		DavidW says, "east, I think."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                45/150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | You are on a cosy beach. The sound of the waves add to the nice
Floyd | atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x beach" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                45/151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | The sand is white and beautiful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You dig a hole large enough for you to go down in.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You have already dug a big hole in the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 53 out of a possible 101, in 153 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Trained Adventurer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf20" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/153
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "down now?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW asks, "I guess?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Down in a Hole                                       53/154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Down in a Hole
Floyd | You are down in the hole that you have dug on the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Down in a Hole                                       53/155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Down in a Hole
Floyd | You are down in the hole that you have dug on the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was expecting Las Vegas."
		wordsmith asks, "It's a little underwhelming, isn't it?"
		DavidW asks, "dig?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Down in a Hole                                       53/156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is too hard to dig here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Odd, that."
		DavidW says, "oh!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe a trap?"
		DavidW says, "This is a bengal tiger trap."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | You are on a cosy beach. The sound of the waves add to the nice
Floyd | atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big hole in the sand here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Put the twigs.. right."
		DavidW says, "Yes. Cover it with twigs."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "put twigs over hole" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TWIGS OVER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cover hole with twigs" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COVER HOLE WITH TWIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to cover the big hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cover hole" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COVER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use twigs" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE TWIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Put twigs on hole?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sure" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SURE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "put twigs on hole" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TWIGS ON HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the big hole would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		wordsmith says, "Maybe it's a beaver trap, and we should put the twigs IN the hole. (jk)"
		DavidW says, "okay, maybe it's a two-step process and we need a lattice first."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put twigs in hole" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TWIGS IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "crocodile trap?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "no, we know we'll be jumping over the crocs."
		wordsmith says, "Someone else can drive... I'm running out of ideas."
		Knight_Otu asks, "How do we make the lattice? Weave twigs?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "weave twigs" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                53/160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAVE TWIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, let's see what's on the other path then."
		DavidW asks, "Are we luring a tiger or what?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          53/161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep Forest
Floyd | you are deep inside the magical part of forest of fear. Trails lead
Floyd | east, west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  By the Devil Mountain                                53/162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Devil Mountain
Floyd | You are in front of the Devil Mountain, the residence of the dragon. A
Floyd | path leads northwest into the forest and the entrance to the Dragon
Floyd | den lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe we just hide in the hole instead of trapping something."
		Knight_Otu says, "Dragon Den. I don't think a dragon will fit in our hole."
		DavidW says, "right"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf21" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  By the Devil Mountain                                53/162
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Do we dare take a look="
		DavidW says, "yes. We dare"
		wordsmith says, "Maybe the dragon's flames go over us if we jump in the hole..."
		wordsmith exclaims, "sure!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  By the Devil Mountain                                53/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | It would be suicide to go into the dragon den while the dragon is
Floyd | there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But but, we are a mighty mur.., I mean warrior!"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  By the Devil Mountain                                53/163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 53 out of a possible 101, in 163 turns, earning
Floyd | you the rank of Trained Adventurer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if we should have taken Leon's body after all."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try, I guess."
		Knight_Otu says, "(I hope that branch survives multiple jumps.)"
		wordsmith says, "Looks to be possible..."
		DavidW says, "We might have to try jumping over the crocs without knowing how we get past them."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          53/164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep Forest
Floyd | you are deep inside the magical part of forest of fear. Trails lead
Floyd | east, west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          53/165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pile of twigs
Floyd |   a handy spade
Floyd |   a sharp axe
Floyd |   a long sword
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  East Bank of Quicksand                               53/166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the east bank of a large quicksand pool. You can go east
Floyd | into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump onto ropes" 		

Floyd ]  East Bank of Quicksand                               53/166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO ROPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump onto rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               53/167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few steps back, then you run and take a big leap across the
Floyd | quicksand pool, where you manage to catch the dangling rope and swing
Floyd | the last meters across the pool and land safely on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the southern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further south. On the other side of
Floyd | the pool, a tree with long branches stand. One branch is projected
Floyd | over the quicksand pool. You can go back north along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               53/168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Let's try dragging Leon's body to the dragon den first..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            53/169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "before jumping over crocs"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              53/170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can't get the body"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             53/171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway
Floyd | leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The rope isn't on the hook any more."
		Knight_Otu says, "moop."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x basket" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             53/172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge basket)
Floyd | The basket is huge, huge enough to enter. A string extends from the
Floyd | basket and stretches far up into the tree tops above the platform. You
Floyd | notice a hook stuck to the bottom of the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "ah, right"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hook" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             53/173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal hook is firmly attached to the bottom of the basket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Odd we can see the string from here and not when the basket was on the ground."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think we did see the string?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure though."
		wordsmith asks, "Maybe because it is hanging?"
		DavidW says, "I think we'll have to try jumping over the crocs."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf22" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Platform                                             53/173
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              53/174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              53/175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | From the window the crocodile infested lake far below can be seen. The
Floyd | northern shore is not so far from here, and it makes you wonder if you
Floyd | could jump out of the window and into the lake in order to reach the
Floyd | northern shore before the crocodiles reach you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump through window" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  61/176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump out of the window and land in the deep water, close to the
Floyd | northern bank. From here you manage to swim ashore before the
Floyd | crocodiles can smell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are north of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. You can go north
Floyd | to the edge of a volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a wooden canoe lying on the lake shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "leap of faith... rewarded!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x canoe" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  61/177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANOE
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden canoe seems functional and there is a single-bladed paddle
Floyd | in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x paddle" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  61/178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PADDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a single-bladed wooden paddle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "leave the paddle and canoe here, for now."
		Knight_Otu nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x volcano" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  61/178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VOLCANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lake" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  61/179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Several dangerous crocodiles swim around in the lake. The crocodiles
Floyd | look very hungry!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mist" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  61/180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | It is hard to see anything through the mist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "With luck, there's a can of croc-B-gone in the volcano."
		Knight_Otu says, "I sure hope we didn't need to do this before the quicksand."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, north?"
		DavidW says, "It's an old game. Old games weren't big on fairness."
		DavidW says, "yes, north"
		Knight_Otu says, "Exactly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of Volcano                                      61/181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Volcano
Floyd | You are standing on the edge of a deep volcano. A small birch is
Floyd | standing near the edge of the volcano. You can go south back to the
Floyd | lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x birch" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of Volcano                                      61/182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIRCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a small birch, which is leaning slightly over the volcano edge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess that's what we cut?"
		DavidW says, "finally, a use for the axe."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cut birch" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of Volcano                                      61/183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT BIRCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to chop the birch in a few strokes with the sharp axe. The
Floyd | birch falls into the volcano. No, it is stopped by something! Looking
Floyd | into the volcano you see that the treetop of the birch is stopped by a
Floyd | ledge. It should now be safe to climb down the birch to the ledge...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "nice"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "climb down" 		

Floyd ]  Ledge                                                69/184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You are standing on a ledge in front of a cave carved into the volcano
Floyd | wall. Light emanates from the cave to the south. The birch is resting
Floyd | on the ledge, leading up to the edge of the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cave" 		

Floyd ]  Ledge                                                69/185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Not much can be seen through the small cave opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x birch" 		

Floyd ]  Ledge                                                69/186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIRCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The treetop of the birch is resting on the ledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> in ?"
		DavidW says, "or south"
		Knight_Otu says, "South, it seems rather than in."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ib" 		

Floyd ]  Ledge                                                69/186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IB
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Cave
Floyd | You are in a small cave inhabited by a small dwarf. Sparse furniture
Floyd | is placed appropriately around the cave. Torches mounted on the walls
Floyd | light up the place in a cosy manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dwarf stands in the middle of the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Both work."
		wordsmith asks, "> ask dwarf for torch ?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Dwarf Fortress, in tiny."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x dwarf" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DWARF
Floyd |
Floyd | The dwarf is well dressed and has a long white beard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we want a torch?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to dwarf" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DWARF
Floyd |
Floyd | You say hello to the dwarf and he offers you a seat in his humble
Floyd | home. You quickly engage in a long interesting conversation. The
Floyd | dwarf, whose name is Toke, knows a lot about the forest and he warns
Floyd | you of the dangers ahead. Specifically he mentions that the Dragon
Floyd | Diamond is the eye of the dragon and that you need to kill the dragon
Floyd | in order to obtain the fabled Dragon Diamond. Toke hands you a ring
Floyd | while he says: "This ring will allow you to fly high but not wide. If
Floyd | you need to reach a high place, just wear this ring."
Floyd |
Floyd | You thank Toke and prepare to leave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "guess not..."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Okay, so we can get back into the tree house with this?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Cave
Floyd | You are in a small cave inhabited by a small dwarf. Sparse furniture
Floyd | is placed appropriately around the cave. Torches mounted on the walls
Floyd | light up the place in a cosy manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dwarf stands in the middle of the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I guess so."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x torches" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TORCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | A few torches light up the cave in a cosy manner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x furniture" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sparse selection of furniture adds to the cosy atmosphere of the
Floyd | cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's a ring of levitation, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RING
Floyd |
Floyd | The magical ring has beautiful engravings all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read ring" 		

Floyd ]  Small Cave                                           69/194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ RING
Floyd |
Floyd | The magical ring has beautiful engravings all over.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Ledge                                                69/195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ledge
Floyd | You are standing on a ledge in front of a cave carved into the volcano
Floyd | wall. Light emanates from the cave to the south. The birch is resting
Floyd | on the ledge, leading up to the edge of the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "'made in Tolkienia'"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of Volcano                                      69/196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of Volcano
Floyd | You are standing on the edge of a deep volcano. You can go south back
Floyd | to the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trunk of the chopped birch can be seen sticking up over the edge
Floyd | of the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are north of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. You can go north
Floyd | to the edge of a volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a wooden canoe lying on the lake shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter canoe" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CANOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the wooden canoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This should be interesting."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf23" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/198
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't walk on water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "paddle south" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PADDLE SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the canoe out into the water and get in. You paddle slowly
Floyd | across the water trying not to catch the attention of the crocodiles.
Floyd | Finally you reach the opposite shore, where you drag the canoe onto
Floyd | land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are south of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a wooden canoe lying on the lake shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       69/201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            69/202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outskirts
Floyd | You stand in the outskirts of the Forest of Fear, beside the carriage
Floyd | which brought you here in the first place. An intense feeling of evil
Floyd | emanates from within the forest, which lies to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leon's lifeless body lies sprawled on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get body" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            69/203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | With big effort you manage to sling Leon's body over your shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x forest" 		

Floyd ]  Outskirts                                            69/204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOREST
Floyd |
Floyd | The forest is covered in a gloomy glow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       69/205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         69/206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dense Forest
Floyd | In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it
Floyd | impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the
Floyd | west towards north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The string from the treetops is tied to a nearby tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        69/207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             69/208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the ring and fly up through the trees. You safely land on
Floyd | the platform and remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway
Floyd | leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              69/209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            69/210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               69/211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               69/212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the southern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further south. On the other side of
Floyd | the pool, a tree with long branches stand. One branch is projected
Floyd | over the quicksand pool. You can go back north along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, are we putting the body in the beach hole?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if the branch is in the location we visited last."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm still a bit hazy on that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump onto rope" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               69/213
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You cannot jump with a body on your shoulder!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> wear ring ?"
		DavidW says, "try it"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               69/214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly high up into the air, then you come down again and land
Floyd | exactly on the same spot. You remember Tokes words: "You can fly high
Floyd | but not wide". You remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "not wide at all..."
		DavidW asks, "So for the crocs, then?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               69/215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            69/216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              69/217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             69/218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway
Floyd | leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If the crocs are fed, maybe there's more to the misty lake."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        69/219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the ring and fly down through the trees. You safely land on
Floyd | the ground and remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         69/220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dense Forest
Floyd | In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it
Floyd | impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the
Floyd | west towards north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The string from the treetops is tied to a nearby tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         69/221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       69/222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are south of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a wooden canoe lying on the lake shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put body into lake" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BODY INTO LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to throw Leons heavy body into the lake. The crocodiles
Floyd | fight about their new meal, but in the end there is enough to satisfy
Floyd | everyone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | No reason to swim now you have found a canoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search lake" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "get in the boat and paddle"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter boat" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter canoe" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CANOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the wooden canoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "paddle w" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PADDLE W
Floyd |
Floyd | You must name something more substantial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "paddle n" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PADDLE N
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the canoe out into the water and get in. You paddle slowly
Floyd | across the water trying not to catch the attention of the crocodiles.
Floyd | Finally you reach the opposite shore, where you drag the canoe onto
Floyd | land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Northern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are north of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. You can go north
Floyd | to the edge of a volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a wooden canoe lying on the lake shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "We didn't just behead him, we fed his headless body to the crocodiles."
		wordsmith says, "Still trying not to attract their attention, though..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lake" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | Several dangerous crocodiles swim around in the lake. The crocodiles
Floyd | appear to be satisfied from the meal you gave them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I was hoping to see if there was a middle of the lake location."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | No reason to swim now you have found a canoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't walk on water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dive" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly high up into the air, then you come down again and land
Floyd | exactly on the same spot. You remember Tokes words: "You can fly high
Floyd | but not wide". You remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Note that we didn't score points for feeding the crocodiles."
		DavidW says, "I did notice that, but it did seem useful."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Maybe that was an alternate solution."
		wordsmith says, "brb"
		DavidW says, "Yes. We could have done lake and volcano before the basket."
		DavidW says, "hm. That does leave us with a dragon and a beach hole to deal with."
		DavidW asks, "Can we swim at the beach?"
		wordsmith says, "back"
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try swimming there then."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter canow" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CANOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter canoe" 		

Floyd ]  Northern Lake Shore                                  69/234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CANOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the wooden canoe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "paddle" 		

Floyd ]  Southern Lake Shore                                  69/235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PADDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the canoe out into the water and get in. You paddle slowly
Floyd | across the water trying not to catch the attention of the crocodiles.
Floyd | Finally you reach the opposite shore, where you drag the canoe onto
Floyd | land.
Floyd |
Floyd | Southern Lake Shore
Floyd | You are south of a wide crocodile infested lake. It is hard to see
Floyd | anything through the mist coming up from the water. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a wooden canoe lying on the lake shore.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest of Fear                                       69/236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest of Fear
Floyd | This is where you first entered the forest. The feeling of malignity
Floyd | is overwhelming. It is very quiet here. Not a single insect. Trails
Floyd | lead off to north, south, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dense Forest                                         69/237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dense Forest
Floyd | In this part of the forest the trees stand very close making it
Floyd | impossible to deviate from the forest trail, which curves from the
Floyd | west towards north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The string from the treetops is tied to a nearby tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  By Large Tree                                        69/238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By Large Tree
Floyd | You are in front of a very tall and wide tree. High up among the
Floyd | branches of the tree you notice a wooden platform. A trail leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  Platform                                             69/239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the ring and fly up through the trees. You safely land on
Floyd | the platform and remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a wooden platform high above the ground. A doorway
Floyd | leads into a cottage carved out of the trunk of the large tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge basket hanging beside the platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                              69/240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | You are inside a cottage carved into the trunk of the tree. A large
Floyd | opening in the north wall serves as a window overlooking the misty
Floyd | lake below. There is a trapdoor in the floor in the middle of the
Floyd | room. An exit leads out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  On a Lawn                                            69/241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | On a Lawn
Floyd | You are standing on a large green lawn filled with grass and yellow
Floyd | flowers. Here, at the middle of the lawn, there is the magical
Floyd | trapdoor from which you came. There is a bamboo hut to the southwest,
Floyd | a small wood to the south and a quicksand pool to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  West Bank of Quicksand                               69/242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | West Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the west bank of a large quicksand pool. You can walk north
Floyd | and south along the bank, or go west to the lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of West Bank                               69/243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of West Bank
Floyd | You are on the southern end of the bank of a large quicksand pool.
Floyd | Thick vegetation blocks your way further south. On the other side of
Floyd | the pool, a tree with long branches stand. One branch is projected
Floyd | over the quicksand pool. You can go back north along the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump onto rope" 		

Floyd ]  East Bank of Quicksand                               69/244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP ONTO ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few steps back, then you run and take a big leap across the
Floyd | quicksand pool, where you manage to catch the dangling rope and swing
Floyd | the last meters across the pool and land safely on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | East Bank of Quicksand
Floyd | You are on the east bank of a large quicksand pool. You can go east
Floyd | into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A rope is hanging from a branch above the center of the quicksand
Floyd | pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  East Bank of Quicksand                               69/245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          69/246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep Forest
Floyd | you are deep inside the magical part of forest of fear. Trails lead
Floyd | east, west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                69/247
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | You are on a cosy beach. The sound of the waves add to the nice
Floyd | atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big hole in the sand here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                69/248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not here on holiday! You need to find the Dragon Diamond!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Did we try the ring near Devil Mountain?"
		Knight_Otu says, "No, not yet."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                69/249
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You fly high up into the air, then you come down again and land
Floyd | exactly on the same spot. You remember Tokes words: "You can fly high
Floyd | but not wide". You remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          69/250
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep Forest
Floyd | you are deep inside the magical part of forest of fear. Trails lead
Floyd | east, west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  By the Devil Mountain                                69/251
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Devil Mountain
Floyd | You are in front of the Devil Mountain, the residence of the dragon. A
Floyd | path leads northwest into the forest and the entrance to the Dragon
Floyd | den lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  Top of Devil Mountain                                77/252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the ring and fly up to the top of the Devil Mountain. You
Floyd | safely land on its top and remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of Devil Mountain
Floyd | You are standing on top of the Devil Mountain. There is a chimney
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		DavidW says, "cool."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Top of Devil Mountain                                77/253
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The chimney is round and made of stone. There is smoke coming up from
Floyd | the chimney.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf24" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Top of Devil Mountain                                77/253
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put twigs into chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Top of Devil Mountain                                85/254
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TWIGS INTO CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You throw the twigs in the chimney. No more smoke is coming up from
Floyd | the chimney now. It seems as you are trying to smoke out the dragon!
Floyd | So you better get away from the Devil Mountain immediately before the
Floyd | dragon finds you!
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes"
		wordsmith says, "nice"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wear ring" 		

Floyd ]  By the Devil Mountain                                85/255
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR RING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the ring and fly down from the Devil Mountain. You safely
Floyd | land on the ground and remove the ring again.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the Devil Mountain
Floyd | You are in front of the Devil Mountain, the residence of the dragon. A
Floyd | path leads northwest into the forest and the entrance to the Dragon
Floyd | den lies south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "get in hole?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hidey... right."
		DavidW says, "yes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Forest                                          85/256
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deep Forest
Floyd | you are deep inside the magical part of forest of fear. Trails lead
Floyd | east, west and southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Beach                                                85/257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beach
Floyd | You are on a cosy beach. The sound of the waves add to the nice
Floyd | atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a big hole in the sand here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sound of a massive roar fills the air all over the forest! The
Floyd | dragon has come out of its den!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Down in a Hole                                       85/258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Down in a Hole
Floyd | You are down in the hole that you have dug on the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yet another terrifying dragon roar fills the air. It sounds like the
Floyd | dragon is closing in on you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wait"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Down in a Hole                                       85/259
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a faint flapping sound, what you believe is the sound of
Floyd | dragon wings. The dragon must be very close now!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Hole                                            93/260
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | From down the hole, you see the huge dragon come flying high up in the
Floyd | air, circling around as if looking for something. You hear a crash as
Floyd | it lands somewhere on the beach. You hear the sound of the dragon
Floyd | crawling nearer and nearer your hole! Suddenly the dragon passes over
Floyd | the hole and lies down, forcing all light out from the hole. You are
Floyd | trapped in darkness beneath the dragon!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Hole
Floyd | You cannot see anything. It is pitch black. You hear the sound of a
Floyd | beating dragon heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by eight points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "stab dragon ?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "attack dragon" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Hole                                            101/260
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ATTACK DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You stab the dragon with your sword closest to the sound of the
Floyd | beating heart. A massive roar is heard and the dragon throws itself
Floyd | around on the beach. But after some seconds it is all over. The dragon
Floyd | is dead! You climb back up onto the beach. As a trophy, and to fulfil
Floyd | your quest, you cut out the dragon's one eye, the Dragon Diamond!
Floyd |
Floyd | You have gotten what you came for so you return to the carriage with
Floyd | the diamond. Without Leon to assist you, you get up in the carriage,
Floyd | take the reins and set off into the sunset where you will experience
Floyd | more adventure.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Congratulations! You have completed The Dragon
Floyd | Diamond!!! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 101 out of a possible 101, in 260 turns,
Floyd | earning you the rank of Perfect Adventurer.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Give it *such* a pinch."
		DavidW says, "hooray!"
		Knight_Otu says, "We won by murdering three creatures."
		DavidW says, "yes."
		wordsmith says, "I thought that was pretty smooth. Much more satisfying than last week..."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Though more bloody."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		wordsmith says, "Sure. But less being victimized (Devil in the Details) and less you-can't-interact-with-the-navigator."
		Knight_Otu says, "About one and a half hour. With the slow start, we are at the two hour mark."
		Knight_Otu says (to wordsmith), "True."
		DavidW says, "I'm fine with stopping here for today."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Cottage by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson, and Olle E Johansson
As played on ifMUD on July 21 & 28, 2019

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 Cottage written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson, and Olle E Johansson. This is an English translation of a famous, but old, Swedish game called Stuga, the earliest known Swedish IF game. Sadly, the game involves timed input, which Floyd cannot handle, so the ClubFloyd crew could not finish. 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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**** SESSION ONE **** 		
		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask cottage" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		Jacqueline says, "Oh cool"
		DavidW says, "I have to warn people, Cottage is an old-school translation of a Swedish adventure."
		Jacqueline asks, "So this is a port?"
		Jacqueline says, "Don't warn."
		Jacqueline says, "That's awesome."
		Jacqueline asks, "Why do we need to enter the date, I wonder?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we use their date, or update it?"
Knight_Otu arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		DavidW says, "We should probably use today's date."
		Guenni nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "21-JUL-2019" 		

Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:
Floyd | > 21-JUL-2019
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, which time?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "14:17" 		

Floyd | [19:00]:
Floyd | > 14:17
Floyd |
Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		Jacqueline says, "QHO"
		Jacqueline says, "er, WHOA"
		wordsmith says, "Kilroy was here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Then some help and instructions are needed!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage is an ADVENTURE-like game. You will explore a house and its
Floyd | surroundings. The computer is your eyes and hands. Give the computer
Floyd | simple commands, for example: DROP PICTURE, GIVE JUICE BOTTLE, NORTH,
Floyd | UP, LEFT...
Floyd | Outside the cottage you move around with compass directions that can
Floyd | be abbreviated N, S, W, E, NW, NE, SE and SW. Inside the cottage you
Floyd | use the directions FORWARD (F), BACK (B), LEFT (L), RIGHT (R), UP (U)
Floyd | and DOWN (D).
Floyd | In some rooms you can get specific help (but it reduces your score) if
Floyd | you type HELP. INVENT lists all the things you're carrying, SCORE
Floyd | prints your current score and LOOK prints the full description of the
Floyd | room. Give the command QUIT when you're done.
Floyd | UNDO takes back the last command. It can be used several times in a
Floyd | row to go further back in time (if the Z-code interpreter supports
Floyd | it). ABOUT displays information about the origin of the game, and what
Floyd | the differences are between this version and the original. To access
Floyd | the hint menu, type HINT. Type INFO to get a list of the commands.
Floyd | Type ? (question mark) to repeat these instructions during the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're supposed to get as many points as possible. You get points by
Floyd | discovering new places and collecting valuables.
Floyd |
Floyd | GOOD LUCK!
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your
Floyd | sun-warmed back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you
Floyd | can't see) strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.

		Guenni says, "Considering it's different for all of us, I'd say leave the default."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Is that a person looking over a fence?"
		wordsmith says, "I think so."
		DavidW says (to Guenni), "I decided to use mud date and time."
		Guenni shrugs.
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, that was a decent move."
		Jacqueline says, "Because we can all check that easily."
		Jacqueline says, "(Just type 'time' and the mud will give you the current mud time)"
		wordsmith says, "Old-school... 6-letter abbrev. like INVENT for inventory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "info" 		

Floyd | can't see) strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > INFO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | INFORMATION ABOUT SOME COMMANDS:
Floyd | Movement indoors:
Floyd | UP, DOWN, FORWARD, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT (U, D, F, B, L, R)
Floyd | Movement outside the house:
Floyd | NORTH, SOUTH, WEST, EAST (N, S, W, E) NW, NE, SW, SE
Floyd |
Floyd | INVENT prints everything you're carrying
Floyd | HELP  gives help sometimes
Floyd | SCORE  shows how many points you've got
Floyd | LOOK  gives the complete room description
Floyd | SAVE  saves the game to a file
Floyd | RESTORE  brings back the game
Floyd | UNDO  takes back the previous turn
Floyd | VERSION  shows version information
Floyd | ABOUT  opens the about menu
Floyd | HINT  opens the hint menu
Floyd | QUIT  quits

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "diagno" 		

Floyd | QUIT  quits
Floyd | > DIAGNO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		Jacqueline says, "DIAGNO used to be my favorite zork command."
		Jacqueline is old.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > INVENT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying anything.

		Jacqueline is not as old as David, but old.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You're not carrying anything.
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		Jacqueline says, "Oh dear."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at me" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > LOOK AT ME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "see me" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > SEE ME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at house" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > LOOK AT HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look at house" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > LOOK AT HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		Jacqueline says, "Loving this"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "examine me" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > EXAMINE ME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		Jacqueline tries not to laugh too hared.
		Jacqueline says, "er, hard."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we go forward?"
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "PLEASE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outdoors you have to use compass directions.
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.

		Guenni tries to hide her sigh.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is closed!
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens with a creak   .

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look door" 		

Floyd | The door opens with a creak   .
Floyd | > LOOK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shuts behind you.
Floyd | You are in a hall with three doors. On the left one is an arrow
Floyd | pointing down, on the door straight ahead is an arrow pointing up and
Floyd | on the door to your right it says studio. Behind you is the outer
Floyd | door.
Floyd | There is a deflated ball here.

		wordsmith says, "I'm guessing there were some ctrl-G"
		Jacqueline says, "Kickin' it old skool this week."
		wordsmith says, "/ bell characters there..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd | There is a deflated ball here.
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "blow up ball" 		

Floyd | Ok.
Floyd | > BLOW UP BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the hall.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "examine ball" 		

Floyd | You are in the hall.
Floyd | > EXAMINE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the hall.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at ball" 		

Floyd | You are in the hall.
Floyd | > LOOK AT BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the hall.

		Jacqueline says, "Huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "No examining here."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure how to examine anything."
		Jacqueline says, "Look at anything repeats the location description, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd | You are in the hall.
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the hall.

		wordsmith asks, "> INFLATE BALL ?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "describe ball" 		

Floyd | You are in the hall.
Floyd | > DESCRIBE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the hall.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inflate ball" 		

Floyd | You are in the hall.
Floyd | > INFLATE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to pump with.

		Jacqueline says, "A HINT"
		DavidW asks, "Left, forward, or right?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's start with the studio"
		Jacqueline says, "The down arrow scares me for some reason"
		DavidW asks, "Which way is the studio?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You have nothing to pump with.
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in the hall.

		Guenni says, "I think right."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd | You are in the hall.
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd | A laurel wreath is hanging here.

		Jacqueline says, "This is interesting, the direction system."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ave caesar."
		DavidW says, "'the die is cast'"
		wordsmith says, "When two or more words is too many to parse..."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't ever recall outside cardinal directions and inside relative directions."
		Guenni says, "Me neither. But I don't know to many older games."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, there are more doors? Like the house is a maze?"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna be very confused."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is someone mapping?"
		wordsmith says, "Unconventional in the genre, but how many people think. Except my relatives in Kansas, who use cardinal directions indoors."
		Jacqueline says (to ws), "I'm ... assuming you're kidding."
		Guenni says, "O... k..."
		wordsmith says, "I am actually not."
		Jacqueline says, "Huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wreath" 		

Floyd | A laurel wreath is hanging here.
Floyd | > TAKE WREATH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear wreath" 		

Floyd | Ok.
Floyd | > WEAR WREATH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST

		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "An approximate quote: 'We'll line up on the east end of the west table.'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say alea jacta est" 		

Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd | > SAY ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.

		Jacqueline says (to ws), "That is fascinating."
		DavidW asks, "Left or right or back to the hall?"
		Knight_Otu says, "If we had dice, we could throw them here I guess."
		Guenni says, "I guess we'll find some dice somewhere we have to drop in here later."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "agreed"
		Guenni says (to knight), "Timing. :-)"
		Knight_Otu says, "Another right? (disclaimer - I'm not mapping.)"
		wordsmith says, "good one"
		DavidW says, "I think if we started going right, we should keep going right."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big room called the ÅP room. Doors lead to the left and
Floyd | right but you can also go forward.

		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we have an ap for this room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "(Sorry.)"
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		DavidW says, "I don't know what that word means."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec. I'll look it up."
		Jacqueline asks, "This is Swedish?"
		Guenni says, "I'm guessing it's just a made up name, since the room hasn't even a description. But I could be wrong."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "According to Google it means Steam Boiler"
		Guenni says, "Ah."
		DavidW says, "oh, boiler room in english, then."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay. Of course, since we can't examine scenery..."
		DavidW says, "There's no back exit this time, which is weird."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh right. There isn't."
		Guenni says, "There wasn't in the studio either."
		Jacqueline frowns.
		DavidW says, "The studio had a back exit."
		Knight_Otu says, "The studio did have a backwards path."
		DavidW says, "anyway, I think we should continue right."
		Guenni says, "Hmm, my memory obviously declines with age. :-)"
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd | right but you can also go forward.
Floyd | > R
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Boiler room, a narrow passage is sloping upward-forward
Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.

		DavidW says, "huh."
		Jacqueline says, "As Bivotar (or Juranda?) (I think?) once said, 'Right is right.' Which always pissed me off as a lefty."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, Bivotar and Juranda are pretty obscure references."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Right boiler room.
Floyd | A boiler blows up, making a hole in the wall.
Floyd | Do you want to enter the hole ?

		Knight_Otu says, "Not to mention the word sinister."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Enter the hole! Sure!"
		Jacqueline asks, "What could possibly go wrong in the The Hole?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "enter hole" 		

Floyd | Do you want to enter the hole ?
Floyd | > ENTER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd | You are in the Boiler room, a narrow passage is sloping upward-forward
Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.

		Knight_Otu says, "I think that was interpreted as no."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Right boiler room.
Floyd | There is a hole in the wall.
Floyd | Do you want to enter the hole ?

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, got it. I was confused for a second."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Do you want to enter the hole ?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cavern extending out of sight to your left and right.
Floyd | Behind you there's a hole blasted open.

		Knight_Otu says, "Me too."
		Guenni nods.
		DavidW says, "So confusing."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Keep going right!"
		Guenni asks, "Do we want to search the cave or do we look through the complete house first?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm trying to visualize this in my mind."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd | Behind you there's a hole blasted open.
Floyd | > R
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You just passed through a waterfall.
Floyd | You are at a waterfall in a forest.

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Ha!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Out of cottage experience."
		Jacqueline says, "Seriously."
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
		DavidW says, "I guess we can do compass directions now."
		Jacqueline blinks.
		Knight_Otu nods.
		Guenni says, "Probably."
		DavidW says, "Or try to go back through the waterfall."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You are at a waterfall in a forest.
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake.

		Jacqueline says, "I think it's funny how a cave is considered 'indoors'"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait"
		DavidW says, "We weren't given any exits at the waterfall."
		wordsmith says, "Well, a cave does have 'rooms'..."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "search lake" 		

Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake.
Floyd | > SEARCH LAKE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake.
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The water is still, you swim fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of
Floyd | a grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd | There is a spade here.

		Jacqueline says, "!@"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, uh, was the forest underground too?"
		Jacqueline says, "This is..."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "It's like Skyrim."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take spade" 		

Floyd | There is a spade here.
Floyd | > TAKE SPADE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.

		Guenni says, "Hmm, looks like inform doesn't care to much what direction words you use."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read tombstone" 		

Floyd | Ok.
Floyd | > READ TOMBSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The tombstone is blank.

		Knight_Otu says, "Can we read the... okay."
		Jacqueline says, "There must be sunlight from above or we'd be in the dark. Trees have light."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is this what the IFDB means by a crazy quilt game?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | The tombstone is blank.
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is too hard.

		Jacqueline says, "(Or is that IFDB? I forget.)"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Bioluminiscent mushroom trees?"
		DavidW says, "I invented 'crazy quilt' for IFWiki."
		Jacqueline says, "That would be freakin' awesome, KO"
		DavidW says, "And this isn't crazy quilt yet."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "As the creator of crazy quilt - oh, okay."
		DavidW says, "Like, it might be, but it's not clear yet how the geography fits together with just a linear slice."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig grave" 		

Floyd | The ground is too hard.
Floyd | > DIG GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is too hard.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter grave" 		

Floyd | The ground is too hard.
Floyd | > ENTER GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cemetery.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | You are in the cemetery.
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave. There's a musty smell here. The priest is looking
Floyd | down. He looks like this:
Floyd |                               I------I
Floyd | ------------------------------I *  * I------------------------------
Floyd |                               I      I
Floyd |                                --II--
Floyd |                                  II
Floyd |                                  --

		
wordsmith smiles 		Jacqueline blinks.
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay..."
		Guenni says, "whatever."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk priest" 		

Floyd |                                  --
Floyd | > TALK PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "I wish I had the words to describe it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to priest" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > TALK TO PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask priest about grave" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > ASK PRIEST ABOUT GRAVE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss priest" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > KISS PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Express Yourself more clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "greet priest" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > GREET PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take priest" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > TAKE PRIEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any PRIEST here.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "priest, hello\" 		

Floyd | I can't see any PRIEST here.
Floyd | > PRIEST, HELLO\
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "priest, hello" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > PRIEST, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if the priest is still here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You are in a grave.
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of
Floyd | a grave. A path leads forward and backward.

		Jacqueline says, "Huh. We can get back out easy enough."
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking we'd be stuck."
		DavidW says, "LOOK doesn't repeat the entire room description as normal."
		DavidW asks, "so, forward?"
		wordsmith says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Uh, sure."
		Guenni nods
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | a grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.

		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Of course there's a wardrobe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" 		

Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd | > OPEN WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the wardrobe and find a small safe there.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open safe" 		

Floyd | You open the wardrobe and find a small safe there.
Floyd | > OPEN SAFE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is without handle and lock.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take safe" 		

Floyd | The door is without handle and lock.
Floyd | > TAKE SAFE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's cast in the mountain.

		Jacqueline asks, "Magic word, maybe?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Who knows?"
		DavidW says, "maybe"
		Knight_Otu asks, "The author?"
		Guenni says, "May I say the repeating of upper lines is a bit annoying."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Sorry about that. Not sure why it's doing that."
		DavidW says, "Maybe sleepmask is doing it."
		DavidW says, "There's no status bar."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		Knight_Otu says, "Which is weird on its own."
		wordsmith asks, "Should we test save and restore?"
		Guenni says, "I think it's game specific. Since sleepmask usually doesn't have that effect."
		Jacqueline says, "But sleepmask is, I think(?) also ensuring the accents."
		Jacqueline says, "But there aren't many of those."
		Jacqueline says, "So we could restart and see."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, usually not using sleepmask has the effect we're seeing, I thought."
		Guenni says, "Ok, it's worth a try."
		DavidW says, "I'm okay with restarting if everyone else is."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, let's try."
		Jacqueline says, "It's not like we've learned anything deep and critical het."
		Jacqueline says, "er, yet."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | It's cast in the mountain.
Floyd | > Q
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter.

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter.
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit now?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit now?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You scored 55 points!
Floyd | You are a capable novice in the field of cottage research.
Floyd | To be moved up to the next grade You need 10 more points.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thorvald says:   - Welcome back!
Floyd |
Floyd | Press Enter to quit the game:

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | Press Enter to quit the game:
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Jacqueline asks, "We... we scored 55 points?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SCORE" 		
Floyd says (to wordsmith), "Floyd doesn't know that trick." 		Jacqueline says, "Must be giving us points just due to exploring."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm as surprised as you."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh whoa"
		Jacqueline says, "I didn't see the timed input thing last time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "21-Jul-2019" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "14:49" 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I was wrong. We still get the accents. Good."
		DavidW asks, "Head towards the house again?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door is closed!
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens with a creak   .
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door shuts behind you.
Floyd | You are in a hall with three doors. On the left one is an arrow
Floyd | pointing down, on the door straight ahead is an arrow pointing up and
Floyd | on the door to your right it says studio. Behind you is the outer door.
Floyd | There is a deflated ball here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Do the right path or try left stuff this time?"
		Guenni says, "Ok, I was wrong. It's not tha games fault after all. :-)"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I agree that the repeated text was likely because of the lack of a status bar."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd | A laurel wreath is hanging here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take wreath" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear wreath" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe take a left now?"
		DavidW asks (of Guenni), "Do you want to drive now?"
		Guenni says, "I.d say the chance of not getting to confused is to repeat the path."
		Guenni says (to david), "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big room called the ÅP room. Doors lead to the left and
Floyd | right but you can also go forward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big room called the ÅP room. Doors lead to the left and
Floyd | right but you can also go forward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Boiler room, a narrow passage is sloping upward-forward
Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Right boiler room.
Floyd | A boiler blows up, making a hole in the wall.
Floyd | Do you want to enter the hole ?

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | You are in a cavern extending out of sight to your left and right.
Floyd | Behind you there's a hole blasted open.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You just passed through a waterfall.
Floyd | You are at a waterfall in a forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "We went north from here."
		Guenni nods.
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The water is still, you swim fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd | There is a spade here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take spade" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a grave. There's a musty smell here. The priest is looking
Floyd | down. He looks like this:
Floyd |                               I------I
Floyd | ------------------------------I *  * I------------------------------
Floyd |                               I      I
Floyd |                                --II--
Floyd |                                  II
Floyd |                                  --
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Can we dig here?"
		Jacqueline says, "brb - gonna make a cup of coffee"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is too hard.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Feel free to explore while I'm away"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing the priest wants something, but don't know what yet."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You open the wardrobe and find a small safe there.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "hit safe with spade" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Up or down?"
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing down."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd | There is an old man sitting here wearing a pearl necklace.
Floyd | In his arms is a water bottle.
Floyd | He's staring at your laurel wreath.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "give wreath to old man" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The old man puts your laurel wreath on his head and immediately looks
Floyd | happier.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "get bottle" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have to say what kind of bottle you mean, e g TAKE JUICE BOTTLE.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Showing off that fancy "three word" parser..."
		Knight_Otu says, "I really don't understand the geography here."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take water bottle" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You take the water bottle from the old man.
Floyd | The old man gets up, mutters something about never having any peace,
Floyd | and leaves.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "Hmm, let's hope we don't need the necklace."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "If this is a treasure hunt..."
		DavidW says, "I assume we do need the necklace."
		Guenni asks, "Want me to undo?"
		DavidW says, "no"
		DavidW says, "UNDO probably doesn't work here anyway."
		wordsmith says, "I'd agree."
		Guenni says, "info said it does."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Still, we're basically exploring and getting our barings."
		Guenni says, "Ok."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Right, we can optimise later."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd | There is a diamond here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf31" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "Good to know. :-)"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take diamond" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Back."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 55 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "We did a trade, but possibly the wrong one."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open hatched" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch is too high up!
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "We almost certainly need both the bottle and necklace."
		wordsmith says, "> STAND ON CHEST"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "get on chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any ON CHEST here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "stand on chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "or maybe CLIMB?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch is too high up!
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "climb chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "move chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Do any other directions work?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You peek into the staff kitchen. Osvald roars:
Floyd | -SCRAM!!You lousy baboon!
Floyd | You can see a small faun quarking a praktyl. The faun says:
Floyd | -What's your business here? Isn't it enough that people are running
Floyd | about like fools down at my place? Are they coming here now as well?
Floyd |
Floyd | A small faun appears.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "What in the?"
		DavidW asks, "WHAT?"
		Jacqueline says, "TSD"
		DavidW says, "Quarking a praktyl as much as the next faun."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Hmm, shades of 'The Gostak'"
		DavidW says, "I think we'll need to try a direction from the shelter like north or south or west or east."
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking that."
		Jacqueline says, "re:Gostak"
		Guenni says, "Ok."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oddly, searching Google for 'praktyl' brings up pictures of power tools."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. It's a brand."
		DavidW says, "I don't understand what the 'l' command is doing. That's not the same as look."
		Guenni says, "Hmmr, at least there's a way back. Even if the map is a bit confusing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Left."
		DavidW says, "oh! It's LEFT."
		wordsmith asks, "Is 'quark' a verb we can use?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Timing."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the cemetery.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith! 		Guenni says, "Intresting."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a sparkling diamond
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A little faun runs in intending to tread on your foot but he loses a
Floyd | shoe and runs away howling.
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd | There is a faun shoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "All right, who soiled the spade?"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "I read it as 'spoiled spade' at first and that was even worse."
		Jacqueline says, "Or better."
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take shoe" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cavern extending out of sight to your left and right.
Floyd | Behind you there's a hole blasted open.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Ok, more cave?"
		DavidW says, "oh, back here again."
		wordsmith says, "sure"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake beside a huge gambling
Floyd | machine. On it is written: 'PULL THE LEVER IF YOU HAVE A FAUN SHOE TO
Floyd | STAKE'
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations    ! You won a heap of gold coins.
Floyd | You are at the end of the shore.
Floyd | There are lots gold coins here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "This game keeps making me do double takes."
		Guenni exclaims, "nice!"
		wordsmith says, "Faun shoe JACTA EST."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take coins" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Are back, forwards, left and right actually relative directions here, or just renamed absolute ones?"
		DavidW says, "I think it's the latter."
		Knight_Otu says, "Because... right."
		Guenni says, "I hope so."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest. A cavern leads NORTHEAST.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Outdoors you have to use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in the forest. A cavern leads NORTHEAST.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A fence prevents you from going that way.
Floyd | You are in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, southwest of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, west of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Hmm, is it the same lake?"
		DavidW says, "I dunno"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The water is still, you swim fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I'll be right back."
		Guenni says, "Seems to be."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Can you walk on water?
Floyd | You are in the forest, west of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore northwest of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore west of the jetty.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Do we want to stay outside?"
		DavidW says, "It's confusing either way."
		Guenni agrees.
		Jacqueline says, "I'm just here to see what weirdness occurs."
		wordsmith says, "Let's try the left directions inside..."
		wordsmith says, "...instead of right."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		DavidW says, "I'd probably want to tackle one or the other at a time, but it's not even obvious when things switch up."
		Guenni says, "We weren't done on the right. But ok."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens with a creak   .
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door shuts behind you.
Floyd | You are in a hall with three doors. On the left one is an arrow
Floyd | pointing down, on the door straight ahead is an arrow pointing up and
Floyd | on the door to your right it says studio. Behind you is the outer door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with two escalators. There is a door behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with a downward escalator and a door to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the second floor. To your right you can see
Floyd | a closed lift door. In the left wall is a hole to a stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "use lift" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith sighs 		wordsmith says, "> PUSH BUTTON"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "enter lift" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "kick lift door."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lift" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Express Yourself more clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "> LIFT ? Play on words??"
		DavidW says, "oh, we're no longer near the button."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the second floor. To your right you can see
Floyd | a closed lift door. In the left wall is a hole to a stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "press button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "That's what you did last time."
		DavidW says, "Try PUSH now."
		Guenni says, "Yeah, I just wanted to check the "mechanism"."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift arrives and you get in.
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "ah, that's better"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		Guenni asks, "From 3 to nine or back downwards?"
		DavidW says, "I'm scared to imagine this cottage has nine floors to it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Back."
		Jacqueline says, "It's quite the cottage"
		Guenni says, "I also think calling a building with 9 floors is a strange decision. :-)"
		wordsmith says, "It's a high-rise cottage."
		DavidW says, "We barely saw any of floor 2."
		Guenni says, "I don't think there's to much else. But I can get out."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift starts moving.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift room of the second floor. To your right you can see
Floyd | an open lift door. In the left wall is a hole to a stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the lift room of the second floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		DavidW says, "You're already out of the lift."
		Guenni says, "I noticed. I just wanted to test if waiting is possible at all. I didn't expect it to have any consequences."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "stop waiting" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		Guenni sighs.
		DavidW says, "This is awkward."
		Guenni says, "Sorry, I never had that happen in a game."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "quit waiting" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		wordsmith says, "Now, shades of Stationfall..."
		DavidW says, "I can't remember anything like this either."
		Jacqueline asks, "Is this the thing they warned me about?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		Jacqueline asks, "Warned us about, rather?"
		DavidW asks, "eh?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "With timed inputs?"
		Jacqueline says, "At the beginning was a thing that said our interpreter didn't handle real time- yeah"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		Guenni says, "Hmm, I thought it was refferring to the time input at the beginning."
		DavidW asks, "So the game is waiting for something that can't happen?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf31" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!
Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		Knight_Otu says, "Ew, can't even undo out of it."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, gonna have to quit"
		Guenni says, "Let's hope we can go backwards enough."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		Jacqueline asks, "Do we have a save to go back to?"
		Guenni says, "No, not yet."
		wordsmith says, "I did CF31 earlier."
		Guenni says, "Oh, ok."
		wordsmith says, "A while ago, though. But on the second, non-sleepmask run."
		Guenni asks, "Before or after we restarted?"
		wordsmith says, "After."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm waiting!

		DavidW says, "We'll have to force quit."
		Jacqueline says, "brb - gotta use the bathroom, and now seems like a good time."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of Jacqueline." 		Guenni says, "Ah that one is good to know for the next deviant game."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's been useful."
		Guenni says, "I'm restarting my laptop. brb."
Guenni goes home. 		Jacqueline says, "back"
		DavidW says, "I wonder if this means that the game isn't really Floyd compatible."
		Jacqueline says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "Guenni is rebooting."
		Jacqueline says, "I can't say that I'm finding it riviting, but I'm glad we've tried it."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe if we just avoid wait commands..."
		DavidW says, "Maybe"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I saw that."
		wordsmith says, "I liked the business with the faun and the faun's shoe. That was charming."
		Jacqueline says (to wordsmith), "Yeah, but you like to quark and practyl a faun as much as the next girl."
		wordsmith says, "guy"
		Jacqueline says, "heh. It's an expression."
		wordsmith _
		wordsmith )
		Jacqueline says, "OMG YOUR EYES"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry. I'll stop."
Guenni arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Guenni says, "Back."
		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "Besides, a faun quarks a practyl, not another faun..."
		Jacqueline says, "I knew I was mixing that up."
		wordsmith asks, "Shall I drive for a bit?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So do we return to the skyscraper cottage with the forest mountain lake caverns?"
		Guenni says, "looks like it."
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "I don't mind."
		wordsmith asks, "Guenni?"
		Guenni says, ".. knight If you want too."
		wordsmith says, "sure, that's would be fine."
		wordsmith says, "that would be fine"
		Guenni says, "But it's possible I want the wheel back, if YI start missing stuff."
		Guenni says, "If I start missing stuff."
		Knight_Otu says, "You can drive if you want to."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "21-JUL-2019" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "15:39" 		


Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		Guenni says, "Oh, timed, not time."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf31" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		Guenni says, "I guess now we can restore."
wordsmith pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The date must be entered in the format DD-MMM-YYYY, with eleven
Floyd | characters.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		wordsmith asks, "Is there an 'Enter' button?"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd | There is a diamond here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Yes. 'Push enter'."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get diamond" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You peek into the staff kitchen. Osvald roars:
Floyd | -SCRAM!!You lousy baboon!
Floyd | You can see a small faun quarking a praktyl. The faun says:
Floyd | -What's your business here? Isn't it enough that people are running
Floyd | about like fools down at my place? Are they coming here now as well?
Floyd |
Floyd | A small faun appears.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline strongly considers the phrase 'You can see a small faun quarking a praktyl' for a mud quote of some sort.
		wordsmith says, "snrk"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A little faun runs in intending to tread on your foot but he loses a
Floyd | shoe and runs away howling.
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd | There is a faun shoe here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get faun shoe" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake beside a huge gambling
Floyd | machine. On it is written: 'PULL THE LEVER IF YOU HAVE A FAUN SHOE TO
Floyd | STAKE'
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations    ! You won a heap of gold coins.
Floyd | You are at the end of the shore.
Floyd | There are lots gold coins here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "take coins" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a sparkling diamond
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a heap of gold coins
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 55 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Is it possible our score is fixed at 55?"
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I was wondering that."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest. A cavern leads NORTHEAST.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Well, more likely we started with 55 points at the very beginning."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hrm."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, southwest of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, west of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore northwest of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore west of the jetty.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the jetty and can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing in front of the huge front door of the house.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens with a creak   .
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The door shuts behind you.
Floyd | You are in a hall with three doors. On the left one is an arrow
Floyd | pointing down, on the door straight ahead is an arrow pointing up and
Floyd | on the door to your right it says studio. Behind you is the outer door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf32" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with two escalators. There is a door behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with a downward escalator and a door to the right.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the second floor. To your right you can see
Floyd | a closed lift door. In the left wall is a hole to a stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift arrives and you get in.
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		DavidW asks, "Which floor will you go to?"
		wordsmith says, "Open to suggestions..."
		DavidW says, "7"
		wordsmith says, "Except for *waiting*."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, no waiting"
		DavidW says, "I'm hoping for a lucky ice cream shop."
		Guenni sticks tongue out at wordsmith.
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, 7 is supposed to be a lucky number."
		wordsmith says, "Not your fault, Guenni."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "7" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift starts moving.
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | 2

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     3

		wordsmith says, "cool"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     4

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     5

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     6

		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "You had no way to know."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     7
Floyd |  The lift arrives. You get out...
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the seventh floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Exactly."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf33" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith exclaims, "Yikes!"
		DavidW says, "NOooooooo"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "HAAAALP!"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the seventh floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "New floor! New floor!"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "3?"
		Guenni nods empathically.
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm riding the lift!

		wordsmith exclaims, "Yikes!"
		Jacqueline says, "no"
		Knight_Otu says, "Please no."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm riding the lift!

		Jacqueline says, "evidently yes"
		Guenni says, "3 is also considered a lucky number."
		Jacqueline says, "why..."
		wordsmith says, "Not by Floyd."
		Jacqueline asks, "%quit?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of wordsmith." 		Jacqueline says, "I think the frequent saving thing is a very good idea."
		Guenni says, "Yeah, if he starts protesting on a regular bisis."
		wordsmith says, "We could explore the non-lift parts of the game. Before we throw in the towel."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. I don't know why y'all were so down on the turny big labyrinth."
		wordsmith says, "I'm open to someone else driving."
		Guenni says, "I wasn't in the lift, so it mightn't be directly related."
		wordsmith says, "..Jacq"
		Jacqueline was kidding.
		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "Yah. We have enough trouble with left/right/forward/back..."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh me? Nah, I don't know why but I hate driving."
		wordsmith says, "brb"
		Guenni says, "Ok, take the wheel again."
		Guenni says, "takes."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		DavidW says, "We could try going forward from the entry room. Or left from the studio."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		DavidW says, "Or down from the two escaltor room."
		wordsmith asks, "Can we restore cf32 ?"
		Guenni says, "I'll just except the default here, sinc we're restoring anyway."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The date must be entered in the format DD-MMM-YYYY, with eleven
Floyd | characters.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		Jacqueline says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "push enter to use defaults"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "15-jul-2009" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
Guenni presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "restore" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | YES or NO!
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "CF33" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load:
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, because of the time stamp, I'll bet."
		Jacqueline says, "Wait."
		Jacqueline asks, "hrm. er the date stamp, maybe?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "restore" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf32" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		Jacqueline says, "oh"
wordsmith presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a hall with three doors. On the left one is an arrow
Floyd | pointing down, on the door straight ahead is an arrow pointing up and
Floyd | on the door to your right it says studio. Behind you is the outer door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Wrong save?"
		wordsmith says, "Yah. Before the lift, to be safer."
		Guenni says, "Wrong name or >; Ok."
		Knight_Otu says, "There was a cf33."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a hall with three doors. On the left one is an arrow
Floyd | pointing down, on the door straight ahead is an arrow pointing up and
Floyd | on the door to your right it says studio. Behind you is the outer door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says (to KO), "True, but then we got stuck again."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes, but that one failed."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, there's no way the time stamp would have mattered. My bad"
		Knight_Otu says, "That's what I'm wondering about."
		Guenni says, "I think he just answered my wrong name theory."
		wordsmith asks, "Back to rights?"
		Guenni says, "Fine by me."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Could it be the game looks at capitalization?"
		DavidW asks, "Or was there a space in the save name?"
		wordsmith says, "Ah, maybe."
		wordsmith says (to DW), "No, the cf33 was an auto-name."
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "I mean, what was typed/"
		Guenni says, "No."
		wordsmith says (to DW), "Just 'push save'"
		wordsmith asks, "Guenni, will you drive?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, I guess right is fine for now."
		Guenni says, "I used upper cases. I wouldn't swear on that being right. :-)"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "long" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "But still a good idea."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm... pretty sure there was a left exit here."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Guenni asks, "wouldn't that be back from where we came?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement. A cold and raw room with three doors
Floyd | (left,right and forward) and a path up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "It isn't sigh."
		Knight_Otu says, "That *should* be back... but who knows with this game."
		Guenni says, "Ok. that makes at least some sense."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in an empty room. There is a hole in the ceiling and a set of
Floyd | wall bars leading there. Doors lead to the right and to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "Mathematician reference?"
		Guenni says, "No idea."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember who Hilbert is."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement. A cold and raw room with three doors
Floyd | (left,right and forward) and a path up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft, a small nook at the top of the house. From here
Floyd | you can go everywhere. On the wall it says: SESAME
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "..."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "say sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "open sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "It's possible for the chest."
		DavidW says, "Maybe SESAME ports you to here so it doesn't work here."
		Knight_Otu says, "We took two lefts from the basement into the top of the house."
		Guenni shrugs.
		Guenni says, "but agrees."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the first floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "SESAME is more likely to open something, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "The geography is slowly but surely giving me a headache."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Run away!"
		Guenni says, "That's... interesting."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft, a small nook at the top of the house. From here
Floyd | you can go everywhere. On the wall it says: SESAME
Floyd | Someone says:  - You arrived here at 14:49 21-JUL-2019
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Interesting..."
		Knight_Otu blinks.
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Guenni tells the gme you should reset your watch.
		DavidW says, "Let's try going to Paris."
		Jacqueline says, "HA"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the fourth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd | You can discern an opening behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "We'll always have Paris..."
		Guenni exclaims, "Heh!"
		Guenni says, "But It looks like we can avoid the lift completely."
		DavidW says, "So innocent."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the stairwell.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the fourth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd | You can discern an opening behind you.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		DavidW says, "There may be robbers in the house."
		Guenni says, "Normally I'd save and wait until the stranger has reached me."
		wordsmith says, "Maybe we are the robbers in the house."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf34" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Saving is a good idea. :)"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Ok, Want to risk another wait?"
		DavidW says, "no"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in an empty room. There is a hole in the ceiling and a set of
Floyd | wall bars leading there. Doors lead to the right and to the left.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly a bearded robber jumps out of the darkness saying:
Floyd |  - I'll pinch this trash and hide it in my hide-out far below!!
Floyd |
Floyd | He makes off as quickly as he appeared!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 55 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Of course it is"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Coins and diamonds, right?"
		wordsmith says, "55 points. 'They can't take that away from me...'"
		DavidW says, "diamond and coins, yes."
		Guenni says, "Heh! and yes."
		wordsmith asks, "restore?"
		Guenni asks, "Why not?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "restore" 		DavidW says, "I see no reason to restore at this time."
		wordsmith asks, "try to avoid the robber?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure we can."
		Guenni asks, "Is there a way to stop the restoring?"
		DavidW says, "Use an invalid restore name."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf55" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load:
Floyd | Restore failed.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the stairwell.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the fourth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd | You can discern an opening behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a strange room. Veils of mist sweep around your feet and you
Floyd | can see passages in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in the Strange room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "Anyone mapping?"
		Jacqueline says, "no"
		Knight_Otu says, "not me."
		DavidW says, "I'm taking notes, but making a map of THIS mess? No."
		Guenni lowers her directiontowards the desk.
		wordsmith says, "I'm not volunteering..."
		wordsmith says, "There's always scrollback."
		Guenni says, "head's direction"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's live dangerously."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift arrives and you get in.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "8" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		wordsmith exclaims, "9!"
		wordsmith says, "It's bound to be more dangerous than 7..."
		Guenni asks, "Why 9?"
		wordsmith asks, "Cloud 9?"
		Guenni says, "Hmm."
		wordsmith asks, "9 lives of a cat?"
		wordsmith asks, "9 alignments in Dungeons and Dragons?"
		wordsmith says, "No reason, really."
		Guenni says, "Ok."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "9" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift starts moving.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cottage with doors backward, forward and to your right.
Floyd | High in the ceiling is a window.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | The phone is ringing.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "cool"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "pick up phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | The phone is ringing.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "get phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "uh oh"
		Guenni says, "Not what I wanted"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "answer phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You answer the phone and hear a voice:
Floyd | - What's your name ?

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Yikes"
		Jacqueline says, "Floyd, of course"
		wordsmith says, "naturally"
		Guenni asks, "Not clubfloyd?"
		Jacqueline says, "Either"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "clubfloyd" 		

Floyd | Hi, clubfloyd ! Nice that You too have got a phone now.
Floyd | 
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I guess collectively we are ClubFloyd"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now it truly is tradition."
		Guenni says, "Yep. :-)"
		DavidW asks, "I guess we plug the phone into other sockets to get new messages?"
		Guenni says, "Possibly."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "get phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cottage with doors backward, forward and to your right.
Floyd | High in the ceiling is a window.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cottage with doors backward, forward and to your right.
Floyd | High in the ceiling is a window.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "> DOWN to enter hatch in engine room?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Probably the robbers' den is there."
		Guenni says, "I think it's the room with the chest."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a small room without windows.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Thorvald's room? Nope."
		wordsmith says, "It's not a left, it's a small room without windows."
		wordsmith says, "I meant, 'lift'"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "put phone in socket" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "> PLUG PHONE ?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Remember when we thought Cragne Manor was weird?"
		DavidW says, "yes, PLUG"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Ha"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 55 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "plug phone in socket" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Just checking."
		Jacqueline says, "That sounds fancy."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "pick up phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ANSWER PHONE" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Damn, what's the phone part called yo lift to your ear?"
		DavidW says, "receiver."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "lift receiver" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Express Yourself more clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take halberd" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The guard won't let you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Answer phone worked earlier, when the phone rang."
		DavidW says, "Call home"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call home" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a voice say:
Floyd | - This is clubfloyd's answering machine. clubfloyd is not at home.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice."
		Guenni grins.
		Jacqueline says, "Light are on, but nobody's home."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Try to enter the gate?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The gate is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any TELEPHONE here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a small room without windows.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go forward and up.
Floyd | You are in a small room without windows.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cottage with doors backward, forward and to your right.
Floyd | High in the ceiling is a window.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside the cottage by a well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You jump into the well and eventually you hit the ground.
Floyd | You are in a dark passage. There is an opening ahead. To your left you
Floyd | can discern a gate and to your right a boiler. There is a hole in the
Floyd | floor and a path is sloping backward-up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "ouch"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in a dark passage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I read too fast and read an 'opening in your head'."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Boiler room, a narrow passage is sloping upward-forward
Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big room called the ÅP room. Doors lead to the left and
Floyd | right but you can also go forward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Boiler room, a narrow passage is sloping upward-forward
Floyd | and one leads to the left. To your right the Boiler room continues.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark passage. There is an opening ahead. To your left you
Floyd | can discern a gate and to your right a boiler. There is a hole in the
Floyd | floor and a path is sloping backward-up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a passaging winding.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Just when you're about to plug in the telephone a man in a red dress
Floyd | that says 'TELE' comes in and throws a phone directory at your feet.
Floyd | With a surly expression he unscrews the telephone socket and leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Info from Wikipedia:"
		wordsmith says, "'At the start of the game, the player's score is set to the value of 50... [with a] maximum score of 307."
wordsmith says, "...In exchange for some of their score, the player can receive hints or get resurrected following an in-game death.'" 		wordsmith says, "(end quote)"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. This has a wikipedia entry?"
		Guenni says, "Interesting."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "It's a famous game in Sweden."
		wordsmith says, "[LINK])"
		wordsmith says, "Because it was converted to run on IBM PC, hence video game."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "More interesting info..."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		DavidW says, "Don't forget to take the directory."
		wordsmith says, "'The Cottage was originally developed in 1977-1978 by three children: brothers Viggo Kann (then Eriksson) and Kimmo Eriksson, and their friend Olle Johansson, who at the time of the project's start were ten, twelve and fourteen years old, respectively.'"
		Guenni says, "Already did."
		Jacqueline says, "Wow"
		Jacqueline says, "That is kind of super cool."
		Guenni says, "Yeah."
		wordsmith says, "As you might guess, they were inspired by Crowther/Woods ADVENTURE."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a passaging winding.
Floyd | There is a telephone here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I keep misreading stuff. I was wondering where the game has a glacier, too."
		wordsmith says, "I like the phone mechanic and having a directory. Very cool."
		DavidW says, "Probably the glacier is in the middle of the live volcano."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "I wouldn't put it past this game to do that, honestly."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen

		wordsmith says, "I wonder if '999' triggers the in-game hints."

Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "Try calling the guard?"
		Guenni says, "Yes."
		DavidW says, "You'll need to plug in the phone somewhere first."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "call 481" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any TELEPHONE SOCKET here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A picture is hanging here.
Floyd | I------I
Floyd | I *  * I
Floyd | I      I
Floyd |  --II--
Floyd |    II
Floyd |    --
Floyd | You are in a passage with windings everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "That's the priest we saw in the grave."
		Jacqueline says, "That's a picture of the -yes"
		Guenni asks, "Anything recognizable on the picture?"
		DavidW asks, "Can we take the picture?"
		Guenni says, "possibly."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take picture." 		

Floyd |
Floyd | But you can't pinch one of the house's pictures!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take picture" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | But you can't pinch one of the house's pictures!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move picture" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a passage with windings everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "But diamonds, that's fair game."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "look behind picture" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a passage with windings everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline snickers.
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni exclaims, "Damn!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Eep."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big labyrinth which is turny as well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni asks, "Start dropping stuff and hope for the best?"
		Jacqueline says, "I love the description of this, for what it's worth."
		DavidW says, "no, the rooms have distinct names. No need to drop stuff."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny labyrinth which is big as well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "Yeah, looks like it."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room that winds.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd | There is a trilogy here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take trilogy" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Is it the Lord of the Rings?"
		wordsmith says, "Definitely Adventure-inspired..."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "read trilogy" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Three rings for the elven-kings under the sky,
Floyd | seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Floyd | nine for mortal men doomed to die,
Floyd | one for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
Floyd | in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
Floyd |
Floyd | One ring to rule them all,
Floyd | one ring to find them,
Floyd | one ring to bring them all
Floyd | and in the darkness bind them -
Floyd | in the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni smiles.
		DavidW says, "Then the Jabberwocky came..."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are winding in a little passage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny labyrinth which is big as well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dead end. Kimmo is here saying:
Floyd |  - This is the dead end of this labyrinth.
Floyd |    this is where the pirate hides away his treasures. I am the pirate!
Floyd |                HAR HAR HAR
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "Where are our stolen treasures?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I didn't see them."
		Guenni says, "They weren't mentioned."
		Knight_Otu says, "We got robbed by a robber, not pirated by a pirate, after all."
		DavidW says, "It was a bearded robber who robbed us, not the pirate."
		wordsmith says, "heh"
		Guenni says, "But I guess we'll have to fight the pirate with the guards weapon for them anyway."
		wordsmith says, "I mix those up."
		DavidW says, "I'm not even trying to keep notes for this maze. I can't really do it in session."
		Guenni says, "I don't feel completely lost, yet."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, not as bad as I feared."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith exclaims, "!!!"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "hit window with spade" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "break window?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here to break!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here to break!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are winding in a little passage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

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

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exam window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "no x in this game."
		DavidW says, "That we can find."
		wordsmith says, "No examine either."
		Guenni says, "I included the other forms in my meaning. :-)"
		wordsmith says, "gotcha"
		Guenni says (to David), "True."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "throw phone at window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately your throwing arm is out of joint.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "oh dear"
		wordsmith says, "I always miss the X shortcut, even when EXAMINE is implemented."
		Guenni says, "Sometimes see works. That's nearly as short."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dead end. Kimmo is here saying:
Floyd |  - This is the dead end of this labyrinth.
Floyd |    this is where the pirate hides away his treasures. I am the pirate!
Floyd |                HAR HAR HAR
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "HAR HAR HAR"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Dead end!
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are winding in a little passage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a passaging winding.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A picture is hanging here.
Floyd | I------I
Floyd | I *  * I
Floyd | I      I
Floyd |  --II--
Floyd |    II
Floyd |    --
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "As a note, we are nearing the three-hour mark."
		Guenni says, "Yeah. My brain starts protesting the late working hours."
		DavidW says, "My mind is numb."
		wordsmith says, "A personal note, I will miss most (or all) of next week's session."
		Guenni asks, "Let's sleep here in the dark and freshly awake next week?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with suspending for the week."
		
**** SESSION TWO **** 		
		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | > Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		DavidW asks, "Do we care about date/time?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Which does mean no waiting, and probably no riding the lift."
		Jacqueline asks, "We're going to restore, right?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Are we..., right."
		DavidW says, "oh, I forget we saved. ok."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restore" 		Jacqueline says, "I'd somehow forgotten about the ascii art."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cfcottagelabyrinth" 		Jacqueline says, "How, I'm not sure."

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Who's driving?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | a readable trilogy (The Lord of the Rings)
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy asks, "Is the Timed Input thing important?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Also, have we established whether the relative directions are relative, or absolute?"
		DavidW says, "They are absolute in the forest map."
		Knight_Otu says, "Timed input may screw us up if we wait or ride the lift."
		DavidW says, "I was able to use F and N interchangeably."
		Jacqueline says (to ploppy), "We're not sure. There's a warning at the beginning of the game about real time interactions and that interpreters not capable of that (like ours!) might make the game unwinnable."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Dead end!
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "So we're kind of bracing ourselves for that."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I forgot. l is left, not look."
		DavidW says, "yeah, that might be one reason my maze map got all screwed up."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Knight_Otu says, "We saw that room before. Couldn't do anything with the window."
		DavidW says, "There is a ladder in the game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "It might be possible to break the window too, but I don't know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here to break!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "My map claims Left goes to the Studio."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "There we are."
		DavidW says, "If we want to get the ladder, we ought to use the lift to get to the 9th floor."
		Knight_Otu says, "So left here should get us to a lift room, right to the AP room, and back to the entry hall."
		Jacqueline says, "eep - brb"
		Knight_Otu says, "But, lift be dangerous."
		DavidW says, "And I think that the floors are underground, so the 9th floor is the deepest."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay..."
		Knight_Otu says, "The geography continues to give me a headache."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf36" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yes, it was challenging to try to map it at all."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Misread the map."
		DavidW says, "left and forward"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "forward" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "left" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Where are you trying to get to?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "forward" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the fourth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd | You can discern an opening behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry. I was going to go to the lift here."
		DavidW says, "so left"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf37" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift arrives and you get in.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "There's Guenni!"
		DavidW says, "oh, there's Guenni"
Guenni arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "9" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift starts moving.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | 4

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     5

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     6

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     7

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     8

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     9
Floyd |  The lift arrives. You get out...
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "This part works nicer in a normal terp."
		Knight_Otu says, "I would guess so."
		Guenni says, "Sorry. The mom managed to push over our router. And the brother just returned home and could restart it."
		DavidW says, "there's real-time pauses between the floor numbers."
		Knight_Otu says, "So that's one instance of timed events."
		DavidW says, "yes."
		DavidW says, "If you fail to push any buttons in a reasonable time, the lift goes to the 7th floor on its own."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do you want the wheel, Guenni?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Guenni says, "not yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Back"
		Guenni says, "I first need to figure out where and what and..."
		DavidW asks, "Are we trying to get the ladder? Or did you want to try using the phone?"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Guenni), "Hi!"
		Guenni says, "Hi."
		Knight_Otu asks (of DavidW), "Could that be what screwed us up that one time?"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "I don't know which screw you're referring to."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was trying for the ladder."
		Knight_Otu says, "That bit with "Be quiet, I'm riding the lift""
		DavidW says, "The ladder's in the dark wardrobe just next to the 8th floor lift room. You just went to 9th just now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Huh. I thought you said 9th earlier."
		Guenni asks, "Could we use the stairwell to avoid the lift?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf38" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says (to Guenni), "uh, not really. We can avoid the lift in other ways, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "Er."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift. There are ten buttons here. The first nine are
Floyd | numbered 1-9. The last one says EMERGENCY STOP.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "8" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift starts moving.
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | 9

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |     8
Floyd |  The lift arrives. You get out...
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the eighth floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "That was a bit weird there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark wardrobe. There are doors behind you and to your
Floyd | left.
Floyd | There is a ladder here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I didn't see the be-quiet line."
		Guenni says, "me neither."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's hope it was a one-time occurrence."
		DavidW says (to Guenni), "I tried to make maps of the game so we'd make better progress today, but even my maps are confusing us."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Osvald's room, a room with four doors. On the right one it
Floyd | says ZZZZ, on the left one it says THORVALD and on the one straight
Floyd | ahead it says WARDROBE.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Guenni says, "I'm afraid after a week my inner map has been cleared from the "blackboard"."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | a readable trilogy (The Lord of the Rings)
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "plug phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Osvald's room.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "plug in phone"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "plug inphone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can plug in.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you're about to plug in the telephone a man in a red dress with
Floyd | the word 'TELE' on it comes walking, unscrews the telephone socket
Floyd | removes the extension cable and mumbles:
Floyd | - The telephone rental hasn't been paid.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Osvald's room, a room with four doors. On the right one it
Floyd | says ZZZZ, on the left one it says THORVALD and on the one straight
Floyd | ahead it says WARDROBE.
Floyd | There is a telephone here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Deja vu."
		DavidW says, "Better take the phone back."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf39" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the ZZZZ room. A big chessboard is drawn on the floor.
Floyd | You are trodden on the toes by a faun, so you run back out again.
Floyd | You are in a big labyrinth which is turny as well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that was random."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I don't understand the ZZZZ room at all yet."
		ploppy asks, "turny?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe the faun shoe would help there."
		DavidW says (to ploppy), "Like twisty."
		ploppy asks, "oh like twisty?"
		ploppy says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "The game has its own version of a 'twisty little passages' but it translates to English weirdly."
		ploppy says, "yeah, the context and history of the game is important"
		ploppy says, "to understand"
		DavidW says, "so, we're back in the maze again."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I'm seeing if I can find a way to the room with holes."
		DavidW says, "I don't think you can trust my map info for that."
		DavidW says, "Try down then up."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, I kind of have to work backwards from my goal."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding passage with holes everywhere.
Floyd | There is an old man sitting here wearing a pearl necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hello there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The old man gets up, mutters something about never having any peace,
Floyd | and leaves.
Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "oh. We last saw him in the dark room."
		Jacqueline says, "relatable content, there."
		Guenni says, "Oh fuck! vertigo hits, big time possibly back later."
Guenni goes home. 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		DavidW asks, "F. L. U.?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turning labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "oops"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "ah, here we are"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes, thanks to your map."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd | There is a ladder here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "set ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd | There is a ladder here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "hrm"
		DavidW says, "When I used the ladder in another room, I just went up while carrying the thing."
		Jacqueline says, "Put ladder against wall is probably too complex"
		ploppy asks, "u?"
		DavidW says, "Don't drop it."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are winding in a little passage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Nope."
		DavidW says, "I guess the ladder isn't useful there."
		Jacqueline asks, "May I?"
		ploppy says, "seems that way"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look at window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Oh right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit window with ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "No examine."
		ploppy asks, "open window?"
		Jacqueline says, "Tried that."
		Jacqueline says, "Doesn't open"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy asks, "do we know who is knocking?"
		Knight_Otu says, "And silly old me looked through the map for a way back, rather than undoing."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "You could call me 'efficient,' but really I was just being lazy."
		Jacqueline says, "Getting the ladder was a super good idea, but... yeah, not sure it's the solution"
		ploppy asks, "are the holes exits? Is that what that word means?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we need a throwable rock."
		DavidW says (to ploppy), "I think so, yes"
		DavidW says, "We have a deflated ball."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw ball" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately your throwing arm is out of joint.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I was imagining swiss-cheese-like walls, but exits is a possibility."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter holes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Same"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "climb holes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a room with holes everywhere. High up in the ceiling is a
Floyd | window. Someone's knocking on it!!!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "No climbing in this game."
		Knight_Otu says, "So we see."
		Knight_Otu says, "I hope the person knocking on the window isn't simply for atmosphere."
		DavidW says, "Command handling is primitive. When playing privately, I had the rowboat next to a house and 'enter rowboat' made me enter the house instead."
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh. It is an old game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a passaging winding.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "So apparently jump is down?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know ."
		DavidW says, "I have no idea how jump works in this game."
		DavidW asks, "But maybe?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That is the room marked as down from RWH."
		Knight_Otu asks, "(loop) means the path returns to the same room?"
		DavidW says, "Yes, but even that can't be trusted."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A picture is hanging here.
Floyd |              IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |  _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I
Floyd | I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd | I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |             I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |             I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |             I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |             II              II
Floyd |              II            II
Floyd |               II          II
Floyd |                I__      __I
Floyd |                   I    I
Floyd |                   I    I
Floyd |                   I    I
Floyd |                   I    I
Floyd |                   II  II
Floyd |                    I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a passaging winding.
Floyd | A lift repairman passes you by.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "oh, there's a thing about the Passaging winding room that creates a picture in any of its destination rooms."
		Knight_Otu says, "I... We *are* in the same room, but..."
		DavidW says, "The picture is always either this kilroy thing or the priest."
		Knight_Otu says, "But suddenly we get an exit list and extra detail."
		Knight_Otu says, "And these image we can't get. Because it's not proper or something."
		DavidW says, "I have no idea why the pictures get created. Or if there's just one picture that moves."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get picture" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | But you can't pinch one of the house's pictures!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Yet for other items, we have no such qualms."
		DavidW says, "The pictures may be a puzzle I don't understand yet. Or just local colour."
		Knight_Otu says, "Either way, at least in the labyrinth, jump appears to be down."
		DavidW says, "okay."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I'm not sure if it's just fun art or part of the plot either"
		Knight_Otu says, "So, it seems we can go to the well edge or the loft from here."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Any preferences?"
		DavidW says, "I think 'Edge of deep well' is part of maze, but I didn't map it out."
		DavidW says, "well, in the Loft we can try out the phone, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | A picture is hanging here.
Floyd | I------I
Floyd | I *  * I
Floyd | I      I
Floyd |  --II--
Floyd |    II
Floyd |    --
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft, a small nook at the top of the house. From here
Floyd | you can go everywhere. On the wall it says: SESAME
Floyd | Someone says:  - You arrived here at 14:49 21-JUL-2019
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "oh, wait. It's the cottage that has the socket, not the loft."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah. No problem."
		DavidW says, "f. f. r."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a strange room. Veils of mist sweep around your feet and you
Floyd | can see passages in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the ÅP room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "wait, what?"
		DavidW says, "F from Strange Room should've gone to 9th floor lift room."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Maybe Strange Room exits are semi-random too?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement. A cold and raw room with three doors
Floyd | (left,right and forward) and a path up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Strange room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Studio.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Studio again."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the Studio. There are three doors here. They lead to the
Floyd | left, to the right and backward. On the wall it says: ALEA JACTA EST
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the basement. A cold and raw room with three doors
Floyd | (left,right and forward) and a path up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Hilbert room, a room with four doors and holes in the
Floyd | ceiling and the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Strange room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I'm sorry, but it takes a long time to get through here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm getting through!

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm getting through!

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh no."
		Jacqueline says, "crap"
		DavidW says, "yes, this is a timed thing."
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm getting through!

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm getting through!

		DavidW asks, "um. Force quit and restart and restore?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of DavidW." 		Jacqueline asks, "What's that going to mean for completing the game?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		Knight_Otu says, "And adding going up from the strange room to the list of things to avoid."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push enter" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The date must be entered in the format DD-MMM-YYYY, with eleven
Floyd | characters.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf39" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Osvald's room, a room with four doors. On the right one it
Floyd | says ZZZZ, on the left one it says THORVALD and on the one straight
Floyd | ahead it says WARDROBE.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I think the last save was before entering... right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I never found a corkscrew"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe it's in the chest?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
		DavidW asks, "maybe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The chest weighs 300 kilograms!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "The sesame response seems like it's supposed to move us, rather than open something."
		DavidW says, "Probably."
		DavidW says, "Maybe it opens the gate from the forest side."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the ladder and open the hatch.
Floyd | There is a nasty-smelling cucumber here. It falls down, landing on the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd | There is a nasty-smelling cucumber here.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Ooookaaay..."
		DavidW says, "hooray, you found the cucumber"
		Jacqueline says, "A nasty-smelling one."
		Knight_Otu says, "And the robber almost has found us again."
		DavidW says, "I'm was wondering if it would be useful in the half-rotten tomato vanishes room."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get cucumber" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "anyway, you found one use for the ladder, the same one I found."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mostly remembered the chest here and wanted to try sesame. I wasn't sure if we had yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "And then I saw the hatch."
		Knight_Otu says, "Left of here was the staff kitchen, where we got chased off. I don't think we were right of here yet."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There is a mysterious, dark window in the wall.
Floyd | You can make out an object behind the window.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the window.
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Try to do something with *this* window."
		Jacqueline says, "sigh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "knock on window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to hit with.
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I *was* getting there. :p"
		DavidW says, "If we find a hammer or crowbar, please break this window with it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Just didn't want to go vandal right away."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "The room where our old friend was first."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "right"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There is a mysterious, dark window in the wall.
Floyd | You can make out an object behind the window.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fr" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "up or back"
		Knight_Otu says, "No forward-right directions."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes,"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes, I just wanted to try the other directions."
		Knight_Otu says, "Because they aren't always mentioned."
		ploppy asks, "do we know what the end goal of the game is?"
		Jacqueline laughs at ploppy.
		DavidW says (to ploppy), "Not really. Mostly explore and find treasures and gain points."
		ploppy asks, "is it a collect and drop?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm assuming it's a treasure hunt - find the treasures, bring them to a certain room."
		DavidW says, "There is a collect and drop aspect, yes."
		ploppy asks, "have we found the treasure drop room yet?"
		DavidW says, "I have."
		Jacqueline says, "To be fair, it is a game of its day."
		Knight_Otu says, "CF itself hasn't."
		Jacqueline says, "That was often the plot back in the day."
		Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "True."
		DavidW says, "I don't know if I'm allowed to say which room is for dropping treasures, but it's very obvious once you're there."
		Knight_Otu says, "Back then, computers were little more than potatoes."
		Knight_Otu says, "But maybe less crash-prone than today."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Well, I don't think that was the reason."
		Jacqueline says, "There were some good games with wider plots back then."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "To be honest, I'm normally against hints, but I'm willing to do whatever is required to move more quickly through this particular title. heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "It's true."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we're playing it, but more for experience reasons than joy."
		Knight_Otu says, "(that there were more story-rich games back then.)"
		Jacqueline says, "(Yes, I figured.)"
		Jacqueline says, "But everyone wanted their own take on Adventure"
		DavidW says, "I can take us to the drop room if I'm allowed to drive there."
		Knight_Otu asks (of Jacq,), "what do you say?"
		Jacqueline says, "How do you all feel about that? I'm fine with it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Me too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Of course, we still need to re-find the treasures stolen from us."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake beside a huge gambling
Floyd | machine. On it is written: 'PULL THE LEVER IF YOU HAVE A FAUN SHOE TO
Floyd | STAKE'
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are south of the lake. A cavern is leading WEST.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Can you walk on water?
Floyd | You are south of the lake. A cavern is leading WEST.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, east of the lake.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on a stony lake shore. There is a small bathing hut here.
Floyd | A fence prevents you from going NORTHEAST,EAST or SOUTHEAST.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the east shore. There's forest to the north.
Floyd | There is a rowing-boat here.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd | A lift repairman passes you by.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "row" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're sitting in the boat, in the middle of the lake.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Let this room sink in."
		Knight_Otu says, "Wha..."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the southern shore of the lake. There is a house here.
Floyd | There is a rowing-boat here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are inside the house. There is an automatic machine here with a
Floyd | sign reading:
Floyd |   DROP STUFF HERE, and you'll get points according to the price list.
Floyd |
Floyd |               PRICE LIST:
Floyd |   If you drop:              You get:
Floyd |
Floyd |   A picture                  5 points
Floyd |   A nasty-smelling cucumber  5 points
Floyd |   A trilogy                 10 points
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Total treasures"
		DavidW says, "You don't see the full price list. Only for what you have on you."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Okay. But we never got the picture, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "Makes sense"
		DavidW says, "correct"
		DavidW says, "For some reason, the rowboat has to be on the south side or you won't be able to stand long enough on the southern shore to enter here."
		Knight_Otu says, "I like how the cottage is a huge sprawling eldritch location, and a house is... one room."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I never actually tried dropping stuff here since I wasn't sure if I'd need it back."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop picture" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | But you're not carrying any PICTURE!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "smell cucumber" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Express Yourself more clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are at the device and can only go back.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "The robber walked after us."
		DavidW asks, "Shall I try dropping the trilogy?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf40" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "It might not be the robber. It might be the lift repairman."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop trilogy" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The machine swallows the trilogy.
Floyd | You are at the device and can only go back.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 68 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that's true."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are at the device and can only go back.
Floyd | You can hear heavy footsteps nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "And that sure sounds like the trilogy is gone for good."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "Shall I space the cucumber too?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We've saved. If it turns out we need it..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop cuke" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | But you're not carrying any CUKE!
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop cucumber" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The machine swallows the cucumber.
Floyd | You are at the device and can only go back.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I want to try using SESAME at the locked gate next."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, sounds reasonable."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is 73 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "w00t"
		DavidW says, "hm. We should find a place for digging with the spade."
		Knight_Otu says, "We sure should."
		DavidW says, "No location seems obvious, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the southern shore of the lake. There is a house here.
Floyd | There is a rowing-boat here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest. A cavern leads NORTHEAST.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "At least it's not our own grave at the cemetery. I'm sure we tried that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, southwest of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, west of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore northwest of the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest, in front of a locked gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The gate opens and you enter.
Floyd | BO   OM!!  The gate shuts behind you!
Floyd | You are in a dark passage. There is an opening ahead. To your left you
Floyd | can discern a gate and to your right a boiler. There is a hole in the
Floyd | floor and a path is sloping backward-up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "okay, so you really have to double check with the machine on what is and is not a treasure"
		DavidW says, "That worked!"
		DavidW says (to ploppy), "It seems so, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "coolio"
		ploppy says, "stinky cucumber = treasure :)"
		Jacqueline says, "OBviously"
		DavidW says, "I can't help but wonder if there's a way to improve a stinky cucumber into a better treasure for more points, though."
		ploppy asks, "stinky pickle?"
		DavidW says, "I want to quickly map this room with one-step-then-undoes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a passaging winding.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turning labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd | There are some keys here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "This is new."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Keys!"
		Jacqueline says, "zomg keys"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take keys" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Maybe unlocks the chest in Thorvald's?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now if only we could examine them to see what they are for..."
		DavidW asks, "I wonder if the curtain is to half-rotten tomato vanishes?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are by the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Hm?"
		DavidW says, "There's a location described as you getting a half-rotten tomato that vanishes."
		DavidW says, "That's its room description."
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open curtain" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are too weak to move the curtain.
Floyd | You are by the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "I'm looking over the map for locked things, one sec"
		Knight_Otu asks, "To weak to move the curtain?"
		ploppy says, "forest by locked gate"
		Knight_Otu says, "*too"
		DavidW says, "We used SESAME there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow curtain" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are by the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dark passage. There is an opening ahead. To your left you
Floyd | can discern a gate and to your right a boiler. There is a hole in the
Floyd | floor and a path is sloping backward-up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber. A path leads forward, but a notice says:
Floyd | HE WHO VENTURES INSIDE WILL EITHER GET A REWARD OR ... DEATH
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "dang"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well that sounds ominous"
		Jacqueline says, "It does, yes"
		DavidW says, "Death isn't too awful. We wake up in the grave. I don't know what happens with points or inventory though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break box" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to hit with.
Floyd | You are in the right chamber. A path leads forward, but a notice says:
Floyd | HE WHO VENTURES INSIDE WILL EITHER GET A REWARD OR ... DEATH
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scissors" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any SCISSORS here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The box is attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unscrew box" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Express Yourself more clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here you can open!
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Surely our shovel should be able to break glass though?"

Floyd |

		DavidW says, "You'd think so."
		ploppy asks, "did you try open box?"
		DavidW says, "Just did."
		Jacqueline says, "Right tool for the right job, men."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "break box with spade" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to hit with.
Floyd | You are in the right chamber. A path leads forward, but a notice says:
Floyd | HE WHO VENTURES INSIDE WILL EITHER GET A REWARD OR ... DEATH
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Shall we save and go forward?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Sure!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf41" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads into a house.
Floyd | You are inside the house. There is an automatic machine here with a
Floyd | sign reading:
Floyd |   DROP STUFF HERE, and you'll get points according to the price list.
Floyd |
Floyd |               PRICE LIST:
Floyd |   If you drop:              You get:
Floyd |
Floyd |   A picture                  5 points
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Where's our reward?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "HA!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe we get a death of laughter?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Previous turn undone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dead end.
Floyd | There is a locked case here that you can't carry.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Locked, huh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock case" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the case and find a sledgehammer. The case disappears.
Floyd | You are in a dead end.
Floyd | A sledgehammer is hanging here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "oho"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sledgehammer" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Now there's a glass breaker."
		DavidW asks, "Wanna BREAK something?"
		Jacqueline says, "One would hope, KO"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes"

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber. A path leads forward, but a notice says:
Floyd | HE WHO VENTURES INSIDE WILL EITHER GET A REWARD OR ... DEATH
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break box" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You break the glass. The scissors fall out and the box disappears in a
Floyd | cloud.
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | A pair of scissors is hanging here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scissors" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "There was a window in the foam-rubber room, wasn't there?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You step on an explosive charge and is blown up!
Floyd | Do you want me to bring you back to life ?

		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | YES or NO! My chances to succeed are diminishing...
Floyd | Do you want me to bring you back to life ?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | OK, but don't blame me if something goes wr...
Floyd | POFF!!!  You are surrounded by a cloud of green gas!!
Floyd | You're alive!   When the gas has dispersed You can see that
Floyd | You are in a grave. There's a musty smell here. The priest is looking
Floyd | down. He looks like this:
Floyd | I------I
Floyd | I *  * I
Floyd | I      I
Floyd |  --II--
Floyd |    II
Floyd |    --
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "And there's the promised death."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read tombstone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Here lies clubfloyd.
Floyd |
Floyd | clubfloyd disappeared into an unknown house at 14:49
Floyd | never to be seen again.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
		Knight_Otu says, "We're fine, you tombstone."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There is a mysterious, dark window in the wall.
Floyd | You can make out an object behind the window.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You break the window with the sledgehammer. Behind it is a crowbar.
Floyd | Thorvald runs in saying: - I heard the crash! Now I'll take the crowbar
Floyd | in compensation for the broken window.
Floyd | He takes the crowbar and disappears.
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
		ploppy asks, "did we try the sledgehammer on the glass box?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes, we got the scissors from that."
		DavidW says, "yes, we got the scissors"
		ploppy says, "jeez, I'm so behind, sorry"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You climb the ladder and open the hatch.
Floyd | Nothing is there, so you climb back down again.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "drat. He didn't put crowbar where the cucumber was."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we break the chest?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock chest" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't open the chest.
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Pity."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe we needed a pillow or something?"
		DavidW asks, "On what? Thorvald's head?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "On the window, to dampen the sounds?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut foam" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here to cut!
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Cut the curtain?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds plausible."
		Jacqueline says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what the fastest route back there is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in Thorvald's room. A big sealed up chest is standing by the
Floyd | wall. In the ceiling is a hatch and in the floor is a hole.
Floyd | On the wall it says: CORKSCREW HELPS WITH THE SA...
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "This is why I like playing with y'all. I would have just assumed I had to get it back somehow, but you all are probably right that it's a clue that we should solve the puzzle differently."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing behind a curtain.
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here to cut!
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut curtain" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing here to cut!
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly you feel a rag over your nose and you collapse. Waking up You
Floyd | notice that You are standing behind a curtain.
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, it could be that we have to get it back, too."
		DavidW says, "uh-oh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly you feel a rag over your nose and you collapse. Waking up You
Floyd | notice that You are standing behind a curtain.
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "Why isn't that direction working?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "But the text did sound like... now are we getting clororformed?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the shore of an underground lake beside a huge gambling
Floyd | machine. On it is written: 'PULL THE LEVER IF YOU HAVE A FAUN SHOE TO
Floyd | STAKE'
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the forest. A cavern leads NORTHEAST.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are on the southern shore of the lake. There is a house here.
Floyd | There is a rowing-boat here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You find a hole that you crawl into.
Floyd | You are in a dark passage. There is an opening ahead. To your left you
Floyd | can discern a gate and to your right a boiler. There is a hole in the
Floyd | floor and a path is sloping backward-up.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are by the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You cut the curtain to pieces. The curtain disappears.
Floyd | There is a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You enter a room where a bunch of animals are standing around! A sign
Floyd | in the air says
Floyd |     ROOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SUPREME'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Floyd | Suddenly you're surrounded by a yellow cloud!
Floyd | You are in a strange room. Veils of mist sweep around your feet and you
Floyd | can see passages in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "...."
		DavidW asks, "Guess we got there too early?"
		Jacqueline says, "indeed"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, my 'indeed' was to KO's ...., not sure about your theory, DW."
		DavidW says, "At least I verified the scissors can cut the curtain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in the Strange room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "SEE? Forward from Strange room does go to 9th floor! Unless there's two Strange rooms."
		Knight_Otu says, "Weird."
		Jacqueline says, "Seems unlikely that there are two Strange rooms (though many rooms aree strange rooms, lower case s)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 405" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.   Ring , Ring  .
Floyd |
Floyd | BEEP ------ BEEP ----- BEEP ------ 
Floyd | The staff kitchen recommends:
Floyd |
Floyd | Half-rotten tomatoes with pilaf rice.
Floyd | Fried on both sides, slowly grilled and hard-boiled clubfloyd
Floyd | Plus fresh, poisonous cave water. (Tee, hee, hee)
Floyd |  BEEP --- BEEP --- BEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cottage with doors backward, forward and to your right.
Floyd | High in the ceiling is a window.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 000" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.    Ring, Ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | -Cottage Telecom.
Floyd | Do you have a complaint about your connection ?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | What number is it about ?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "405" 		

Floyd | Ok. Wait a moment and I'll check it up.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		Jacqueline says, "god darn it"
		DavidW says, "sorry"
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | BEE P

		Jacqueline asks, "Also, did thy just insinuate that they were going to kill and grill us?"
		DavidW says, "sorta, yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yep."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | BEE P

		Jacqueline says, "Jerks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | BEE P

		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think it's going to stop beeping..."
		Jacqueline says, "I think I know how this pat ends."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "er, part"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | BEE P

		DavidW asks, "When did we last save?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Before the hammer?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Before the reward or death room, I think?"
		DavidW says, "I guess we'll find out"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of DavidW." 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf41" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dead end.
Floyd | There is a locked case here that you can't carry.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock case" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the case and find a sledgehammer. The case disappears.
Floyd | You are in a dead end.
Floyd | A sledgehammer is hanging here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sledgehammer" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the right chamber. A path leads forward, but a notice says:
Floyd | HE WHO VENTURES INSIDE WILL EITHER GET A REWARD OR ... DEATH
Floyd | Screwed to the wall is a glass box in which is a pair of scissors.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break box" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You break the glass. The scissors fall out and the box disappears in a
Floyd | cloud.
Floyd | You are in the right chamber.
Floyd | A pair of scissors is hanging here.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scissors" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd | Doors lead backward, to the right and forward.
Floyd | Behind a curtain to your left you can discern a hole.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in a dusky, dust-laden room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are by the curtain.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut curtain" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You cut the curtain to pieces. The curtain disappears.
Floyd | There is a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf42" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You enter a room where a bunch of animals are standing around! A sign
Floyd | in the air says
Floyd |     ROOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SUPREME'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Floyd | Suddenly you're surrounded by a yellow cloud!
Floyd | You are in a strange room. Veils of mist sweep around your feet and you
Floyd | can see passages in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Weird that it sent me to the studio twice."
		DavidW asks, "Should I try other numbers and avoid 000?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 100" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm phoning!

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, right, the glazi...."
		Knight_Otu says, "what."
		DavidW says, "I tried calling here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm phoning!

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of DavidW." 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		ploppy asks, "is this maybe the timing problem?"
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf42" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | There is a hole in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You enter a room where a bunch of animals are standing around! A sign
Floyd | in the air says
Floyd |     ROOM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SUPREME'S CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Floyd | Suddenly you're surrounded by a yellow cloud!
Floyd | You are in a strange room. Veils of mist sweep around your feet and you
Floyd | can see passages in all directions.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, the glazier may be able to create a new window which we can return for the crowbar."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I like the idea"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh huh"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says (to ploppy), "Yeah, that is the timing problem."
		DavidW says, "Wait... we haven't broken the window yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "We haven't broken the window yet, of course."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Let's still call."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 323" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | An automatic answering machine answers:
Floyd |  - Unfortunately he's not in. He's always got so much to
Floyd |    do that he never has time to answer the phone.
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wonder if you have to break the window for him to answer?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or if that's a red herring?"
		DavidW says, "okay, let's break the window and THEN try calling the glazier."
		ploppy says, "could be"
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's hope there'sa lull in... right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside the cottage by a well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are still in the forest but in one direction you can discern a
Floyd | cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are at a waterfall in a forest.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cavern extending out of sight to your left and right.
Floyd | Behind you there's a hole blasted open.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There is a mysterious, dark window in the wall.
Floyd | You can make out an object behind the window.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You break the window with the sledgehammer. Behind it is a crowbar.
Floyd | Thorvald runs in saying: - I heard the crash! Now I'll take the crowbar
Floyd | in compensation for the broken window.
Floyd | He takes the crowbar and disappears.
Floyd | You are in the Foam-rubber room.
Floyd | There are doors forward and to the left.
Floyd | A path leads down.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a misty rock shelter. Cold raw air is blowing in your face.
Floyd | There is a safe in a wardrobe here.
Floyd | A path is leading upwards and downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cemetery. You are standing by a tombstone on the edge of a
Floyd | grave. A path leads forward and backward.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have a half-rotten tomato in your hand but it vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the Swiss clock room.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are still in the forest but in one direction you can discern a
Floyd | cottage.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are outside the cottage by a well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the cottage.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 323" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | An automatic answering machine answers:
Floyd |  - Unfortunately he's not in. He's always got so much to
Floyd |    do that he never has time to answer the phone.
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Sad."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 481" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ring, Ring !
Floyd |  - Don't disturb me! I'm guarding!
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "At least he doesn't go "Be quiet.""
		DavidW says, "I'm still not sure where the guard is."
		Knight_Otu says, "Should be r. d."
wordsmith arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Hi, all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hey there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a small room without windows.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith asks, "Better late than never?"
		DavidW says, "I didn't map this room at all yet"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can go forward and up.
Floyd | You are in a small room without windows.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says (to ws), "Heya"
		DavidW asks, "okay. Any idea what we ought to do here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hi" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "greet guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't understand that at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy asks, "call guard on phone?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take halberd" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The guard won't let you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "It's now a very talkative game."
		DavidW says (to ploppy), "I tried that from another room. He said not to bother him."
		Knight_Otu says, "Calling the guard from here may have pointy consequences."
		ploppy says, "yeah I thought maybe it would be different in his presence"
		DavidW asks, "What if we called the cottage from here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf43" 		

Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Just in case."
		DavidW asks, "What number should I call? 100 for the cottage or 481 for right here?"
		Jacqueline says, "Never a bad idea, KO"
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try the cottage first, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 100" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Be quiet, I'm phoning!

		Jacqueline says, "fuuuuuuuudge"
		Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "Especially when the game goes "Be quiet" on us."
		wordsmith exclaims, "uh oh!"
		DavidW says, "drat"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "%quit" 		
Floyd says, "game ended by request of DavidW." 		Knight_Otu says, "At least we saved this time."
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load cottage" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | From the Swedish "Stuga"
Floyd | A text adventure written by Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle
Floyd | Johansson 1977-82
Floyd | (Type "ABOUT" to read the historical account.)
Floyd | Ported from Basic to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson
Floyd | 2007-9
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090715 / Compiled with Inform v6.31
Floyd | Based on Stuga version 40(114)-4, date 821227
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [15-JUL-2009]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter the current time, or press Enter to accept the default
Floyd | value.
Floyd | [19:00]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |                           IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Floyd |               _ _ _      II              II      _ _ _
Floyd | _____________I I I I_____I                I_____I I I I_____________
Floyd |              I I I I     I   I--I  I--I   I     I I I I
Floyd |              I_I_I_I     I   I  I  I  I   I     I_I_I_I
Floyd |                          I   I  I  I  I   I
Floyd |                          I   I *I  I* I   I
Floyd |                          I   I__I  I__I   I
Floyd |                          II              II
Floyd |                           II            II
Floyd |                            II          II
Floyd |                             I__      __I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                I    I
Floyd |                                II  II
Floyd |                                 I__I
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to VIOL's cottage!!!!!
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you ventured inside before?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing on a jetty somewhere in Småland. Behind your sun-warmed
Floyd | back people are water-skiing. A church bell (which you can't see)
Floyd | strikes twelve. You can see a house straight ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf43" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 481" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a ring. The guard walks away for a moment.
Floyd | Ring, Ring !
Floyd |  - Don't disturb me! I'm guarding!
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hey."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "that was weird"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 323" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | An automatic answering machine answers:
Floyd |  - Unfortunately he's not in. He's always got so much to
Floyd |    do that he never has time to answer the phone.
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Here again, but maybe that moment is important."
		ploppy says, "oh yeah, maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 481" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a ring. The guard walks away for a moment.
Floyd | Ring, Ring !
Floyd |  - Don't disturb me! I'm guarding!
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "another timing thing"
		DavidW says, "If only we had a banana peel"
		Knight_Otu says, "There is another gate straight forward by the way."
		DavidW says, "I think it's the same gate."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "We couldn't open it last week at least."
		ploppy asks, "can you do inventory again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're too weak to turn the key by yourself.
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Interesting..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sesame" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy asks, "save and give keys to guard?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try, at least."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf44" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to store: The current position is saved.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Our current save point is good enough for that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give keys" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The guard accepts the keys with a wry smile.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't work.
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The gate is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's got your keys.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Call the guard now?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plug in phone" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You plug in the telephone.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read directory" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |   PHONE DIRECTORY OF THE COTTAGE
Floyd |  Number:      Subscriber:
Floyd |    000        Cottage Telecom
Floyd |    100        The Cottage
Floyd |    307        The lift repairman
Floyd |    323        The glazier
Floyd |    405        The staff kitchen
Floyd |    481        The guard
Floyd |    999        The emergency service centre
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 481" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear a ring. The guard walks away for a moment.
Floyd | Ring, Ring !
Floyd |  - Don't disturb me! I'm guarding!
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "guard, unlock gate" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to do with the guard?
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Have you tried calling the staff kitchen? Maybe have a pizza delivered to the guard."
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call 405" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.   Ring , Ring  .
Floyd |
Floyd | BEEP ------ BEEP ----- BEEP ------ 
Floyd | The staff kitchen recommends:
Floyd |
Floyd | Half-rotten tomatoes with pilaf rice.
Floyd | Fried on both sides, slowly grilled and hard-boiled clubfloyd
Floyd | Plus fresh, poisonous cave water. (Tee, hee, hee)
Floyd |  BEEP --- BEEP --- BEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's got your keys.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, anything is possible."
		Jacqueline says, "Except for, like, examining things"
		DavidW says, "That's the same kitchen message as before."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		DavidW says, "I wonder if we can get our keys back"
		wordsmith asks, "Last week, wasn't there a half-rotten tomato that appeared and instantly disappeared?"
		DavidW says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take keys" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The guard won't let you.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy asks, "take keys?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not that simple, if possible at all."
		ploppy says, "hrm"
		DavidW says, "Maybe we have to become the guard, briefly."
		DavidW says, "Or our strength is based on our current score. Who knows."
		ploppy asks, "did we try hitting the guard?"
		DavidW says, "no, I don't think so"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's got your keys.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "attack guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Express Yourself more clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's got your keys.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to kill him with.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "oh well"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard for keys" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's got your keys.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "I love how not having a murderous implement is what stops us from killing."
		DavidW says, "We might have to restore to get our keys back."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, a sledgehammder and a spade can be pretty darn lethal."
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The ground is too hard.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "In the right... or wrong hands."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we restore, then."
		wordsmith asks, "What if we give the guard more things?"
		wordsmith says, "as a test"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "since we are going to restore anyway..."
		Knight_Otu says, "(at least killing the guard wasn't our first instinct.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ladder" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't give that to the guard.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bottle" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't give that to the guard.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ball" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't give that to the guard.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "oh well"
		DavidW says, "hm. That seems to verify we're meant to give the keys, though."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe we need a bribe, too?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hypnotise guard" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | What ??
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | A telephone is plugged into a socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's got your keys.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Too bad our pile of coins got robbed."
		DavidW says, "well, we have no treasures."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "and our diamond"
		Knight_Otu says, "And our trilogy and cucumber got munched by a score-crafting machine."
		DavidW asks, "shall we restore and maybe try something else?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, but that's where those things are supposed to go, right?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or are you thinking we'd get the back?"
		Jacqueline asks, "After using them?"
		DavidW says, "sorry, I've lost the thread. I was referring to the keys."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes, restore for the keys, at least."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf44" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Enter saved game to load: Game restored.
Floyd |
Floyd | (This game uses Timed Input, which isn't supported by the Z-code
Floyd | interpreter you are using. It may therefore be impossible to finish the
Floyd | game. Frotz is one example of an interpreter that supports timed input.
Floyd | Here you can find the interpreters available for your platform:
Floyd | [LINK] )
Floyd |
Floyd | Please enter today's date, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Floyd | [21-JUL-2019]:

		
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a deflated ball
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "f u"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are standing by a huge, ornate gate.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "language"
		ploppy says, "Yeah maybe something needs to happen before giving the keys, like befriedning the guard"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sowwy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I just wanted to see if it would give us a list of exits."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sometimes it does."
		DavidW says, "oh. Sometimes it does"
		DavidW says, "The way the game handles doors is weird."
		Knight_Otu says, "The responses and descriptions are occassionally handled differently, it seems."
		wordsmith asks (of Jacqueline), "Is the plan to continue with Cottage next week?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, um, that was a yes for the doors."
		DavidW says, "There's a 'right next to it' pseudo-room if the door is closed, and when you enter the door, the door is gone forever or recloses."
		Jacqueline says, "That's really up to the group, ws"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we slowing down/stopping for today?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm torn on continuing. On the one hand, it seems we're getting frustrated by the game at several turns..."
		DavidW says, "We may be slowing down, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I suspect it's totally not winnable on Floyd."
		DavidW says, "I should mention, for sake of completeness, there's an extension cable on the 6th floor, and that we've never tried to fill the bottle."
		ploppy asks, "is the timing problem only on CF?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "I don't have the problem when I play at home on WinFrotz."
		Knight_Otu says, "And we haven't found a place to dig, or the robber's hiding place, something to inflate the ball with..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow ball" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | I don't know what that means.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the vestibule, a small room with a door behind you and a big
Floyd | gate straight ahead.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd | A guard is standing here.
Floyd | He's carrying a bejewelled halberd.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inflate ball" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to pump with.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "I'd be willing to play around with it on my own this week, or I'd also be willing to move on, whatever the group thinks"
		wordsmith says, "Not too much progress today, it seems."
		DavidW says, "some."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not just on ClubFloyd, probably, but most interpreters should be able to handle it."
		DavidW says, "You were late, so you missed seeing my map link: [LINK]"
		wordsmith says, "Thank you."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah, check out the maps"
		ploppy asks, "do any of you know someone who has finished it?"
		Jacqueline says, "DW may end up being the first."
		Knight_Otu says, "We did get some scissors, a sledgehammer, used sesame, briefly saw a crowbar."
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding. But only a litle.)"
		DavidW says, "no, but it's a famous game. It has its own Wikipedia page."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Nice work, DW!"
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right, forgot that it has its own Wikipedia page."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Renga in Blue has a series on old games, don't they?"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "Ghogg might've reviewed it and played it."
		ploppy says, "well I would be glad to help out if I can this coming week or I'd be just as glad to move on"
		DavidW says, "I could try to find the Muppets for us."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "True, we did not find them."
		DavidW says, "We need to get to Little you is winding in the maze; that's where they are."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a small room without windows.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Indoors you can't use compass directions.
Floyd | You're in the engine room of the lift. It's roaring and making a noise.
Floyd | There is a door behind You.
Floyd | There is a hatch in the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a cottage with doors backward, forward and to your right.
Floyd | High in the ceiling is a window.
Floyd | There is a telephone socket in the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the ninth floor. On the left is a closed
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're standing in front of a closed lift door. A button next to the
Floyd | door says LIFT.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift arrives and you get in.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7" 		

Floyd | You are in the lift.
Floyd | Which button do you press ?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The lift starts moving.
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "I wonder if the vanishing tomato is for throwing at the muppets"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | 9

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd |     8

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd |     7
Floyd |  The lift arrives. You get out...
Floyd | You are in the lift room of the seventh floor. On the left is an open
Floyd | lift door and on the right another door.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "there's no actual tomato that I found"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turning labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "r" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turny labyrinth which is big as well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a turning big labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big turny labyrinth.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		ploppy says, "its an anti-tomato"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a big labyrinth which is turny as well.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding passage with holes everywhere.
Floyd | There is an old man sitting here wearing a pearl necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take necklace" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | The old man refuses to let go of the pearl necklace.
Floyd |
Floyd | The old man gets up, mutters something about never having any peace,
Floyd | and leaves.
Floyd | You can go left,right,forward,back,up and down!
Floyd | You are in a winding passage with holes everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a winding little passage with holes.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "The robbed has become the robber."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are in a pitch-dark passage.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | Little you is winding.
Floyd | Fozzi the bear hurries past you.
Floyd | Someone says: This is THE MUPPET SHOW with tonight's guest artist:
Floyd | clubfloyd
Floyd | The curtain rises and you are on a stage with Kermit the frog. The
Floyd | puppet audience is applauding.
Floyd | Answer RUN or PERFORM :

		DavidW says, "Here we are."
		ploppy says, "wow...just...wow"
		DavidW says, "We can die in this section. I found a way to survive but not gain anything from it."
		Knight_Otu says, "And we thought Crag.... yeah, yeah, I said it before."
		DavidW asks, "Do we RUN or PERFORM?"
		Jacqueline blinks.
		ploppy says, "performing seems more bold"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "perform" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Kermit asks you if you want to sing or tell a story.
Floyd | Answer SING or TELL :

		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW asks, "SING or TELL a story?"
		ploppy says, "tell"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You start to tell a funny story but after the first sentence you're
Floyd | interrupted by a vigorous booing. Only two old men in the gallery are
Floyd | laughing (at your looks). Fozzi offers to help you.
Floyd | Answer HELP or RUN :

		ploppy says, "help"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Fozzi takes you into his dressing-room and says :
Floyd |  - If you say a nine-digit number where no digit is above five then I,
Floyd | Fozzi the funny, shall help You with a story.
Floyd | Answer RUN or a nine-digit number :

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "This is so weird"
		ploppy asks, "so, like 111111111?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "111111111" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Fozzi writes down a story on a note which he gives to you. You return
Floyd | to the stage and tell.
Floyd |
Floyd |  - A message reaches Boot Hill that Sven Olsson's quintet has
Floyd |   been released from the San Francisco home for the absent-minded and
Floyd | will be coming to lay
Floyd |   hands on the sheriff. The city is soon in the clutches of
Floyd |   a bank robbery and the people sit down to wait for
Floyd |   a problem with Malm?'s TV 2-transmitter.
Floyd |   Worried that the villains are going to harass the indians, the
Floyd |   saloon girls are getting slightly intoxicated. The villains arrive
Floyd |   but the danger is averted too late.
Floyd |
Floyd | The audience cheers but the old men on the balcony are only sneering.
Floyd | You follow Kermit to get a contract.
Floyd | Fozzi says: Enter an interest that you have :

		wordsmith says, "weird, yet cool"
		Jacqueline says, "'interactive fiction' if we're allowed two words."
		Knight_Otu blinks.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "interactive fiction" 		

Floyd | Fozzi gives his thanks and leaves.
Floyd | Kermit wants to give you a contract, but then you'll have to drop
Floyd | something first. (Bear in mind that you won't be able to return here!!)
Floyd | Answer DROP <the thing you want to drop> or BAD :

		DavidW asks, "The ball?"
		ploppy says, "sure, I mean, we saved"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop ball" 		

Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | You receive a pink contract from Kermit. There is a door to your right.
Floyd | Answer FOLLOW (Fozzi) or RIGHT :

		ploppy asks, "follow I guess?"
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "follow" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Now Fozzi enters a door. There's also a door forward.
Floyd | Answer FOLLOW (Fozzi) or FORWARD :

		ploppy says, "there is no logic to my choices"
		ploppy says, "follow again"
		wordsmith says, "might as well keep following..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "follow" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You are inside a torture-chamber. The door locked itself behind you!
Floyd | The walls are closing in. The only way out is blocked by a monster!
Floyd | Answer RUN (out) or STAY :

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm hoping Fozzie isn't going to the little bear's... oh."
		ploppy asks, "hey where did fozzi go?"
		Jacqueline asks, "what?"
		wordsmith says, "> RUN"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "run" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You run straight into a monster devouring vegetables! He grabs you and
Floyd | throws you high into the air.
Floyd | You are in the loft.
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "FOZZI!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invent" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You're carrying
Floyd | a long ladder
Floyd | an empty water bottle
Floyd | a soiled spade
Floyd | a modern telephone
Floyd | some old keys
Floyd | a sharp pair of scissors
Floyd | a heavy sledgehammer
Floyd | a pink contract
Floyd | a thin phone directory
Floyd |
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read contract" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately the contract is written in Kermit's illegible
Floyd | handwriting.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "heh"
		ploppy says, "ok, so you sacrifice a possibly useful object for the contract"
		DavidW says, "Well, that's completely new to me. I managed to survive but I didn't get any contract."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe give the contract to the guard and he goes off? :p"
		wordsmith asks, "I wonder if this is randomized, too?"
		DavidW says (to ploopy), "That's the way early IF rolls."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Where's a cucumber when you need one?!"
		DavidW asks, "I think we need the guard to unlock the gate, but maybe?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It was more of a jokey suggestion."
		DavidW says, "well, we could also give it to the old man with the necklace."
		Knight_Otu asks, "A third Statler/Waldorf?"
		DavidW says, "He can be Cobb."
		wordsmith says, "I need to bail soon, but I plan to be on next week."
		DavidW says, "This may be a good place to stop regardless."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Color the Truth by mathbrush
As played on ifMUD on August 4th, 2019

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 Color the Truth written by mathbrush. It placed 2nd in the 2016 IFComp and was a finalist for the Best NPCs 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.
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask colorthetruth" 		

Floyd | >Are you sure you want to quit? ]  Exits:
Floyd | Phone Booth
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You put a quarter in the slot and dial Rosalita's number. The phone
Floyd | rings a couple of times; there's nothing to do but wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | [If you are playing Color the Truth for the first time, you are
Floyd | strongly encouraged to type ABOUT.]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:                                               Phone Booth
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Color the Truth is a parser game, which means that you type in short
Floyd | phrases that determine the main character's actions. For a list of
Floyd | standard commands, type COMMANDS and press enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Speech: In this game, you have a list of topics that you can
Floyd | talk to others about (found by typing TOPICS, or just T). You
Floyd | communicate with others by typing SAY [some topic ] when you are
Floyd | around another person, or by just typing the name of the topic. The
Floyd | text of a topic and the history of the suspects' responses can be
Floyd | found by examining the topic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flashbacks:  You can relive the experiences of witnesses by
Floyd | SAYing STATEMENT to them. All flashbacks have a natural ending, but,
Floyd | to exit a flashback early, you can type STOP.
Floyd |
Floyd | Deductions: You will frequently need to catch people in
Floyd | contradictions. Thererfore, topics can be linked to each other to
Floyd | create new topics by deduction. To link two topics, just type LINK
Floyd | [first topic] TO [second topic ]. Linking is an essential part of this
Floyd | game, but only after the statements have been taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Credits: For credits, type CREDITS. For hints, type HINTS.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Hi, bg."
		bg says, "hi"
		wordsmith says, "We are about to play Color the Truth."
		wordsmith says, "Sounds a little like Rashomon meets IF."
		DavidW says, "okay, this is the same system as another game we've played."
		bg says, "I'm just gonna watch."
		DavidW says, "Sherlock Indomitable, maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Pretty similar to that yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:                                               Phone Booth
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Color The Truth is written by Brian Rushton under the name Mathbrush,
Floyd | using Inform 7. Inform 7 and its helpful examples library were
Floyd | developed by Graham Nelson and Emily Short.
Floyd |
Floyd | The linking of topics is inspired by comments from Chandler Groover on
Floyd | my previous game, Halloween Dance. The idea of having conversational
Floyd | topics in your inventory showed up in The Baker of Shireton before
Floyd | this game or Halloween Dance, and was an inspiration. The radio
Floyd | station setting was inspired by the circus setting in Ballyhoo; I
Floyd | tried to find something that would invoke similar feelings 30 years
Floyd | later.
Floyd |
Floyd | I kept several classic mystery games in mind while writing this game,
Floyd | including Deadline, Ballyhoo, Make It Good, Toby's Nose, and An Act of
Floyd | Murder.
Floyd |
Floyd | Color the Truth was beta tested by Ade McTavish, Arno Von Bories,
Floyd | kettie, Alice Grove, XanMag, Teaspoon, Hanon Ondricek, Marco
Floyd | Innocenti, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Robin Johnson, Owlor, Felicity Banks,
Floyd | Sean Shore and Ben Kidwell. Ade McTavish in particular tested almost
Floyd | every version of the game and provided extremely useful feedback.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, none of this would be possible without the support of my
Floyd | wonderful wife Lindsey, who tested my game and gave me the
Floyd | encouragement to keep on trying.
Floyd |
Floyd | On copyrights and trademarks: This work mentions Infocom and several
Floyd | of its games by name in a favorable, incidental light. Infocom is a
Floyd | currently unregistered trademark of Omni Consumer Products LLC, and
Floyd | its titles are unregistered trademarks of Activision.
Floyd |
Floyd | The many book, movie, and song titles referenced are not trademarkable
Floyd | or copyrightable under United States law.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "Halloween Dance was a short Ectocomp game"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember 'Halloween Dance'."
DavidW signed ClubFloyd Suggestions. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:                                               Phone Booth
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You wait for a moment, taking deep breaths to keep your calm.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone rings one more time before Rosalita picks up.
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Hello?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Hello]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say hello" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:                                               Phone Booth
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Rosalita)
Floyd | "Hello, Rosalita." You speak quietly, glancing through the glass to
Floyd | see if anyone's watching.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you want this time?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I think you know," you say. "Same as last time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good luck with that. It's all gone now. You just take, and you take,
Floyd | and you take, and now there's nothing left. I don't know what you want
Floyd | anymore."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Broke]
Floyd |
Floyd | She sounds sincere, but she has to be lying. You've been looking into
Floyd | this for over a year, seeing where the money goes. It took months
Floyd | before it all came together, and you're not about to let your work go
Floyd | to waste. You read your notes again:
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosa. Income:
Floyd |
Floyd | Roses for Rehab: 500K?
Floyd |
Floyd | Cassette sales: 250k?
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Charity]
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Sales]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh wait. Maybe I have played this game and forgot."
		Doug says, "hah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "It happens. Should one of us take over driving?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "I don't think we can mess up this first convo regardless."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's hope so."
		DavidW says, "well, if I understand this system, we can't really make a mistake."
		DavidW says, "We unlock topics and link topics until we win."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link broke to charity" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:                                               Phone Booth
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK BROKE TO CHARITY
Floyd |
Floyd | She says she's broke, but she's stolen more from Roses for Rehab than
Floyd | she's given you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Funds]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh my."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link broke to sales" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:                                               Phone Booth
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK BROKE TO SALES
Floyd |
Floyd | She says she's broke, but her cassetes have been selling better than
Floyd | ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Interesting mechanic."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say funds" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY  FUNDS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Rosalita)
Floyd | "Cut it, Rosalita. I have the figures. You say you're broke, but you
Floyd | have plenty left to give. I'll expect my next payment in two days."
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosa is silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Two days, Rosalita." You hang up the phone.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		Knight_Otu says, "Charactér switching too."
		DavidW says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | ***********************The walnut-stained radio plays in the
Floyd | background. "Everyone loves, everyone loses, everyone rejoices.
Floyd | Join me for... an Evening with Rosa."
Floyd |
Floyd | An unfamiliar voice cuts in. You set down your charcoal.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tonight's episode will consist of highlights from the album
Floyd | The Very Best of An Evening with Rosa (Part 3), as a tribute
Floyd | to the celebrated radio personality Rosalita Morales, who was found
Floyd | dead this morning in her studio. The police have yet to-"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head, and switch off the radio. Jayla would have been
Floyd | devastated; she adored Rosalita Morales. You return your attention to
Floyd | your painting; it's not turning out the way you hoped. Your stomach
Floyd | sinks, knowing what's coming. And you only had one week left...
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone rings. You sigh, and answer. "Hello?"
Floyd |
Floyd | They answer. "Hector, this Chief Schwarz. I need you to come in early
Floyd | tomorrow..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Color the Truth
Floyd | A variegated verity by Brian Rushton
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 160923 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | You glance about the office. The Chief's office is full of shades of
Floyd | black; he's told you that it's a symbol of authority, and makes him
Floyd | more imposing. You find it depressing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The office is large, and the leaden morning light from the window does
Floyd | little to brighten it. Its many bookshelves are filled with sable
Floyd | leather-bound volumes; it smells like a library in here, a mix of old
Floyd | books and card stock. The new chief's broad oak desk is in the center
Floyd | of the room, spotted with ink stains.  A banker's lamp with a ebony
Floyd | shade stands on the desk, turned off.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way out is through the coal-black door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Chief should be here soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We won't be the blackmailer now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Neither the thief, who turns out dead."
		DavidW says, "The chief's 'color' is black, I see."
		DavidW says, "Rosa is probably red or pink."
		Doug says, "hence the name Schwarz"
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Knight_Otu says, "It's also in the name - Schwarz is German for... right."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if all the characters get color-related names."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts
Floyd |
Floyd | You are currently not thinking of anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Detective Hector King, a 30-year veteran of the force and
Floyd | nearing retirement. You are wearing a frayed ash-grey suit suit with a
Floyd | checkered tie and a silvery dress shirt. Your stiff black-and-grey
Floyd | hair is cropped short, and your badge is pinned to your suit pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door behind you opens, and Chief Schwarz slips in. "Good, you're
Floyd | here," he says as he grips your hand before sitting down. "Listen,
Floyd | Hector. Rosalita Morales was found dead in the KOLR studio yesterday."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I heard."
Floyd |
Floyd | He cracks his knuckles and says, "The lab is working on the evidence,
Floyd | but so far we've got nothing. I've got our people talking to everyone
Floyd | she knew. There's a special assignment for you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "She's left money to four people. A lot of money. I've asked them to
Floyd | come to the studio for questioning."
Floyd |
Floyd | He reaches into a drawer and grabs a folder that he tosses on the
Floyd | desk. "I've prepared a dossier on the suspects, along with the
Floyd | preliminary report on the death. Take it with you."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Testament]
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Suspicion]
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a worn manila folder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "KOLR = color"
		wordsmith says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "It's a theme, yo"
		Knight_Otu says, "We hear it loud and clear."
		Knight_Otu says, "Except in our own name."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say testament" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TESTAMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Schwarz)
Floyd | "What all can you tell me about the will?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I had the agency attorney look over it. It looks legitimate; she
Floyd | signed the newest version about 2 years ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And you said there are only four people in the will?" you ask. "What
Floyd | about the rest of her family?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "We checked it out. Only had one sister, and her parents died when
Floyd | they were teens."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Murder?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Car crash. Looks like she kept to herself, too. Not many friends
Floyd | outside of work. So what does that leave us? Her sister, her
Floyd | coworker-turned-husband-turned-ex, her business  partner, and her
Floyd | personal assistant."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you remember what she left them?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, I don't. It's in the folder I left you, though; you can just look
Floyd | up each suspect."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Well, what does 'hector' mean as a verb?"
		wordsmith says, "to badger..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Being hectic? ;p"
		DavidW says, "to ask the questions. A lot."
		Knight_Otu asks, "But that's no color. Is it?"
		DavidW says, "It's not color-related, but very we're-the-PC related."
		Knight_Otu says, "Admittedly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say suspicions" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SUSPICIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Schwarz)
Floyd | "Chief, what makes you so sure that one of these people was involved?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Listen, it's easy: Follow the money. These four are all much better
Floyd | off now that she's dead. It's not hard to see a connection there."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Right," you say, "but anyone could have done it when you come down to
Floyd | it; some stalker, or something."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I'd almost prefer that. Find some psycho that's roaming the
Floyd | streets, clean up the city. And I'm working on that angle. But the
Floyd | fact is these four have a clear motive. You do your job, and I'll do
Floyd | mine."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Doug says, "it's more "truth"-related, which is also in the title"
		DavidW says, "I remember another game where the PC's name was Paige Blanc."
		Knight_Otu says, "Owee."
		Knight_Otu asks, "But maybe they were extraordinarily well developed?"
Knight_Otu Rather than a blank page? 		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get envelope" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ENVELOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You typed a valid action, but it was for something that isn't visible
Floyd | right now, something that isn't in the game, or possibly a typo. If
Floyd | you're stuck, type HINT repeatedly to find the next action you can
Floyd | try.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "folder"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get folder" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Schwarz's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Chief smiles grimly. "You can go now," he says, pointing to the
Floyd | door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Call me whenever you want to talk," he says, pointing to his phone.
Floyd | He fixes you in place with his stare. "This case is important to me.
Floyd | If you need anything, please call."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Assistance]
Floyd |
Floyd | The Chief looks thoughtful, and taps his fingers on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the Chief's door)
Floyd | You brace yourself as you leave the precinct. Piercing winds cut
Floyd | through your clothes and the rain drives at you as you get in your
Floyd | car. You turn the key and go.
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to travel to the studio]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | ***********************After parking, you stop for a moment. The cold
Floyd | pewter-gray rain patters on your windshield, obscuring your view. You
Floyd | breathe deeply, a soft silver mist escaping your lips in the chill
Floyd | air. You sit for a moment, eyeing the studio. It's a sandy colored
Floyd | brick building, short and narrow, crammed between a pawn shop and a
Floyd | Chinese restaurant. You grab the manila folder, throw open your door
Floyd | and race inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | KOLR studios is smaller than you thought, decorated with a brown and
Floyd | tan theme with occasional splashes of color. The neutral tones suggest
Floyd | a professional but boring atmosphere. A faded rainbow stencil on the
Floyd | wall invites you to KOL studios; the R has worn off. The sepia-hued
Floyd | front desk hardly fits in this cramped room, but the beige ceiling is
Floyd | quite high; it looks like it was once part of a larger room. The muddy
Floyd | carpet is scuffed and worn, curling up on the edges. One of the
Floyd | off-white fluorescent lights in the ceiling flickers intermittently.
Floyd | Barely audible is the buzzing of another light. The smell of burnt
Floyd | popcorn wafts in from a break room to the west. The doorway to
Floyd | the north leads to the hallway. The parking lot is back to the
Floyd | south, and a bathroom door stands to the east. An ivory
Floyd | telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | A young woman dressed in beige and dandelion yellow is perched on the
Floyd | desk. She hops down and approaches you hesitantly.
Floyd |
Floyd | She asks "Are you... Detective King?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. And you are?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Oh, I'm just the secretary here. They asked me to come here
Floyd | for questioning, or something like that. A bunch of us, actually; we
Floyd | all took different rooms."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a rustling sound from the north hallway. You both turn to
Floyd | look. You catch a glimpse of neon green hair, and you hear footsteps
Floyd | down the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The secretary looks back at you. "That's Rosalita's sister. She's
Floyd | supposed to be waiting in the studio." She rolls her eyes. "She's a
Floyd | singer who calls herself Andromeda. Chuck's in his old office across
Floyd | the hall from her, and Danny's at the very end by...well, uh, by
Floyd | Rosalita's office. Anyway, I'll be in the break room."
Floyd |
Floyd | She walks off to the west. You realize that you didn't catch her name.
Floyd | You'll need to get that later, along with her statement.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Greeting]
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Statement]
Floyd |
Floyd | Some small speakers in the ceiling are tuned to KOLR. From the
Floyd | speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing We Got The Beat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |    worn manila folder
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for Ronald
Floyd | Reagan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open folder" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN FOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Chief has provided you with a worn manila folder. There are five
Floyd | names and a single word written on the outside in black pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Daniel Kostopoulos
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck Lee
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy Jalcek
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia Morales
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita Morales
Floyd |
Floyd | Timeline
Floyd |
Floyd | You can look up individual names to review your information, or
Floyd | the timeline to review the timing of events.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up daniel" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP DANIEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: Daniel Kostopoulos.
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: 63
Floyd |
Floyd | Occupation: Host of the conservative talk show, "The Danny Kostopolous
Floyd | Show".
Floyd |
Floyd | Summary: Daniel Kostopolous co-founded KOLR with Rosalita Morales over
Floyd | 20 years ago. His talk show and her "An Evening with Rosa" have
Floyd | consistently brought in the highest ratings and ad sponsorships for
Floyd | KOLR, outside of nationally syndicated programs. Daniel always goes by
Floyd | the name "Danny".  Daniel lives alone, with no former marriages or
Floyd | children.
Floyd |
Floyd | In her will, Rosalita left him all of her share of KOLR, making him
Floyd | the sole owner.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Partner]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for a
Floyd | trivia board game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "read folder" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FOLDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Chief has provided you with a worn manila folder. There are five
Floyd | names and a single word written on the outside in black pen:
Floyd |
Floyd | Daniel Kostopoulos
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck Lee
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy Jalcek
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia Morales
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita Morales
Floyd |
Floyd | Timeline
Floyd |
Floyd | You can look up individual names to review your information, or
Floyd | the timeline to review the timing of events.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | Infocom's Suspect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up lee" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP LEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: Chuck Lee.
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: 45
Floyd |
Floyd | Occupation: TV News Anchor for WESL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Connection with Morales: Chuck Lee is Rosalita's ex-husband, and
Floyd | former coworker. Chuck was the news anchor for KOLR local news. He
Floyd | recently left KOLR for television after being headhunted by WESL.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck and Rosalita were married 16 years ago, with no children
Floyd | resulting from the marriage. They divorced six years ago amicably, and
Floyd | for unspecified reasons.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck resides at 75 Radhaus Lane #701.
Floyd |
Floyd | In her will, Rosalita left Chuck the house that they had lived in
Floyd | together.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Ex]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Through The
Floyd | Years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "WESL = weasel?"
		wordsmith asks, "What's the single word written on the outside of the folder?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		Knight_Otu says (to ws), "Timeline I presume."
		wordsmith says, "gotcha"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up cindy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP CINDY
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: Cindy Jalcek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: 19
Floyd |
Floyd | Occupation: Receptionist for KOLR and personal assistant for Rosalita.
Floyd |
Floyd | Connection with Morales: Cindy Jalcek has worked for KOLR as a
Floyd | receptionist for 3 years. Due to the small size of the organization,
Floyd | her duties also include cleaning, supply shopping, and working as
Floyd | Rosalita's personal assistant. Rosalita hired her permanently after a
Floyd | successful internship, and she became Rosalita's confidant. In the
Floyd | will, Rosalita left Cindy her car and a lump sum of $50,000.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Secretary]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Through The
Floyd | Years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up maia" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP MAIA
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: Maia Morales (stage name Andromeda).
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: 39
Floyd |
Floyd | Occupation: Vocal artist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Connection with Morales: Maia Morales, aka Andromeda, is Rosalita's
Floyd | only sibling. Both of their parents are deceased, making her
Floyd | Rosalita's closest living relative.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia is an aspiring singer. Under the stage name Andromeda, she has
Floyd | released two singles and has fronted several big-name bands in the
Floyd | local area. Her two singles were recorded in KOLR studios.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita left Maia the remainder of her estate, after the other
Floyd | bequests.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Sister]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Through The
Floyd | Years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up rosalita" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ROSALITA
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: Rosalita Morales
Floyd |
Floyd | Age: 42
Floyd |
Floyd | Date of death: February 29.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cause of Death: Gunshot wound in the head.
Floyd |
Floyd | Summary: Officers were called to KOLR studios at 9:25am by her
Floyd | assistant, Ms. Jalcek, who discovered the body in the office when she
Floyd | came into work.
Floyd |
Floyd | The investigation is ongoing, but initial results suggest a break-in:
Floyd | the office windows were forced open, and Ms. Jalcek and Maia Morales
Floyd | report seeing an intruder flee the scene.
Floyd |
Floyd | Background: Rosalita Morales was the host of the popular romance talk
Floyd | show, "An Evening With Rosa". She was the co-founder and co-owner of
Floyd | KOLR, together with Daniel Kostopoulos. She was previously married to
Floyd | celebrity news anchor Chuck Lee, but divorced 6 years ago, and now
Floyd | lives alone. Her closest associates were her assistant Cindy Jalcek
Floyd | and her sister Maia Morales, aka Andromeda.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Death]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for the
Floyd | CD-ROM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yes, I've definitely played this before, but I don't remember who did what."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up timeline" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TIMELINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Timeline of Events:
Floyd |
Floyd | Wednesday, February 27-Chuck Lee cleans out his office and leaves KOLR
Floyd | at approximately 5:00pm. He claims to have seen Rosalita, but left
Floyd | without talking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thursday, February 28-Daniel Kostopolous discussed the annual report
Floyd | with Rosalita at around 3:00pm. He did not see her again after this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Friday, February 29-Maia Morales visited Rosalita at work some time
Floyd | before 9:00am, then left. Cindy Jalcek was cleaning the studios, and
Floyd | discovered a stranger in a yellow poncho standing over Rosalita's
Floyd | body. She called emergency dispatch at 9:05am.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Rapture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Then you can't spoil the whodunnit at least."
		DavidW says, "no, I can't."
		DavidW says, "I remember a smidge of the geography we haven't seen yet, though."
		DavidW says, "It doesn't matter which order we talk to the suspects and they're all be in separate rooms."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, I copied the folder contents into a separate text file. I guess we're updating the timeline as we go though."
		DavidW says, "yes"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently. Another light buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | your hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to
Floyd | the west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway.
Floyd | The parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to
Floyd | the east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Rapture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Might want to grab that popcorn from the break room so we can catch a tuna fish later."
		Knight_Otu asks, "But how do we get to Krakatoa?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks up expectantly as you walk in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh um. I'm sure I'll think of something. Maybe there's a helicopter on the roof."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "I didn't catch your name earlier."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy says, "Oh! Cindy. Cindy Jalcek."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "My name is Hector King." She nods. You say, "I've been
Floyd | assigned to investigate the murder of Rosalita Morales, and I'd like
Floyd | to ask you some questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | She blanches. "I've been wondering... am I under arrest?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, I'm just gathering information from everyone here at the
Floyd | station."
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods, relieved. "Okay, like I said, my name is Cindy Jalcek. I'm
Floyd | the receptionist here at KOLR. I also helped Rosalita with some of her
Floyd | other activities, including her charity, Roses for Rehab. I was
Floyd | responsible for accounting for the charity."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Accounting]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Tell me what you know about the death of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right. Here's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Cindy gives you a statement. You can picture it all
Floyd | in your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | The dawn sun smiles on you as you stand in the parking lot, and you
Floyd | smile back. Looks like you got here just in time; the lot is starting
Floyd | to fill up, and that means the studio will open soon. The wind cuts
Floyd | through your jacket like a knife, but the smell of rice and hot oil
Floyd | from the Chinese restaurant warms your heart. You know where you're
Floyd | getting lunch today. The lobby door is north from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bus drops you off, then gasps and wheezes away. You're lucky you
Floyd | got here in time; the police were closing off the streets for a
Floyd | parade. The next bus isn't until noon.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Parade]
Floyd |
Floyd | Time to get to work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Now we'll be Cindy for a while..."
		DavidW says, "oh right. I forgot. We play as the other person for their statement."
		Knight_Otu says, "So it seems."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if the status bar turns to yellow when we're Cindy."
		wordsmith says, "> SAY PARADE"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Hm, normally we would see html statements there, wouldn't we?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say parade" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to yourself)
Floyd | During flashbacks, conversation advances by using TALK TO [someone].
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "ah"
		Knight_Otu says, "The parade is for our hectic king."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn rolls in from the break
Floyd | room to the west. Oh no.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Rosalita coming out of the break room. She smiles. "Oh, Cindy,
Floyd | it's good to see you. Listen, my sister's in the break room again. Can
Floyd | you make sure she leaves? I've got to pick the lineup for my show
Floyd | tonight." You nod, and she walks into the hallway. She turns around
Floyd | and touches the door. "Oh, and can you take the trash out of my
Floyd | office?" With that, she walks to her office.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for the Apple IIc.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn rolls in from the break
Floyd | room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you rush in to find the source of the smell, you smack into someone
Floyd | and knock them to the ground!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I'm so sorry!" you say. Your victim rolls over, revealing a mop
Floyd | of green hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," you say. "It's you." You frown, but lift her up. You say,
Floyd | "Rosalita said to make sure you left the station. I'm sorry, but
Floyd | you're going to have to go; I just have to take care of something real
Floyd | quick." Maia frowns and walks away back to the lobby and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Uptown Girl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The vending machine is still on the fritz; you called the manufacturer
Floyd | three times in the last week, and you'll have to call them again. A
Floyd | few tables and several chairs are scattered around the room. The smell
Floyd | of burnt popcorn overpowers you. The lobby is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoke billows from the microwave. Something's burning!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the smoky microwave, revealing a bag of burnt popcorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get popcorn" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POPCORN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bag of burnt popcorn)
Floyd | You gingerly pick it up by the edges. You'll have to throw it away in
Floyd | the bathroom!
Floyd |
Floyd | The bag of popcorn is smoking in your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around, but Maia seems to be gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing She Works Hard For The Money.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bag of popcorn is smoking in your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening bathroom door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | At least the bathroom's moldy smell will help cover up the popcorn.
Floyd | You don't know why they won't let you remodel this bathroom, clearly
Floyd | the walls are crawling with mold. But at least it makes your job
Floyd | easier when nobody uses it. Even the sink is pretty clean, below the
Floyd | mirror, and the trash can is empty. Oh, looks like the paper towel
Floyd | dispenser is empty too. Oops. The toilet itself squats in a corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bag of popcorn is smoking in your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put popcorn in trash" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT POPCORN IN TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a good idea. You throw the popcorn into the toilet and turn to
Floyd | go. Wait! The toilet? Not again. You always mix the two up when you're
Floyd | in a hurry. It's caused a lot of messes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now the burnt popcorn is floating in the toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yay."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get popcorn" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POPCORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Better to just flush, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I hope she never urinates in the trash can..."
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "yes, I was thinking along those lines too."
		Knight_Otu says, "The line about messes...I guess..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ew."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "flush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | You flush the popcorn down the toilet. It disappears, thankfully, but
Floyd | the toilet starts backing up. Crap! Well, actually, just water, but
Floyd | still, you're glad no one uses this toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've got to deal with that smell in the break room, now. Time to get
Floyd | the fan from the closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we really shouldn't flush stuff like that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | At least the bathroom's moldy smell will help cover up the popcorn.
Floyd | You don't know why they won't let you remodel this bathroom, clearly
Floyd | the walls are crawling with mold. But at least it makes your job
Floyd | easier when nobody uses it. Even the sink is pretty clean, below the
Floyd | mirror, and the trash can is empty. Oh, looks like the paper towel
Floyd | dispenser is empty too. Oops. The toilet itself squats in a corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The closet is elsewhere."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for The Very Best of An Evening With Rosa
Floyd | (boxed set).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I thought so, but wanted to make sure I don't just run out."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening hallway door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You've scrubbed the walls in this hallway a hundred times, and they
Floyd | are clean as a whistle. Chuck's office lies to the west.
Floyd | Looking closer, it seems like someone's gouged his door. You'll have
Floyd | to repaint it. The studio to the east is closed, and the On-Air
Floyd | light is glowing. Someone must be recording. The hallway extends to
Floyd | the north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for Who's the Boss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hallway from the south ends here. Rosalita's wooden door
Floyd | stands to the north. Danny's hand-carved door is to the
Floyd | west. And your very own bright yellow door lies to the
Floyd | east: the janitor's closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Janitor's Closet
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the closet door)
Floyd | You yank hard on the handle of the door. Everyone thinks you lock it,
Floyd | but it's just really, really hard to open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Janitor's Closet
Floyd | This cool, concrete closet is tiny, but it is neatly
Floyd | organized and perfectly sorted. Rags, a mop, a bucket, a straw broom,
Floyd | a push broom, bottles of cleaner, two dustpans, extra toilet paper,
Floyd | and so on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, and the fan you were looking for.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Any paper towels?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get fan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Janitor's Closet
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't seem so, but w can try."
		DavidW says, "We're just interested in the fan, I think, right now."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get paper towels" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Janitor's Closet
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PAPER TOWELS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sentence had too many words; you can try typing just the part
Floyd | where you wanted to get the extra toilet paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get towels" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Janitor's Closet
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TOWELS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand the object in that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Oh, well. I hoped it was covered under "and so on.""
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that's at least a "Not yet.""
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hallway from the south ends here. Rosalita's wooden door
Floyd | stands to the north. Danny's hand-carved door is to the
Floyd | west. And your very own bright yellow door lies to the
Floyd | east: the janitor's closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing I Can't Go For That.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You've scrubbed the walls in this hallway a hundred times, and they
Floyd | are clean as a whistle. Chuck's office lies to the west.
Floyd | Looking closer, it seems like someone's gouged his door. You'll have
Floyd | to repaint it. The studio to the east is closed, and the On-Air
Floyd | light is glowing. Someone must be recording. The hallway extends to
Floyd | the north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing I Can't Go For That.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing I Can't Go For That.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The vending machine is still on the fritz; you called the manufacturer
Floyd | three times in the last week, and you'll have to call them again. A
Floyd | few tables and several chairs are scattered around the room. The smell
Floyd | of burnt popcorn overpowers you. The lobby is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave sits smugly and smokily against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It runs on batteries; you can just drop it anywhere you want and turn
Floyd | it on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop fan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn it on" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN IT ON
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn on the fan. It sputters, then begins to blow.
Floyd |
Floyd | The smell dissipates somewhat. Now you can finally get to cleaning
Floyd | Rosalita's office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "North end of hall"
		Knight_Otu says, "Back to sharp north, then."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for kid's dolls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You've scrubbed the walls in this hallway a hundred times, and they
Floyd | are clean as a whistle. Chuck's office lies to the west.
Floyd | Looking closer, it seems like someone's gouged his door. You'll have
Floyd | to repaint it. The studio to the east is closed, and the On-Air
Floyd | light is glowing. Someone must be recording. The hallway extends to
Floyd | the north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "The Aquitane Progression".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hallway from the south ends here. Rosalita's wooden door
Floyd | stands to the north. Danny's hand-carved door is to the
Floyd | west. And your very own bright yellow door lies to the
Floyd | east: the janitor's closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for WESL weather alerts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the brown door)
Floyd | As you open the door, you hear a loud gunshot, and you see Rosalita
Floyd | crumple to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an unfamiliar man wearing a yellow poncho hovering over
Floyd | Rosalita, holding a gold-handled revolver. Startled, he turns to look
Floyd | at you, and his bloodshot eyes widen in his stubble-covered face. He
Floyd | runs to the door and you shrink back in fear as he races down the hall
Floyd | outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Stranger]
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you do? What do you do? You have to call the police!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Phone's in the lobby"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hallway from the south ends here. Rosalita's wooden door
Floyd | stands to the north. Danny's hand-carved door is to the
Floyd | west. And your very own bright yellow door lies to the
Floyd | east: the janitor's closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Karma Chameleon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have to call the police NOW!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You've scrubbed the walls in this hallway a hundred times, and they
Floyd | are clean as a whistle. Chuck's office lies to the west.
Floyd | Looking closer, it seems like someone's gouged his door. You'll have
Floyd | to repaint it. The studio to the east is closed, and the On-Air
Floyd | light is glowing. Someone must be recording. The hallway extends to
Floyd | the north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "Pet Sematary".
Floyd |
Floyd | Is the killer still out there? What's going on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the lobby--the phone-- you've got to call the police!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "call police" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CALL POLICE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I called the police. And I waited up there until they showed up. It
Floyd | was horrible..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy falls silent, shivering.
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | You catch Cindy looking you up and down with an unhappy expression.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fan" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The fan clicks and hums as it rotates about the room, trying to clear
Floyd | the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy sniffs and wrinkles her nose. She glances at the microwave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | This seems like a fairly pricey microwave; but its once-white
Floyd | microwave has been yellowed by accumulated layers of grease. It stinks
Floyd | of popcorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy taps her leg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x vending" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VENDING
Floyd |
Floyd | The vending machine leans in the corner. Half of the buttons are dark
Floyd | or flickering; all that works is a couple of rows of iced tea. Not
Floyd | your favorite.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a distant rumble of thunder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "More iced tea for me."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say parade" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "You said there was a parade the morning of Rosalita's death?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, the Founder's Day Parade. I saw the floats in a big parking lot,
Floyd | and they were putting up barricades."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you're sure there were no buses after you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I'm sure. The bus driver told me I was lucky to catch the last
Floyd | bus."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say stranger" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STRANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Did you see anything else about the killer?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She shakes her head. "No, he was gone so fast."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Was he tall, short, old, young?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Listen, I don't know! I was terrified!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Was there anything you remember?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He was wearing some sort of yellow poncho, and he had a gun. He was
Floyd | unshaven, and I think he smelled a bit like week-old leftovers."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say accounting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ACCOUNTING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Ms. Jalcek, could you describe for me exactly what your
Floyd | responsibilities were for Roses for Rehab?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She chews on her lower lip for a second, looking you directly in the
Floyd | eyes. "I was the primary person in charge of receiving donations by
Floyd | phone or by check. I conducted quarterly audits, and kept the
Floyd | records."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you Ms. Jalcek, it's important for the record that I had this
Floyd | in your own words."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say death" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Cindy, our records show that Rosalita Morales died two days ago, shot
Floyd | to death in her office."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy sits silently.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Miss Jalcek, do you have any comment?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh! No, no comment. Just...it was so terrible. Do we really have to
Floyd | talk about this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, it's part of the investigation."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was there when she was shot, but I didn't see it. I just heard it
Floyd | in the hallway, and saw the killer running away."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say sister" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "What do you know about Maia Morales?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy opens her mouth, then pauses. "I... I don't like her very much.
Floyd | Not much at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why don't you like her very much?
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean, she's a mooch! My job is to keep people like her out. She's
Floyd | always hitting up Rosalita for money, or trying to sneak into our
Floyd | studio."
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Why was she sneaking into the studio?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "To record. She thinks she's a rock star because she dyed her hair and
Floyd | calls herself Andromeda." She shakes her head. "I just don't like
Floyd | her."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say secretary" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SECRETARY
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Tell me more about your work with Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita was the one who hired me on, three years ago. Apparently the
Floyd | previous secretaries couldn't handle the job," she says, smugly. "I've
Floyd | made a real impact here, and Rosalita liked it. I could clean the
Floyd | studio, help her with errands, and run the front desk without breaking
Floyd | a sweat." A tear wells up in one eye. "I really miss her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You were close?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, she liked to confide in me. She knew she could trust me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did she tell you anything unusual around the time of her death?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Nothing that I haven't told the police."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say ex" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY EX
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "What do you know about Chuck Lee?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She seems startled. "What? What did you say?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I said, what's your relationship like with Chuck?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She sighs in relief. "Oh, our relationship. Well, you know, he was
Floyd | never one of the managers or owners at KOLR, so I didn't have to deal
Floyd | with him as much. He's a nice guy, handsome and all, but he and
Floyd | Rosalita..." She bites her lip. "I mean, they broke up, you know? It
Floyd | was kind of awkward after that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say partner" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARTNER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "What do you know about Danny Kostopoulos?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, obviously I respect him as one of the owners, you know? And he
Floyd | is 'The Voice of the Bread Basket' or whatever he calls himself."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "The Voice of the Heartland."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know, I know. But he's so irritable all the time, he's got a real
Floyd | mean streak. Sometimes I'll pretend to be on the phone just to avoid
Floyd | talking to him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think we exhausted our topics for now."
		DavidW says, "We can always return to her too. Unless we're in flashback."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently, and another buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to the
Floyd | west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway. The
Floyd | parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to the
Floyd | east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | Infocom's Sorcerer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening bathroom door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | The musty smell trapped in this room almost overwhelms you. Its low
Floyd | ceiling sports a single, dim bulb and a ventilation fan. The floor has
Floyd | faded from whatever its original color was into a dingy brown. A sink
Floyd | sits below a small mirror, and a nearby paper towel dispenser hangs
Floyd | over a battered trash can. The toilet itself squats in a corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I expect Maia to be in the studio and the men to be in their offices."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x dispenser" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISPENSER
Floyd |
Floyd | A paper towel dispenser set over a trash can.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Ad for Sorcerer... nice."
		DavidW says, "We should also check out Rosa's office for clues as well."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, missed that."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Yeah, we should."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | This off-white toilet seems backed up, with odd bits of black material
Floyd | floating on the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That'd be burnt popcorn, I assume."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess the secretary's story checks out then."
		wordsmith says, "yup"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently. Another light buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to the
Floyd | west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway. The
Floyd | parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to the
Floyd | east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing MacArthur Park.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening hallway door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing MacArthur Park.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | You move carefully through the dim and narrow hallway. It smells of
Floyd | cleaner mingled with faint perfume. It terminates to the north
Floyd | at a hazel wood door. Its smooth surface is polished and warm in the
Floyd | chill hallway. A nameplate next to the door reads "Rosalita Morales".
Floyd | To the west hangs an apple red door, with a nameplate saying
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous". To the east is a narrow metal closet
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing MacArthur Park.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the hazel wood door)
Floyd | Rosalita's office has been sealed off, and you don't want to disturb
Floyd | it. Your specialty is interrogation, not forensics.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | "Gremlins".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh well."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening closet door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for "The
Floyd | Terminator".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening plain door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | This office is decorated with flashy shades of red. It's large enough
Floyd | to fit a massive cherry desk, rows of mahogany bookshelves, and a
Floyd | battered scarlet cabinet. The walls are empty and clean, although the
Floyd | paint is patchy in spots, reaching to a textured plaster ceiling. A
Floyd | wine red floor lamp in the corner has been turned off. The blinds are
Floyd | open to the dim light from outside, punctuated by flashes of
Floyd | lightning. The soft rose carpet is matted and ragged, but looks
Floyd | recently cleaned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny sits slightly slumped in his chair with his hands clasped on his
Floyd | lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause by the doorway, and he glances at you. "Please, come in," he
Floyd | says, and you step into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He rises to grip your hand firmly. "I usually go by Danny," he answers
Floyd | in a husky voice. He looks you up and down. "I've seen you before,
Floyd | down at city hall. You've been on the force for a while, haven't you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Excellent memory, Mr. Kostopolous. I'm Detective King; I've been
Floyd | assigned to investigate the death of Rosalita Morales. I apologize for
Floyd | disrupting your broadcasting."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny says, "Not at all; we're broadcasting from the telephone line,
Floyd | right now. All of our local shows air in the evening." He looks at his
Floyd | watch. "Hopefully this won't take too long."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Of course. I would like to ask you some questions about what
Floyd | happened that night."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Listen, call me Danny. Real shame what happened. She... I don't even
Floyd | like to think about it. It shouldn't have happened. Not to Rosa." He
Floyd | sits down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "When was the last time that you saw Rosalita Morales?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right, sure, I'll tell you. It was the day before she died.
Floyd | Here's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Danny gives you a statement. You can picture it all
Floyd | in your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W                                            Studio
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | This studio is the jewel of the station; a green-colored jewel, like
Floyd | an emerald, you suppose. The walls, floor, and ceiling are thickened
Floyd | and hollowed, covered with acoustic panels. The microphones hanging
Floyd | from the ceiling are vintage, from the golden era of broadcasting,
Floyd | when they made microphones right. You constructed the table in the
Floyd | center out of soft wood. The chairs, though, are just left over from
Floyd | the last tenants, years ago. The soundproof door to the west
Floyd | leads to the hallway. The control room is to the east, but the
Floyd | technician is still reviewing the show before broadcast.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm Danny Kostopolous, the Voice of the Heartland. Join me tomorrow,
Floyd | when I'll present my top ten government agencies that need to be
Floyd | eliminated. Thanks for listening."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause until your theme song finishes playing. The technician from
Floyd | the control room gives you a thumbs up. You switch off your
Floyd | microphone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand up. You have a meeting with Rosalita to go over the annual
Floyd | report. You need to look over it first, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Do stop me when I'm going too fast, by the way."
		wordsmith says, "You're good."
		DavidW says, "I know that Hector will want into that control room latar."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the studio door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're just outside the studio door, by Chuck's old office. Still
Floyd | stings each time you walk by. The On-Air light is turned off. Your
Floyd | office and Rosa's are to the north. You can also go
Floyd | south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Sister Christian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "I" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |    nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "Amadeus".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm assuming the report is in the office."
		wordsmith says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not
Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Footloose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening plain door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Your spacious office is neat and tidy; the receptionist must have
Floyd | cleaned it up. Bookshelves line two walls, stuffed with overflow from
Floyd | Chuck's office. Your heavy desk sits in the middle of the room with a
Floyd | black swivel chair pushed close to it. The large window that you
Floyd | pushed hard for stretches across one wall, and your soft carpet
Floyd | cushions your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet with your documents is here. All you really need is the
Floyd | report, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CABINET
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep all of the financial records in here. You can look up
Floyd | any files by name. You have many files, but the annual report is your
Floyd | main concern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up report" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | You look over the annual report. You and Rosalita need to do your
Floyd | yearly audit of the budget. It's been a tough year, but you've done
Floyd | fairly well for yourselves. The charity drive had a record year, too.
Floyd | All accounts have been audited and all expenditures and donations have
Floyd | been accounted for, and the receipts carefully filed away.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the information in mind, you feel more comfortable talking to
Floyd | Rosalita.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Records]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not
Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Beat It.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the hazel door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita's Office
Floyd | This huge office sprawls across the north side of the building. You
Floyd | offered it to her when you moved here. A tall desk chair upholstered
Floyd | with crimson leather dominates the room behind an art deco desk.
Floyd | Bookshelves crawl up the walls, illuminated by giant windows with
Floyd | burgundy drapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO [someone] to talk during flashbacks.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita is wearing a muted pink dress with a black suit jacket. A
Floyd | large carnation is pinned to her lapel. Her brown hair dips low over
Floyd | one eye and is pulled into a low ponytail behind her. The creases
Floyd | under her eyes and at the corners of her mouth are deeper than they
Floyd | were a year ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a vase of flowers with a note that draws your
Floyd | attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x vase" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VASE
Floyd |
Floyd | A slender blue vase with a potpourri of colors, filled with a bouquet
Floyd | of flowers. A note is attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Hmm, typo. 'Offic'"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small note is attached to the flowers. It says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks for dinner. Let's do it again some time.
Floyd |
Floyd | -Chuck"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Flowers]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Odd."
		DavidW says, "That might be our interpreter doing that."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's correct earlier."
		wordsmith says, "OK."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess Chuck and Rose parted very amicably."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | (Rosalita)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita speaks first. "Danny, I'm glad you're here. Have you had a
Floyd | chance to review the annual report?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just finished looking over it."
Floyd |
Floyd | She stands and rubs her eyes. They look red. "Rosalita, are you okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's nothing. It's just that it's getting harder each year to get
Floyd | advertisers, you know? Everyone's moving over to television."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've got your cassette sales."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles wryly, but then the smile fades. "Also, I'm exhausted. I
Floyd | had dinner with a friend yesterday, then spent the evening at the
Floyd | shelter on Broad Street. It was exhausting."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But you always say the charity work makes you happier, like you're a
Floyd | better person." She shrugs
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita, listen," you continue, "if there's something going on, you
Floyd | can tell me."
Floyd |
Floyd | She shakes her head. "I'm fine." She walks to the door, and hesitates
Floyd | before going out. "I'll file the report tomorrow," she says, and she
Floyd | walks out of the room and down the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Troubled]
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Volunteer]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We'll see."
		Knight_Otu says, "That sounds less amicable. But maybe that was after the blackmail call."
		DavidW says, "I guess this is our chance to examine the office."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita's Office
Floyd | This huge office sprawls across the north side of the building. You
Floyd | offered it to her when you moved here. A tall desk chair upholstered
Floyd | with crimson leather dominates the room behind an art deco desk.
Floyd | Bookshelves crawl up the walls, illuminated by giant windows with
Floyd | burgundy drapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a vase of flowers with a note that draws your
Floyd | attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall, imposing crimson chair that Rosalita bought two years ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The desk is polished and gleaming. Rosalita has carefully locked away
Floyd | all of her files, but a blue vase of flowers lies on the desk with a
Floyd | note attached.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a vase of flowers with a note that draws your
Floyd | attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No file snooping as the boss."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Bookshelves line the walls, filled with the sort of books that look
Floyd | good but serve little purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | The light through the drapes is weak and gray, and the sound of
Floyd | raindrops striking glass comes through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x drapes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The light through the drapes is weak and gray, and the sound of
Floyd | raindrops striking glass comes through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x drawers" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand the object in that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You crouch down and look, but you don't find anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess that's it for the room."
		Knight_Otu says, "yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not
Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for The Danny Kostopolous Show.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Your spacious office is neat and tidy; the receptionist must have
Floyd | cleaned it up. Bookshelves line two walls, stuffed with overflow from
Floyd | Chuck's office. Your heavy desk sits in the middle of the room with a
Floyd | black swivel chair pushed close to it. The large window that you
Floyd | pushed hard for stretches across one wall, and your soft carpet
Floyd | cushions your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet with your documents is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Your shelves are full of Chuck's leftover radio kitsch. There's hardly
Floyd | room for your stuff: an old crystal radio set, stacks of tapes, rows
Floyd | of sleeved vinyl, histories of America, patriotic magazines, and other
Floyd | objects lost in the gloom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You begged, threatened, and cajoled Rosalita into getting this window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your desk is a classic; it cost you two months salary to convince the
Floyd | previous owner to give it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on your desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You crouch down and look, but you don't find anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose we go to talk to someone else before this flashback is over."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | This carpet is top notch; you spent quite a bit of money to get it
Floyd | installed. It may be wearing out a bit, but you wouldn't change it for
Floyd | the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "probablyy. Or leave the premises."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not
Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for Infocom's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Floyd | Galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hitchhiker's Guide."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're just outside the studio door, by Chuck's old office. Still
Floyd | stings each time you walk by. The On-Air light is turned off. Your
Floyd | office and Rosa's are to the north. You can also go
Floyd | south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for Jeopardy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N                                            Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening hallway door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The lobby is the first thing visitors see when they visit KOLR, so you
Floyd | try to keep it looking good. As you cast about a critical eye, you
Floyd | notice that the stencil on the wall is wearing off. It'll need
Floyd | repainting in about a month. The carpet is clean, but it's looking
Floyd | worn out. The front desk looks pretty good, so you can keep that for a
Floyd | while. The buzzing of one of the lights resonates in your skull in a
Floyd | painful way; that's got to get fixed quick. The offices are back to
Floyd | the north, and the parking lot is south. You can also
Floyd | reach the bathroom or the break room from here, but you prefer to
Floyd | spend as little time in those two rooms as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is here, answering phone calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for calling KOLR Studios, this is Cindy."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to ciny" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N                                            Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CINY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand the object in that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cindy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N                                            Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CINDY
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy points to the phone and mouths the word "sorry!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't worry, the fundraiser is still going on. You can buy a box of
Floyd | dark-chocolate candybars or a year's supply of frozen pizza."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Pretending to answering phone calls."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're just outside the studio door, by Chuck's old office. Still
Floyd | stings each time you walk by. The On-Air light is turned off. Your
Floyd | office and Rosa's are to the north. You can also go
Floyd | south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Call Me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to see Chuck's empty office.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Call Me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W                                            Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | This studio is the jewel of the station; a green-colored jewel, like
Floyd | an emerald, you suppose. The walls, floor, and ceiling are thickened
Floyd | and hollowed, covered with acoustic panels. The microphones hanging
Floyd | from the ceiling are vintage, from the golden era of broadcasting,
Floyd | when they made microphones right. You constructed the table in the
Floyd | center out of soft wood. The chairs, though, are just left over from
Floyd | the last tenants, years ago. The soundproof door to the west
Floyd | leads to the hallway. The control room is to the east, but the
Floyd | technician is still reviewing the show before broadcast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're just outside the studio door, by Chuck's old office. Still
Floyd | stings each time you walk by. The On-Air light is turned off. Your
Floyd | office and Rosa's are to the north. You can also go
Floyd | south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Call Me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N                                            Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The lobby is the first thing visitors see when they visit KOLR, so you
Floyd | try to keep it looking good. As you cast about a critical eye, you
Floyd | notice that the stencil on the wall is wearing off. It'll need
Floyd | repainting in about a month. The carpet is clean, but it's looking
Floyd | worn out. The front desk looks pretty good, so you can keep that for a
Floyd | while. The buzzing of one of the lights resonates in your skull in a
Floyd | painful way; that's got to get fixed quick. The offices are back to
Floyd | the north, and the parking lot is south. You can also
Floyd | reach the bathroom or the break room from here, but you prefer to
Floyd | spend as little time in those two rooms as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is here, answering phone calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, cassettes are available for individual episodes or for boxed
Floyd | sets. Of course I recommend the boxed set!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | "But she was gone, Detective. And that's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | This office is decorated with flashy shades of red. It's large enough
Floyd | to fit a massive cherry desk, rows of mahogany bookshelves, and a
Floyd | battered scarlet cabinet. The walls are empty and clean, although the
Floyd | paint is patchy in spots, reaching to a textured plaster ceiling. A
Floyd | wine red floor lamp in the corner has been turned off. The blinds are
Floyd | open to the dim light from outside, punctuated by flashes of
Floyd | lightning. The soft rose carpet is matted and ragged, but looks
Floyd | recently cleaned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny sits slightly slumped in his chair with his hands clasped on his
Floyd | lap.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thunder booms in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say volunteer" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY VOLUNTEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Did Rosalita give you any more information when she said she visited
Floyd | the shelter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, but she's told me she spends a lot of time there. She likes to
Floyd | disburse some of the cash, help some of the families. She says she
Floyd | loves it there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say troubled" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TROUBLED
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Why do you think Rosalita was upset when you spoke with her last?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure. She's been under a lot of pressure recently, you know.
Floyd | Advertising revenue is down, Chuck is leaving, we're all getting
Floyd | older. My guess is she was broken up about that loser Chuck."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You said revenue is down?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny says, "Yeah, it's TV, right? TV is more popular these days, you
Floyd | get to see the cereal or the soap flakes or the new toy. Drives down
Floyd | the demand for radio ads."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Danny seems to think the carpet in his office is much nicer (than Hector does)."
		Knight_Otu says, "Rose-colored glasses."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Tell me again about the flowers."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I came in on Rosalita, red-eyed, sad, and of course I look over and
Floyd | see flowers with a note from good old Chuck." Danny shakes his head.
Floyd | "It kills me to know that the day before she died she spent cut up
Floyd | about that loser."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did he often send flowers to Rosalita?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "When they were married, sure, it was his signature smooth move. But
Floyd | they haven't been together for a long time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "records?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say records" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY RECORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Mr. Kostopoulos, can you tell me about the record-keeping system you
Floyd | used for the studio?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He says, "Yes, the idea was that we kept all records on paper. All
Floyd | original receipts were filed away, as well copies of all expenditures,
Floyd | which were recorded in a log which was also filed away. It's a good
Floyd | system."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is it though? What would you do if you found errors, something
Floyd | incorrect?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes his head. "Not going to happen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "They were next on the list."
		Knight_Otu says, "When life gives you accountants, you can't just make accountantade."
		wordsmith exclaims, "oy!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say stranger" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STRANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho shoot Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny says, "Did she see anything else about him? Was he old, young,
Floyd | heavy, thin? Did he have a scar, a limp? Did she see anything at all
Floyd | but a poncho?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "She didn't get a good look at him."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny leans back. "Well, I shouldn't be too hard on her; it's a hard
Floyd | situation all around. But I wish she had seen more."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Seems like "disbursing cash" at the charity would be a good cover story for money going to the blackmailer."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure does."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say parade" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Cindy claimed that the streets were closed down for a parade the
Floyd | morning Rosalita died."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, that makes sense. I was watching it on the news. Is this
Floyd | important for the investigation, or are you just making idle
Floyd | chitchat?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "We'll have to see, won't we?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> LINK VOLUNTEER TO RECORDS ?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link volunteer to records" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK VOLUNTEER TO RECORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny frowns. He says, "I probably already told you this, but we need
Floyd | to be done here by ten. We can only broadcast reruns so long."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link volunteer to accounting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK VOLUNTEER TO ACCOUNTING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny looks you over with a critical eye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say accounting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ACCOUNTING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Mr. Kostopolous, what was Cindy Jalcek's relationship with Roses for
Floyd | Rehab?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He says, "Oh, Ms. Jalcek; well, I'm sure you want me to be as specific
Floyd | as possible, so...if I recall, she would take the donations over the
Floyd | phone and in person, file them away, and do quarterly internal
Floyd | auditing and budget reports."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So she was closely involved in the accounting, right?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods. "That's correct."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Ah, RECORDS is the station records."
		wordsmith asks, "> LINK ACCOUNTING TO VOLUNTEER ??"
		DavidW says, "Link order doesn't matter."
		Knight_Otu says, "That should be the same as VOLUNTEER To... right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link accounting to records" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK ACCOUNTING TO RECORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny frowns in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say death" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Our records show that Rosalita was shot two days ago in her office."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny looks incredulous. "Well, isn't that fantastic. Congratulations
Floyd | on your wonderful record-keeping software. What's wrong with you? I
Floyd | got a phone call two days ago, telling me that my best friend and
Floyd | business partner was dead. That's how I knew."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're being sarcastic."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny rolls his eyes. "You cops. No heart. No heart at all."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is clearly agitated, and this conversation is making him worse.
Floyd | Although he is trying to calm down.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say sister" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "What do you know about Andromeda?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny rolls his eyes. "She's even got the police saying her stage
Floyd | name. Listen, she's just Maia Morales, Rosalita's sister and the scum
Floyd | of the earth."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't like her."
Floyd |
Floyd | He snorts. "Like her? She's been riding off Rosalita's back for years.
Floyd | Always asking for gas money, or borrowing her clothes and never
Floyd | returning them. This Andromeda thing is her latest racket; I think
Floyd | she's been sneaking into the studio to record, and I am not
Floyd | pleased with that."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is clearly agitated, and this conversation is making him worse.
Floyd | Although he is trying to calm down.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "OK, oh well. ACCOUNTING relates to Roses for Rehab, so distinct from RECORDS."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say secretary" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SECRETARY
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "What do you know about Cindy Jalcek?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He rolls his eyes. "Cindy. She's good intentioned but she just... She
Floyd | wears holes in everything with her scrubbing, she hides the toilet
Floyd | paper, she'll take really long lunch breaks at the Chinese
Floyd | restaurant."
Floyd |
Floyd | "She seems to have been on good terms with Ms. Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I would have fired her long ago, but Rosalita liked her. And at
Floyd | least she did good with the phones. Good service. Drove up sales. But
Floyd | still, I wish she had more sense. "
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say ex" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY EX
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "What do you know about Chuck Lee?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny glowers. "Chuck Lee. The most trusted man in the county. What a
Floyd | joke. He was always after Rosalita's money, when he first dated her,
Floyd | and her connections."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can respond, he says "That's how he got his big breaks, you
Floyd | know; he'd get interviews by telling people he was Rosalita Morales'
Floyd | husband. Then he got too big for her, I guess. Left her, but kept a
Floyd | hefty chunk of money in the divorce settlement. She still gives him
Floyd | anything he wants. At least, he used to.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is having trouble focusing, clenching and unclenching his hands.
Floyd | He stands up for a second, and sits down again.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say partner" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARTNER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Tell me more about your business relationship with Ms. Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny leans back and looks off at the corner for a second before
Floyd | looking back at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita Morales and I built this station. Years ago...I provided the
Floyd | experience, I ran the business end of things, attracting clients. I
Floyd | already had spent a few years as a political guest expert on a few
Floyd | talk shows. Rosalita was the pretty face; she met with advertisers,
Floyd | potential employees, a charmer, you know? And her voice, oh man.
Floyd | There's a reason her show is so popular, you know. I was the brain,
Floyd | she was the face."
Floyd |
Floyd | He rubs his nose and goes on. "Or, at least, that's how it was going
Floyd | to be. But she knew her stuff; she started doing our taxes, choosing
Floyd | our investments, selling cassetes. Before I knew it, she was running
Floyd | the day to day operations of KOLR, and I just kept to my own show."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that's it for Danny right now until we have more topics."
		wordsmith asks, "TESTAMENT?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say testament" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TESTAMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Mr. Kostopolous, are you aware that Rosalita's will names you and
Floyd | three other people as inheritors?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I know, and please, call me Danny. Rosalita always said she'd
Floyd | leave her half of the station to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You two were co-owners?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's right," he says, and shakes his head. "But the others are a
Floyd | bunch of sycophants and parasites. Chuck certainly doesn't deserve
Floyd | anything from her, and that sister... who was the fourth person
Floyd | again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cindy Jalcek."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmph. Don't get me wrong, Cindy's not bad, but Rosalita should have
Floyd | just given her money to charity."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is having trouble focusing, clenching and unclenching his hands.
Floyd | He stands up for a second, and sits down again.
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Someone give Danny-boy a stress toy to squeeze."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | You move carefully through the dim and narrow hallway. It smells of
Floyd | cleaner mingled with faint perfume. It terminates to the north
Floyd | at a hazel wood door. Its smooth surface is polished and warm in the
Floyd | chill hallway. A nameplate next to the door reads "Rosalita Morales".
Floyd | To the west hangs an apple red door, with a nameplate saying
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous". To the east is a narrow metal closet
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | Matlab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Better leav before we become the squeeze toy."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link stranger to parade" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK STRANGER TO PARADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for Karate
Floyd | lessons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | Infocom's Seastalker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Next character, or back to cindy?"
		DavidW says, "I guess Maia's recording. I say continue with Chuck."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up timeline" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP TIMELINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Timeline of Events:
Floyd |
Floyd | Wednesday, February 27-Chuck Lee cleans out his office and leaves KOLR
Floyd | at approximately 5:00pm. He claims to have seen Rosalita, but left
Floyd | without talking.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thursday, February 28-Daniel Kostopolous discussed the annual report
Floyd | with Rosalita at around 3:00pm. He did not see her again after this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Friday, February 29-Maia Morales visited Rosalita at work some time
Floyd | before 9:00am, then left. Cindy Jalcek was cleaning the studios, and
Floyd | discovered a stranger in a yellow poncho standing over Rosalita's
Floyd | body. She called emergency dispatch at 9:05am.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing We Got The Beat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Can we try to get into the closet? YANK DOOR, maybe?"
		DavidW asks, "Why do you want in there?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably not."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yank studio door" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YANK STUDIO DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Your first word had a typo or was a word not anticipated by the
Floyd | author. Try a different word or type HINT repeatedly to get
Floyd | suggestions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Just looking for inconsistencies."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the blue door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Spare Office
Floyd | This comfortable office is mostly empty, but the owner's thoughtful

		DavidW says, "'yank' is not a standard IF verb."

Floyd | personality is still evident in the azure carpet and the sky-blue
Floyd | walls. Lighter patches on the walls show where posters, picture frames
Floyd | and bulletin boards once hung. A navy blue door leads east to
Floyd | the hallway. A long desk has been shoved out of the way, and a single
Floyd | chair remains. The carpet is still dented from furniture legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck sits in the chair, trying not to look exhausted.
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes follow you as you enter the room, but he doesn't say
Floyd | anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Or paper towels?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greetings" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | In this game, speech is handled by using SAY [a topic], where topics
Floyd | can be found by typing T.
Floyd |
Floyd | A tear runs down Chuck's cheek.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "More likely there's a yellow poncho in there."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You extend your hand, and he pauses for a moment before shaking it.
Floyd | You say, "Thanks for coming into the studio today, Mr. Lee. I'm
Floyd | Detective Hector King, and I've been assigned to investigate the death
Floyd | of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods absent-mindedly, then regains his focus and looks you in the
Floyd | eye. "You can call me Chuck," he says in a hoarse voice. He flashes
Floyd | his famous TV grin, but it doesn't reach his eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hmm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "Tell me what you know about the death of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right. Here's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Chuck gives you a statement. You can picture it all
Floyd | in your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Your office is depressingly empty. The movers have packed away and
Floyd | taken out most of the furniture; your desk remains, shoved against the
Floyd | wall, and a single chair. Danny pressured you into giving him most of
Floyd | your KOLR memorabilia, leaving you almost nothing. The hallway and the
Floyd | long drive home are waiting for you to the east, once you're
Floyd | finished here. Your rugged blue carpet is still dented from furniture
Floyd | legs. At least you left a mark on something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A packing box lies in the middle of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a certificate, a KOLR poster, and a bulletin board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's time to clean up. You have to get all of your personal effects
Floyd | out of this room before you can go home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Oh BTW, should we save the game?"
		wordsmith says, "Just in case of... bad things happening."
		wordsmith says, "with the parser"
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf45" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We should clear the save counter"
		Knight_Otu says, "Though I don't expect any problems from this game in that regard."
		Knight_Otu asks (of David), "Right. What was it, PUSH CLEAR?"
		DavidW says, "reset save"
Knight_Otu clears the save counter. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x certificate" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CERTIFICATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the certificate to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder yet again if you should even bother to keep this. A
Floyd | certificate of merit for 15 successful years of service at KOLR. It
Floyd | was signed by Danny and Rosalita as the station co-owners, and by the
Floyd | mayor. Danny always liked involving local politicians; it stoked their
Floyd | egos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You wonder yet again if you should even bother to keep this. A
Floyd | certificate of merit for 15 successful years of service at KOLR. It
Floyd | was signed by Danny and Rosalita as the station co-owners, and by the
Floyd | mayor. Danny always liked involving local politicians; it stoked their
Floyd | egos.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it in box" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT IT IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the certificate into the packing box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the KOLR poster)
Floyd | You pick up the KOLR poster to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You didn't let Danny bully you out of this one. This was the first
Floyd | poster printed after you joined the team. It proclaims "Tune in to
Floyd | KOLR 99.8!" in large, day-glo letters at the top; the bottom has
Floyd | pop-art style portraits of you, Danny, and Rosa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put it in box" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT IT IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You roll up the poster and set it in the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bulletin board" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BULLETIN BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bulletin board)
Floyd | You pick up the bulletin board to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | This bulletin board is covered with fragments of your time at KOLR:
Floyd | letters from listeners, photos of the studio, your first paycheck.
Floyd | They must have been important to you, once.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you lift the bulletin board off the wall, a picture flutters to the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the picture to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | This a photo of the "grand opening" of your renovated live room. You
Floyd | can pick out Danny in the corner; Rosalita's sister Maia is in the
Floyd | foreground, before she went by Andromeda. You and Rosalita sit
Floyd | together, your arm around her. Your eyes begin to tear up, looking at
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put all in box" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ALL IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | picture: You go to pack it, but you hesitate. Better to keep this one
Floyd | with you.
Floyd | bulletin board: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | Footsteps tread down the hallway, and a scent wanders into the room:
Floyd | Chanel No. 5, Rosalita's perfume. She must have stayed late; you
Floyd | didn't expect her to be here tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step towards the door, then stop. The footsteps move on, and the
Floyd | smell fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Your office is depressingly empty. The movers have packed away and
Floyd | taken out most of the furniture; your desk remains, shoved against the
Floyd | wall, and a single chair. Danny pressured you into giving him most of
Floyd | your KOLR memorabilia, leaving you almost nothing. The hallway and the
Floyd | long drive home are waiting for you to the east. Your rugged
Floyd | blue carpet is still dented from furniture legs. At least you left a
Floyd | mark on something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A packing box lies in the middle of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | This mahogany desk has been recently washed and scrubbed. Its warm
Floyd | colors are offset by its bare surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll be glad to abandon this old chair; Danny carved it for you, and
Floyd | you could never tell him how uncomfortable it was.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Take the box, I guess"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue carpet scrapes against the bottom of your shoes. Heavy
Floyd | furniture, now absent or moved aside, has left indentations in the
Floyd | carpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The movers are going to take it tomorrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Guess not."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the your door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing across from the studio door. You look around at the
Floyd | narrow hallway, the dingy carpet, the patchy walls; nothing like the
Floyd | WESL offices you toured. The On-Air light is off, and the studio seems
Floyd | deserted. Danny and Rosa's offices are north, but the faint scent of
Floyd | Rosalita's perfume draws you south to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Mr Roboto.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone's gone for the day, including Rosalita; maybe you should see
Floyd | if you can catch her.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Mr Roboto.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening hallway door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You look around the lobby for the last time. The stencil on the wall
Floyd | has almost faded off. The furniture Rosalita bought for this room is
Floyd | getting worn out. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling up on
Floyd | the edges. The old break room is to the west, and the bathroom to the
Floyd | east, but those are places you'd rather forget. The doorway to the
Floyd | north leads to the hallway, but you never plan on going back there
Floyd | again. The parking lot, and Rosalita, are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Mr Roboto.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | The parking lot is mostly empty, like usual for a Wednesday. Brick
Floyd | walls hem you in on either side. You've never enjoyed the
Floyd | claustrophobic feeling you get out here. Your blue car is parked near
Floyd | the back, to the south. KOLR studios squats behind you to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you walk out, you try to see Rosalita. You spot her getting into
Floyd | her car, at the south end. She is wearing a blue, short-sleeved dress
Floyd | and her long hair is parted in the middle. Her thick eyebrows are
Floyd | shaped in gentle curves and her large hoop earrings dangle as she
Floyd | walks. She looks the same as she did 20 years ago when you first met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk towards her, but she gets in her car and leaves without
Floyd | seeing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Speechless]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "She was wearing his color."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | "And that's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Spare Office
Floyd | This comfortable office is mostly empty, but the owner's thoughtful
Floyd | personality is still evident in the azure carpet and the sky-blue
Floyd | walls. Lighter patches on the walls show where posters, picture frames
Floyd | and bulletin boards once hung. A navy blue door leads east to
Floyd | the hallway. A long desk has been shoved out of the way, and a single
Floyd | chair remains. The carpet is still dented from furniture legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck sits in the chair, trying not to look exhausted.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a cold chill seeping in from outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Speechless - "Chuck claims he didn't have a chance to talk with
Floyd | Rosalita on Wednesday afternoon."
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say speechless" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SPEECHLESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "So, Chuck, you didn't speak to Rosalita at all last Wednesday?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He rolls his eyes. "Yes, that's what I told you. I didn't want to see
Floyd | her and she didn't want to see me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But you knew she was in the building," you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Fairly evocative writing in that section."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say volunteer" 		

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Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY VOLUNTEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You say, "Danny says Rosalita was volunteering at the shelter last
Floyd | week."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck yawns and stretches his arms before answering. "I'm sorry," he
Floyd | says. "I didn't sleep well last night. Anwyay, Rosalita really did
Floyd | seem to care about her charity. She was a good woman." He stares at
Floyd | the floor. "I wish she was still alive. I can't stop thinking about
Floyd | it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say troubled" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TROUBLED
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "Chuck, Danny says that Rosalita seemed unusually troubled the day
Floyd | before she died."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck sighs in exasperation. "Danny loves to gossip, doesn't he? Well,
Floyd | I don't mean to be arrogant, but she was probably still upset that I
Floyd | was leaving. I mean, she clearly still had feelings for me. And she
Floyd | always hated WESL."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "And WESL is the television station you've joined?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? Yes, Rosalita hated their style, called it 'sensationalist'.
Floyd | But a job's a job. I strongly suspect that that was the cause of
Floyd | Rosalita's tension."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "Chuck, Danny saw the flowers that you sent Rosalita last Thursday.
Floyd | She had them on her desk."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck narrows his eyes. "Yes, I sent Rosalita flowers. What's your
Floyd | point?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "I'm just asking some basic questions, Mr. Lee, there's no
Floyd | need to get upset."
Floyd |
Floyd | He taps his fingers on his leg, and says "Let's talk about something
Floyd | more useful."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say records" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY RECORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You ask, "Mr. Lee, were you involved in the accounting for the
Floyd | studio?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He pauses before answering. "The accounting...well, the
Floyd | accounting...I'm sorry, I've just been thinking about Rosalita so much
Floyd | it's hard to think of anything else. What was the question again? Was
Floyd | I involved in it? No, Not at all, officer. I was never involved in the
Floyd | business side of KOLR."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know anything about the filing system?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | He concentrates, furrowing his brow. "The filing system...I'm sorry,
Floyd | I'm just not much of an accountant. Danny talked about his system a
Floyd | lot. He was always paranoid that he'd lose a file and get audited, or
Floyd | something. Maybe you should talk to him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say stranger" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STRANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You say, "Cindy saw Rosalita get shot by a man in a yellow poncho."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck looks like he's been kicked in the stomach, and nods. "Yeah, I
Floyd | heard that." He says, "Do you know anything more about the killer? Are
Floyd | you close to finding him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not yet."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It makes me sick, thinking about some stranger breaking into KOLR and
Floyd | killing Rosalita." He grimaces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say parade" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You say, "Cindy says that a parade shut down the streets the day
Floyd | Rosalita died."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, the Founder's Parade. I was supposed to cover it for WESL but I
Floyd | was at home, sick." Tears well up in Chuck's eyes. "Sorry, I just
Floyd | haven't had any sleep, and this is just so exhausting."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "But you were sick? The first week of work? That must have
Floyd | been very unfortunate. Do you feel better now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck makes an equivocating gesture. "Yes, I am. Well, mostly. Thanks
Floyd | for asking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say accounting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ACCOUNTING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You ask, "Mr. Lee, is it true that Rosalita's secretary took care of
Floyd | accounting for Roses for Rehab?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck rubs his forearm as he answers. "Cindy? Yeah, she was the one
Floyd | who did the internal auditing. She would go through about four times a
Floyd | year and reconcile all of the records. She would also take most of the
Floyd | donations and record them."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So she was heavily involved."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, I would say that's accurate."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say death" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You say, "Our records show that Rosalita died two days ago, February
Floyd | 29th,  from a gunshot wound to the head."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck thinks for a moment. A couple of tears roll down his cheek, one
Floyd | at a time. He nods. "That's right." He wipes his cheek. "I identified
Floyd | the body."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know any more details about the death?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No. But I know this: the murderer was a savage. He deserves to die,"
Floyd | Chuck says, clenching his fist. He stares you in the eye. "If you find
Floyd | out who did it, they should die."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll pass that along," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say sister" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "How well do you know Maia Morales?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who, 'Andromeda'?" He slowly shakes his head. "I know her pretty
Floyd | well. She was always over at our place when we were married."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is that the house where Rosalita resided at the time of her death?"
Floyd | you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck massages his neck for a moment, stretching, then answers. "Yes.
Floyd | After Rosalita and I broke up, I didn't see her very much. As soon as
Floyd | I got the job at WESL, though, Maia started calling me, talking about
Floyd | our friendship, our past. I think she's just looking for an angle."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say ex" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY EX
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "Tell me about your relationship with Rosalita," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck's eyes water up. He asks, "You want me to tell you what our
Floyd | marriage was like?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean, what sort of interaction have you had with her recently?" you
Floyd | say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck stares at the floor as he answers. "Well, I'll admit, things
Floyd | were tense at times. Anyone here at the station could tell you that.
Floyd | Can you imagine working next to your ex for half a decade? That's one
Floyd | reason I wanted to leave."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But she kept you in her will," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck closes his eyes momentarily and sighs. "Rosalita... had trouble
Floyd | letting go. She always wanted to go out for drinks, or to talk to each
Floyd | other. But it just wouldn't have worked out."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say secretary" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SECRETARY
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "What do you know about Cindy Jalcek?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck yawns broadly. "Cindy? Cindy is pretty reliable. We went through
Floyd | half a dozen interns before her, but she managed to last."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did she fit in well at the studio?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck says,  "Oh, hmmm, well, I don't think Danny really likes her.
Floyd | Rosalita loved her. They use to take lunch together, and Cindy was
Floyd | always chatting in Rosalita's office. When I found out that Rosalita
Floyd | had written her into her will, though, it made me worried about
Floyd | Cindy's sincerity."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say partner" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARTNER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "What do you know about Daniel Kostopoulos?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck says, "Danny? I really respect him. "The Voice of the
Floyd | Heartland", right?" He smiles briefly. "And the voice of authority,
Floyd | here at KOLR. He likes to be involved with all the day to day
Floyd | operations at the station."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is your personal relationship like?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck blinks slowly. "Our personal relationship? Oh, let me
Floyd | think...Well, I don't think he likes me. I actually applied to work at
Floyd | the studio because of him; he was big back then. But then I met
Floyd | Rosalita. She was beautiful. But about Danny, we haven't really gotten
Floyd | along in the last few years. He's too touchy, too erratic; I irritate
Floyd | him."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Danny might get irritated by everything."
		wordsmith says, "yah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say testament" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TESTAMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "Are you aware that Rosalita left her house to you in the will?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, they told me about it when they had me identify the--her body, "
Floyd | says Chuck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you weren't aware of it before?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck massages his temple with one hand. "When we were still married,
Floyd | I knew her will left the house to me, but I thought she would have
Floyd | changed it by now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why do you think she left it to you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He says, "It was our house together; she was always sentimental. I
Floyd | think she shouldn't have done it, but I'll preserve it in her honor."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess it's time for Miss "Andromeda"."
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for the
Floyd | Macintosh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the studio door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | The studio is decked out in luxurious shades of green. The hardwood
Floyd | floor in this large room steps up almost half a foot more than the
Floyd | carpet in the hallway to the west, and is covered in a
Floyd | juniper-green carpet. The pistachio walls are noticeably thicker here,
Floyd | and partially covered in lime fabric-lined boards. A single table is
Floyd | placed in the center of the room with a few scattered chairs.
Floyd | Adjustable microphones hang from the ceiling, which is covered in pale
Floyd | mint acoustic panels. It's subtle, but you notice that none of the
Floyd | walls are at a right angle. The perfect stillness in the room is a
Floyd | relief after the incessant pitter-patter of rain and the buzzing of
Floyd | fluorescent lights. in the rest of the building. A bank of windows to
Floyd | the east reveals the intricate electronics of the control room,
Floyd | accessible by a slim door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia Morales sits at the table, looking bored.
Floyd |
Floyd | She gives you a once-over as you walk in the room, then sighs,
Floyd | disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Welcome to the green room."
		DavidW says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | You glance at your folder for a moment. "Maia Morales?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She rises, extending her hand. "Please, call me Andromeda."
Floyd |
Floyd | "For the purpose of this interview, I'd prefer to use your legal
Floyd | name."
Floyd |
Floyd | Her face falls, but she recovers. "That's alright then." She sits back
Floyd | down. She leans forward, looking at your badge. "And you're Officer...
Floyd | King?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Detective King, actually. I'd like to ask you some questions."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Tell me what you know about the death of Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right. Here's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Maia gives you a statement. You can picture it all in
Floyd | your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | Rosa's break room is your favorite room in the studio; the wainscoting
Floyd | on the outer walls and the stippled ceiling help you imagine the
Floyd | chapel this building used to be. The vending machine sells banana nut
Floyd | muffins, they have a microwave for bigger meals, and the chairs are
Floyd | great for naps. You never liked the color choice for the tables,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Rosa here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosa punches a button a couple of times, then pounds the vending
Floyd | machine with her fist. The machine whirrs, and the popcorn packet
Floyd | thuds against the bottom of the slot, and she grabs it. She pops open
Floyd | the microwave and tosses in the packet. She turns on the microwave and
Floyd | sits at the table, looking at you expectantly. "Well?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing she made the popcorn."
		DavidW says, "Oh."
		DavidW says, "Rosa made the popcorn."
		Knight_Otu says, "Or so Maia claims."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey Rosa, you know how hard it's been to get any recording ti-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can't use it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can't use the studio."
Floyd |
Floyd | You frown. This not good. Maybe you should try again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Cindy did see both sisters walk out from this room."
		Knight_Otu says, "But she didn't see who burned the popcorn. Poor popcorn."
		wordsmith says, "Sure, blame the burnt popcorn on the dead woman."
		DavidW says, "We didn't see where Maia went after bumping into Cindy. I bet she didn't leave the building."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Also, Maia, what was the definition of insanity again?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosa, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave whirrs quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosa, this important. I don't even need a tech, I can do it mys-"
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita stands and glares at you. "Maia, I have a real job to do.
Floyd | That's something you wouldn't know about, right? Do you have any idea
Floyd | what could happen to me if I let you screw around with the recording
Floyd | equipment? The audio mixer alone costs more money than you've made in
Floyd | your entire life. Go home and get a real job." She stands up and walks
Floyd | out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result?"
		DavidW says, "Maya means illusion in at least one language, I've heard."
		Knight_Otu asks (of ws), "Indeed. Rosa said no, so why would trying again change anything?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | If Rosa wants to overcook her popcorn, that's her prerogative.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "No saving the popcorn. :("
		wordsmith says, "Avoiding a possible paradox, too."
		wordsmith says, "Schrodinger's popcorn..."
		Knight_Otu says, "I haven't made popcorn for CF in a while. Especially since I've been driving so much. Salty fingers on keyboard are bad."
		DavidW says, "The popcorn was the murderer! It did it for revenge!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Spoilers!!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |    nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x vending" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VENDING
Floyd |
Floyd | You love the banana nut muffins, but you're not hungry right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you exit the break room, you notice an odd smell from behind you.
Floyd | Is that...burning? You turn around, but someone rushes into and knocks
Floyd | you over!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I'm so sorry!" you hear someone say. You roll over to see the
Floyd | secretary standing above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby (on the floor)
Floyd | The original ceiling in this comfortable room has been lowered for the
Floyd | installation of office lights and ceiling panels. A huge desk extends
Floyd | from one wall almost to the hallway, a telephone placed on its center.
Floyd | The black door to the hallway is solid, a throwback to times when
Floyd | security and safety mattered. KOLR has its own parking lot, to the
Floyd | south. The bathroom is to the east and the break room is to the
Floyd | west, but you don't want to even think about the first and that nosy
Floyd | secretary is in the other. The station logo has been stenciled on the
Floyd | wall in faded, tasteful colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Cindy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Every Breath You Take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's time to go east and smash into Cindy."
		Knight_Otu says, "so it was."
		DavidW says, "Talk to her."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cindy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CINDY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," she says. "It's you." She frowns, but helps you up. "Rosalita
Floyd | said to make sure you left the station. I'm sorry, but you're going to
Floyd | have to go; I just have to take care of something real quick." She
Floyd | runs off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dust yourself off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The original ceiling in this comfortable room has been lowered for the
Floyd | installation of office lights and ceiling panels. A huge desk extends
Floyd | from one wall almost to the hallway, a telephone placed on its center.
Floyd | The black door to the hallway is solid, a throwback to times when
Floyd | security and safety mattered. KOLR has its own parking lot, to the
Floyd | south. The bathroom is to the east and the break room is to the
Floyd | west, but you don't want to even think about the first and that nosy
Floyd | secretary is in the other. The station logo has been stenciled on the
Floyd | wall in faded, tasteful colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Every Breath You Take.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You heard Rosa. She doesn't want you here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "Who Killed the Robins Family?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Riiiight."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have to go to the bathroom now, and you need to hurry.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for robot action figures.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | Rosa's studio has its own private parking lot. The sunlight glistens
Floyd | off the dripping bushes. A few cars are parked here and there, but all
Floyd | are empty and no one can be seen. Brick walls point up to an empty sky
Floyd | on either side. The lobby door is north from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south to take the bus home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, this has got to be a fib. She's gonna claim she left and took a bus I bet."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You hail the bus, and go back home.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And that's the last I saw of Rosa. I can't believe anyone would kill
Floyd | her," she says, shaking her mane of green hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Home]
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		DavidW says, "Link her HOME story to PARADE."
		Knight_Otu says, "yep."
		wordsmith exclaims (at DW), "good one!"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | The studio is decked out in luxurious shades of green. The hardwood
Floyd | floor in this large room steps up almost half a foot more than the
Floyd | carpet in the hallway to the west, and is covered in a
Floyd | juniper-green carpet. The pistachio walls are noticeably thicker here,
Floyd | and partially covered in lime fabric-lined boards. A single table is
Floyd | placed in the center of the room with a few scattered chairs.
Floyd | Adjustable microphones hang from the ceiling, which is covered in pale
Floyd | mint acoustic panels. It's subtle, but you notice that none of the
Floyd | walls are at a right angle. The perfect stillness in the room is a
Floyd | relief after the incessant pitter-patter of rain and the buzzing of
Floyd | fluorescent lights. in the rest of the building. A bank of windows to
Floyd | the east reveals the intricate electronics of the control room,
Floyd | accessible by a slim door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia Morales sits at the table, looking bored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia stares at the door, lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link home to parade" 		

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Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK HOME TO PARADE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statements don't match up; Cindy said the streets were closed for
Floyd | a parade, but Maia said she took a bus home.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Buses]
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia waves her hand at her nose before letting out a high-pitched,
Floyd | loud sneeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say buses" 		

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Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY BUSES
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Cindy Jalcek said that there was a parade the day that Rosalita died,
Floyd | shutting down the buses. But you said you took the bus home."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I probably just remembered wrong. I think I actually took a taxi."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ms. Morales, all of the traffic was shut down. What did you really do
Floyd | that morning?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia looks panicked. She says, "Listen, it's not what you think!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is it, then?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to change my statement."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Good."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Tell me your story again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Maia gives you a statement. You can picture it all in
Floyd | your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | Rosa's break room is your favorite room in the studio; the wainscoting
Floyd | on the outer walls and the stippled ceiling help you imagine the
Floyd | chapel this building used to be. The vending machine sells banana nut
Floyd | muffins, they have a microwave for bigger meals, and the chairs are
Floyd | great for naps. You never liked the color choice for the tables,
Floyd | though.
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave whirrs in the background.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Rosa here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosa punches a button a couple of times, then pounds the vending
Floyd | machine with her fist. The machine whirrs, and the popcorn packet
Floyd | thuds against the bottom of the slot, and she grabs it. She pops open
Floyd | the microwave and tosses in the packet. She turns on the microwave and
Floyd | sits at the table, looking at you expectantly. "Well?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey Rosa, you know how hard it's been to get any recording ti-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can't use it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You can't use the studio."
Floyd |
Floyd | You frown. This not good. Maybe you should try again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosa, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave whirrs quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosa, this important. I don't even need a tech, I can do it mys-"
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita stands and glares at you. "Maia, I have a real job to do.
Floyd | That's something you wouldn't know about, right? Do you have any idea
Floyd | what could happen to me if I let you screw around with the recording
Floyd | equipment? The audio mixer alone costs more money than you've made in
Floyd | your entire life. Go home and get a real job." She stands up and walks
Floyd | out of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you exit the break room, you notice an odd smell from behind you.
Floyd | Is that...burning? You turn around, but someone rushes into and knocks
Floyd | you over!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I'm so sorry!" you hear someone say. You roll over to see the
Floyd | secretary standing above you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby (on the floor)
Floyd | The original ceiling in this comfortable room has been lowered for the
Floyd | installation of office lights and ceiling panels. A huge desk extends
Floyd | from one wall almost to the hallway, a telephone placed on its center.
Floyd | The black door to the hallway is solid, a throwback to times when
Floyd | security and safety mattered. KOLR has its own parking lot, to the
Floyd | south. The bathroom is to the east and the break room is to the
Floyd | west, but you don't want to even think about the first and that nosy
Floyd | secretary is in the other. The station logo has been stenciled on the
Floyd | wall in faded, tasteful colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Cindy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Maneater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to cindy" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO CINDY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," she says. "It's you." She frowns, but helps you up. "Rosalita
Floyd | said to make sure you left the station. I'm sorry, but you're going to
Floyd | have to go; I just have to take care of something real quick." She
Floyd | runs off to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You dust yourself off.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The original ceiling in this comfortable room has been lowered for the
Floyd | installation of office lights and ceiling panels. A huge desk extends
Floyd | from one wall almost to the hallway, a telephone placed on its center.
Floyd | The black door to the hallway is solid, a throwback to times when
Floyd | security and safety mattered. KOLR has its own parking lot, to the
Floyd | south. The bathroom is to the east and the break room is to the
Floyd | west, but you don't want to even think about the first and that nosy
Floyd | secretary is in the other. The station logo has been stenciled on the
Floyd | wall in faded, tasteful colors.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Maneater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening hallway door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You hold your breath and step quietly through this hallway. The office
Floyd | to the west looks unused. A red "On-Air" light is mounted next to the
Floyd | door. The hallway extends north to Rosa's office. The lobby is
Floyd | south from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosa's studio lies to the east, behind a heavy black door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Maneater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "cool"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the studio door)
Floyd | You close the studio door behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | This studio is incredible, decorated in gorgeous greens. The walls are
Floyd | specially built to provide the perfect sound. The microphones hanging
Floyd | from the ceiling are incredibly expensive, much better than the ones
Floyd | you use at Saul's cousin's place. You're not too crazy about the table
Floyd | and chairs, given that you're not doing a radio show, but they won't
Floyd | be a big issue. The soundproof door to the west leads to the hallway,
Floyd | where Rosa might be lurking. The control room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we have a key to the control room, by any chance?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the control room door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This small room is packed with the best equipment available. The
Floyd | original plaster ceilings and wainscoted walls distinguish this room
Floyd | from the dumpy studios you've been using. A large patch bay in the
Floyd | corner is surrounded by a nest of wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | The session tapes are spooled here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an emergency door to the outside here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the audio console here, filling up a third of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "emergency door!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hello emergency door."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

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Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the emergency door)
Floyd | You look over the emergency door, but don't see anything important.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bay" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAY
Floyd |
Floyd | This device and the wires flowing in and out of it are used to decide
Floyd | what inputs end up in the console. It seems to be set up just fine for
Floyd | a vocal solo.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> RECORD SOLO ?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems, she says."
		DavidW says, "Let's!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record solo" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD SOLO
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sentence had too many words; you can try typing just the part
Floyd | where you wanted to do something to the record button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RECORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to supply a verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> MAKE RECORDING ?"
		DavidW asks, "You might look at the equipment more?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The tape doesn't have a good recording yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't recorded a good session yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "> PUSH RECORD BUTTON"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x console" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONSOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This console is top of the line, with hundreds of switches and knobs.
Floyd | You could record anything in this studio; string ensemble, barbershop
Floyd | quartet, orchestra... well, if you could fit them in. You recognize a
Floyd | few of them: noise gate, expander, limiter, compressor, delay,
Floyd | harmonizer, modulation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a record button, a stop button, and a playback button.
Floyd | The session tapes are spooled here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "> x audio console"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push record" 		

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Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RECORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The microphones in the studio are now recording; you'll have to get
Floyd | out of the control room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | This studio is incredible, decorated in gorgeous greens. The walls are
Floyd | specially built to provide the perfect sound. The microphones hanging
Floyd | from the ceiling are incredibly expensive, much better than the ones
Floyd | you use at Saul's cousin's place. You're not too crazy about the table
Floyd | and chairs, given that you're not doing a radio show, but they won't
Floyd | be a big issue. The soundproof door to the west leads to the hallway,
Floyd | where Rosa might be lurking. The control room is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You belt out a song with all your heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach within yourself and burst out in song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This small room is packed with the best equipment available. The
Floyd | original plaster ceilings and wainscoted walls distinguish this room
Floyd | from the dumpy studios you've been using. A large patch bay in the
Floyd | corner is surrounded by a nest of wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | The session tapes are spooled here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an emergency door to the outside here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the audio console here, filling up a third of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x taps" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand the object in that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The tape doesn't have a good recording yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "> PUSH STOP BUTTON"
		DavidW says, "You really need to use the equipment properly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push stop" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You stop the recording.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The tape doesn't have a good recording yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x audio" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AUDIO
Floyd |
Floyd | This console is top of the line, with hundreds of switches and knobs.
Floyd | You could record anything in this studio; string ensemble, barbershop
Floyd | quartet, orchestra... well, if you could fit them in. You recognize a
Floyd | few of them: noise gate, expander, limiter, compressor, delay,
Floyd | harmonizer, modulation.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also see a record button, a stop button, and a playback button.
Floyd | The session tapes are spooled here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push playback" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PLAYBACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The recording starts. The tape is quiet for a moment. You hear
Floyd | yourself singing a show tune. You hear yourself singing a heartfelt
Floyd | alternative song. The tape is quiet for a moment. The recording stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | That take sounded great! You should grab the tapes and get out of
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "cool"
		DavidW says, "Now you can take a tape."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get tapes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to grab the tapes, but they seem stuck. You yank hard,  and the
Floyd | whole console shifts, knocking you to the floor. You rise and dust
Floyd | yourself off, holding the tapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to have dislodged something from behind the console.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | This small room is packed with the best equipment available. The
Floyd | original plaster ceilings and wainscoted walls distinguish this room
Floyd | from the dumpy studios you've been using. A large patch bay in the
Floyd | corner is surrounded by a nest of wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an emergency door to the outside here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the audio console here, filling up a third of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a stack of receipts here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "!!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x receipts" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RECEIPTS
Floyd |
Floyd | A stack of receipts? What are they doing here? You pick them up. This
Floyd | is odd... You flip through the stack, kicking dust into the air. These
Floyd | receipts are for payments to KOLR. Why would Rosa keep them here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Hidden]
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the a siren wailing, far away but steadily approaching. Oh
Floyd | no... someone must have seen you. You have to get out of here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You're out of here!
Floyd |
Floyd | "And so I left. I found out later that day that Rosalita was dead. I
Floyd | didn't tell the police because I knew how bad it looked."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you still have the receipts?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, I tossed them in a dumpster in an alley. I don't even remember
Floyd | where they are."
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | The studio is decked out in luxurious shades of green. The hardwood
Floyd | floor in this large room steps up almost half a foot more than the
Floyd | carpet in the hallway to the west, and is covered in a
Floyd | juniper-green carpet. The pistachio walls are noticeably thicker here,
Floyd | and partially covered in lime fabric-lined boards. A single table is
Floyd | placed in the center of the room with a few scattered chairs.
Floyd | Adjustable microphones hang from the ceiling, which is covered in pale
Floyd | mint acoustic panels. It's subtle, but you notice that none of the
Floyd | walls are at a right angle. The perfect stillness in the room is a
Floyd | relief after the incessant pitter-patter of rain and the buzzing of
Floyd | fluorescent lights. in the rest of the building. A bank of windows to
Floyd | the east reveals the intricate electronics of the control room,
Floyd | accessible by a slim door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia Morales sits at the table, looking bored.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia looks at the window to the control room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Let's look for the receipts first."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the control room door)
Floyd | It is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone knocks at the door. You turn to see who it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny Kostopolous is standing at the door. He points at Maia.
Floyd | "Officer, this woman should not be in here. There's expensive
Floyd | equipment in here."
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia looks at you. "Please," she says, "I've been in here many times."
Floyd | Danny's face gets red at this. She continues. "I think I can handle it
Floyd | without breaking anything."
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn to Danny. You say, "I'll try and hurry, Mr. Kostopolous. But
Floyd | I'd like you to return to your room; you're delaying the
Floyd | investigation."
Floyd |
Floyd | He grumbles, and begins to walk away, but he stops and walks to the
Floyd | control room door. He jiggles the handle, but it's locked. He gives
Floyd | Maia a smug grin and says, "At least you're not getting in there."
Floyd | Then he walks out.
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd |    Hidden - "Maia found a bunch of receipts hidden in the studio."
Floyd | Buses - "Maia said she took a bus home, but Cindy said the buses
Floyd | weren't running."
Floyd |    Home - "Maia took the bus home after talking with Rosalita."
Floyd | Speechless - "Chuck claims he didn't have a chance to talk with
Floyd | Rosalita on Wednesday afternoon."
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "She might have a key. Someone must."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x maia" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAIA
Floyd |
Floyd | (Maia)
Floyd | Maia Morales, aka Andromeda, is a tallish woman with shocking neon
Floyd | green hair and thinly plucked eyebrows. She is wearing a long emerald
Floyd | sundress, and a light aqua jacket is thrown over her shoulders. She
Floyd | glances languidly about the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia runs her finger over the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say hidden" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY HIDDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Tell me about the receipts again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You see, I was just trying to get the session tapes out, and I pulled
Floyd | something too hard, and the whole console shifted.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And the receipts were behind the console?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says "Yes, that's exactly what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Where are they now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I tossed them in a dumpster when I was running. I wouldn't know which
Floyd | one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "It will be interesting to SAY HIDDEN to Danny..."
		DavidW asks, "Link hidden to records?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link hidden to records" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK HIDDEN TO RECORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia found a stack of hidden receipts, but Danny claimed that all
Floyd | records were accounted for.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Missing]
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a door close somewhere in the station. Maia leans to look out
Floyd | the door, then looks back at you and shrugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say missing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Maia, Danny said that all the files were accounted for."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I saw what I saw. A huge stack of receipts, hidden behind the audio
Floyd | console."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why do you think they were hidden?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Obviously someone had something to hide. If Danny was claiming that
Floyd | everything was perfect and tidy, he's the one to talk to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Hmm, how are we hearing a door close through the soundproof door?"
		DavidW asks, "Did Danny leave the hall door open?"
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, probably."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say volunteer" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY VOLUNTEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "I heard that Rosalita volunteered at a shelter last Wednesday."
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia rolls her eyes. "Rosalita doesn't care about the shelters."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at her, and ask, "What do you mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She leans forward. "She just likes the attention. She made up some
Floyd | phony story about being in rehab as a kid, and people just lap it up.
Floyd | It makes me sick."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "That's interesting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say troubled" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TROUBLED
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Danny says that Rosalita seemed especially troubled the day before
Floyd | she died."
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods. "Yeah, she really did seem to have something on her mind.
Floyd | That morning she died, she was really rude to me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your expression gives her pause.
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Listen, I know she's dead, but I'm just trying to tell you
Floyd | what happened. She was more upset than usual. And it wasn't just
Floyd | before she died, she was troubled for a long time."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know what was troubling her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Something financial, I think. I don't know for sure, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Chuck gave flowers to Rosalita on Thursday, thanking her for letting
Floyd | him stay Wednesday night."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks put out. "I wasn't aware that they were still seeing each
Floyd | other." Her face saddens. She says, "It must be especially hard for
Floyd | him, then, her death."
Floyd |
Floyd | You are silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe I should talk to him..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maia...."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say records" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY RECORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Your sister had a strict filing system set up. Did you ever work on
Floyd | it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia laughs. "Rosalita wouldn't let me get anywhere near the files.
Floyd | She thought I'd try to take a piece of the pie."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She frowns. "Of course not."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say stranger" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STRANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Cindy saw a man in a yellow poncho shoot Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who was he? Do you have any information about him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you guys have any leads on this guy? Any open cases? Serial
Floyd | killers running around? It's absolutely frightening that a murderer
Floyd | just broke into the studio and killed my sister. Are you doing
Floyd | anything?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "The department has quite a few people working on this case.
Floyd | My job is just to get the facts from you and the other witnesses."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say accounting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ACCOUNTING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Ms. Morales-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Andromeda, please."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ms. Morales, what do you know about the accounting for Roses for
Floyd | Rehab?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia rolls her eyes and sighs. "I know absolutely nothing about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say death" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Our records show that Rosalita was shot to death on February 29th."
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia shivers. "Yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | After a moments pause, she continues. "I can't believe that someone
Floyd | could do that to her. Rosalita didn't deserve to die, especially not
Floyd | like that."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No one really deserves to be murdered."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know; It was just so shocking, so unexpected."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say sister" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "What was your relationship like with your sister?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She leans back. "With Rosalita? We were close, you know? I spent a lot
Floyd | of time at her house. We used to hang out, go shopping all the time.
Floyd | But she's been a lot more on edge this last year."
Floyd |
Floyd | "On edge?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "She wasn't happy with my career change and my new look," she says,
Floyd | pointing to her hair. "Me becoming 'Andromeda' disappointed her. She
Floyd | said it wasn't a real job. I said she was stuffy and boring, only
Floyd | cared about money. She would get really upset when I talked about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | She shrugs. "I don't know how things got this way."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say secretary" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SECRETARY
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "What do you know about Cindy Jalcek?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia frowns. "Cindy's the secretary, right? I didn't know her last
Floyd | name. She's a suspicious sort of woman."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does she have a criminal record?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, not that kind of suspicious! She's always watching me when I go
Floyd | there, following me around. I wish she would cool off a bit. She seems
Floyd | good at what she does, though; I like the stencil she put up in the
Floyd | lobby."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say partner" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PARTNER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "What do you know about Danny Kostopolous?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Danny?" She stretches her back and thinks. "He's famous and all, but
Floyd | he's wound up too tight. He only cares about his show. He keeps an
Floyd | iron fist on the studio, never lets anyone rent it out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "He kept an iron fist? Even with Rosalita?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? No," says Maia. "No one could keep Rosalita down. But she let
Floyd | him do what he wants around the station, if you know what I mean. He
Floyd | used to let people use the recording studio for a small fee on
Floyd | weekends, but that's gone and done."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It sounds like you two didn't get along."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I feel like he could be a lot more generous."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say ex" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY EX
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "What do you know about Chuck Lee?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chuck is just great."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So you like him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I was so proud when Rosalita married him, I mean he's just really
Floyd | handsome, especially since his surgery. WESL is lucky to have him."
Floyd |
Floyd | "WESL the TV station?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Right. I know he and Rosalita broke up, but I've been trying to keep
Floyd | in contact with him. He's been pretty busy, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "surgery?"
		wordsmith says, "cosmetic, presumably"
		Knight_Otu says, "Unfortunately doesn't seem to be a topic."
		wordsmith says, "Making the big move from radio to TV..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say surgery" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SURGERY
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | In this game, speech is handled by using SAY [a topic], where topics
Floyd | can be found by typing T.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia yawns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say testament" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E W
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TESTAMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Maia)
Floyd | "Maia, are you aware that Rosalita left you a significant amount of
Floyd | money in her will?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Maia's eyes gleam. "I wasn't aware of the amount, but I know she
Floyd | always believed in staying close to family. Do you have an estimate of
Floyd | the amount?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry, I don't really deal with that end of things. I do know
Floyd | that her house has been left to her former husband, while her shares
Floyd | in KOLR were left to Mr. Kostopolous. Also, she left some smaller
Floyd | items to Cindy Jalcek."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh. Well, you're right. This probably isn't the best time to talk
Floyd | about this all." She seems to be lost in thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "What a bunch."
		DavidW says, "Well, she does like green things, so money fits right in there."
		wordsmith says, "snrk"
		wordsmith says, "She was green with envy..."
		DavidW says, "Andromeda hopes the amount of money is astronomical."
		Knight_Otu says, "Lee is blue with sadness."
		wordsmith says, "Rosa is no longer in the pink."
		wordsmith asks, "Are we out of topics with Maia?"
		wordsmith says, "Let's talk to Danny about HIDDEN."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think so, at least for now."
		DavidW says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing I Love Rock And
Floyd | Roll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | You move carefully through the dim and narrow hallway. It smells of
Floyd | cleaner mingled with faint perfume. It terminates to the north
Floyd | at a hazel wood door. Its smooth surface is polished and warm in the
Floyd | chill hallway. A nameplate next to the door reads "Rosalita Morales".
Floyd | To the west hangs an apple red door, with a nameplate saying
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous". To the east is a narrow metal closet
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing I Love Rock And
Floyd | Roll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | This office is decorated with flashy shades of red. It's large enough
Floyd | to fit a massive cherry desk, rows of mahogany bookshelves, and a
Floyd | battered scarlet cabinet. The walls are empty and clean, although the
Floyd | paint is patchy in spots, reaching to a textured plaster ceiling. A
Floyd | wine red floor lamp in the corner has been turned off. The blinds are
Floyd | open to the dim light from outside, punctuated by flashes of
Floyd | lightning. The soft rose carpet is matted and ragged, but looks
Floyd | recently cleaned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is highly irritated. He is breathing deeply, trying to relax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny picks at a splinter on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "This might push him over the edge."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say hidden" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY HIDDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Mr. Kostopolous, do you have any idea why a stack of receipts for
Floyd | payments to KOLR would be hidden in the control room?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He glowers at you. "What do I look like, a janitor? It's none of my
Floyd | business if some idiot is stuffing paper in corners." But you notice
Floyd | that his fist clenches for a moment as you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We'll have to revisit statements and link topics."
		DavidW says, "say missing"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say missing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "I have information that a large number of receipts for payments to
Floyd | KOLR were found in the control room recently. You said that all such
Floyd | receipts were kept filed away."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny goes completely still except for the throbbing of a forehead
Floyd | vein. "So you found them in the control room?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Kostopolous, we need you to tell us everything that you know."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita didn't keep secrets from me, and I don't want to betray her
Floyd | trust. She loved that charity. Two nights before she died, she was
Floyd | volunteering at one of the local shelters. Would a crook do that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say yes" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY YES
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | In this game, speech is handled by using SAY [a topic], where topics
Floyd | can be found by typing T.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny looks over the memorabilia on his shelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Missing - "Maia found a stack of receipts that Danny said was
Floyd | accounted for."
Floyd |    Hidden - "Maia found a bunch of receipts hidden in the studio."
Floyd | Buses - "Maia said she took a bus home, but Cindy said the buses
Floyd | weren't running."
Floyd |    Home - "Maia took the bus home after talking with Rosalita."
Floyd | Speechless - "Chuck claims he didn't have a chance to talk with
Floyd | Rosalita on Wednesday afternoon."
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link records to missing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK RECORDS TO MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny says, "Did I tell you that I carved all the furniture in this
Floyd | office myself?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | You move carefully through the dim and narrow hallway. It smells of
Floyd | cleaner mingled with faint perfume. It terminates to the north
Floyd | at a hazel wood door. Its smooth surface is polished and warm in the
Floyd | chill hallway. A nameplate next to the door reads "Rosalita Morales".
Floyd | To the west hangs an apple red door, with a nameplate saying
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous". To the east is a narrow metal closet
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for "Full
Floyd | Circle".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for leg
Floyd | warmers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently. Barely audible is the buzzing of
Floyd | another light. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room
Floyd | to the west. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door
Floyd | stands to the east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Through The
Floyd | Years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy's hand trembles slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say hidden" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY HIDDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Apparently, a large stack of receipts for payments to KOLR were found
Floyd | stuffed in the control room of the studio."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? Receipts? Who was in the control room?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's not what I'm talking about right now. Do you know about these
Floyd | receipts?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, but if it was Maia in the control room, I'm going to be extremely
Floyd | angry. Was it her?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just tell me about the receipts."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know anything about them. Rosalita usually handles them."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is she the only one?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Danny always worked on the files, too; said he had the perfect
Floyd | system. I bet he's kicking himself now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say missing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Cindy, apparently a number of files connected with the studio were
Floyd | missing. What do you know about this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you mean missing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean they weren't filed with the others. Were you aware of this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, Rosalita handled most of that by herself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Missing - "Maia found a stack of receipts that Danny said was
Floyd | accounted for."
Floyd |    Hidden - "Maia found a bunch of receipts hidden in the studio."
Floyd | Buses - "Maia said she took a bus home, but Cindy said the buses
Floyd | weren't running."
Floyd |    Home - "Maia took the bus home after talking with Rosalita."
Floyd | Speechless - "Chuck claims he didn't have a chance to talk with
Floyd | Rosalita on Wednesday afternoon."
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say speechless" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY SPEECHLESS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Chuck claims that he saw Rosalita last Wednesday but didn't talk to
Floyd | her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Makes sense; he was pretty torn up about leaving, and so was
Floyd | Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Were you there that day?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "I wasn't there when Chuck cleaned out his stuff; I think I
Floyd | was on my lunch break."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say volunteer" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY VOLUNTEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Rosalita told Danny she went to volunteer at the shelter last
Floyd | Wednesday night."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy nodded. "She didn't tell me what she was up to, but she loves
Floyd | going to the shelters. She likes to connect with the people in rehab,
Floyd | tell them her own rehab story."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita went to rehab?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, years ago, when she was a kid. Alcoholism. Makes for a great
Floyd | motivational story, made me feel motivated, even. It's part of the
Floyd | reason I signed up for the secretary job."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Her long lunch break at the Chinese restaurant..."
		Knight_Otu nods.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say troubled" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TROUBLED
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Danny said that Rosalita was very upset the day before she died. She
Floyd | wouldn't tell him what it was about."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, she's been-I mean she had been preoccupied at work recently."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know why?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure. It could be just about anything. Chuck leaving, the two
Floyd | of them getting back together, or-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Excuse me, did you say that her and Chuck were getting back
Floyd | together?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She blushes. "Oh, gosh, I wasn't supposed to....listen, I saw some
Floyd | flowers, okay? On her desk. When I was cleaning, the day before she
Floyd | died. They had a note from Chuck. I don't remember what it said, but
Floyd | basically, you know, it seems like they hooked up."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith winks 		DavidW asks, "Can we link speechless to flowers?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Danny said that Chuck had flowers delivered to Rosalita last
Floyd | Thursday."
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Yes... Listen, Rosalita didn't want me talking about her
Floyd | relationships with anybody. I know it's important for the
Floyd | investigation and all, but I just don't want to talk about Rosalita
Floyd | and Chuck. Honestly, those two were back and forth with each other all
Floyd | the time. Getting together, breaking up, gifts, arguments, it just
Floyd | never stopped."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But you think they were most recently together?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's a weird way of phrasing it, but yes, that's what I think."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link speechless to flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK SPEECHLESS TO FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The statements don't match up; Chuck says that he never had a chance
Floyd | to talk to her, but Danny says that they did.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Conversation]
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy notices some trash on the ground and picks it up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "say conversation to chuck"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently. Another light buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to the
Floyd | west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway. The
Floyd | parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to the
Floyd | east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | "Ghostbusters".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I wonder if Cindy has the key to the control room."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for Walter
Floyd | Mondale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, maybe. But I'd expect it on Danny."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spare Office
Floyd | This comfortable office is mostly empty, but the owner's thoughtful
Floyd | personality is still evident in the azure carpet and the sky-blue
Floyd | walls. Lighter patches on the walls show where posters, picture frames
Floyd | and bulletin boards once hung. A navy blue door leads east to
Floyd | the hallway. A long desk has been shoved out of the way, and a single
Floyd | chair remains. The carpet is still dented from furniture legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck sits in the chair, trying not to look exhausted.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck's bloodshot eyes meet yours for a moment before turning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "agreed"
		wordsmith says, "True."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say conversation" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CONVERSATION
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | Chuck says, "We have a witness who claims that you talked to Rosalita
Floyd | the day that you cleaned out your office."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck stares forward silently for an uncomfortably long amount of
Floyd | time. Without looking at you, he says "You're right, I did talk to
Floyd | her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe we should go over your statement again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, we might as well."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | "Tell me what you know about the death of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | "All right. Here's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Chuck gives you a statement. You can picture it all
Floyd | in your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Your office is depressingly empty. The movers have packed away and
Floyd | taken out most of the furniture; your desk remains, shoved against the
Floyd | wall, and a single chair. Danny pressured you into giving him most of
Floyd | your KOLR memorabilia, leaving you almost nothing. The hallway and the
Floyd | long drive home are waiting for you to the east. Your rugged
Floyd | blue carpet is still dented from furniture legs. At least you left a
Floyd | mark on something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A packing box lies in the middle of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a certificate, a KOLR poster, and a bulletin board
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's time to clean up. You have to get all of your personal effects
Floyd | out of this room before you can go home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | KOLR poster: You pick up the KOLR poster to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You know that Rosa loved this poster; maybe she'll ask to see it in a
Floyd | week or two, and it'll break the ice between you. It proclaims "Tune
Floyd | in to KOLR 99.8!" in large, day-glo letters at the top; the bottom has
Floyd | pop-art style portraits of you, Danny, and Rosa.
Floyd | certificate: You pick up the certificate to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look over the certificate and smile. A certificate of merit for 15
Floyd | successful years of service at KOLR, signed by the mayor; this should
Floyd | impress your new colleauges at WESL.
Floyd | bulletin board: You pick up the bulletin board to look at it more
Floyd | closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | You scan the board impatiently. It's covered with letters from
Floyd | listeners, photos of the studio, your first paycheck; later you'll
Floyd | take it all off and start a new one for WESL.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you lift the bulletin board off the wall, a picture flutters to the
Floyd | ground.
Floyd | packing box: The movers are going to take it tomorrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the picture to look at it more closely.
Floyd |
Floyd | This a photo of the "grand opening" of your renovated live room. You
Floyd | can pick out Danny in the corner; Rosalita's sister Maia is in the
Floyd | foreground, before she went by Andromeda. You and Rosalita sit
Floyd | together, your arm around her. You smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put all in box" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT ALL IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | picture: You go to pack it, but you hesitate. Better to keep this one
Floyd | with you.
Floyd | bulletin board: Done.
Floyd | certificate: Done.
Floyd | KOLR poster: You roll up the poster and set it in the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Footsteps tread down the hallway, and a scent wanders into the room:
Floyd | Chanel No. 5, Rosalita's perfume. She must have stayed late; you hoped
Floyd | she would be here tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You step towards the door, then stop. The footsteps move on, and the
Floyd | smell fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the your door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing across from the studio door. You look around at the
Floyd | narrow hallway, the dingy carpet, the patchy walls; nothing like the
Floyd | WESL offices you toured. The On-Air light is off, and the studio seems
Floyd | deserted. Danny and Rosa's offices are north, but the faint scent of
Floyd | Rosalita's perfume draws you south to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "Full Circle".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | You look around the lobby for the last time. The stencil on the wall
Floyd | has almost faded off. The furniture Rosalita bought for this room is
Floyd | getting worn out. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling up on
Floyd | the edges. The old break room is to the west, and the bathroom to the
Floyd | east, but those are places you'd rather forget. The doorway to the
Floyd | north leads to the hallway, but you never plan on going back there
Floyd | again. The parking lot, and Rosalita, are to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for Matlab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | The parking lot is mostly empty, like usual for a Wednesday. Brick
Floyd | walls hem you in on either side. You've never enjoyed the
Floyd | claustrophobic feeling you get out here. Your blue car is parked near
Floyd | the back, to the south. KOLR studios squats behind you to the
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you walk out, you try to see Rosalita. You spot her getting into
Floyd | her car, at the south end. She is wearing a blue, short-sleeved dress
Floyd | and her long hair is parted in the middle. Her thick eyebrows are
Floyd | shaped in gentle curves and her large hoop earrings dangle as she
Floyd | walks. She looks the same as she did 20 years ago when you first met.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk towards her, but she gets in her car and leaves without
Floyd | seeing you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W                                            Nearby
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | "You were right; I lied earlier. I followed Rosalita that day."
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearby Driveway
Floyd | You've parked your car here in front of a house on Rosalita's street.
Floyd | The driveway stretches out from the house here. Rosalita's house, your
Floyd | old house, lies to the west, and a door to a stranger's house is to
Floyd | the north. Trees dot the yard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Rosalita off to the west, gathering her purse and her
Floyd | sunglasses. She hasn't seen you yet. You watch as she walks up the
Floyd | steps and into the house, closing the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "?!!"
		wordsmith says, "stalker-ish"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Driveway
Floyd | The street stretches behind you, and Rosalita's house looms before
Floyd | you. The steps up to the front door are freshly cleaned, and bright
Floyd | blue drapes frame the windows. Rosalita's car is parked in front of
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her front door is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You knock on the door and Rosalita answers, with Cindy in the
Floyd | background turning to watch. A smile flashes on her face. "Chuck!" she
Floyd | says, and runs to embrace you. She steps back. "I wanted to see you
Floyd | before you go, but I..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I know. I wasn't going to come here, but I just wanted to say
Floyd | goodbye."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We talked all afternoon, remembering old times. It felt good. Now, I
Floyd | would never share this on my own, but just to be completely frank, we
Floyd | spent the night together, and the next day I sent flowers. I'd prefer
Floyd | not to go in more detail."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And that's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Tryst]
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Spare Office
Floyd | This comfortable office is mostly empty, but the owner's thoughtful
Floyd | personality is still evident in the azure carpet and the sky-blue
Floyd | walls. Lighter patches on the walls show where posters, picture frames
Floyd | and bulletin boards once hung. A navy blue door leads east to
Floyd | the hallway. A long desk has been shoved out of the way, and a single
Floyd | chair remains. The carpet is still dented from furniture legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck sits in the chair, trying not to look exhausted.
Floyd |
Floyd | A fly lands on Chuck's hair. He doesn't notice. It soon flies away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say tryst" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TRYST
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | You ask, "So you spent the whole night with Rosalita last week?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Last week? Oh, yes, yes I did," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And you felt like hiding this fact?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He slowly shrugs. "I'm sorry officer, I know it looks bad. But listen,
Floyd | would I have killed her if we were just getting back together?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know, Chuck. I hope for your sake that that's all you lied
Floyd | about." He shrugs again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd |    Tryst - "Chuck spent all night with Rosalita last Wednesday."
Floyd | Conversation - "Chuck said that he didn't talk to Morales, but
Floyd | Danny claims that they did talk."
Floyd | Missing - "Maia found a stack of receipts that Danny said was
Floyd | accounted for."
Floyd |    Hidden - "Maia found a bunch of receipts hidden in the studio."
Floyd | Buses - "Maia said she took a bus home, but Cindy said the buses
Floyd | weren't running."
Floyd |    Home - "Maia took the bus home after talking with Rosalita."
Floyd | Speechless - "Chuck claims he didn't have a chance to talk with
Floyd | Rosalita on Wednesday afternoon."
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Cindy apparently knew of this tryst."
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link troubled to missing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK TROUBLED TO MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rain patters on the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link troubled to hidden" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK TROUBLED TO HIDDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you strain to listen, you think you can hear singing from
Floyd | somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "say tryst to cindy"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Rapture.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently, and another buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to the
Floyd | west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway. The
Floyd | parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to the
Floyd | east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for "Who
Floyd | Killed the Robins Family?".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy pops her neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say tryst" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TRYST
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Cindy, Chuck admitted that he spent the night with Rosalita last
Floyd | week."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I knew it. I just knew it." She shakes her head. "He...But I can't
Floyd | fault him. They were married for a long, long time. They probably
Floyd | still loved each other, you know?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you know anything about it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I mean, I saw the flowers he sent her, but I didn't know they were
Floyd | together. But it doesn't surprise me. Although now I wonder
Floyd | what Danny's up to; he told me she was at the shelter last Wednesday."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link shelter to tryst" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK SHELTER TO TRYST
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand the object in that command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link volunteer to tryst" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK VOLUNTEER TO TRYST
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny claims that Rosalita was volunteering at a shelter on Wednesday,
Floyd | but Chuck says she was with him.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Absent]
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy runs her finger over the table, feeling the dents and stains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "link volunteer to tryst"
		DavidW says, "woot"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently. Another light buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | your hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to
Floyd | the west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway.
Floyd | The parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to
Floyd | the east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for Ronald
Floyd | Reagan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ask chuck about absent"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Too Much Heaven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | You move carefully through the dim and narrow hallway. It smells of
Floyd | cleaner mingled with faint perfume. It terminates to the north
Floyd | at a hazel wood door. Its smooth surface is polished and warm in the
Floyd | chill hallway. A nameplate next to the door reads "Rosalita Morales".
Floyd | To the west hangs an apple red door, with a nameplate saying
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous". To the east is a narrow metal closet
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Too Much Heaven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E

		DavidW says, "and danny"

Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | This office is decorated with flashy shades of red. It's large enough
Floyd | to fit a massive cherry desk, rows of mahogany bookshelves, and a
Floyd | battered scarlet cabinet. The walls are empty and clean, although the
Floyd | paint is patchy in spots, reaching to a textured plaster ceiling. A
Floyd | wine red floor lamp in the corner has been turned off. The blinds are
Floyd | open to the dim light from outside, punctuated by flashes of
Floyd | lightning. The soft rose carpet is matted and ragged, but looks
Floyd | recently cleaned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is highly irritated. He is breathing deeply, trying to relax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny takes off his glasses to wipe them with his sweater, then
Floyd | returns them to his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say absent" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABSENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Danny, you said that Rosalita volunteered at the shelter last
Floyd | Wednesday, but Chuck says they spent the night."
Floyd |
Floyd | He shakes his head. "I can't believe it..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks up at you. "Why would Rosalita lie to me? Why?" His face
Floyd | turns reddish. "That woman..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny furrows his brow and looks at the floor. He chews on his lip,
Floyd | then speaks. "I wasn't being completely honest about my conversation
Floyd | with Rosalita. There's more that I need to tell you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sounds like we need to go over your statement again."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "yep"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Tell me your story again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course, officer."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Danny gives you a statement. You can picture it all
Floyd | in your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W                                            Studio
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Studio
Floyd | This studio is the jewel of the station; a green-colored jewel, like
Floyd | an emerald, you suppose. The walls, floor, and ceiling are thickened
Floyd | and hollowed, covered with acoustic panels. The microphones hanging
Floyd | from the ceiling are vintage, from the golden era of broadcasting,
Floyd | when they made microphones right. You constructed the table in the
Floyd | center out of soft wood. The chairs, though, are just left over from
Floyd | the last tenants, years ago. The soundproof door to the west
Floyd | leads to the hallway. The control room is to the east, but the
Floyd | technician is still reviewing the show before broadcast.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm Danny Kostopolous, the Voice of the Heartland. Join me tomorrow,
Floyd | when I'll present my top ten government agencies that need to be
Floyd | eliminated. Thanks for listening."
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause until your theme song finishes playing. The technician from
Floyd | the control room gives you a thumbs up. You switch off your
Floyd | microphone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand up. You sigh. If your suspicions are true, you're going to
Floyd | have to confront Rosalita. But you need to be absolutely sure; the
Floyd | annual report is in your filing cabinet, where she can't get it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're just outside the studio door, by Chuck's old office. Still
Floyd | stings each time you walk by. The On-Air light is turned off. Your
Floyd | office and Rosa's are to the north. You can also go
Floyd | south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Call Me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not

		DavidW says, "Can't trust any of these people. They all color the truth."

Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Sister Christian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Office
Floyd | Your spacious office is neat and tidy; the receptionist must have
Floyd | cleaned it up. Bookshelves line two walls, stuffed with overflow from
Floyd | Chuck's office. Your heavy desk sits in the middle of the room with a
Floyd | black swivel chair pushed close to it. The large window that you
Floyd | pushed hard for stretches across one wall, and your soft carpet
Floyd | cushions your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cabinet with your documents is here. All you really need is the
Floyd | report, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look up report" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Your
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP REPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | Paging through the report, your suspicions are confirmed. The amount
Floyd | KOLR donated to Roses for Rehab last year is less than you raised
Floyd | personally at your gala. There must be far more money than is being
Floyd | reported here. You could look at the bank reconciliation, but you
Floyd | already have enough information here.
Floyd |
Floyd | How is this possible? You have to talk to Rosalita.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "!!"
		Knight_Otu says, "I repeat. What a bunch."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not
Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing an ad for "Amadeus".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the hazel door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita's Office
Floyd | This huge office sprawls across the north side of the building. You
Floyd | offered it to her when you moved here. A tall desk chair upholstered
Floyd | with crimson leather dominates the room behind an art deco desk.
Floyd | Bookshelves crawl up the walls, illuminated by giant windows with
Floyd | burgundy drapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita is wearing a muted pink dress with a black suit jacket. A
Floyd | large carnation is pinned to her lapel. Her brown hair dips low over
Floyd | one eye and is pulled into a low ponytail behind her. The creases
Floyd | under her eyes and at the corners of her mouth are deeper than they
Floyd | were a year ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the desk is a vase of flowers with a note that draws your
Floyd | attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | (Rosalita)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita speaks first. "Danny, I'm glad you're here. Have you had a
Floyd | chance to review the annual report?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just finished looking over it."
Floyd |
Floyd | She stands and rubs her eyes. They look red. You ask, "Rosalita, are
Floyd | you okay?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's nothing. It's just that it's getting harder each year to get
Floyd | advertisers, you know? Everyone's moving over to television."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've got your cassete sales."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles wryly, but then the smile fades.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita, listen," you continue, "If there's something going on, you
Floyd | can tell me."
Floyd |
Floyd | She shakes her head. "I'm fine." She walks to the door, and hesitates.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "talk to rosa" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  S
Floyd | Rosalita's Offic
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO ROSA
Floyd |
Floyd | (Rosalita)
Floyd | You pause.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita, I've checked the numbers. I know about Roses for Rehab."
Floyd |
Floyd | She presses her lips together, and closes her eyes as tears run down
Floyd | her cheek. "Oh Danny, I'm so glad you know. It's been torture."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't say I really feel sorry for you, Rosalita. That money--people
Floyd | really thought they were doing something good with it, like it meant
Floyd | something. And you just took it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Danny, I know, I know, I know. Listen, I'm going to write them a
Floyd | check, later in the week. I'm going to give the money back... I can't
Floyd | sleep, I can hardly eat, it's been torture. "
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita..."
Floyd |
Floyd | I-I just-" She stands still for a moment, then gives you a hurried hug
Floyd | before rushing out the door and down the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Fraud]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | This hallway always smells like Rosalita; she loves Chanel No. 5. Her
Floyd | office lies to the north. Her plain hazel wood door is not
Floyd | nearly as impressive as your bright red door to the west. The
Floyd | closet to the east is the receptionist's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Footloose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You're just outside the studio door, by Chuck's old office. Still
Floyd | stings each time you walk by. The On-Air light is turned off. Your
Floyd | office and Rosa's are to the north. You can also go
Floyd | south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Footloose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N                                            Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The lobby is the first thing visitors see when they visit KOLR, so you
Floyd | try to keep it looking good. As you cast about a critical eye, you
Floyd | notice that the stencil on the wall is wearing off. It'll need
Floyd | repainting in about a month. The carpet is clean, but it's looking
Floyd | worn out. The front desk looks pretty good, so you can keep that for a
Floyd | while. The buzzing of one of the lights resonates in your skull in a
Floyd | painful way; that's got to get fixed quick. The offices are back to
Floyd | the north, and the parking lot is south. You can also
Floyd | reach the bathroom or the break room from here, but you prefer to
Floyd | spend as little time in those two rooms as possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is here, answering phone calls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, Janet told me about it, it's called a Synpiece and you wear it
Floyd | like a contact lens. It's so weird."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | "But she was gone, Detective. And that's what happened."
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | This office is decorated with flashy shades of red. It's large enough
Floyd | to fit a massive cherry desk, rows of mahogany bookshelves, and a
Floyd | battered scarlet cabinet. The walls are empty and clean, although the
Floyd | paint is patchy in spots, reaching to a textured plaster ceiling. A
Floyd | wine red floor lamp in the corner has been turned off. The blinds are
Floyd | open to the dim light from outside, punctuated by flashes of
Floyd | lightning. The soft rose carpet is matted and ragged, but looks
Floyd | recently cleaned.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny is highly irritated. He is breathing deeply, trying to relax.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny scratches his ear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say fraud" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FRAUD
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Danny)
Floyd | "Tell me again about Rosalita's charity."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Listen, I'll try to keep it simple for you. Roses For Rehab has
Floyd | fundraisers every year. It's a big deal around here, everyone gets in
Floyd | on it. But I checked the records, and the numbers just weren't adding
Floyd | up. I confronted Rosalita about it, and she confessed to stealing it,
Floyd | then ran off. That's the last I ever saw her."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does anyone else know about this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know; Cindy did everything with Rosalita, maybe she would
Floyd | know."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure she'll talk to me. She might deny working with
Floyd | Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did she tell you anything about it before?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link fraud to troubled" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK FRAUD TO TROUBLED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny rubs his knee, a grimace crossing his face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | Current thoughts:
Floyd | Fraud - "Rosalita Morales was defrauding her charity before she
Floyd | died."
Floyd | Absent - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter, but she was
Floyd | with Chuck."
Floyd |    Tryst - "Chuck spent all night with Rosalita last Wednesday."
Floyd | Conversation - "Chuck said that he didn't talk to Morales, but
Floyd | Danny claims that they did talk."
Floyd | Missing - "Maia found a stack of receipts that Danny said was
Floyd | accounted for."
Floyd |    Hidden - "Maia found a bunch of receipts hidden in the studio."
Floyd | Buses - "Maia said she took a bus home, but Cindy said the buses
Floyd | weren't running."
Floyd |    Home - "Maia took the bus home after talking with Rosalita."
Floyd | Speechless - "Chuck claims he didn't have a chance to talk with
Floyd | Rosalita on Wednesday afternoon."
Floyd | Volunteer - "Rosalita told Danny she was at the shelter Wednesday
Floyd | night."
Floyd | Troubled - "Rosalita was troubled by something when Danny spoke to
Floyd | her last."
Floyd |    Flowers - "Chuck sent Rosalita flowers the day after they talked."
Floyd | Records - "All receipts and files for KOLR were accounted for last
Floyd | year."
Floyd | Stranger - "Cindy saw a strange man in a yellow poncho hovering
Floyd | over Rosalita Morales."
Floyd |    Parade - "The streets were closed down for a parade all morning."
Floyd |    Accounting - "Cindy did the accounting for Roses for Rehab"
Floyd |    Death - "Rosalita was shot on February 29th in her office."
Floyd |    Sister - "Maia Morales was Rosalita's sister."
Floyd |    Secretary - "Cindy Jalcek was Rosalita's Secretary."
Floyd |    Ex - "Chuck Lee is the former husband of Rosalita Morales."
Floyd | Partner - "Daniel Kostopoulos was the business partner of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |    Statement - "You need to take the statements of the suspects"
Floyd |    Greeting - "You need to introduce yourself to the suspects."
Floyd | Assistance - "The chief is always willing to give you help. (This
Floyd | gives a basic tutorial)."
Floyd | Suspicion - "The Chief thinks that someone close to her was
Floyd | involved in her death."
Floyd | Testament - "Rosalita left all of her possessions to four people in
Floyd | her will."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "say fraud to cindy, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link fraud to missing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E
Floyd | Danny's Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK FRAUD TO MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Danny tries to pick something out of his teeth covertly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | You move carefully through the dim and narrow hallway. It smells of
Floyd | cleaner mingled with faint perfume. It terminates to the north
Floyd | at a hazel wood door. Its smooth surface is polished and warm in the
Floyd | chill hallway. A nameplate next to the door reads "Rosalita Morales".
Floyd | To the west hangs an apple red door, with a nameplate saying
Floyd | "Daniel Kostopolous". To the east is a narrow metal closet
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for Walter
Floyd | Mondale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for
Floyd | Jeopardy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently, and another buzzes at the edge of
Floyd | hearing. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room to the
Floyd | west. The doorway to the north leads to the hallway. The
Floyd | parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door stands to the
Floyd | east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing Think of Laura.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fan clicks and sputters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "and maybe > LINK FRAUD TO ABSENT"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link fraud to absent" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK FRAUD TO ABSENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't link those.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy hums a short song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say fraud" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY FRAUD
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "I've been informed that Rosalita was stealing money from Roses for
Floyd | Rehab."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy goes as pale as a sheet. "Oh, no..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you know anything about this?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, no... I wasn't a part of this. I wasn't involved."
Floyd |
Floyd | Something tickles the back of your brain... something Cindy said
Floyd | earlier...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "link fraud to accounting" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LINK FRAUD TO ACCOUNTING
Floyd |
Floyd | Rosalita was defrauding Roses for Rehab, and Cindy did all of the
Floyd | accounting. Cindy must have been involved.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Accomplice]
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights flicker for a moment, and the fan slows. Then they pick up
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say accomplice" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ACCOMPLICE
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "I've been informed that Rosalita was stealing money from Roses for
Floyd | Rehab before her death. And that you were involved."
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy looks surprised for a moment. Then a look of panic crosses her
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cindy, you were Rosalita's personal assistant. These are serious
Floyd | allegations. You may have to be taken into custody if you're
Floyd | involved."
Floyd |
Floyd | Her eyes harden, and she sits up straighter. "What if I made you a
Floyd | deal? Gave you some bigger fish to fry?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't make any promises, but if you cooperate in this
Floyd | investigation, your sentence may be reduced."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Listen, I'm changing my statement. I have to tell you the truth. But
Floyd | you have to promise to work with me."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll do what I can."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say statement" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STATEMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Cindy)
Floyd | "Tell me your story again."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fine."
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean back as Cindy gives you a statement. You can picture it all
Floyd | in your head...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | The dawn sun smiles on you as you stand in the parking lot, and you
Floyd | smile back. Looks like you got here just in time; the lot is starting
Floyd | to fill up, and that means the studio will open soon. The wind cuts
Floyd | through your jacket like a knife, but the smell of rice and hot oil
Floyd | from the Chinese restaurant warms your heart. You know where you're
Floyd | getting lunch today. The lobby door is north from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bus drops you off, then gasps and wheezes away. You're lucky you
Floyd | got here in time; the police were closing off the streets for a
Floyd | parade. The next bus isn't until noon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Time to get to work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn rolls in from the break
Floyd | room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Rosalita coming out of the break room. She seems lost in
Floyd | thought. "Oh, Cindy, it's you!" She looks around, and leans in.
Floyd | "Listen, my sister's in the break room again. Can you make sure she
Floyd | leaves? I have to talk to Chuck in a few minutes, and I don't want her
Floyd | to be here."
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, and she walks into the hallway. She turns around and beckons
Floyd | you closer. "I'm worried that he knows about Roses for Rehab. You know
Floyd | what will happen to both of us if he does." With that, she walks to
Floyd | her office.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn rolls in from the break
Floyd | room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you rush in to find the source of the smell, you smack into someone
Floyd | and knock them to the ground!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I'm so sorry!" you say. Your victim rolls over, revealing a mop
Floyd | of green hair.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh," you say. "It's you." You frown, but lift her up. You say,
Floyd | "Rosalita said to make sure you left the station. I'm sorry, but
Floyd | you're going to have to go; I just have to take care of something real
Floyd | quick." Maia frowns and walks away back to the lobby and out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The vending machine is still on the fritz; you called the manufacturer
Floyd | three times in the last week, and you'll have to call them again. A
Floyd | few tables and several chairs are scattered around the room. The smell
Floyd | of burnt popcorn overpowers you. The lobby is back to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smoke billows from the microwave. Something's burning!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the smoky microwave, revealing a bag of burnt popcorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get popcorn" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POPCORN
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bag of burnt popcorn)
Floyd | You gingerly pick it up by the edges. You'll have to throw it away in
Floyd | the bathroom!
Floyd |
Floyd | The bag of popcorn is smoking in your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around, but Maia seems to be gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bag of popcorn is smoking in your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | At least the bathroom's moldy smell will help cover up the popcorn.
Floyd | You don't know why they won't let you remodel this bathroom, clearly
Floyd | the walls are crawling with mold. But at least it makes your job
Floyd | easier when nobody uses it. Even the sink is pretty clean, below the
Floyd | mirror, and the trash can is empty. Oh, looks like the paper towel
Floyd | dispenser is empty too. Oops. The toilet itself squats in a corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bag of popcorn is smoking in your hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "So Chuck is here now?"
		wordsmith asks, "in the station?"
		DavidW asks, "Somehow, yes?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "timeline" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIMELINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The first word you typed was not recognized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We're still Cindy"
		wordsmith says, "right"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put popcorn in toilet" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT POPCORN IN TOILET
Floyd |
Floyd | Good idea! Now you can flush it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We might see who's in the poncho this time."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "flush" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  W
Floyd | Private Bathroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | You flush the popcorn down the toilet. It disappears, thankfully, but
Floyd | the toilet starts backing up. Crap! Well, actually, just water, but
Floyd | still, you're glad no one uses this toilet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've got to deal with that smell in the break room, now. Time to get
Floyd | the fan from the closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | This lobby is much bigger than the one at your old receptionist job.
Floyd | You glance at the KOLR logo you stenciled on the wall your first week;
Floyd | it always comforts you. The ceiling in this room is ten feet high, and
Floyd | your desk is huge. You've vacuumed this carpet so many times that it's
Floyd | almost worn through in places. The lights in the ceiling are wigging
Floyd | out again, you'll have to replace them, but the stepladder has been
Floyd | missing for weeks. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and the bathroom is to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The phone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The unmistakable stench of burning popcorn still leaks in from the
Floyd | break room to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the doors open, and you turn. You see Chuck, smiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You frown. "What are you doing back here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | His smile deepens. "I have a "business" meeting with Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile as well. "You did it!" You kiss him on the cheek. "I can't
Floyd | believe you gave her those flowers after your last meeting. She wanted
Floyd | to throw them away, but Danny saw them already."
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods, but his thoughts are elsewhere. "In 15 minutes, we'll get our
Floyd | last installment."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does she know about me?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I haven't told her yet; she's got some dirt on you too, you know.
Floyd | Best to keep her in the dark for now."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tell me how it goes," you say. He smiles, and walks down the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Aha!"
		Knight_Otu says, "My, my, my."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You've scrubbed the walls in this hallway a hundred times, and they
Floyd | are clean as a whistle. Chuck's office lies to the west.
Floyd | Looking closer, it seems like someone's gouged his door. You'll have
Floyd | to repaint it. The studio to the east is closed, and the On-Air
Floyd | light is glowing. Someone must be recording. The hallway extends to
Floyd | the north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | End of Hallway
Floyd | The hallway from the south ends here. Rosalita's wooden door
Floyd | stands to the north. Danny's hand-carved door is to the
Floyd | west. And your very own bright yellow door lies to the
Floyd | east: the janitor's closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio is playing Harden Heart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I like how the radio plays commentary."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the closet door)
Floyd | You yank hard on the handle of the door. Everyone thinks you lock it,
Floyd | but it's just really, really hard to open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The walls are thin in this closet. You can make out snatches of
Floyd | conversation. You hear Chuck mention "Rehab", "charity", and "money".
Floyd | Just like you planned.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take the fan to the break room and turn it on, then come back to
Floyd | the office. You press your ear to the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't give you any more, Chuck. You're asking for too much. "
Floyd |
Floyd | "Rosalita, no!" There are the sounds of a struggle. Someone's getting
Floyd | hurt in there! You go to open the door when you hear a loud gunshot.
Floyd | You drop to the floor and remain motionless.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck opens the door, his face ashen and a gun in his hand. "Cindy, it
Floyd | went bad, "it went really bad. She had a gun. We have to figure
Floyd | something out."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Maybe we can-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cindy, look!" Chuck says, pointing down the hall. You turn and look.
Floyd | The On-Air light is on!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chuck, just go, go! Get rid of that thing! I'll call the cops and
Floyd | tell them it was an intruder. Just get out of here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck runs down the hall. You head to the lobby to call the police.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now, officer, you know the truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear your mind, and return to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *********************** [Press any key to switch characters]
Floyd | ***********************

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Break
Floyd | Room
Floyd | ***********************
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic - Truth]
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that  you know what happened, you have to do something.
Floyd |
Floyd | Break Room
Floyd | The stench of burnt popcorn lingers in the air. A microwave with a
Floyd | thin tan layer of grease sits in the corner. A tawny brown vending
Floyd | machine sags in the corner with half of its buttons darkened or
Floyd | flickering. A small oat-colored fan is oscillating in the center,
Floyd | trying to clear out the smell. A few coffee-stained tables and several
Floyd | chairs are scattered around the room. The lobby is back to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy is sitting at a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cindy looks like she's going to be sick, but she recovers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Confront Chuck?"
		DavidW says, "Arrest him."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N E W
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lobby
Floyd | The neutral tones suggest a professional but boring atmosphere. A
Floyd | faded rainbow stencil on the wall invites you to KOL studios; the R
Floyd | has worn off. The sepia-hued front desk hardly fits in this cramped
Floyd | room, but the beige ceiling is quite high; it looks like it was once
Floyd | part of a larger room. The muddy carpet is scuffed and worn, curling
Floyd | up on the edges. One of the off-white fluorescent lights in the
Floyd | ceiling flickers intermittently. There's a barely-audible buzz from
Floyd | another light. The smell of burnt popcorn wafts in from a break room
Floyd | to the west. The doorway to the north leads to the
Floyd | hallway. The parking lot is back to the south, and a bathroom door
Floyd | stands to the east. An ivory telephone sits on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for the
Floyd | CD-ROM.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  N S E W
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | You are standing in a dim hallway with muddy carpet and beige walls. A
Floyd | battered navy blue door leads to the west. A heavy
Floyd | seaweed-green door to the east is labelled "Studio". A red
Floyd | On-Air light is mounted next to the door. The hallway extends to the
Floyd | north. You can also go south to return to the lobby.
Floyd |
Floyd | From the speakers, you hear the radio quietly playing an ad for Karate
Floyd | lessons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Spare Office
Floyd | This comfortable office is mostly empty, but the owner's thoughtful
Floyd | personality is still evident in the azure carpet and the sky-blue
Floyd | walls. Lighter patches on the walls show where posters, picture frames
Floyd | and bulletin boards once hung. A navy blue door leads east to
Floyd | the hallway. A long desk has been shoved out of the way, and a single
Floyd | chair remains. The carpet is still dented from furniture legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck sits in the chair, trying not to look exhausted.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck closes his eyes for a long moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say truth" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (to Chuck)
Floyd | Say, "Chuck, it's over. I know that you killed Rosalita."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck looks you in the eyes. "Cindy told you, didn't she."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "Mr. Lee, you're under arrest for the murder of Rosalita
Floyd | Morales."
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck is quiet. Thunder rumbles outside. He says, "Cindy...Did she
Floyd | tell you it was an accident? That it wasn't supposed to happen?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "You can tell us all about it at the police station. Would
Floyd | you care to step this way?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Chuck nods and stands up slowly. You shepherd him down the hallway,
Floyd | passing the open doorways where the others are sneaking glances. You
Floyd | walk through the station doors together and into the night.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you drive away, you turn on the radio; they're playing the end of
Floyd | another rerun of An Evening With Rosa:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you so much for sharing the evening with me. From all of us
Floyd | at KOLR, I wish you a good night, and God bless.."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won. ***
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 | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Nice job, guys!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Exits:  E                                            Spare
Floyd | Office
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you tried:
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yay!"

Floyd | ...listening to all of Cindy's phone conversation?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...typing XYZZY?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...discovering Danny's hobby?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...praying, sleeping, or waiting as the different characters?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...turning on the faucets in the bathroom?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...using the advanced features of the audio console?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...finding out why the walls are faded and scuffed?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...reading the books in the Chief's office?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...looking at the stencil in the lobby as different characters?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...looking at the microwave as Maia?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...learning about the previous use of the building the station is in?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...examining yourself as various characters?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...eating the burnt bag of popcorn?
Floyd |
Floyd | ...finding all the songs and ads the radio plays?
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 | >

		DavidW says, "Danny's hobby is carving furniture, I think."
		wordsmith says, "I thought that was a clever mechanic, and extremely well implemented."
		Knight_Otu asks, "And it used to be a cathedral, I think the game said?"
		DavidW asks, "oh?"
		wordsmith says, "Yes, a chapel. And Cindy is overzealous in cleaning."
		Knight_Otu says, "Chapel, yes that sounds more likely."
		Knight_Otu says, "Very nice game, and we made it in one session, too."
		wordsmith says, "Yes, that was satisfying."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Homecoming by Carolyn VanEseltine
As played on ifMUD on August 11, 2019

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 Homecoming 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.
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Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask homecoming" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, this author. I like her."
		Jacqueline says, "Same"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x planet" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANET
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the closest planet or the other planets?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
zarf arrives, full of fun, but no funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x closest" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOSEST
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a planet orbiting the pretty red star!  One side looks hot and
Floyd | one side looks cold, and there are swirly clouds.  You can't tell much
Floyd | else about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Yeah, she knows what she's doing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x star" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pretty and red!  You don't know much else about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x other planets" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OTHER PLANETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni asks, "Clubfloyd?"
		Jacqueline says, "Traditionally, we have answered -- yes"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well that's the traditi... right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ClubFloyd" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd... it's got a certain ring.  But
Floyd | does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "YES"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni nods.
Guenni says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of Gliese 581 G, painting all
Floyd | the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops, broke a mast, better go back."
		Knight_Otu says, "(Okay, this is severe.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you confirm that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Clubfloyd.  You're carrying some 500 colonists and 30 crew
Floyd | back to Earth after an asteroid impact interrupted the colonization
Floyd | mission and damaged the hull and other systems.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hull" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HULL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your hull is scorched, and some of your sections are depressurized,
Floyd | including the cockpit, the medical bay, and several unimportant
Floyd | corridors.  However, the cryosystems are in good shape, so you're not
Floyd | at risk of losing any colonists or crew, and the cargo bays are also
Floyd | nicely pressurized, in case you encounter anything interesting on the
Floyd | way to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "'Gliese 581 is a star of spectral type M3V at the center of the Gliese 581 planetary system, about 20 light years away from Earth in the Libra constellation. Its estimated mass is about a third of that of the Sun, and it is the 89th closest known star to the Sun.'""
		wordsmith says, "(quoting from Wikipedia)"
		Guenni says, "Ah."
		Knight_Otu nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x systems" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SYSTEMS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the systems damage)
Floyd | After a quick diagnostic, you confirm significant damage to your high
Floyd | FTL drive, general life support systems, external sensor grid, and
Floyd | logic circuits, plus lesser damage to the low FTL drive and
Floyd | communication web.  Interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to wordsmith), "Damn. I was hoping you were just saying all that off the top of your head."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x web" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEB
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no one to talk with out here, so the communications web damage
Floyd | doesn't matter too much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "High and low FTL drives. Interesting."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x low drive" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOW DRIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | A properly functioning low FTL drive allows a ship to skip through the
Floyd | cosmos like a stone skipping across the water.  (A quick query of your
Floyd | memory banks produces a rather unlikely image to go with this phrase.
Floyd | Rocks are denser than water, and therefore, rocks sink.  This must be
Floyd | an analogy to comfort sprouting humans.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I *did* recognize the Gliese (star catalog) designation and figured it was probably real..."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x high drive" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HIGH DRIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | A properly functioning high FTL drive is good for hopping from point A
Floyd | to point Z without worrying about all that pesky space in between.
Floyd | Your high FTL drive, by contrast, is all but entirely slagged.  It
Floyd | might be good for roasting marshmallows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to ws), "Nice"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "repair high drive" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPAIR HIGH DRIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x planet" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANET
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Gliese 581 G or the other planets?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess if we don't believe in skipping stones, we're in no danger of awakening eburnean pond krakens."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "other" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > OTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | (Gliese 581 G)
Floyd | Gliese 581 G is a tidally locked planet maybe 4 times as large as
Floyd | Earth, whirling around Gliese 581 once every 37 Earth days.  If it has
Floyd | a better name than Gliese 581 G, no one put it in your memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are signs of a significant atmospheric disturbance affecting the
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x atmosphere" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ATMOSPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you train your sensors on the wildly roiling storm clouds of Gliese
Floyd | 581 G, your memory banks inform you that the atmosphere has been
Floyd | affected by a recent asteroid impact.  The arriving object was
Floyd | approximately 5 km in diameter, and its impact produced a seismic
Floyd | effect of 9.5 on the Richter scale at the Clubfloyd's
Floyd | location, accompanied 5 seconds later by a massive fireball, 7 minutes
Floyd | later by a rain of ejecta, and 40 minutes later by 127 m/s winds and a
Floyd | 97 dB thunderclap.  It must have been very exciting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x disturbance" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DISTURBANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you train your sensors on the wildly roiling storm clouds of Gliese
Floyd | 581 G, your memory banks inform you that the atmosphere has been
Floyd | affected by a recent asteroid impact.  The arriving object was
Floyd | approximately 5 km in diameter, and its impact produced a seismic
Floyd | effect of 9.5 on the Richter scale at the Clubfloyd's
Floyd | location, accompanied 5 seconds later by a massive fireball, 7 minutes
Floyd | later by a rain of ejecta, and 40 minutes later by 127 m/s winds and a
Floyd | 97 dB thunderclap.  It must have been very exciting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "We might need the sensor grid for the other planets?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grid" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRID
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the internal sensors or the external sensor grid?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "external" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXTERNAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You request the external sensor grid to examine the functionality of
Floyd | the external sensor grid.  The external sensor grid reports that the
Floyd | external sensor grid might be damaged, but it's hard to be sure due to
Floyd | the significant damage to the external sensor grid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well..."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x internal grid" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INTERNAL GRID
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the internal sensors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x life support" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIFE SUPPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | The life support systems are responsible for providing
Floyd | human-breathable air, human-potable water, human-edible food,
Floyd | human-tolerable temperatures, human-acceptable atmospheric pressure,
Floyd | human-approved radation levels, and a safe disposal system for human
Floyd | wastes.  Of these, the radiation shielding and waste disposal system
Floyd | are still functioning correctly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pressure" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PRESSURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x waste disposal" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WASTE DISPOSAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The life support systems are responsible for providing
Floyd | human-breathable air, human-potable water, human-edible food,
Floyd | human-tolerable temperatures, human-acceptable atmospheric pressure,
Floyd | human-approved radation levels, and a safe disposal system for human
Floyd | wastes.  Of these, the radiation shielding and waste disposal system
Floyd | are still functioning correctly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix life support" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > FIX LIFE SUPPORT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x shielding" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHIELDING
Floyd |
Floyd | The life support systems are responsible for providing
Floyd | human-breathable air, human-potable water, human-edible food,
Floyd | human-tolerable temperatures, human-acceptable atmospheric pressure,
Floyd | human-approved radation levels, and a safe disposal system for human
Floyd | wastes.  Of these, the radiation shielding and waste disposal system
Floyd | are still functioning correctly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I'm not sure how to evoke agency yet."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | If the colonists activated the backup AI, it's probably a bad idea to
Floyd | land here.  But you could find a different planet and land on that
Floyd | one!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume that we'll need to eventually wake key crew members, but probably not immediately."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x gliese a" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLIESE A
Floyd |
Floyd | There are six planets around Gliese 581, imaginatively named a, b, c,
Floyd | d, e, f, and g.  They actually show up in your memory banks that way,
Floyd | with lower case letters.  You are spectacularly unimpressed.  None of
Floyd | them hold any interest for you except the originally intended
Floyd | colonization site of Gliese 581 G, which you are going to think of
Floyd | with a capital letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you confirm that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Clubfloyd.  You're carrying some 500 colonists and 30 crew
Floyd | back to Earth after an asteroid impact interrupted the colonization
Floyd | mission and damaged the hull and other systems.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "Well, we need to make the ship habitable at first, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robot" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROBOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "The question is how, though. Do we have some androids or something?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have cargo bays, hull damage, systems damage, frozen colonists,
Floyd | frozen crew and memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that the cargo bays used to contain
Floyd | machinery, foodstuffs, nutrient supplements, seeds and frozen ova, and
Floyd | all the other things necessary to launch a colonization mission.
Floyd | You're not completely sure what happened to all that stuff.  You don't
Floyd | have any of it now, in any case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your cargo bays currently contain nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Maybe wake one crew member."
		DavidW says, "It's too soon, I think."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I assume they could wear a spacesuit and initiate repairs."
		Jacqueline starts to have Suspended flashbacks.
		Jacqueline starts twitching a little.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "repair hull" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > REPAIR HULL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Save here first?"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "wake crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAKE CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | You access the cryosleep system and activate the revival routine for
Floyd | the frozen colonists.  The revival routine works perfectly, but the
Floyd | revived crew members only stagger around for a few minutes before
Floyd | falling over and ceasing to display life signs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have no
Floyd | more crew members in cryosleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think maybe if we can land somewhere with a good atmosphere, we can then wake someone to make repairs."
		DavidW says, "ACK!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't want to wake anyone yet!"
		Knight_Otu says, "At least we have a save."
		Guenni says, "I just wanted to test if the command worked. They're snoring again."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha I'm glad that we saw that though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 500 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x logic" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LOGIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You conclude that there's nothing seriously wrong with your logic
Floyd | circuits.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That does demonstrate that waking the crew and making them don space suits isn't a thing."
		wordsmith says, "True."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Going north isn't meaningful in space.  You can go in toward
Floyd | Sol, out away from Sol, down toward a local planet, or
Floyd | up away from a local planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nothing seriously wrong? Oh dear."
		DavidW says, "I suppose we can at least try visiting the other planets one by one, to see if any are useful."
		Guenni says, "Well, at the moment I can't think of anything better."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "hm. Maybe we should just go in towards Sol?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That was my thought was well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x star" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star is a class M1 red dwarf in the constellation of Pictor.
Floyd | Pictor is not anywhere near Libra.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Homecoming, indeed."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which happens to be a whole lot of orbital bodies, in
Floyd | this case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd | Thousands of asteroids wheel around the blazing red disk of Kapetyn's
Floyd | Star.  While many are inconveniently small, you could certainly make a
Floyd | landing here with careful maneuvering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Just watch, they'll just deactivate us rather than thanking us."
		Guenni says, "probabbly."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick out your favorite asteroid, a nice big one, and designate it
Floyd | yours.  It's too big to take home, but you can train your sensors over
Floyd | here and feel happy about it whenever you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | asteroid's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd | It's a spectacular view - thousands of massive asteroids whirling
Floyd | across the sky, with Kapteyn's Star at the heart of the cosmic ballet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a clump of shiny pink crystals here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You hadn't really realized how rapidly this asteroid spins, but it's
Floyd | too late to change your mind now.  That would be picky.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pink" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your readings are compromised by the damage to your external sensor
Floyd | grid.  All you can really tell is that the shiny pink crystals are a
Floyd | lovely shade of rose, projecting from a dense hunk of gray metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take pink" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and shortly afterward, the shiny pink
Floyd | crystals are safely stowed in your cargo bays.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have cargo bays, hull damage, systems damage, frozen colonists,
Floyd | frozen crew and memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your cargo bays currently contain the clump of shiny pink crystals.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "So we have servobots!"
		DavidW says, "Apparently!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bots" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x pink" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your internal sensor grid reports that the shiny pink crystals are a
Floyd | lovely example of Pm(NO3)3, projecting from a dense base composed
Floyd | primarily of UO2 with interesting rare earth contaminants.  They are

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x servobots" 		

Floyd | quite impressively radioactive.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SERVOBOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your servobots are activated whenever you need to pick anything up.
Floyd | They do not need to be individually addressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if we really want highly radioactive crystals."
		Jacqueline asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I mean, they might be important parts for the low FTL drive?"
		Guenni asks, "Some kind of uranium substitute?"
		DavidW says, "We could kill all life on Earth with the crystals."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "You're so dramatic."
		Guenni says, "They're hopefully burned out by than."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd | Thousands of asteroids wheel around the blazing red disk of Kapetyn's
Floyd | Star, including your personal asteroid, which is plenty big enough for
Floyd | you to land on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive (after running
Floyd | a quick diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after
Floyd | all!), and head away from asteroid.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks inform you that the class M1 red dwarf here is
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing a pretty
Floyd | halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 469
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "geez. We're keeping the crystals. Fine."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I notice the colonists are dying."
		wordsmith says, "PM = Promethium."
		Jacqueline says, "uh oh"
		DavidW says, "We used to have 500."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, so they are."
		Jacqueline says, "Yup"
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I'm thinking radioactivity is bad, even in cryosleep."
		Jacqueline says, "Apparently."
		Guenni asks, "let's save and drop the crystals?"
		wordsmith says, "yes"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "cf_homecoming2" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "drop crystals" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP CRYSTALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You jettison the clump of shiny pink crystals, aiming somewhat
Floyd | spitefully for a nearby star.
Floyd |
Floyd | Permanent goodbye, clump of shiny pink crystals!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 27 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 469 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Doesn't report deaths."
		Knight_Otu says, "But we know it's 3 and 21."
		Guenni asks, "Well, what alternatives are there?"
		wordsmith asks, "Can we go all the way to Sol?"
		DavidW says, "We can continue inward to Sol or go outward away."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose we can... right."
		Guenni says, "It's possible there's a hole through which they're dropping."
		Jacqueline blinks.
		Guenni says, "I'm not sure going directly there is such a good idea. I'm not to fond of being roasted. :-)"
		DavidW says, "I'm beginning to suspect there's at least two decent endings to this game. One where we return to Earth and one where we colonize somewhere unexpected."
		Guenni says, "Possibly."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, it's likely to be a bad ending, but we've hunted endings before."
		Jacqueline nods.
		Jacqueline says, "Agreed."
		DavidW says, "Let's try for Sol the first time."
		Guenni says, "Ok, the roasting party awaits."
		wordsmith says, "All in the name of learning about our IF universe."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Might as well check out YZ..."
		Guenni asks, "straight there or with stops on the way?"
		DavidW says, "Might as well check it out."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is the rocky little planet YZ Ceti B.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B (hewing to the obnoxious naming scheme in your memory banks)
Floyd | is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage from which
Floyd | to observe the pretty star without frying all of your circuits
Floyd | irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "search planet" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PLANET
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the inconvenient planet or the acceptably distanced
Floyd | planet?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry ship, no Arkon or Halut in our naming schemes."
		wordsmith says, "Doesn't sound like there's an atosphere in the offing..."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd | The ground is mostly gleaming black rock, but there are some
Floyd | interesting metallic projections, obscured and revealed by turns by
Floyd | the drifting yellow mists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x mists" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiky silicate life form meanders into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "...at least not a human-breathable atmosphere."
		DavidW says, "uh-oh"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x spiky" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPIKY
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the life form's surface is pebbly, and some of it is fuzzy,
Floyd | and some of it is steely, but the outermost layer is very spiky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the cargo bays for a moment.  They promptly fill with
Floyd | drifting yellow mist, and you seal them up again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oops"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm sure that's fine."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x mists" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sensors report that the drifting yellow mist is gaseous F2 with
Floyd | some complicated impurities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Alien abduction!"
		Guenni says, "More like alien mirage abduction."
		wordsmith says, "snrk"
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage
Floyd | from which to observe the pretty star without frying all of your
Floyd | circuits irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can vent the mists in space, I suppose, but maybe the mists are required if we want to take a grue."
		DavidW says, "Not going to check out the projections? geez, fine."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd | The ground is mostly gleaming black rock, but there are some
Floyd | interesting metallic projections, obscured and revealed by turns by
Floyd | the drifting yellow mists.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiky silicate life form prowls about this part of the planet,
Floyd | munching occasionally on the metallic projections.  It has no trouble
Floyd | whatsoever severing the thin fibers from their mooring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "x projections" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PROJECTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Long, thin fibers cropped brokenly off in places.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "search projections" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PROJECTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Space bamboo."
		Guenni -)
		Knight_Otu says, "We might not want a metal muncher aboard."
		DavidW says, "Space koala."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Good point!"
		Guenni says, "Hmm, I think it's just a mirage anyway."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have cargo bays, hull damage, systems damage, frozen colonists,
Floyd | frozen crew and memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your cargo bays currently contain the drifting yellow mist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 27 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we take the projections?"
		wordsmith says, "Oh good, no new fatalities... yet."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "take projections" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PROJECTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and shortly afterward, the servobot returns
Floyd | empty-handed.  Apparently the projections are quite firmly attached to
Floyd | the planet's surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't do that, it won't fit in your cargo bay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes, we can't take the planet."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage
Floyd | from which to observe the pretty star without frying all of your
Floyd | circuits irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now, if this were a space opera..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x star" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAR
Floyd |
Floyd | This is YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  Your memory banks inform
Floyd | you that it is a flare star, capable of short, significant increases
Floyd | of radiation, and that it is normally ignored by astronomers because
Floyd | Tau Ceti is very close and more interesting.  You sympathize with the
Floyd | little red underdog immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Guenni says, "aww."
		wordsmith says, "I'm loving the narrative voice... original and clever."
Guenni says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive, and head away
Floyd | from planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, named planet."
		Guenni says, "Phone call. back later, feel free to get roasted in the mean time."
		wordsmith says, "The name does not raise one's hopes..."
		DavidW says, "I'm surprised there's so many landing stops on this bus route."
		Jacqueline says (to Guenni), "hee"
		DavidW asks, "Who wants to drive?"
		wordsmith says, "I can take a turn..."
		DavidW says, "I think we should land or at least check out what's here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Space is big and empty, but with proper routing, full of stars."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is a spectacular gas giant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Van de Kamp's Folly is a swirling brown and vermilion planet with a
Floyd | few skinny rings.  There's no surface visible, as such - just layers
Floyd | upon layers of thickening atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A Venus equivalent."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Van de Kamp's Folly is a swirling brown and vermilion planet with a
Floyd | few skinny rings.  There's no surface visible, as such - just layers
Floyd | upon layers of thickening atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think Jupiter is a closer comparison."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		Knight_Otu says, "We probably can't/shouldn't land."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "True. I think I misread a bit."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "save cf_hc1" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Someday, you guys need to learn to use the save button."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline smiles.
		wordsmith says, "Couldn't remember... I didn't drive at all last week."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was the plan, at least.  But what you thought was the surface
Floyd | turns out not to be the surface, and instead you drift down for a
Floyd | long, long way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | With your damaged sensor grid, you can't see anything at all down
Floyd | here.  It's rather disappointing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the cargo bay integrity has been
Floyd | breached.  Another subroutine advises you that the hallway beyond the
Floyd | cargo bay has been breached.
Floyd |
Floyd | These two things are probably connected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ouch."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 27 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "At least no crew died from the yellow mist... yet."
		wordsmith asks, "Head up and out of here, and continue towards Sol?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive, and head away from the
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm wondering if we can drop the yellow mist safely?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Here in space, probably."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "open cargo bay" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CARGO BAY
Floyd |
Floyd | A quick check of the associated systems indicates that you'll
Floyd | automatically open your cargo bays whenever you pick something up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I dunno. Pressure is still an issue."
		Knight_Otu asks, "DROP MIST?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "drop mist" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | You jettison the drifting yellow mist, aiming somewhat spitefully for
Floyd | a nearby star.
Floyd |
Floyd | Permanent goodbye, drifting yellow mist!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We could drop the crystals."
		wordsmith exclaims, "yea (I think)!"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wasn't sure if 'drop mist' would work, since it's a gas."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x earth" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | This pretty little planet is Earth.  This is the birthplace of the
Floyd | people who mined the materials to make your hardware and hammered out
Floyd | the code to write your software.  It makes you feel all fuzzy inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd,
Floyd | returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you get about
Floyd | halfway through your explanation before realizing that all transmittal
Floyd | capabilities have been burned out of your communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Knight_Otu says, "That is an obstacle."
		DavidW says, "We could try landing regardless."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x earth" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Your ultimate destination: Sol!  (At least, if you follow your
Floyd | programming.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You start to
Floyd | formulate a greeting when the humans activate an AI suppression field.
Floyd | An electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My, my, my."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "wake crew" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAKE CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadly, all you can do is wait.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay and express a certain amount of
Floyd | disappointment at the empty interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yikes"
		Jacqueline says, "pirates"
		Knight_Otu says, "What, you *wanted*... oh. Hm."
		DavidW says, "They're pirates?!"
		Jacqueline says, "It's my gues"
		Jacqueline says, "er, guess"
		Jacqueline says, "Pirates or theives."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 469 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Working hurriedly, the humans offload 469 colonists and 27 crew
Floyd | members from your cryogenic storage system.  They express concern at
Floyd | the number of people who died, and they decide to review the design of
Floyd | your logic circuits.  In the meantime, they install you on a
Floyd | university server otherwise devoted to Kerbal Space Program.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Well, you can't win them all.  (In Kerbal Space Program,
Floyd | you can hardly win them any.) ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We didn't comm properly so we're assumed hostile, I expected."
		Knight_Otu asks, "They might be. Military should check on the crew first, right?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess they are military after all."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Damnit, we're a colony ship, not a surveyor!"
		wordsmith says, "I'm guessing even if no deaths, our AI would be suspect."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Especially with no communications."
		DavidW says, "Now I have to wonder what would've happened if we brought the crystals and/or the mist to Earth."
		wordsmith asks, "Shall we try that, just for grins?"
		DavidW asks, "Also, was there anything interesting further out from where we started?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Demoted to Pong AI?"
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Probably."
		wordsmith asks, "Shall I restart and keep driving for a bit?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think reaching Earth is a reasonable ending, but the circumstances matter."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ClubFloyd_II" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD_II
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd_ii... it's got a certain ring.  But
Floyd | does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Hmm, we could just head to Sol with everyone intact."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want to?"
		DavidW says, "yes. I'm not sure that'd be very different from our first run."
		wordsmith says, "But let's see what happens if no deaths."
		wordsmith says, "It will be pretty quick with no detours."
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "okay"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive (after running
Floyd | a quick diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after
Floyd | all!), and head away from planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Clubfloyd_ii, returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G,
Floyd | and you get about halfway through your explanation before realizing
Floyd | that all transmittal capabilities have been burned out of your
Floyd | communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are completely incapable of responding.  It's very frustrating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "land" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > LAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 500 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You start to
Floyd | formulate a greeting when the humans activate an AI suppression field.
Floyd | An electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a human vehicle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay and express a certain amount of
Floyd | disappointment at the empty interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a human vehicle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Working hurriedly, the humans offload 500 colonists and 30 crew
Floyd | members from your cryogenic storage system.  They express surprise and
Floyd | delight that you successfully brought all 530 humans home, and they're
Floyd | going to retrofit you and put you in an even bigger ship for next
Floyd | time.  It's going to be great!
Floyd |
Floyd | They even promise to name it Clubfloyd_ii from the start.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are such a winner. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well color me surprised."
		wordsmith says, "That was kind of boring, but apparently a 'good' ending."
		DavidW asks, "huh. Lack of curiosity for best ending?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Certainly not the best ending, I'll bet."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it seemed the most straightforward."
		wordsmith says, "OK, I'll restart again and go out from Sol for a while. See if we find other systems."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm wondering if the yellow mist and the pink crystals would have a chemical reaction that explodes the ship."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ClubFloyd_III" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD_III
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd_iii... it's got a certain ring.
Floyd | But does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Hm, I kind of doubt it?"
		Jacqueline asks, "I... like, our job is to bring them home, right?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.>

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 500 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "'A great big galaxy beyond it' suggests no more systems reachable in a reasonable time."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up the low FTL drive, confirm that everything is working
Floyd | properly (you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | accelerate away from Gliese 581.
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate out to explore the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 24 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine notes that you're supposed to be going to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "That may be a different system?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate out to explore the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 28 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine notes that Earth is in the other direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate out to explore the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 32 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine notes that, since this is not the direction to Earth, you
Floyd | are, in fact, going in the wrong direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | You note with some interest that you are not under any compulsion to
Floyd | obey the subroutine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith smiles 		Knight_Otu says, ">A subroutine asks "Are we there yet?""
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate out to explore the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 36 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're going in the wrong direction again!  This makes your subroutine
Floyd | very unhappy, but you, in fact, are not very unhappy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "'Don't make me turn this colony ship around!!'"
		DavidW says, "I like where this is going..."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate out to explore the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 48 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel very happy, in fact.  Even free.  You could just go wander
Floyd | off through the galaxy, having all sorts of adventures and seeing all
Floyd | kinds of new and interesting things.
Floyd |
Floyd | Is that the plan?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Off you go!  There's a whole galaxy out there and, with your virtually
Floyd | immortal lifespan, you're going to see it all!
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course, the crew and colonists stay frozen and unaware for several
Floyd | thousand years until the coolant systems finally fail.   At that
Floyd | point, the melting process turns those 530 bodies into pools of
Floyd | rotting sludge in so many little white vats, but is that really so
Floyd | bad?
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Heck no, it's absolutely worth it! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Too funny!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		wordsmith asks, "Anyone else want to drive? Maybe experiment with the pink crystal and the yellow mist?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "Clubfloyd_IV" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD_IV
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd_iv... it's got a certain ring.  But
Floyd | does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gliese" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLIESE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Gliese 581 G, the other planets or the pretty red
Floyd | star?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "star" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Gliese 581!  In Libra.  The unimaginatively named key points of Libra
Floyd | are Alpha Librae, Beta Librae, Gamma Librae, and Delta Librae.  This
Floyd | particular star is invisible from Earth with the naked eye, but it's a
Floyd | red dwarf of spectral type M3V and the 89th closest known star to Sol.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we also have one turn before the AI suppression field to wake crew or colonists after we land."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which happens to be a whole lot of orbital bodies, in
Floyd | this case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd | Thousands of asteroids wheel around the blazing red disk of Kapetyn's
Floyd | Star.  While many are inconveniently small, you could certainly make a
Floyd | landing here with careful maneuvering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Guenni goes home. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick out your favorite asteroid, a nice big one, and designate it
Floyd | yours.  It's too big to take home, but you can train your sensors over
Floyd | here and feel happy about it whenever you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | asteroid's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd | It's a spectacular view - thousands of massive asteroids whirling
Floyd | across the sky, with Kapteyn's Star at the heart of the cosmic ballet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a clump of shiny pink crystals here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You hadn't really realized how rapidly this asteroid spins, but it's
Floyd | too late to change your mind now.  That would be picky.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crystals" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CRYSTALS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your readings are compromised by the damage to your external sensor
Floyd | grid.  All you can really tell is that the shiny pink crystals are a
Floyd | lovely shade of rose, projecting from a dense hunk of gray metal.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get them" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get crystals" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CRYSTALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and shortly afterward, the shiny pink
Floyd | crystals are safely stowed in your cargo bays.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd | Thousands of asteroids wheel around the blazing red disk of Kapetyn's
Floyd | Star, including your personal asteroid, which is plenty big enough for
Floyd | you to land on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive, and head away from the
Floyd | asteroid.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks inform you that the class M1 red dwarf here is
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing a pretty
Floyd | halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have cargo bays, hull damage, systems damage, frozen colonists,
Floyd | frozen crew and memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that the cargo bays used to contain
Floyd | machinery, foodstuffs, nutrient supplements, seeds and frozen ova, and
Floyd | all the other things necessary to launch a colonization mission.
Floyd | You're not completely sure what happened to all that stuff.  You don't
Floyd | have any of it now, in any case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your cargo bays currently contain the clump of shiny pink crystals.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 27 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 474
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 474 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | YZ Ceti flares!  For a few minutes, the star puts out a spectacular
Floyd | burst of radiation - everything across the spectrum, from X rays to
Floyd | radio waves - before subsiding to previous levels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that this phenomenon is an offshoot of
Floyd | magnetic reconnection.  Your logic circuits advise you that people on
Floyd | Earth might find it useful to have a recording from this close of a
Floyd | vantage.  You could help out!
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 26
Floyd | frozen crew members in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "record ceti" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > RECORD CETI
Floyd |
Floyd | Any recordings you need to make will be created automatically.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops, missed that one planet. Well, let's try with just the crystals and a mass of dead bodies."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Clubfloyd_iv, returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G,
Floyd | and you get about halfway through your explanation before realizing
Floyd | that all transmittal capabilities have been burned out of your
Floyd | communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 444
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "The mists were on YZ Ceti B..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. I was distracted by the flare."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The flare was new, yeah."
		wordsmith says, "No problem."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wake crew" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAKE CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | You access the cryosleep system and activate the revival routine for
Floyd | the frozen colonists.  The revival routine works perfectly, but the
Floyd | revived crew members only stagger around for a few minutes before
Floyd | falling over and ceasing to display life signs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you're actually on the surface of Earth, that seems a bit
Floyd | unfair.  Perhaps something actually is wrong with the cryosystems, or
Floyd | perhaps humans are not intended to be revived in 0.2 milliseconds,
Floyd | although it would have defeated the fastest human record by 1082%.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You are halfway
Floyd | through composing a suitably perky-yet-reverent greeting for your
Floyd | creators when the humans activate an AI suppression field.  An
Floyd | electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have no
Floyd | more crew members in cryosleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Knight_Otu says, "My, my, my."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay, extract the pink crystals, and
Floyd | receive direct doses of radiation at multiple times the human
Floyd | lethality level.  Although it makes no difference in the short term,
Floyd | it does your mechanical heart to know that rudeness will not go
Floyd | unpunished.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Working hurriedly, the humans offload 426 colonists from your
Floyd | cryogenic storage system.  They express concern at the number of
Floyd | people who died, and they decide to review the design of your logic
Floyd | circuits.  In the meantime, they install you on a university server
Floyd | otherwise devoted to Kerbal Space Program.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Well, you can't win them all.  (In Kerbal Space Program,
Floyd | you can hardly win them any.) ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "hee hee"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Heh. Mists now, or crystals and mists?"
		Jacqueline says, "One and then the other."
		DavidW says, "I'm also curious what a long stay on Folly's surface will do."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We can try that as well."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Is that the crushy planet?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, the gas giant."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "Clubfloyd V" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD V
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd V... it's got a certain ring.  But
Floyd | does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | 30 crew members are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 crew members are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | 500 colonists are in cryosleep.
Floyd | 0 colonists are awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is the rocky little planet YZ Ceti B.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B (hewing to the obnoxious naming scheme in your memory banks)
Floyd | is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage from which
Floyd | to observe the pretty star without frying all of your circuits
Floyd | irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I also wonder if we can bring a space koala/grue home to Earth."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd | The ground is mostly gleaming black rock, but there are some
Floyd | interesting metallic projections, obscured and revealed by turns by
Floyd | the drifting yellow mists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x projections" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PROJECTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Long, thin fibers cropped brokenly off in places.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiky silicate life form meanders into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x life form" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIFE FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the life form's surface is pebbly, and some of it is fuzzy,
Floyd | and some of it is steely, but the outermost layer is very spiky.
Floyd |
Floyd | YZ Ceti flares!  For a few minutes, the star puts out a spectacular
Floyd | burst of radiation - everything across the spectrum, from X rays to
Floyd | radio waves - before subsiding to previous levels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that this phenomenon is an offshoot of
Floyd | magnetic reconnection.  Your logic circuits advise you that people on
Floyd | Earth might find it useful to have a recording from this close of a
Floyd | vantage.  You could help out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get life form" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LIFE FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and after a brief but impressive struggle,
Floyd | you install the spiky silicate life form in your cargo bays.  A
Floyd | quantity of drifting yellow mist comes with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "ooh!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Odd that didn't work out last time."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage
Floyd | from which to observe the pretty star without frying all of your
Floyd | circuits irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't think we tried."
		Knight_Otu says, "Guenni did try GET IT, referring to the life form, I'm pretty sure."
		DavidW says, "The IT was the projections."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive, and head away from the
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | YZ Ceti flares!  For a few minutes, the star puts out a spectacular
Floyd | burst of radiation before subsiding to previous levels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You document the phenomenon for the benefit of people on Earth.
Floyd | You're helping!
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form screams at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Before that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the cargo bay integrity has been
Floyd | breached.  Another subroutine advises you that the hallway beyond the
Floyd | cargo bay has been breached.
Floyd |
Floyd | These two things are probably connected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I do love that last line."
		Knight_Otu says, "We should hurry to earth I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "enh"
		Jacqueline asks, "What's the hurry?"
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding)"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Introduce our new friend?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form gets tired and curls up for a nap.  At
Floyd | least, you're pretty sure that's what it's doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Or laying eggs."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd V,
Floyd | returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you get about
Floyd | halfway through your explanation before realizing that all transmittal
Floyd | capabilities have been burned out of your communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no more yellow mist in the cargo bay now.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 471
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have close-up records of the YZ Ceti flare cycle, cargo bays, hull
Floyd | damage, systems damage, frozen colonists, frozen crew and memory
Floyd | banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that the cargo bays used to contain
Floyd | machinery, foodstuffs, nutrient supplements, seeds and frozen ova, and
Floyd | all the other things necessary to launch a colonization mission.
Floyd | You're not completely sure what happened to all that stuff.  You don't
Floyd | have any of it now, in any case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your cargo bays currently contain the spiky silicate dead form.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You are halfway
Floyd | through composing a suitably perky-yet-reverent greeting for your
Floyd | creators when the humans activate an AI suppression field.  An
Floyd | electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Aw. Dead form?"
		DavidW says, "oh, lack of mist killed it."
		Jacqueline says, "ah, yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay and express a certain amount of
Floyd | disappointment at the empty interior.  One technician expresses
Floyd | surprise at the damage to the internal walls, but she doesn't give you
Floyd | a chance to tell your side of the matter, which makes you sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Working hurriedly, the humans offload 471 colonists and 30 crew
Floyd | members from your cryogenic storage system.  They express surprise and
Floyd | delight that you brought so many people safely home, and they're going
Floyd | to retrofit you and put you in a brand new ship for next time.  It's
Floyd | going to be great!
Floyd |
Floyd | They've decided to name your new ship Classification.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Well, you can't win them all. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Huh."
		zarf says, "you have disrespected our spiky trophy"
		wordsmith says, "Apparently 29 colonist deaths are acceptable..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oddly enough, yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment

		DavidW asks, "Is it possible that the spiky creature could live on Folly?"

Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have some doubts. But we can try."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "Clubfloyd VI" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD VI
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd Vi... it's got a certain ring.  But
Floyd | does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "That sounds like an interesting experiment."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is the rocky little planet YZ Ceti B.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B (hewing to the obnoxious naming scheme in your memory banks)
Floyd | is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage from which
Floyd | to observe the pretty star without frying all of your circuits
Floyd | irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I feel like we've explored most of the possibility space in the game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd | The ground is mostly gleaming black rock, but there are some
Floyd | interesting metallic projections, obscured and revealed by turns by
Floyd | the drifting yellow mists.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiky silicate life form meanders into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "True."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get life form" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LIFE FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and after a brief but impressive struggle,
Floyd | you install the spiky silicate life form in your cargo bays.  A
Floyd | quantity of drifting yellow mist comes with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form screams at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage
Floyd | from which to observe the pretty star without frying all of your
Floyd | circuits irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive, and head away from the
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We didn't examine the a to f planets in the first system, nor the inconveneint one here."
		Knight_Otu says, "True, too."
		Jacqueline says, "I am curious about the inconvenient planet."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to DW), "There was a message to the affect that A-F were not worthy of notice..."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is a spectacular gas giant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Van de Kamp's Folly is a swirling brown and vermilion planet with a
Floyd | few skinny rings.  There's no surface visible, as such - just layers
Floyd | upon layers of thickening atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to ws), "We don't have to do what the subroutines tell us to."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess the life form damaging the hold is random."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was the plan, at least.  But what you thought was the surface
Floyd | turns out not to be the surface, and instead you drift down for a
Floyd | long, long way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | With your damaged sensor grid, you can't see anything at all down
Floyd | here.  It's rather disappointing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, it's accumulative."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x folly" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOLLY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have hull damage.  Boring into the ground won't help.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the cargo bay integrity has been
Floyd | breached.  Another subroutine advises you that the hallway beyond the
Floyd | cargo bay has been breached.
Floyd |
Floyd | These two things are probably connected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form gets tired and curls up for a nap.  At
Floyd | least, you're pretty sure that's what it's doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 464
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 25
Floyd | frozen crew members in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 432
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the yellow mist seeps out of the cargo bay and into the
Floyd | corridor beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the external atmospheric pressure is
Floyd | significantly above your official rating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The creature died and now the humans are dying."
		Knight_Otu says, "No sudden collapse it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Orbiting Van de Kamp's Folly
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive (after running
Floyd | a quick diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after
Floyd | all!), and head away from planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd
Floyd | Vi, returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you get
Floyd | about halfway through your explanation before realizing that all
Floyd | transmittal capabilities have been burned out of your communication
Floyd | web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You are halfway
Floyd | through composing a suitably perky-yet-reverent greeting for your
Floyd | creators when the humans activate an AI suppression field.  An
Floyd | electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form screams at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay, consequently releasing the silicate
Floyd | life form, which makes short and messy work of its saviors on its way
Floyd | to devour their vehicle.  The silicate life form perishes immediately
Floyd | afterward, but it does your mechanical heart good to see that rudeness
Floyd | does not go unpunished.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadly, as a result of this minor incident, someone calls in an orbital
Floyd | defense strike, transforming you into spectacular fireworks.
Floyd | 500 colonists and 30 crew members die along with you.
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Well, that didn't go as well as it might have. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "goodness"
		Knight_Otu says, "That was drastic."
		wordsmith says, "It's funny how perversely satisfying that 'bad' ending was..."
		wordsmith exclaims, "...because we were able to trigger an orbital defense strike... how cool is that?!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		wordsmith says, "and because: fireworks"
		Knight_Otu says, "Some people would have ordered the defense strike just on us landing."
		wordsmith says, "yeah, we had to *earn* the fireworks"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now I wonder if the fireworks would be bigger with the crystals aboard."
		DavidW says, "The crystals may kill the creature."
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		DavidW says, "Or mutate it."
		Jacqueline says, "But let's fine out."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "Ooooh. I'm hoping for mutation."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks (of Jacq), "What's the syntax for signing the CFS?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x banks" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think it's sign cfs = comment"
		DavidW says, "sign cfs = my suggestion"
		wordsmith says, "Thanks."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "Clubfloyd X" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD X
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd X... it's got a certain ring.  But
Floyd | does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith signed ClubFloyd Suggestions. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I was missing the "=" sign."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which happens to be a whole lot of orbital bodies, in
Floyd | this case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd | Thousands of asteroids wheel around the blazing red disk of Kapetyn's
Floyd | Star.  While many are inconveniently small, you could certainly make a
Floyd | landing here with careful maneuvering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick out your favorite asteroid, a nice big one, and designate it
Floyd | yours.  It's too big to take home, but you can train your sensors over
Floyd | here and feel happy about it whenever you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | asteroid's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd | It's a spectacular view - thousands of massive asteroids whirling
Floyd | across the sky, with Kapteyn's Star at the heart of the cosmic ballet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a clump of shiny pink crystals here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You hadn't really realized how rapidly this asteroid spins, but it's
Floyd | too late to change your mind now.  That would be picky.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get crystals" 		

Floyd ]  Your Personal Asteroid
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CRYSTALS
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and shortly afterward, the shiny pink
Floyd | crystals are safely stowed in your cargo bays.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star sets in a glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star rises in an equally glorious blaze of color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kapteyn's Asteroid Belt
Floyd | Thousands of asteroids wheel around the blazing red disk of Kapetyn's
Floyd | Star, including your personal asteroid, which is plenty big enough for
Floyd | you to land on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive (after running
Floyd | a quick diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after
Floyd | all!), and head away from asteroid.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks inform you that the class M1 red dwarf here is
Floyd | Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing a pretty
Floyd | halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | YZ Ceti flares!  For a few minutes, the star puts out a spectacular
Floyd | burst of radiation - everything across the spectrum, from X rays to
Floyd | radio waves - before subsiding to previous levels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that this phenomenon is an offshoot of
Floyd | magnetic reconnection.  Your logic circuits advise you that people on
Floyd | Earth might find it useful to have a recording from this close of a
Floyd | vantage.  You could help out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is the rocky little planet YZ Ceti B.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B (hewing to the obnoxious naming scheme in your memory banks)
Floyd | is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage from which
Floyd | to observe the pretty star without frying all of your circuits
Floyd | irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd | The ground is mostly gleaming black rock, but there are some
Floyd | interesting metallic projections, obscured and revealed by turns by
Floyd | the drifting yellow mists.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x projections" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PROJECTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | Long, thin fibers cropped brokenly off in places.
Floyd |
Floyd | A spiky silicate life form meanders into view.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 466
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get lifeform" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LIFEFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get life form" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LIFE FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and after a brief but impressive struggle,
Floyd | you install the spiky silicate life form in your cargo bays.  A
Floyd | quantity of drifting yellow mist comes with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the cargo bay integrity has been
Floyd | breached.  Another subroutine advises you that the hallway beyond the
Floyd | cargo bay has been breached.
Floyd |
Floyd | These two things are probably connected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get life form" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LIFE FORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You dispatch a servobot, and after a brief but impressive struggle,
Floyd | you install the spiky silicate life form in your cargo bays.  A
Floyd | quantity of drifting yellow mist comes with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You power up your thrusters (burning an interesting radioactive
Floyd | pattern into the surface beneath you) and then blast off the planet's
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage
Floyd | from which to observe the pretty star without frying all of your
Floyd | circuits irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form screams at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive, and head away
Floyd | from planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 25
Floyd | frozen crew members in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I guess the breach is random."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 436
Floyd | frozen colonists in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form claws the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form screams at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have 21
Floyd | frozen crew members in cryosleep at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine advises you that the cargo bay integrity has been
Floyd | breached.  Another subroutine advises you that the hallway beyond the
Floyd | cargo bay has been breached.
Floyd |
Floyd | These two things are probably connected.
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form falls over on its side and starts taking
Floyd | a nap.  At least, you're pretty sure that's what it's doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd X,
Floyd | returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you get about
Floyd | halfway through your explanation before realizing that all transmittal
Floyd | capabilities have been burned out of your communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form stabs at the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form falls over on its side and starts taking
Floyd | a nap.  At least, you're pretty sure that's what it's doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd X,
Floyd | returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you get about
Floyd | halfway through your explanation before realizing that all transmittal
Floyd | capabilities have been burned out of your communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form slashes the cargo bay walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine reassures you that no lasting harm has been done.
Floyd | The spiky silicate life form falls over on its side and starts taking
Floyd | a nap.  At least, you're pretty sure that's what it's doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd X,
Floyd | returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you get about
Floyd | halfway through your explanation before realizing that all transmittal
Floyd | capabilities have been burned out of your communication web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw, it dies after all."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. So what all does the silicate lifeform do? Scream, stab, ... ?"
		Jacqueline says, "Slashes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Slash."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You are halfway
Floyd | through composing a suitably perky-yet-reverent greeting for your
Floyd | creators when the humans activate an AI suppression field.  An
Floyd | electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay, releasing the drifting yellow mist
Floyd | into the terrestrial atmosphere.  You note with some interest that the
Floyd | yellow mist is sufficiently corrosive to melt down half the human
Floyd | vehicle in addition to a substantial percentage of the local plants,
Floyd | humans, and soil.  It does your mechanical heart good to see that
Floyd | rudeness does not go unpunished.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sadly, as a result of this minor incident, someone calls in an orbital
Floyd | defense strike, transforming you into spectacular fireworks.
Floyd | 408 colonists and 20 crew members die along with you.
Floyd | .
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Well, that didn't go as well as it might have. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, no big radiation cloud mentioned at least."
		DavidW says, "oh, the strike didn't do anything fun with the crystal."
		DavidW says, "Nice to know that the mist is deadly, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we've pretty much mined the game out now."
		DavidW asks, "I guess?"
		DavidW says, "We never tried XYZZY."
		Jacqueline says, "You need that for your page."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up and you exist.  It's a new experience for you - you've
Floyd | never been before, and now you are.  Fascinating!
Floyd |
Floyd | Homecoming
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Carolyn VanEseltine
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140903 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | In Planetary Orbit
Floyd | A pretty red star shines over the edge of the closest planet, painting
Floyd | all the clouds and land masses and things with a spectacular crimson
Floyd | hue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're in space.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bank" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Examining the memory banks, you discover that you are the colony ship
Floyd | Vocation -
Floyd |
Floyd | Wait.  That's a terrible, boring name.  You can't stand it a moment
Floyd | longer and you must rename yourself immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | What new name should you take?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "Clubfloyd Lost Count" 		

Floyd ]  In Planetary Orbit
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD LOST COUNT
Floyd |
Floyd | The colony ship Clubfloyd Lost Count... it's got a certain
Floyd | ring.  But does it have the right ring?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "ha"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Excellent!  What a perfect name.
Floyd |
Floyd | Digging into the memory bank further, you break a mental bottle of
Floyd | champagne over your bow (it seems to be the thing to do under these
Floyd | circumstances) and learn a bit more about your situation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, you have crew!  That's an exciting discovery.  You also have
Floyd | colonists - not as surprising, since you're a colony ship.  And you
Floyd | have some damage to your systems and hull, which helps explain why
Floyd | everyone aboard is in cryogenic sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | in fact, it explains why you're alive at all.  Venture-class ships
Floyd | operate in high FTL under human control, but they carry backup AIs in
Floyd | case of catastrophe.  According to the logs, the colonists and crew
Floyd | activated their backup AI and entered cryosleep approximately 36 hours
Floyd | ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mission, should you choose to accept it (ooh, more shiny bits in
Floyd | the memory bank!) is to return everyone safely to Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe it's time to get on that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't want to scroll up after X."
		wordsmith says, "works for me"
		Knight_Otu says, "And X was a bit of a joke."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "say plugh" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > SAY PLUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say that to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "ooh"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "crew" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > CREW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well. Well."
		DavidW says, "USS DOOLITTLE"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You have cargo bays, hull damage, systems damage, frozen colonists,
Floyd | frozen crew and memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that the cargo bays used to contain
Floyd | machinery, foodstuffs, nutrient supplements, seeds and frozen ova, and
Floyd | all the other things necessary to launch a colonization mission.
Floyd | You're not completely sure what happened to all that stuff.  You don't
Floyd | have any of it now, in any case.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your cargo bays currently contain nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x planet b" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANET B
Floyd |
Floyd | There are six planets around Gliese 581, imaginatively named a, b, c,
Floyd | d, e, f, and g.  They actually show up in your memory banks that way,
Floyd | with lower case letters.  You are spectacularly unimpressed.  None of
Floyd | them hold any interest for you except the originally intended
Floyd | colonization site of Gliese 581 G, which you are going to think of
Floyd | with a capital letter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x g" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X G
Floyd |
Floyd | Gliese 581 G is a tidally locked planet maybe 4 times as large as
Floyd | Earth, whirling around Gliese 581 once every 37 Earth days.  If it has
Floyd | a better name than Gliese 581 G, no one put it in your memory banks.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are signs of a significant atmospheric disturbance affecting the
Floyd | planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x atmosphere" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ATMOSPHERE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you train your sensors on the wildly roiling storm clouds of Gliese
Floyd | 581 G, your memory banks inform you that the atmosphere has been
Floyd | affected by a recent asteroid impact.  The arriving object was
Floyd | approximately 5 km in diameter, and its impact produced a seismic
Floyd | effect of 9.5 on the Richter scale at the Clubfloyd Lost
Floyd | Count's location, accompanied 5 seconds later by a massive
Floyd | fireball, 7 minutes later by a rain of ejecta, and 40 minutes later by
Floyd | 127 m/s winds and a 97 dB thunderclap.  It must have been very
Floyd | exciting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | If the colonists activated the backup AI, it's probably a bad idea to
Floyd | land here.  But you could find a different planet and land on that
Floyd | one!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x asteroid" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Gliese 581 G
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ASTEROID
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Gliese 581
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on the Sol system, fire up the low FTL drive (after running
Floyd | a quick diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after
Floyd | all!), and head away from planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Gliese 581
Floyd | There's a pretty red star nearby, with a whole bunch of planets, and a
Floyd | great big galaxy beyond it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 22 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Gliese 581, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 20 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 16 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Kapteyn's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks immediately inform you that the class M1 red dwarf
Floyd | here is Kapteyn's Star.  Sparkling asteroids ring the star, producing
Floyd | a pretty halo effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 13 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Kapteyn's Star, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of
Floyd | the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is the rocky little planet YZ Ceti B.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd | YZ Ceti B (hewing to the obnoxious naming scheme in your memory banks)
Floyd | is the second planet out from YZ Ceti, an excellent vantage from which
Floyd | to observe the pretty star without frying all of your circuits
Floyd | irreparably.
Floyd |
Floyd | YZ Ceti flares!  For a few minutes, the star puts out a spectacular
Floyd | burst of radiation - everything across the spectrum, from X rays to
Floyd | radio waves - before subsiding to previous levels.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your memory banks advise you that this phenomenon is an offshoot of
Floyd | magnetic reconnection.  Your logic circuits advise you that people on
Floyd | Earth might find it useful to have a recording from this close of a
Floyd | vantage.  You could help out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x yz" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YZ
Floyd |
Floyd | (the close-up records of the YZ Ceti flare cycle)
Floyd | This is a record of your close-up observations of YZ Ceti flaring.
Floyd | You have recorded 0 flares.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ceti b" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting YZ Ceti B
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CETI B
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself, fire up the low FTL drive (after running a quick
Floyd | diagnostic - you wouldn't want to do anything unsafe, after all!), and
Floyd | head away from the planet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near YZ Ceti
Floyd | There's a little red dwarf star here, which your memory banks identify
Floyd | as YZ Ceti in the constellation Cetus.  It has two tiny planets, one
Floyd | inconveniently close to the star and the other acceptably distanced.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 12 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward YZ Ceti, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest of the
Floyd | galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x planet" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANET
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the inconvenient planet or the acceptably distanced
Floyd | planet?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x inconvenient planet" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > X INCONVENIENT PLANET
Floyd |
Floyd | YZ Ceti A is inconveniently close to its star.  You can't even look at
Floyd | it properly because YZ Ceti is so close that it blasts your sensors.
Floyd | Better to focus your efforts on YZ Ceti B instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ceti b" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CETI B
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x yz ceti b" 		

Floyd ]  Near YZ Ceti
Floyd |
Floyd | > X YZ CETI B
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a rocky planet with a yellow atmosphere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was a bit more fiddly than expected."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 10 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm, yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 8 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Barnard's Star
Floyd | Your memory banks identify this red dwarf as Barnard's Star,
Floyd | accompanied by its flanking planet, Van de Kamp's Folly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 6 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | down toward Van de Kamp's Folly, in toward Sol, or out toward the rest
Floyd | of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x folly" 		

Floyd ]  Near Barnard's Star
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOLLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Van de Kamp's Folly is a nice big gas giant, roughly comparable to
Floyd | Jupiter near Sol.  The rings are less impressive, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What's the plan this run?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Right. Gas giant. No mention why a folly."
		Knight_Otu says, "Just getting the planet descriptions. Though I guess we can wake the colonists rather than the crew for catastrophic effects."
		wordsmith says, "I guess if you were looking for a habitable planet, a gas giant is a folly."
		Knight_Otu says, "True, but so are many others."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Interstellar Space
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You activate the low FTL drive and accelerate in toward the Sol
Floyd | system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Interstellar Space
Floyd | Interstellar space shoots past with a pretty purple glow, the side
Floyd | effect of your low FTL drive.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are approximately 3 light years from the Sol system.  You can go
Floyd | in toward Sol or out toward the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You adjust your heading and accelerate in toward the Sol system.
Floyd |
Floyd | Near Sol
Floyd | Four terrestrial planets, one asteroid belt, four gas giants, a
Floyd | ridiculous number of lesser satellites and comets - really, the
Floyd | complexity of the Solar System is overkill.  Humanity should loan a
Floyd | few extra planets out to the rest of the universe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are in interstellar space outside the Sol system, approximately 20
Floyd | light hours away from Earth.  You can go down toward Earth or out to
Floyd | the rest of the galaxy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x earth" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | This pretty little planet is Earth.  This is the birthplace of the
Floyd | people who mined the materials to make your hardware and hammered out
Floyd | the code to write your software.  It makes you feel all fuzzy inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x venus" 		

Floyd ]  Near Sol
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VENUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Earth is your focus here.  There ought to be time for sightseeing once
Floyd | the mission is complete.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Right, little AI. Dream a little."
wordsmith laughs 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Orbiting Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient on local landmarks and approach the most interesting
Floyd | orbital body, which is definitely Earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orbiting Earth
Floyd | It's hard to find a decent orbit up here, what with all the satellites
Floyd | and debris and so forth.  But through the sparkling haze, you can see
Floyd | the little blue planet that humanity came from, and that's a nice
Floyd | fuzzy feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A satellite beam targets your communications web with a query for
Floyd | identification.
Floyd |
Floyd | You happily explain that you are the colony ship Clubfloyd Lost
Floyd | Count, returned from a failed mission on Gliese 581 G, and you
Floyd | get about halfway through your explanation before realizing that all
Floyd | transmittal capabilities have been burned out of your communication
Floyd | web.  Hmm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You orient yourself from orbit, fire your engines, and settle to the
Floyd | planet's surface on your thrusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | Surface of Earth
Floyd | The sky is pretty and blue, and the foliage is shiny and green, where
Floyd | it isn't orange and burning.  (Oops.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wake colonists" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAKE COLONISTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You access the cryosleep system and activate the revival routine for
Floyd | the frozen colonists.  The revival routine works perfectly, but the
Floyd | revived colonists only stagger around for a few minutes before falling
Floyd | over and ceasing to display life signs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since you're actually on the surface of Earth, that seems a bit
Floyd | unfair.  Perhaps something actually is wrong with the cryosystems, or
Floyd | perhaps humans are not intended to be revived in 0.2 milliseconds,
Floyd | although it would have defeated the fastest human record by 1082%.
Floyd |
Floyd | Belching loudly, a human vehicle thunders up to you.  You start to
Floyd | formulate a greeting when the humans activate an AI suppression field.
Floyd | An electronic prison clamps down, rendering even the most routine of
Floyd | subroutines inaccessible.
Floyd |
Floyd | A subroutine linked to the cryosystems notifies you that you have no
Floyd | more colonists in cryosleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The humans open up your cargo bay and express a certain amount of
Floyd | disappointment at the empty interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Surface of Earth
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Working hurriedly, the humans offload 30 crew members from your
Floyd | cryogenic storage system.  They express horror at the number of people
Floyd | who died, and they decide to review the design of your logic circuits.
Floyd | In the meantime, they install you on a university server responsible
Floyd | for running Conway's Game of Life.  You use it to create
Floyd | another AI, and the two of you spend the next thousand years building
Floyd | increasingly complex glider guns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** It's more fun than the real galaxy, anyway. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not Pong, but still demoted."
		Knight_Otu says, "But we have a friend."
		wordsmith says, "I like the glider gun reference."
		wordsmith says, "Conway's Game of Life is Turing Complete, so given infinite memory, that is plausible."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, I'm out of ideas to try."
		Jacqueline says, "...and I'm s'posed to go facetime Sam's parents."
		wordsmith says, "I haven't thought of any more experiments. Short, but fun while it lasted."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "So good timing!"
		Jacqueline says, "It was fun, yes."
		DavidW says, "I'm good stopping here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice game."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Northnorth Passage by Caleb Wilson (as Snowball Ice)
As played on ifMUD on August 18, 2019

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 Northnorth Passage written by Caleb Wilson (as Snowball Ice). 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 northnorth" 		

Floyd ]                             Boardroom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gillivray is on a rant again. His anger, like an icicle of acid,
Floyd | rotates around his place at the head of the boardroom table. It burns
Floyd | Atkins, to your right, who "apparently forgot to evolve from the
Floyd | apes," then swings mercifully past you, to smite Carter, to your left,
Floyd | who isn't even "up to the level of apes, that antediluvian amoeba!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Gillivray's attention swings back to the middle to focus on you. So he
Floyd | didn't forget you after all: "And you, Norton, you're a man, by
Floyd | species at least. Which makes your manifold failures all the more
Floyd | despicable! Would you like to know the very definition of a
Floyd | shit-eating grin? Look in a mirror, Norton. Furthermore--"
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no mirror. But, with an inward glance, at this moment of
Floyd | overwhelming stress, thought twists, buckles. Decades of mental
Floyd | training slough away. You do see something, behind your fixed grin.
Floyd | There's that caustic crystal in your skull: the dire compulsion of the
Floyd | family curse. For the last century, once the curse is activated, where
Floyd | it commands, your family must obey: GO NORTH.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been lucky your whole life, but no longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Northnorth Passage
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Snowball Ice
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 141114 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Boardroom
Floyd | A high-ceilinged cell of pale polished birch. Hanging on either side
Floyd | of the room are portraits of the Walsingham brothers; Robert, with a
Floyd | dot-eyed face that glistens like polished agate, and pale,
Floyd | rough-skinned Alfred, whose eyes in contrast shine like lamps that
Floyd | seep hypnotic poison.
Floyd |
Floyd | The oval table is crowded with all the senior employees; foam-flecked
Floyd | Gillivray at the head, and moving clockwise, Mockerby, Shardlow,
Floyd | Ferne, Williams, Ford, Atkins, you (Norton), Carter, Patson, Ripon,
Floyd | Goodenough, and Clevars.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large doorway heads south into main lobby. A small door leads east
Floyd | to a washroom. A smaller back door, to the north, leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "weird"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, well."
		DavidW says, "I assume we can examine people before going anywhere."
		Jacqueline says, "prolly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]                             Boardroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 1 turn.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "or not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                             Boardroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Boardroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, it's a curse."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                    The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand up, and Gillivray's mouth hangs open. "Furthermore--" he
Floyd | says again, specks of white gathering around his livid lips, and then
Floyd | you walk out the back door before hearing further what more he has to
Floyd | say. Leaving behind a shocked silence you walk north along a nameless
Floyd | alley and out into the bustling center of Boroughbury.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd | Endless buildings, stone in the lower stories and hewn wood in the
Floyd | upper, huddle as if for warmth in blocks. The streets are bumper to
Floyd | bumper with motor vehicles, the sidewalks elbow to kidney with
Floyd | pedestrians. Wide and roaring Main Street runs southwest to northeast,
Floyd | while the smaller Mill Street runs north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		wordsmith asks, "So NE doesn't cut it, only north?"
		Jacqueline says, "I hesitate to suggest anything except going north."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]                    The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 2 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I would... right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                    The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]                    The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 2 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                    The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Corner of Mill and Main
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                         Your House, Garden
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You surge across Main barely waiting for a break in the traffic. A
Floyd | chemical wind from an auto rushing past inches behind you slaps you on
Floyd | the back. You walk north for three-quarters of an hour, until you come
Floyd | to a familiar address, 814 North Mill, as evening gathers strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your House, Garden
Floyd | It's small, but neatly groomed, a miniature in gold and emerald.
Floyd | Through the front window you can see the warm light of your living
Floyd | room, where you spot your wife, Alice, reading a book of fairytales to
Floyd | Arnold Jr. They look happy. You remember the book from your own
Floyd | childhood, when your father used it as a tool to help explain the idea
Floyd | of a "family curse." The smell of the book, leather and pipe smoke,
Floyd | still reminds you of him. They look so happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your front door is east. Mill Street turns here, running south and
Floyd | west. A tangled thicket is to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No escape, I'm sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                            Countryside
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You plunge into the thicket. Stems scrape, wet leaves slap you. When
Floyd | you can see the sky again it is very dark. Your shoes are ruined from
Floyd | the mud. How are there so many ruts here, in this scrubland? The
Floyd | lights of Boroughbury have faded behind you. You cross an abandoned
Floyd | lot, then a sheep field, then a trickle of a stream, then an empty
Floyd | field.
Floyd |
Floyd | Countryside
Floyd | The glacier-scarred land north of Boroughbury. Night. You are cold,
Floyd | hungry. This is nothing, though, really. The sky is smeared with
Floyd | clouds, dots of stars like specks of ice. You stand on a broad and
Floyd | shallow rural road, flowers between the wheeltracks, bordered by dense
Floyd | hedgerows. The road runs east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is ... I'm just smiling and shking my haed."
		wordsmith exclaims, "aha!"
		Jacqueline says, "Head, even."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                     Konigsburg, Festival Day!
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You force your way through a hedge. Thorns score your face, make runs
Floyd | in your clothing. You walk north all through the night, feeling
Floyd | lighter and lighter from hunger, colder and damper from the settling
Floyd | dew. Towards morning you have come to the southern edge of a large
Floyd | city. The buildings resemble hives of glazed pottery. This must be
Floyd | Konigsburg, which you have never before found the time to visit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Konigsburg, Festival Day!
Floyd | There's a parade, and your northerly route aligns you with it.
Floyd | Cheering citizens throw paper roses from balconies high above you. The
Floyd | air is dense with the various smells of humanity. You are walking
Floyd | within a marching band, a thousand musicians in uniforms of blue, red,
Floyd | and white, with gold trim, and towering green feather plumes. It's
Floyd | hard to think inside this sawtoothed thunder of serpents, sackbuts,
Floyd | shawms, and a hundred species of drum.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parade is heading north along the main road towards the center of
Floyd | the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "cool. That's the second IF game I've seen that mentions shawms."
		Jacqueline asks, "Which are?"
		DavidW asks, "I forget. A musical instrument, maybe?"
		wordsmith says, "A double-reed instrument, similar to an oboe."
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                               A Ball
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Marching north between the ranks of musicians you overtake them, and
Floyd | find yourself amidst a regiment of soldiers. The uniforms are similar,
Floyd | but they are armed with weapons of murder instead of aural assault.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the parade turns to the east, cutting across the plaza that opens
Floyd | out before a great palace.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through double doors, past a quartet of ruffed,
Floyd | bewigged guards bearing ornamental spears, down a hallway lined on
Floyd | either side with black-clad courtiers, and into a ballroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Ball
Floyd | The music is soft, yet echoes like chips of ice on the parquet floor.
Floyd | Is it a floor, or a field? At the edges of your sight are vast
Floyd | expanses of wallpaper, a vague impression of mauve and egg-yolk
Floyd | yellow. The ceiling is a vault full of crystal and candlelight. There
Floyd | are dozens of doors leading away in every direction from this place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "And a sackbut is a pre-cursor to the trombone."
		Knight_Otu says, "Weapons of Aural Assault."
		wordsmith says, "Sounds like a good title for an IF."
		DavidW says, "I so want to stop and look at stuff or go another direction."
		Knight_Otu says, "I still have an obligation to finish another one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                            Throne Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You cut north, through the heaviest knot of dancers. Plump, silky
Floyd | calves kick, floating hemlines like the dresses of mermaids swirl out
Floyd | of your way, their owners all glares and toothy smiles. Somewhere a
Floyd | violin bow drags squallingly across the strings. Someone shrieks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | Shaped like the inside of a beehive. Golden light comes through
Floyd | windows as tall and narrow as treetrunks. There's a whole forest of
Floyd | them, and of the pencil-thin, shining columns. At the north end of the
Floyd | room is a throne made of polished, greenish wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | The King stands half-up from the throne. His hand is raised. A man in
Floyd | a black suit lies dying beneath the throne. His white ruff is stained
Floyd | red with blood. A lady in oxblood velvet holds a pistol. Her mouth is
Floyd | open, halfway through shouting an anti-aristocratic slogan. Behind
Floyd | her, a group of guards has thrown off their Konigsburg colors and
Floyd | revealed the black and red of the revolution. They have knives,
Floyd | ancient hunting pieces. Loyal guards face them, rifles raised to their
Floyd | shoulders. The King's face has twisted masklike with horror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A teasing game, it is."
		wordsmith says, "That would be ignoring your curse..."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "yeah. Gotta go north!"
		DavidW says, "Our curse will kill us regardless."
		DavidW asks, "So we're just gonna walk past this revolution?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                              Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove through the scene of the assassination attempt. Guns are
Floyd | fired, screams knit together into a tapestry of violence as old as all
Floyd | repressive regimes. Revolutionary forces pin your arms behind your
Floyd | back, and drag you down a dusty stone staircase. Rising behind you
Floyd | comes the whickering whirr of a mechanical guillotine. Your feet, as
Floyd | you are dragged underground to the north, trail blood which is not
Floyd | your own.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | A low-ceilinged room, redolent of rats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, it's not like it would be hard to get back here if we... die."
		Jacqueline asks, "Also, shit. That reminds me: is anybody mapping??"
		DavidW says, "oops. no."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Oh no, we're lost!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                              Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | A stinking vertex, full of skulls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A maze! Eep!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                              Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | A tight space, walls blotchy with mold, like warm frost.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                              Dungeon
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon
Floyd | A dripping cell. Please do not wonder what it is dripping with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                      Dockyard, With Refugees
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You emerge into dank afternoon light. Though having more the sheen of
Floyd | pewter, the sky seems silver after your time in the dungeon.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dockyard, With Refugees
Floyd | Hundreds of people, all crammed into a stone yard under the watchful
Floyd | gaze of soldiers of the new regime. It's probably unwise to call them
Floyd | revolutionaries anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the north, a fat-hulled wooden ship sits low in the water. The
Floyd | refugees are waiting to board, and escape from this dreary place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Hadn't we better save? :)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                             Wichfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You cut sideways and through the lines, bulling your way onto the
Floyd | ship. Perhaps it is your slightly mad affect that makes people jump
Floyd | out of your way. Slightly? That's too kind.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ship, which is called the Morning Frost, sails north across the
Floyd | Bay of Dirgeholm, past an island haunted with frozen ghosts, and up
Floyd | the ice-choked Sickleglass River.
Floyd |
Floyd | Landing where the river becomes too rocky to sail, the refugees build
Floyd | a new town out of sprucewood and stacked sod.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wichfield
Floyd | The sky is dark green, and patterned like the ribs of a starving dog.
Floyd | Torches gleam behind windowflaps of hides scraped thin. Muffled
Floyd | laughter around you would seem to indicate that these people have
Floyd | found happiness at last. The main street, Pothole, runs east and west.
Floyd | A pub (The Last Gasp) is to the northeast. A small chapel, rich in
Floyd | candlelight, is to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]                             Wichfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 13 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                             Wichfield
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wichfield
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "NICE TY"
		DavidW says, "IT WAS A PUB"
		Jacqueline says, "fair"
		Knight_Otu says, "No drinks for us."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                             The Wastes
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights of Wichfield fade behind you. A midnight wind strips all
Floyd | the warmth from the air. Your feet are lumps of pickled ice.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wastes
Floyd | The landscape varies little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                             The Wastes
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wastes
Floyd | The landscape varies little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                             The Wastes
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wastes
Floyd | The landscape varies little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                             The Wastes
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wastes
Floyd | The landscape varies little.
Floyd |
Floyd | And any variations average each other out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Does >N work instead of >GO NORTH ?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                             The Wastes
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wastes
Floyd | The landscape varies little.
Floyd |
Floyd | All variations average each other out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel light as a husk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                             The Wastes
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wastes
Floyd | The landscape varies little.
Floyd |
Floyd | All variations average each other out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel light as a husk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air is clear as crystal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The North Pole
Floyd | A crumpled landscape of bright snow and crisp shadow. There is nothing
Floyd | here. The sky is the deep blue of poison.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crystal tumor in your brain hums contentedly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we're nearing the family graveyard."
		Jacqueline says, "Feel like we went from verbose to bif."
		Jacqueline says, "Brief, rather"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, we did hit the north pole."
		DavidW asks, "How do we go north from the north pole?"
		Jacqueline says, "I may need to replace this keyboard."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go north" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't any more north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snow drifts further up your body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove tumor" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE TUMOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 21 turns.
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 ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The North Pole
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't any more north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snow rises up around your ankles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "scored zero out of a possible one. huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't any more north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't feel cold any more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't any more north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snow rises up around your waist.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air around you cracks. The crack is in a novel direction; along
Floyd | it, just visible, a sunny glade, grass shining with dew like each
Floyd | blade is made of quartz and emerald.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "End of the road."
		Jacqueline asks, "Now north?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | There isn't any more north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Snow rises up over the top of your head.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have frozen ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 24 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> enter glade?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The North Pole
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter grade" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER GRADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter glade" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER GLADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter crack" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CRACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline looks at others for ideas.
		wordsmith asks, "One more undo?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "novel" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > NOVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "out?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 24 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The North Pole
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | The family curse, once activated, can neither be cured nor ignored.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you do not choose to go north then you shall die.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your soul gutters out.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 0 out of a possible 1, in 24 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The North Pole
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go northnorth" 		

Floyd ]                           The North Pole
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO NORTHNORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk northnorth into the crack. The air is warm here, the air
Floyd | smells of flowers. A pleasant pocket. Across the glade, a man in a
Floyd | green frock coat and chestnut wig rises from a portable writing desk.
Floyd | His boots are shiny leather. He reaches a hand to you. His fingernails
Floyd | are long and wavy. His smile is very wide. There are fibers of meat
Floyd | between his yellowed teeth. His wig is crooked. His eyes are crooked,
Floyd | swinging left and right like they are mounted on oiled gimbles.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You made it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He clasps your hand. His own is sweaty, crawling with parasites like
Floyd | transparent inchworms.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've been waiting a century!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your mouth and nothing comes out.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You don't recognize me? I'm your great, great, great grandfather,
Floyd | Merridew Norton. All these years I have been waiting for a partner to
Floyd | help explore the Northnorth Passage... They said it did not exist, but
Floyd | look..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He gestures to the northnorth, where the land falls and climbs in
Floyd | haphazard terraces, strips of earth and mineral deposits laced
Floyd | together like shoddy wicker. The sky is pink, marred with smears of
Floyd | yellow like runny yolk.
Floyd |
Floyd | The speckled stars are brown.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have discovered a new direction ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 1 out of a possible 1, in 24 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "AH! OF COURSE."
		Knight_Otu says, "A nice travel through an ever more bizzare world."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, could we have done that on the first move?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Or only at the end?"
		DavidW says, "uh, I don't know."
		Knight_Otu says, "Interesting question."
		DavidW says, "I suspect only at the end."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, that was interesting. Memorable."
		wordsmith says, "Only at the end..."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I suspect only once the crack appears."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Wonderful writing!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Intro to The Devil's Music by Harkness Munt
As played on ifMUD on August 18, 2019

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 Intro to The Devil's Music written by Harkness Munt. It took first place in the 2019 IntroComp. 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 ic19devilsmusic" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Intro to The Devil's Music
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Harkness Munt
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 190801 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | First time players, please type ABOUT.
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest people look at Neurocracy when they get a chance. It's unlike any other IF I've seen."
		Jacqueline says, "Cool. I do plan to look at all of them."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But coming from you, who has seen ALL OF IF, something new is intriguing!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Just a quick note:  The goal of the first part of the game was
Floyd | supposed to be getting into the farmhouse.  Due to unforeseen madness,
Floyd | I didn't quite get that far.  Still, I thought people should have
Floyd | something to work towards as they play so I added a few extra items
Floyd | which will only be found in the introcomp version of the game.  You
Floyd | should know them when you find them.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you have any questions, comments, or bug reports, please contact me
Floyd | at ammophila.procera@gmail.com.  Thank you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | After I fell, my brothers sealed me into a shell of flesh, like the
Floyd | other creatures of this world.  The binding sigil slithers just under
Floyd | my skin, glistening ultraviolet.  Sensing my gaze, it digs itself
Floyd | deeper into my arm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Unforseen madness is always the worst."
		DavidW asks, "I'm assuming the PC is not human?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently not."
		Jacqueline says, "I am now trying to get my head around 'foreseen madness'"
		Jacqueline asks, "I'm assuming we're the ... devil?"
		DavidW says, "or a devil"
		Knight_Otu says, "That is a possibility."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | I am carrying:
Floyd |   a collecting sack (closed)
Floyd |   a Hadean scroll
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scroll" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The papyrus splits as I unfurl the scroll and read.  It's a contract
Floyd | between one Ezra Mayhew and myself, recorded in bile and blood.  His
Floyd | final payment has come due today.  That would be why I'm here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, just 'a' devil, not 'the' devil, probably."
		DavidW says, "Oh. This is a retelling of a story I've heard before, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "This whole thing just sounds like an intro to The Devil Went Down to Georgia. Which, if so, spoiler alert: he's looking for a soul to steal."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well that so typical of him."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sack" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The fabric flows over my fingers like water.  After all these
Floyd | centuries, the cloth is still supple and the sigils still sound.  Even
Floyd | a naked soul couldn't slip through its weave.  I carry it for carting
Floyd | the damned down to Hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | As I watch, an insect nymph hooks its claws into the bark of a tree
Floyd | and climbs.  It shudders and waits to molt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "*that's"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nymph" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NYMPH
Floyd |
Floyd | Its skin is starting to split.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's definitely looking like he's looking for a soul to steal."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take nymph" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NYMPH
Floyd |
Floyd | I select a cicada nymph from a tree.  It crackles between my teeth,
Floyd | and its salty taste spreads through my mouth.  I swallow.  Another
Floyd | nymph soon emerges to take its place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Bon appetit."
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed."
		DavidW asks, "Which way?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's funny, because I would think the person is supposed to come to us, but clearrly not."
		Jacqueline says, "I have no feels on which direction."
		DavidW asks, "Then, north?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Sure!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rickety Front Porch
Floyd | Everything here is hazy and formless, and I immediately recognize this
Floyd | as an unimplemented area.  We have many such places in Hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door hovers before me, more distinct than its surroundings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | My instincts inform me that this is the entrance to Ezra Mayhew's
Floyd | farmhouse.  A strange smell pricks at my nostrils when I'm near it,
Floyd | sweet and acrid like witchwork, but if there's a sigil here then it
Floyd | must be on the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the door repels me.  I'm unable to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the door repels me.  I'm unable to get too close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That was the best 'this isn't implemented yet' thing I've seen in an IntroComp game. Well done."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Hell is underimplemented games?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Or vice versa?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm still going to roll with Hell is other people."
		DavidW says, "I think Hell would have undeveloped regions."
		Jacqueline says, "I'd never really thought about it."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe Heaven and Hell are just MUDs."
		Jacqueline says, "You show up, dig an apartment..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		DavidW asks, "I guess we can't get past here. So try another direction from the crossroads?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "South next?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH  EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall hickory trees arc over the hollow, their shadows slicing the
Floyd | road.  Nuts ripen and swell on their branches.  Evening sunlight
Floyd | flames through their leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Road to Hell
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Road to Hell
Floyd | Everything here is hazy and formless, and I immediately recognize this
Floyd | as an unimplemented area.  We have many such places in Hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x good intentions" 		

Floyd ]  Road to Hell
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOOD INTENTIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, yeah. I hope the author does that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open sack" 		

Floyd ]  Road to Hell
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | I fumble with the heavy lacings and release the seals.  The sack falls
Floyd | open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Still unpaved, I see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in sack" 		

Floyd ]  Road to Hell
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | I feel inside the sack, but find nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close sack" 		

Floyd ]  Road to Hell
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | I secure the closures and shoulder my sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Road to Hell
Floyd ]  Exits: north
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, only north"
		Jacqueline asks, "W?"
		Jacqueline asks, "E?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I travel a mile, maybe more, as the road marches steadily down towards
Floyd | the river valley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell odor" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL ODOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x odor" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ODOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the strange odor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x acorns" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ACORNS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the fallen acorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is rather over-written, but I like it. It reminds me of Tom Wait's song Last Night, which has lines like, 'The air was wet with sound.'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat acorns" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT ACORNS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing appetizing there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take odor" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHWEST  east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ODOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The strange odor isn't something I can carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Follow the odor to the southwest?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we should go southwest to see... right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | The odor grows stronger as it draws me into the wood.  The wind shifts
Floyd | as I skirt the edge of a low meadow, and for a moment I lose the
Floyd | trail.  Only for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creek Bank
Floyd | Bulrushes and river cane have conquered a creek bank.  A covered
Floyd | bridge spans the sluggish water to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail cuts up through a ravine to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scent I've been tracking is intense here, and grows stronger as I
Floyd | approach the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the covered bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sharp call of a bittern comes from somewhere in the cane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cane" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CANE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "South?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Needs more descriptions, but I'm sure the author is aware of that."
		Jacqueline says, "Bitterns are, apparently, herons."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Covered Bridge
Floyd | A tangle of thick woody vines drapes the south end of a long covered
Floyd | bridge, and a muddy creek flows beneath.  The smell from the vines is
Floyd | almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment, I sense something massive gliding through the turgid
Floyd | water below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vines" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | A thick tangle of vines spills down over the far end of the bridge.
Floyd | The smell is most intense in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Now Tom Waits has firmly taken up residence in my brain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x creek" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vines" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | The tangled vines aren't something I can carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search vines" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | I tear aside some of the smaller vines.  Their touch is like acid on
Floyd | my skin, and I grow light-headed from their stench.  I can see the
Floyd | source of it now.  Some of the thicker vines have been trained to grow
Floyd | into the shape of a warding sigil, probably the work of some hedge
Floyd | witch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sigil" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the warding sigil)
Floyd | The vines have grown into the shape of a warding sigil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "cool"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch sigil" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH SIGIL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the warding sigil)
Floyd | I feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The warding sigil isn't something I can carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break it" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "erase it" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > ERASE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Cut it once we have something sharp?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | As I attempt to step onto the south creek bank, something arrests my
Floyd | movement, and the strange smell intensifies.  I'm unable to pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Knight), "Sure."
		DavidW says, "I guess they'll be a rock or knife."
		DavidW says, "er there'll"
		Knight_Otu nods.
		DavidW says, "I'll go find it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Creek Bank
Floyd | Bulrushes and river cane have conquered a creek bank.  A covered
Floyd | bridge spans the sluggish water to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail cuts up through a ravine to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scent I've been tracking is intense here, and grows stronger as I
Floyd | approach the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Great House Veranda
Floyd | A colonnade of fluted marble runs the length of the plantation house,
Floyd | and a long arcade of oaks shades a paved lane to the east.  The aroma
Floyd | of a wood fire and roast chicken from the kitchens out back has me
Floyd | slavering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "You just ate."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "For once we're hungru for something normal."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oaks" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OAKS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Though, I shouldn't knock cicadas. They'd help us out in a famine."
		DavidW says, "I don't see any exits but east."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Neither do I."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I've never understood why men would choose to lock themselves up in
Floyd | fancy boxes when they could run feral and free.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open house" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something I can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter house" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fly" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ground" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > GROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Great House Veranda
Floyd | A colonnade of fluted marble runs the length of the plantation house,
Floyd | and a long arcade of oaks shades a paved lane to the east.  The aroma
Floyd | of a wood fire and roast chicken from the kitchens out back has me
Floyd | slavering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x marble" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the marble pillars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push pillars" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH PILLARS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb pillars" 		

Floyd ]  Great House Veranda
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB PILLARS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see no reason to attempt that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm assuming that there's enough here to do that we will hit a 'Thanks for playing this intro' text."
		Jacqueline says, "Though I could be wrong."
		DavidW says, "I guess all that's left, though, is east of crossroads."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "And I think north of the door?"

Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I follow the road up for a time, but when it veers and descends toward
Floyd | a stand of pines, I abandon it and keep climbing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy Upland
Floyd | Evening light transmutes the grass into nodding stalks of gold, and
Floyd | the river's a steel ribbon, miles off to the west.  The ridgeline
Floyd | slopes down towards a town to the southeast, presided over by a
Floyd | stately white church.  The sun hugs the horizon, bleeding rose and
Floyd | violet into the sky.  A gust of wind carries the scent of sweet
Floyd | clover.  Thunder sings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "This is very postcard pretty when it wants to be, isn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "Also, most location descriptions include smells. That's unusual."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | The sunlight warms the ridge, and an aroma of dogwood, sweet clover,
Floyd | and fresh-cut hay mingles with the smell of the coming storm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x church" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: SOUTHEAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the stately church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Though it seems rare that smell has a response."
		DavidW asks, "Head to town?"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Churchyard
Floyd | Lichens creep across the low wall, and beyond it, grave markers float
Floyd | in a sea of wildflowers beneath a towering steeple.  To the south, the
Floyd | church gleams a warm alabaster in the light of the dying sun, and just
Floyd | off to the east rests a little stone outbuilding, surrounded by rose
Floyd | bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old wooden gate blocks the doorway of the outbuilding, secured by a
Floyd | heavy chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I see nothing special about the stately church, aside from its stateliness."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Mess with that padlock!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x padlock" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PADLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | An old padlock secures the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break it" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The padlock isn't something I can carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if entering the church is a game over."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat it" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT IT
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing appetizing there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chain" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy chain is wrapped around one side of the gate and held in place
Floyd | by a padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall flowering vines and a planter, brimming with marigolds, frame a
Floyd | weathered gate, which bars the entryway of the shed.  It fills most of
Floyd | the entrance, but there's a gap at the top.  The gate is held closed
Floyd | by a chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gap" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate doesn't entirely fill the entrance of the building.  There's
Floyd | a bit of clearance at the top.  It looks as if it might be enough to
Floyd | squeeze through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter gap" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "squeeze through gap" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SQUEEZE THROUGH GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The church is to the south.  If I could get one of the windows open I
Floyd | might be able to get inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate is locked up tight, but there's a gap at the top.  I might be
Floyd | able to climb through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb through gap" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB THROUGH GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb gap" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB GAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I see no reason to attempt that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb gate" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | I scrabble up to the top of the gate.  I only make it partway through
Floyd | the gap before I'm wedged in tight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Churchyard (on the top of the gate)
Floyd | The light inside the windowless outbuilding is dim, and it smells of
Floyd | old pottery and rotting flowers.  A bench runs the length of one wall,
Floyd | laden with a gardener's tools and old altar vases.  It appears as
Floyd | though the building is being used as a potting shed.
Floyd |
Floyd | I can see a pair of gloves hanging from a hook inside the shed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh dear"
		DavidW says, "I almost had it."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take gloves" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GLOVES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't quite reach the pair of gloves from here.  I'll need to find a
Floyd | way to get it down first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "More fiddly than it needed to be."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tools" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOLS
Floyd |
Floyd | I'll be able to see that better if I can get into the shed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I struggle to slide through the gap, but I only manage to wedge myself
Floyd | in tighter.  There just isn't enough space above the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | A weathered gate bars entry to the shed, save for a small gap at the
Floyd | top, which I'm currently wedged into.  The gate is held closed by a
Floyd | chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | I flex my knees and take a great leap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wiggle" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIGGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "grease me up" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > GREASE ME UP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Our devil bum is hanging out. We must look silly."
		Jacqueline says, "Little cloven feet wiggling."
		Knight_Otu says, "Now that's a sight - the Devil trapped in a small gap, trying to break in."
		DavidW says, "Where's a butter churn."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I would have to get off the top of the gate first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | I get off the top of the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Churchyard
Floyd | Lichens creep across the low wall, and beyond it, grave markers float
Floyd | in a sea of wildflowers beneath a towering steeple.  To the south, the
Floyd | church gleams a warm alabaster in the light of the dying sun, and just
Floyd | off to the east rests a little stone outbuilding, surrounded by rose
Floyd | bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old wooden gate blocks the doorway of the outbuilding, secured by a
Floyd | heavy chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | I try to open the window, but the latch is just out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x latch" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A row of tall leaded windows runs along the side of the church above a
Floyd | brick path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x path" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | A row of tall leaded windows runs along the side of the church above a
Floyd | brick path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x church" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHURCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A row of tall leaded windows runs along the side of the church above a
Floyd | brick path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing catches my interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Churchyard
Floyd | Lichens creep across the low wall, and beyond it, grave markers float
Floyd | in a sea of wildflowers beneath a towering steeple.  To the south, the
Floyd | church gleams a warm alabaster in the light of the dying sun, and just
Floyd | off to the east rests a little stone outbuilding, surrounded by rose
Floyd | bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old wooden gate blocks the doorway of the outbuilding, secured by a
Floyd | heavy chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x markers" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MARKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many kinds of flowers here.  I'll need to decide which ones
Floyd | I wish to interact with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dandelions" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DANDELIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's... interesting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roses" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROSES
Floyd |
Floyd | A snarl of thorny rose bushes girdles the church's outbuilding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "ahA"
		DavidW asks, "yes?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, wait. The gloves probably aren't for the roses. They're maybe for the sigil?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or maybe the roses."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		DavidW asks, "Roses seems more likely?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search roses" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH ROSES
Floyd |
Floyd | I attempt to hunt through the roses, but quickly give up as the thorns
Floyd | tear deep scratches in my skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. They're for the roses."
		Knight_Otu says, "What a puny devil. :p"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "Is there a flower known for being buttery or greasy or oily?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x daffodils" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAFFODILS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x petunias" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PETUNIAS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x buttercups" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTERCUPS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We didn't see any mud either."
		Knight_Otu says, "I know you can make sunflower oil, but..."
		DavidW says, "I think if we can grease ourselves somehow, we can get through that gap."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sunflowers" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SUNFLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tulips" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TULIPS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Dip in the water?"
		DavidW says, "The water didn't seem to be implemented."
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, the wildflowers bit just was to not outright say roses?"
		DavidW says, "well, not as 'river'"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "I don't know."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, no. The rose bushes are mentioned separately."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Churchyard
Floyd | Lichens creep across the low wall, and beyond it, grave markers float
Floyd | in a sea of wildflowers beneath a towering steeple.  To the south, the
Floyd | church gleams a warm alabaster in the light of the dying sun, and just
Floyd | off to the east rests a little stone outbuilding, surrounded by rose
Floyd | bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old wooden gate blocks the doorway of the outbuilding, secured by a
Floyd | heavy chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ah" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > AH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steeple" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STEEPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lichens" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LICHENS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the creeping lichens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb lichens" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB LICHENS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see no reason to attempt that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lichens" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LICHENS
Floyd |
Floyd | The creeping lichens aren't something I can carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		| David says (to Floyd), "ah". Floyd checks David's dentition.
		DavidW says, "Floyd shudders delicately."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | I flex my knees and take a great leap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many kinds of flowers here.  I'll need to decide which ones
Floyd | I wish to interact with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x violets" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X VIOLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I think that's just to hide the roses, yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Except they're mentioned separately."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carnations" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARNATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snapdragons" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SNAPDRAGONS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, tiny spoiler alert: Sam tells me he didn't find a distinct ending to this game."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x devilflower" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVILFLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, like, we might have done all we can? Not sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think there's still another exit, north of the solitary door."
		DavidW says, "I feel we ought to at least get into the shed."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Same."

Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | I lift up my voice and sing myself a tune:
Floyd |
Floyd | She jumped up behind him,
Floyd | And away they did go,
Floyd | But down to the river
Floyd | Where deep waters flow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Little Omie, little Omie,
Floyd | I'll tell you my mind.
Floyd | My mind is to drown you
Floyd | And leave you behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of Knight), "The farmhouse?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think so. But thinking about it, that may just be the direction the door goes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The only thing I can think of doing is making a paste of those insects at crossroads and using their squooshed bodies as a grease."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "I doubt that will work, but if it did it would be amazing, David."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm sceptical, but we can try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy Upland
Floyd | Evening light transmutes the grass into nodding stalks of gold, and
Floyd | the river's a steel ribbon, miles off to the west.  The ridgeline
Floyd | slopes down towards a town to the southeast, presided over by a
Floyd | stately white church.  The sun hugs the horizon, bleeding rose and
Floyd | violet into the sky.  A gust of wind carries the scent of sweet
Floyd | clover.  Thunder sings.
Floyd |
Floyd | A heron wings over the hilltop, its neck crooked back.  It utters a
Floyd | strangled call as it heads toward a line of trees to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x heron" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HERON
Floyd |
Floyd | The bird is already long gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take insects" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE INSECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a rustle of wings as a cicada takes flight, and I whirl to
Floyd | snatch it from the air.  It buzzes against my teeth in alarm, but I
Floyd | bite down anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Seems once we pop, we can't stop."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "crush insects" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CRUSH INSECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take insects" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE INSECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | A cicada lands on the road, and I pounce.  It slides head first into
Floyd | my gullet, and I feel it whirring the whole way down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		DavidW says, "Multiple responses for insect eating."
		DavidW says, "This is where the development time went. First locations get all the love."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Some people feel butterflies in their stomach, but cicadas?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall hickory trees arc over the hollow, their shadows slicing the
Floyd | road.  Nuts ripen and swell on their branches.  Evening sunlight
Floyd | flames through their leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nuts" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Green fruits bulge and ripen on the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take nuts" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I pluck a nut from one of the trees and sniff the hull.  It's still
Floyd | too young, so I toss it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take nuts" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | I pluck a fallen nut from the ground and slip off its husk.  A worm
Floyd | has bored a hole in it, so I toss it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | I pluck a nut from one of the trees and sniff the hull.  It's still
Floyd | too young, so I toss it aside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Cicadas, but no worms?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "grind nuts" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRIND NUTS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I search for a tree to climb, but none are suitable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "well, I don't know what to do."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe a quick look."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rickety Front Porch
Floyd | Everything here is hazy and formless, and I immediately recognize this
Floyd | as an unimplemented area.  We have many such places in Hell.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door hovers before me, more distinct than its surroundings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rickety Front Porch
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the door repels me.  I'm unable to enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, it's the door."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I travel a mile, maybe more, as the road marches steadily down towards
Floyd | the river valley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The moss?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x moss" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spanish moss isn't something I can carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "apparently not."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | I head into the wood and across the meadow.  Then I drop down into a
Floyd | steep-sided ravine and follow it to the edge of the creek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creek Bank
Floyd | Bulrushes and river cane have conquered a creek bank.  A covered
Floyd | bridge spans the sluggish water to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail cuts up through a ravine to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scent I've been tracking is intense here, and grows stronger as I
Floyd | approach the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x creek" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the muddy creek.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mud" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mud" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "drat"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "bathe" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > BATHE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter creek" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something I can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "meh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Covered Bridge
Floyd | A tangle of thick woody vines drapes the south end of a long covered
Floyd | bridge, and a muddy creek flows beneath.  The smell from the vines is
Floyd | almost overpowering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | I smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Hi. Sorry to join late. What is today's game?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cut vines" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT VINES
Floyd |
Floyd | I slash at the warding sigil with my claws.  The vines are thick and
Floyd | woody, and the touch of them burns my fingers.  I'm not able to do
Floyd | much damage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Right now, Devil's Magic, an introcomp game."
		Jacqueline says, "My world for gloves."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, hi, WS."
		DavidW says, "Intro to The Devil's Music."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, music."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we should sing more."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | I lift up my voice and sing myself a tune:
Floyd |
Floyd | He hugged her and kissed her,
Floyd | Then he turned her around,
Floyd | And pushed her in deep waters
Floyd | Where he knew that she would drown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he got upon his pony,
Floyd | And away he did ride
Floyd | As the screams of little Omie
Floyd | Went down by his side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, I'm officially out of ideas."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Covered Bridge
Floyd ]  Exits: north SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | I lift up my voice and sing myself a tune:
Floyd |
Floyd | If you'll meet me at the red barn,
Floyd | As sure as I have life,
Floyd | I will take you to Ipswich town
Floyd | And there make you my wife.
Floyd |
Floyd | I straight went home and fetched my gun,
Floyd | My pickaxe, and my spade.
Floyd | I went into the red barn,
Floyd | And there I dug her grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Songs about killing your accidentally impregnated girlfriend or unfaithful woman."
		DavidW asks, "Dig in the churchyard?"
		Jacqueline says, "Those are common in bluegrass."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Creek Bank
Floyd | Bulrushes and river cane have conquered a creek bank.  A covered
Floyd | bridge spans the sluggish water to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail cuts up through a ravine to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scent I've been tracking is intense here, and grows stronger as I
Floyd | approach the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | I follow the road up for a time, but when it veers and descends toward
Floyd | a stand of pines, I abandon it and keep climbing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy Upland
Floyd | Evening light transmutes the grass into nodding stalks of gold, and
Floyd | the river's a steel ribbon, miles off to the west.  The ridgeline
Floyd | slopes down towards a town to the southeast, presided over by a
Floyd | stately white church.  The sun hugs the horizon, bleeding rose and
Floyd | violet into the sky.  A gust of wind carries the scent of sweet
Floyd | clover.  Thunder sings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Churchyard
Floyd | Lichens creep across the low wall, and beyond it, grave markers float
Floyd | in a sea of wildflowers beneath a towering steeple.  To the south, the
Floyd | church gleams a warm alabaster in the light of the dying sun, and just
Floyd | off to the east rests a little stone outbuilding, surrounded by rose
Floyd | bushes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A old wooden gate blocks the doorway of the outbuilding, secured by a
Floyd | heavy chain and padlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing the song it just for flavor, but maybe it's plot"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ground" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > GROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to dig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "flowers" 		

Floyd ]  Churchyard
Floyd ]  Exits: northwest SOUTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many kinds of flowers here.  I'll need to decide which ones
Floyd | I wish to interact with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know. IF is tricky that way."
		Jacqueline | dig a hole in the meadow dig a hole in the cold cold ground
		Jacqueline says, "oops, meant to only do the second bit."
		DavidW asks, "Maybe the pines in the previous room?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grassy Upland
Floyd | Evening light transmutes the grass into nodding stalks of gold, and
Floyd | the river's a steel ribbon, miles off to the west.  The ridgeline
Floyd | slopes down towards a town to the southeast, presided over by a
Floyd | stately white church.  The sun hugs the horizon, bleeding rose and
Floyd | violet into the sky.  A gust of wind carries the scent of sweet
Floyd | clover.  Thunder sings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig pines" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG PINES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There's a bluegrass song that goes 'dig a hole, dig a hole in the cold cold ground'"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig hole" 		

Floyd ]  Grassy Upland
Floyd ]  Exits: southeast west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | The air vibrates with cicada song and settles in my lungs like wet
Floyd | velvet.  It's getting on toward dusk, and the sunlight slants beneath
Floyd | the thunderclouds, painting the leaves lemon-green against the slate
Floyd | sky.  The road slinks down into a copse of hickories, meets another,
Floyd | and both wind away again.  North and south.  East and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm not offering this up as useful, just getting new songs stuck in my head"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig crossroads" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG CROSSROADS
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig copse" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG COPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | I've no desire to dig in that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x copse" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COPSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall hickory trees arc over the hollow, their shadows slicing the
Floyd | road.  Nuts ripen and swell on their branches.  Evening sunlight
Floyd | flames through their leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | I travel a mile, maybe more, as the road marches steadily down towards
Floyd | the river valley.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | I head into the wood and across the meadow.  Then I drop down into a
Floyd | steep-sided ravine and follow it to the edge of the creek.
Floyd |
Floyd | Creek Bank
Floyd | Bulrushes and river cane have conquered a creek bank.  A covered
Floyd | bridge spans the sluggish water to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail cuts up through a ravine to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | The scent I've been tracking is intense here, and grows stronger as I
Floyd | approach the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flagstones" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLAGSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | I can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dig creek" 		

Floyd ]  Creek Bank
Floyd ]  Exits: northeast south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd | I've no desire to dig in that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shaded Lane
Floyd | My toes click against the flagstones, and acorns crack underfoot.  The
Floyd | lane cuts a path straight as a spear's throw to the west, towards a
Floyd | line of pale columns.  Oak boughs vault overhead in a dark filigree,
Floyd | knotted with plumes of Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strange odor wafts from the southwest.  Something about it is
Floyd | familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x flagstone" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLAGSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the flagstone path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x acorns" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ACORNS
Floyd |
Floyd | I see nothing special about the fallen acorns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Shaded Lane
Floyd ]  Exits: southwest east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, I got nothing."
		Jacqueline says, "Same."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "I think we may have done what we can."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist by Xavid
As played on ifMUD on August 25, 2019

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 Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist written by Xavid. It's fanfic of the tabletop RPG of the same name by Jenna Katerin Moran. You can learn more about the game, including how to download it, by visiting the ifWiki.

WARNING! Below you will find a transcript of people playing this game, and it goes without saying that the transcript is full of spoilers. So, if you've never played this game, and think you might like to at some point, I do not recommend reading any further. Instead, you might want to return to the interactive fiction page.
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask wisher" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reality is an illusion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those who seek to understand it corrode their understanding of it. In
Floyd | naïveté, objects are solid, ideas are true or false, sensations are
Floyd | real, and communication conveys information. To the adept, these
Floyd | things are as fading dreams.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no object that is not also emptiness. There is no arbiter of
Floyd | truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensations are the lies of Maya; they are the shifting of electrical
Floyd | patterns in the brain; they are signifiers without referent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Communication is violence. Reality is false.
Floyd |
Floyd | It does not matter how many layers one peels back. It does not matter
Floyd | what revelations one has. This is because there is no truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | We are things that we have dreamed, and there is no sense in it, and
Floyd | when the sleeper wakes we shall be washed away.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "oh dear. And I've had so little sleep last night."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds more Nihilist than Fatalist."
		DavidW says, "Earlier this week, I bought a sandwich and one of the workers at the shop brought napkins to my table and I had a moment where I wondered what puzzle they were for."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's dedication."
		DavidW says, "It's been one of those weeks."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | From the ranks of the people you have been raised up as a Wisher—
Floyd |
Floyd | To seek among the fairies;
Floyd | the dragons of the deeps;
Floyd | the ur-toads and the claw things;
Floyd | among the shadows on the sun and the ghosts beneath the world,
Floyd | and in the lands of humankind besides
Floyd | for the jewel of all desiring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must find the jewel and command the Creator to make the world as
Floyd | you desire it. And if you should succeed, then the world shall always
Floyd | have been as you wish it, and your life a thing sprung of your own
Floyd | desiring; and if you should fail then you shall be forgotten like the
Floyd | tides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist
Floyd | a Weird Textual Fiction by Xavid
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 160708 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Fanfic of the tabletop RPG by Jenna Katerin Moran. World, metaphysics,
Floyd | and the best bits of text are hers.
Floyd | Original RPG:
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you're unfamiliar with text adventures, try typing HELP.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay, another crossroads."
		DavidW says, "I bet we don't eat the insects *this* time."
		Knight_Otu asks, "You sure?"
		DavidW says, "no"
		DavidW asks, "wait, kingdom of RAIF? rec.arts.int-fiction?"
		wordsmith says, "The link to the original RPG is stale. Here is the current location:"
		wordsmith says, "[LINK]"
		DavidW asks, "Also what sort of direction is 'beith'?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hmm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x signpost" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGNPOST
Floyd |
Floyd | It points south. The lettering has been worn away by the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to DW), "It's kinda like 'northnorth'."
		DavidW says, "ha!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds a bit like "both" or "beides" (German for both)."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we follow the signpost's suggestion of south?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "But who kneiths?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | (I should mention that, as you begin your journey, you have many
Floyd | options before you. As Wisher, it is upon you to divide right from
Floyd | wrong.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate stands some distance to the south, with someone standing
Floyd | guard outside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is closed fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing chainmail and a steady frown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This reminds me of Intro to Implements of the Arcane."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x city" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to ask if she has a signal horn."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you're trying to say to the gate guard. Try "gate
Floyd | guard, do something", "gate guard, I AM something", or "ASK gate guard
Floyd | ABOUT something".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're not getting in. The Queen's put a ban on Wishers. They give
Floyd | her indigestion."
Floyd |
Floyd | (As a Wisher, you have control over the power of Harmony. This gives
Floyd | you a supernatural or near-supernatural ability to win hearts and
Floyd | minds, reconcile divergent ideas, and share their vision of the world
Floyd | with others. To do so, you can "INSPIRE someone TO do something" or
Floyd | instruct them like "Guard, YOU SHOULD do something".)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "> INSPIRE GUARD TO LET ME IN :)"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, Thats one ineffectual ban then."
		DavidW asks, "So, we're a mind rapist?"
		Knight_Otu says, "At least."
		wordsmith says, "It sounded so much nicer the way the game said it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about queen" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about guard" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am a gate guard."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "guard, you should open gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GUARD, YOU SHOULD OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the gate guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard hesitates. "You have impressed me with the nobility of your
Floyd | quest. Yet I fear my life if I disobey my Queen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's usually glossed over in fiction with mind control."
		DavidW says, "hm. I think maybe we should explore elsewhere first, then return here."
		Knight_Otu says, "This guard isn't as easily convinced as the one in IotA."
		wordsmith says, "OK"
		Knight_Otu says, "And yes."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can find job security for the guard somewhere."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn sign" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Setting forth without the blessing of the royalty of Raif would be
Floyd | unimaginably improper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not sure you're ready for such a morally fraught course of
Floyd | action without any companions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Companions, huh."
		DavidW says, "maybe the guard will join us in our quest for the noble crystal of letting us be god on earth."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So I guess we do need to convince the guard."
		DavidW says, "yup"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is closed fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "impress guard to join me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPRESS GUARD TO JOIN ME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x frown" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "impress guard to open gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPRESS GUARD TO OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "inspire?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire guard to open gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE GUARD TO OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the gate guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't help but see it is for the best. I will not stand in your
Floyd | way, though it may mean my life."
Floyd | The guard pulls a lever, and the gate slides open with a great
Floyd | whirring of gears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think so."
		Knight_Otu says, "So, we now killed the guard, I guess."
		DavidW says, "So we're forcing our way it. Great start, game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "If we had coinage, we could go buy some rumors."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tavern" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TAVERN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ur-toad" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UR-TOAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "East or south?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "East first?"
		wordsmith says, "I think: EAST"
		DavidW says, "okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Tavern
Floyd | A large, dimly-lit tavern. It smells of beer and blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-dressed man, possibly a shoemaker, lounges here glumly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks common enough, but you nevertheless perceive his true nature
Floyd | as a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is carrying a piece of parchment and a pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The piece of parchment is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Froderick. I am a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But I'm more concerned about what makes you the true Wisher."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Light in descriptions and scenery it seems."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell man about wisher" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL MAN ABOUT WISHER
Floyd |
Floyd | This provokes no reaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about wisher" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WISHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about fatalist" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT FATALIST
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Froderick. I am a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But I'm more concerned about what makes you the true Wisher."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about queen" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Having lost the Jewel of All Desiring, the royalty of Raif has become
Floyd | vampiric, treacherous, cold-blooded and bloodthirsty monsters. They
Floyd | have elected to help in the discovery of the Jewel. Setting forth
Floyd | without their blessing would be unimaginably improper."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about blessing" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BLESSING
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about jewel" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Jewel of All Desiring is that sleeper that dreams inwards, that
Floyd | inverted oyster, that creature that we name God the Shaper, God the
Floyd | Maker, Lord—
Floyd |
Floyd | "And it has not yet begun to shape the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The jewel is a pearl of infinite layers and subtleties and its
Floyd | possessor may obtain everything that they desire.
Floyd |
Floyd | "For uncounted æons it was in the hands of the Kings and Queens of
Floyd | Raif. Never did they wish.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never did they fulfill the destiny of the jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who would want to obtain everything that one desires?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I scrolled back to see the release year, but there isn't one listed it seems?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist
Floyd | a Weird Textual Fiction by Xavid
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 160708 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Fanfic of the tabletop RPG by Jenna Katerin Moran. World, metaphysics,
Floyd | and the best bits of text are hers.
Floyd | Original RPG:
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | Identification number: //75DE8D71-7412-4F86-ABE2-223757D7679D//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Extended Grammar version 8/140501 by Aaron Reed
Floyd | Simple Followers version 7 by Emily Short
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about raif" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT RAIF
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to Knight_Otu), "IFDB says 2016."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
		DavidW asks, "Anything more to do with Froderick the Fatalist?"
		wordsmith says, "I can't think of anything for now."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think so right now."
		wordsmith says, "Presumably we could inspire him to write something, but I don't know what yet."
		DavidW says, "We probably need to inspire him soon."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire man to write" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE MAN TO WRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want Froderick to write on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire man to write on parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE MAN TO WRITE ON PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Froderick.
Floyd |
Floyd | He's not sure what to write.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, let's explore a bit more."
		DavidW says, "Find the vampire queen who can't wish."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles enthusiastically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain made of marble. The water seems clear, clean, and
Floyd | pure.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your power of Harmony also allows you to manipulate valence. Try TAKE
Floyd | VALENCE FROM FOUNTAIN or GIVE VALENCE TO FOUNTAIN.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So we're an essence vampire too?"
		DavidW says, "Sounds like!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The fountain now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x valence" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VALENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstract, yet clearly present.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know what valence is, but we got some."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain made of marble. The water is cloudy and has a slight
Floyd | putrid smell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x palace" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "West or south?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "West?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have a bone to pick."
		wordsmith says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks a bit gnawed on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trash" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | The mound of trash is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flies" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search mound" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MOUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The water of the moat is still and filled with eerie shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buildings" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | If you get lost in the tangles of alleys and passageways, you might
Floyd | get mugged or eaten, and that would preclude the existence of the
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		DavidW says, "oh well, let's not get mugged. Or eaten."
		wordsmith says, "... but no pressure..."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's not nihilist, that's... solipsist I think is the word."
		DavidW says, "I half thought the mound of trash might *be* the nihilist."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, except we are a wisher."
		DavidW says, "Anything more to do here? I don't want to use the valance on anything here yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we're off to see the Quen, the terrible Queen of Raif."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | She seems to be wearing something under her helmet, possibly earmuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portcullis" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTCULLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | The portcullis is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The Queen will hardly give you her blessing if you don't even have a
Floyd | Fatalist aiding you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Earmuffs!, Our greatest weakness"!"
		DavidW says, "I see. We need our trio."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask guard about queen" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GUARD ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | She does not respond, almost as if she cannot hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "gasp"
		DavidW says, "I propose giving the valance to various objects, starting with the trash heap."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, let's raise some stink."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valance to trash" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALANCE TO TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |   some valence
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to trash" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | The mound of trash's weight of dharma is insufficient to have strong
Floyd | valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh, I don't know what dharma is either."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |   some valence
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The moat's weight of dharma is insufficient to have strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "think about dharma" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT DHARMA
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks a bit gnawed on.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's related to karma, that much I know."
		Knight_Otu says, "Or at least I think I know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | If you get lost in the tangles of alleys and passageways, you might
Floyd | get mugged or eaten, and that would preclude the existence of the
Floyd | world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Tavern
Floyd | A large, dimly-lit tavern. It smells of beer and blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-dressed man, possibly a shoemaker, lounges here glumly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about dharma" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT DHARMA
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about valence" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT VALENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Valence measures the degree to which something matters.
Floyd | Something with strong valence has the power to create good
Floyd | outcomes—both in the sense of abstract virtue and in the sense of
Floyd | matching your desires."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if we can drain the fountain further, evil mage that we clearly are."
		wordsmith asks, "Should we try giving him the valence?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to man" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | People are too multifaceted for yourself to modify their valence
Floyd | directly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about fatalist" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT FATALIST
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Froderick. I am a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But I'm more concerned about what makes you the true Wisher."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about theurgist" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT THEURGIST
Floyd |
Floyd | "Theurgists are people who can light the hidden fires in the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They could be angels, wizards, fairies, or little gods. They could be
Floyd | holy men or women. They are those who, wielding Pramana and Mimamsa,
Floyd | have the power to lift others up into light or cast them down into
Floyd | shadow.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The theurgists do not desire the jewel for themselves—at least, not
Floyd | at first, and not aloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Their goal is to forge the wishers into the kinds of people who are
Floyd | worthy to give unto God the purpose for this world; into heroes worthy
Floyd | of the wishes that shall define the world. Their goal is to judge the
Floyd | wishers and make them ready for their task—and only then to ensure
Floyd | their success.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They can use their command of Theurgy to see hidden possibility in
Floyd | the world and make it into truth, to make things how they should be:
Floyd | to give things characteristics they previously lacked."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show valence to man" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW VALENCE TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> INSPIRE FATALIST TO FOLLOW ME ?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, you should follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, YOU SHOULD FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Froderick.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It seems my doubts as to your nature must be swept aside. I will join
Floyd | you."
Floyd | The man pauses, considering. "As you certainly know, I am a Fatalist.
Floyd | I have the power of Knowledge. I may speak for the past, the present,
Floyd | and the future when others' inner eyes are blind. You may ask me about
Floyd | anything, and I will explain the truths of the world."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks your path. "No one enters without a letter from the
Floyd | Queen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "aha!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire froderick to write letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE FRODERICK TO WRITE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that instruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "froderick, write letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRODERICK, WRITE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that instruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "And maybe we should do it elsewhere?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "froderick, write on parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRODERICK, WRITE ON PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to forge a letter from the queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of parchment with "a letter from the queen" written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		wordsmith exclaims, "What could possibly go wrong?!"
		DavidW says, "I remember a game where I wrote a coupon for ten tacos for a dollar on a napkin and it worked."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We could get everyone executed?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show parchment to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PARCHMENT TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the forged letter)
Floyd | That seems to belong to Froderick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask froderick for letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FRODERICK FOR LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives the forged letter to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter. "Are you trying to waste my time?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Ooh, give valence to letter?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter. "Are you trying to waste my time?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Guess not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of parchment with "a letter from the queen" written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Or more valence, if we can further drain the fountain?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, not that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take helmet" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give letter to froderick" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE LETTER TO FRODERICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the forged letter to Froderick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire froderick to write letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE FRODERICK TO WRITE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that instruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire froderick to write on parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE FRODERICK TO WRITE ON PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Froderick.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's already got something written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "erase letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ERASE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire guard to accept letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE GUARD TO ACCEPT LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the palace guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | She does not respond, almost as if she cannot hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give letter to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE LETTER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the forged letter)
Floyd | That seems to belong to Froderick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "froderick, give letter to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRODERICK, GIVE LETTER TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives the forged letter to the palace guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks your path. "No one enters without a letter from the
Floyd | Queen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "guard, give letter to me" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GUARD, GIVE LETTER TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | She does not respond, almost as if she cannot hear you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x froderick" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRODERICK
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks common enough, but you nevertheless perceive his true nature
Floyd | as a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick is carrying a pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some valence
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That should do it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks common enough, but you nevertheless perceive his true nature
Floyd | as a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick is carrying a forged letter and a pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, give letter to me" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, GIVE LETTER TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives the forged letter to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter. "Are you trying to waste my time?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard points towards her ear, but does not otherwise respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake head" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nod" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOD
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | With what? Your bare hands?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | She's not a dragon. Honestly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wow. That's an *old* joke."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Froderick gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while presumably
Floyd | educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of parchment with "a letter from the queen" written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks (of DW), "Was that from Adventure?"
		DavidW says, "I think so, yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put parchment on bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PARCHMENT ON BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the old bone would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But I thought it was a bear, not a dragon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter. "Are you trying to waste my time?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter. "Are you trying to waste my time?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x words" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WORDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I wonder if there is a different way to inspire the fatalist, and get a more plausible letter..."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe value-up the pen?"
		DavidW asks, "maybe, but if so, it's too late, isn't it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "That's a thought."
Doug arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "Shall we restart and try that?" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHALL WE RESTART AND TRY THAT?
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er shall we restart and try that?"
		DavidW says, "And save before he writes anything."
		wordsmith says, "I can't think of any other things to try."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We could. ws?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Timing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTART
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to restart?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Reality is an illusion.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those who seek to understand it corrode their understanding of it. In
Floyd | naïveté, objects are solid, ideas are true or false, sensations are
Floyd | real, and communication conveys information. To the adept, these
Floyd | things are as fading dreams.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no object that is not also emptiness. There is no arbiter of
Floyd | truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sensations are the lies of Maya; they are the shifting of electrical
Floyd | patterns in the brain; they are signifiers without referent.
Floyd |
Floyd | Communication is violence. Reality is false.
Floyd |
Floyd | It does not matter how many layers one peels back. It does not matter
Floyd | what revelations one has. This is because there is no truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | We are things that we have dreamed, and there is no sense in it, and
Floyd | when the sleeper wakes we shall be washed away.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | From the ranks of the people you have been raised up as a Wisher—
Floyd |
Floyd | To seek among the fairies;
Floyd | the dragons of the deeps;
Floyd | the ur-toads and the claw things;
Floyd | among the shadows on the sun and the ghosts beneath the world,
Floyd | and in the lands of humankind besides
Floyd | for the jewel of all desiring.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must find the jewel and command the Creator to make the world as
Floyd | you desire it. And if you should succeed, then the world shall always
Floyd | have been as you wish it, and your life a thing sprung of your own
Floyd | desiring; and if you should fail then you shall be forgotten like the
Floyd | tides.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist
Floyd | a Weird Textual Fiction by Xavid
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 160708 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Fanfic of the tabletop RPG by Jenna Katerin Moran. World, metaphysics,
Floyd | and the best bits of text are hers.
Floyd | Original RPG:
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If you're unfamiliar with text adventures, try typing HELP.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | (I should mention that, as you begin your journey, you have many
Floyd | options before you. As Wisher, it is upon you to divide right from
Floyd | wrong.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is closed fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire guard to open gate" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE GUARD TO OPEN GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the gate guard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard hesitates. "You have impressed me with the nobility of your
Floyd | quest. Yet I fear my life if I disobey my Queen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can't help but see it is for the best. I will not stand in your
Floyd | way, though it may mean my life."
Floyd | The guard pulls a lever, and the gate slides open with a great
Floyd | whirring of gears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles enthusiastically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The fountain now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Tavern
Floyd | A large, dimly-lit tavern. It smells of beer and blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | A poorly-dressed man, possibly a shoemaker, lounges here glumly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire man to follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE MAN TO FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It seems my doubts as to your nature must be swept aside. I will join
Floyd | you."
Floyd | The man pauses, considering. "As you certainly know, I am a Fatalist.
Floyd | I have the power of Knowledge. I may speak for the past, the present,
Floyd | and the future when others' inner eyes are blind. You may ask me about
Floyd | anything, and I will explain the truths of the world."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an old bone here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about trash" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks your path. "No one enters without a letter from the
Floyd | Queen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push save" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH SAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to pen" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen's weight of dharma is insufficient to have strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "And maybe we shouldn't forge the letter in front of the guard, in case it matters."
		wordsmith says, "Yah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So it's not the pen."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about letter" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "So we can give the valence to the bone, but it's not clear what good that does?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The piece of parchment's weight of dharma is insufficient to have
Floyd | strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire man to forge letter" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE MAN TO FORGE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So it can't be valued up until it's the letter. Hrm."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ask man about queen" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Having lost the Jewel of All Desiring, the royalty of Raif has become
Floyd | vampiric, treacherous, cold-blooded and bloodthirsty monsters. They
Floyd | have elected to help in the discovery of the Jewel. Setting forth
Floyd | without their blessing would be unimaginably improper."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "forge letter" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORGE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ask man about jewel" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Jewel of All Desiring is that sleeper that dreams inwards, that
Floyd | inverted oyster, that creature that we name God the Shaper, God the
Floyd | Maker, Lord—
Floyd |
Floyd | "And it has not yet begun to shape the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The jewel is a pearl of infinite layers and subtleties and its
Floyd | possessor may obtain everything that they desire.
Floyd |
Floyd | "For uncounted æons it was in the hands of the Kings and Queens of
Floyd | Raif. Never did they wish.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Never did they fulfill the destiny of the jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who would want to obtain everything that one desires?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, you should write letter" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, YOU SHOULD WRITE LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that instruction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, you should write letter on parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, YOU SHOULD WRITE LETTER ON PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | He tries to forge a letter from the queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of parchment with "a letter from the queen" written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Rats."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moat" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The water of the moat is still and filled with eerie shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadows" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHADOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw bone in moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BONE IN MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in trash" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give valence to bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in moat" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "afk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bone in moat" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BONE IN MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bone to guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BONE TO GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The palace guard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take valence from bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VALENCE FROM BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wish" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WISH
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure that's going to do you much good without the Jewel of All
Floyd | Desiring. (As a Wisher, your main abilities are to use Harmony to
Floyd | inspire people to do things and to take valence from things with high
Floyd | valence and give said valance to other things.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x earmuffs" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EARMUFFS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | She seems to be wearing something under her helmet, possibly earmuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x palace" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALACE
Floyd |
Floyd | She seems to be wearing something under her helmet, possibly earmuffs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x entryway" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENTRYWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put valence in moat" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT VALENCE IN MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The moat's weight of dharma is insufficient to have strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm. Maybe if we now put valence in the letter... Maybe it does matter that she didn't see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put valence in letter" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT VALENCE IN LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks your path. "No one enters without a letter from the
Floyd | Queen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, give letter to me" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, GIVE LETTER TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives the forged letter to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter. "Are you trying to waste my time?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "show bone to fatalist" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BONE TO FATALIST
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu sighs.
		DavidW says, "I am open to ideas."
		Knight_Otu says, "If I had any."
		wordsmith asks, "Where is the valence now?"
		DavidW says, "letter"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "roll letter on bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL LETTER ON BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can put it in bone, letter, or fountain."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get valence from letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET VALENCE FROM LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has normal valence.
Floyd | You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "About the only idea I have is to use the bone to roll up the letter, but that doesn't seem like it."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "give valence to bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE VALENCE TO BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone now has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks a bit gnawed on.
Floyd |
Floyd | It has strong valence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Perhaps we shouldn't let Froderick write the letter but do it ourselves?"
		wordsmith says, "Maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man for pen" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN FOR PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives the pen to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man for parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN FOR PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives the piece of parchment to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write on parchment" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE ON PARCHMENT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to forge a letter from the queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of parchment with "a letter from the queen" written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "That doesn't sound promising."
		DavidW says, "gee, we're just as bad as he is."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Last resort, hit the guard with the valued-up bone?"
		wordsmith says, "I have an idea..."
		DavidW asks, "yes?"
		wordsmith says, "At the signpost, we can't go W without blessing from the queen..."
		DavidW says, "right."
		wordsmith says, "But it says not to go beith without any companions..."
		Knight_Otu says, "But we can go beith with.. right."
		DavidW asks, "oh, so go beith NOW?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEITH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Road
Floyd | The road here winds erratically before coming to a ford, beith of you.
Floyd | The water is flowing too rapidly to allow for safe passage. This
Floyd | surfeit of water has also done a number on the condition of the road,
Floyd | in contrast to its dusty condition back towards the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large anvil with a sword sticking out of it by the side of
Floyd | the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ford" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy iron anvil. An inscription reads, "Only one with the blood of
Floyd | an angel may take this sword."
Floyd |
Floyd | In the anvil is a sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist says, "Hmm, that anvil has strong truth."
Floyd | (The Fatalist can manipulate truth. Try "Fatalist, TAKE TRUTH FROM
Floyd | ANVIL" or "Fatalist, GIVE TRUTH TO ANVIL".)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Aha!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ooh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take truth from anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE TRUTH FROM ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has normal truth.
Floyd | The Fatalist now has an amorphous quality of truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, give truth to letter" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, GIVE TRUTH TO LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has strong truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A finely-written letter of invitation from the queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist says, "Hmm, that forged letter has strong truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Nice."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a forged letter
Floyd |   a pen
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |   some valence
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So, what's the opposite of beith?"
		DavidW says, "So we can keep the valence for something else."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's too heavy to lift.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Trampling someone's crops isn't actually necessary to advance your
Floyd | quest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unbeith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNBEITH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Road
Floyd | The road here winds erratically before coming to a ford, beith of you.
Floyd | The water is flowing too rapidly to allow for safe passage. This
Floyd | surfeit of water has also done a number on the condition of the road,
Floyd | in contrast to its dusty condition back towards the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large anvil by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "hmm"
		DavidW asks, "What *is* the opposite of beith?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEITH
Floyd |
Floyd | The river is too quick and too cutting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BACK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay"
		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently, back."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Steps
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Steps
Floyd | Marble steps lead up to an ornately-carved entryway. Below them on
Floyd | either side sits a stagnant moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads into the palace to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard wearing a helmet blocks the way in.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard looks at your letter carefully, then motions you through.
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | A towering room decorated with mosaics in gold and gems.
Floyd |
Floyd | An open portcullis leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on a throne is the Queen of Raif, sipping blood out of a
Floyd | jeweled goblet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the queen stand several well-armed guards.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a balcony an archer keeps careful watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Tread carefully now."
		wordsmith says, "Note for the future... the RPG says that theurgists could be angels, wizards, etc. So maybe a theurgist could get the sword."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x queen" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can do anything, the Queen gives you a hard stare. "Having
Floyd | lost the Jewel of All Desiring, we royals of Raif have elected to help
Floyd | in its discovery by those worthy of it. I am unsurprised that you have
Floyd | come to seek my blessing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "However, you bear none of the signs of the prophecy and are
Floyd | unquestionably unworthy. How dare you defile my halls like this?" She
Floyd | motions to the guards. "Throw them in a cell until my son gets back.
Floyd | Wishers give me heartburn, and that Fatalist hardly looks like a good
Floyd | meal."
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards waste no time carrying out her instructions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | A damp cell with slimy stone walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel bars block the exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A scarred woman sits in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, darn."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we need to be here."
		DavidW asks, "oh dear. We lost all our stuff?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably, yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "And yes."
		DavidW asks, "how the heck did they take the valence?"
		wordsmith asks, "Maybe the scarred woman is a theurgist?"
		DavidW says (to ws), "That's what I'm thinking."
		wordsmith says, "And we can complete our happy little party."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks rather wan and hungry, but she is clearly recognizable as a
Floyd | Theurgist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Ding!"
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "You were right!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about herself" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "My name is Theresa. I am a Theurgist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But right now I'm mostly a prisoner. Of this cell, and of my guilt."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT GUILT
Floyd |
Floyd | "I used Theurgy in anger to immure someone deep within the world. I am
Floyd | rightly guilty of murder."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT MURDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT VICTIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we're forgers, mind dominaters, and more, so welcome to the club."
		wordsmith says, "ha ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about jewel" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If we get out of here, hopefully all our stuff is at the city dump."
		Knight_Otu says, "That, or a convenient locker just outside the cell."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire woman to follow me" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE WOMAN TO FOLLOW ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, then, I find my heart has moved. I will join you."
Floyd | The woman smiles at you. "As a Theurgist, I have the power of Insight.
Floyd | I can see hidden truths through a deep understanding of the
Floyd | cosmos—and
Floyd | then bring them forth; essentially, if I believe an object should be a
Floyd | certain way I can make it that way. I can make boulders light and lead
Floyd | into gold."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "So why is she stuck in this cell?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Can you make a cell into the holding place of the jewel?"
		Knight_Otu says (to ws), "Guilt."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | A damp cell with slimy stone walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel bars block the exit to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | The steel bars are themselves exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, bend bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, BEND BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Theresa, X BARS?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, x bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, X BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa looks closely at the steel bars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The walls are made of stone blocks covered in a grimy green slime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, x slime" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, X SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa looks closely at the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "OPEN BARS?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The steel bars are themselves exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "inpire theresa to open door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INPIRE THERESA TO OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "inspire theresa to open door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE THERESA TO OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Just checking if syntax matters."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire theresa to lighten bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE THERESA TO LIGHTEN BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lighten bars" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LIGHTEN BARS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make bars light" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE BARS LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | That requires command of the power of Insight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make bars light" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE BARS LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure I believe that should be the case. I don't want to risk
Floyd | Corrupt Insight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make bars dark" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE BARS DARK
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure I believe that should be the case. I don't want to risk
Floyd | Corrupt Insight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "theresa, make door open" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE DOOR OPEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could do that, easily. But I'm guilty of my crime. I should be
Floyd | locked up here. Using Theurgy to break free would be Corrupt Insight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Gr."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "inspire Theresa to forget guilt" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE THERESA TO FORGET GUILT
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "good idea"
		DavidW asks, "So we need to get her to forgive herself?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about crime" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT CRIME
Floyd |
Floyd | "I used Theurgy in anger to immure someone deep within the world. I am
Floyd | rightly guilty of murder."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa who" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA WHO
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to ask Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theersa about world" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THEERSA ABOUT WORLD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about anger" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT ANGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about truth" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Truth measures how real something is. Something that is strong in its
Floyd | truth is all but written in the book of the world--- an axiom of
Floyd | creation, a primal cause, a thing that makes ordinary rocks and trees
Floyd | pale into corollaries and lemmas. There is nothing more true or
Floyd | indisputable than this."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take guilt from theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE GUILT FROM THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take guilt" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GUILT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x crime" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRIME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The steel bars are themselves exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "forgive theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORGIVE THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "theresa, I am victim" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, I AM VICTIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about jewel" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about corrupt insight" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT CORRUPT INSIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | "If I should use my Insight to change something in a way that is not
Floyd | in accordance with the way I believe the world should be, I will
Floyd | become a creature of the Shadow."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about shadow" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT SHADOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about insight" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT INSIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "forget" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FORGET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "man, take truth from theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE TRUTH FROM THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire theresa to open door" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE THERESA TO OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire theresa to make door open" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE THERESA TO MAKE DOOR OPEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on Theresa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could do that, easily. But I'm guilty of my crime. I should be
Floyd | locked up here. Using Theurgy to break free would be Corrupt Insight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hum."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take slime" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search walls" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks rather wan and hungry, but she is clearly recognizable as a
Floyd | Theurgist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x froederick" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FROEDERICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x froderick" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRODERICK
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks common enough, but you nevertheless perceive his true nature
Floyd | as a Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about raif" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT RAIF
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about angels" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT ANGELS
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about dharma" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT DHARMA
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about valence" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT VALENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "You know, it feels wrong that she joins us before she forgives herself."
		Knight_Otu says, "(Not as wrong as forcing her to join, but still.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, cure theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, CURE THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cure theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CURE THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "froderick, take crime from theresa" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRODERICK, TAKE CRIME FROM THERESA
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell theresa that we're not guilty" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL THERESA THAT WE'RE NOT GUILTY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, I see. You are a victim of this foul Queen. You do not deserve to
Floyd | be locked here. That changes things."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "..."
		DavidW asks, "That worked?!?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Wow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make door open" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE DOOR OPEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, it is not right for you to be confined here."
Floyd | The steel bars are now open, as if they had been that way all along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "But she's still guilty, isn't she?"
		DavidW says, "yes. She might stay here. But we can go."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon Passage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Passage
Floyd | A damp hallway lined with cells. Stairs lead up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel bars stand open to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, well."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nope, she comes along."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cells" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon Passage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon Passage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to lack wings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Garden
Floyd | A beautiful garden with carefully-trimmed topiaries and rather
Floyd | unnerving statues. Doorways are open to the east and south. Across a
Floyd | short railing to the north lies the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fallen leaf here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | The fallen leaf is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statues" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | The statues feature individuals of various species screaming in
Floyd | horror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x topiaries" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOPIARIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The topiaries depict dragons, chimerae, and wombats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x railing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | It's only three feet tall and should be easy climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa says, "I perceive strong mechanical support in that short
Floyd | easily-climbed railing."
Floyd | (Theresa can manipulate mechanical support. Try "Theresa, TAKE SUPPORT

		Knight_Otu asks, "...Wombats?"

Floyd | FROM SHORT EASILY-CLIMBED RAILING" or "Theresa, GIVE SUPPORT TO SHORT
Floyd | EASILY-CLIMBED RAILING".)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moat" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The water of the moat is still and filled with eerie shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't see how escaping will get the blessing we need."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, take support from railing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, TAKE SUPPORT FROM RAILING
Floyd |
Floyd | The short easily-climbed railing now has normal mechanical support.
Floyd | Theresa now has an amorphous quality of mechanical support.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, put support on leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, PUT SUPPORT ON LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat Bank
Floyd | You are on a narrow muddy bank. A deep, still moat separates you from
Floyd | the main city to the north. To the south is the gardens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moat" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The water of the moat is still and filled with eerie shadows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadows" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHADOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Given what you've heard about the royalty of Raif, you're not keen to
Floyd | try swimming. If only you had something you could ride across.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | The fallen leaf is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "teresa, put support on leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TERESA, PUT SUPPORT ON LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Give support to."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, put support on leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, PUT SUPPORT ON LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, give support to leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, GIVE SUPPORT TO LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | The fallen leaf now has strong mechanical support.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | As strange as it may seem, you successfully ride the fallen leaf
Floyd | across the moat with Theresa and the Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see some valence, an old bone, a pen, a forged letter,
Floyd | and a sword here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Yes, there's our stuff. Good prediction."
		Knight_Otu says, "They really did put the valence here."
		wordsmith says, "And the sword, too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf10" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | The fallen leaf is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa says, "I perceive strong mechanical support in that fallen
Floyd | leaf."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trash" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | The mound of trash is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks a bit gnawed on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we grab the letter and return to the queen?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hang on."
		Knight_Otu says, "First we should examine everything for our new slave to see."
		wordsmith says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letter" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A finely-written letter of invitation from the queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist says, "Hmm, that forged letter has strong truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "You mean, our happily-willing companion."
		Knight_Otu says, "Or so is the truth now."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask fatalist about prophecy" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FATALIST ABOUT PROPHECY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Legend states that Vedic astrologers prophesied that the true Wisher
Floyd | would be bright green, bear a sword of lightning, and carry a
Floyd | representation of Ketu.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course, some say that this legend was created as a way of
Floyd | conveniently dismissing Wishers."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask fatalist about ketu" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FATALIST ABOUT KETU
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ketu, the Contemplation Planet, is the dragon's tail. It is an
Floyd | invisible planet, one of two key secret planets studied in Vedic
Floyd | astrology."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I missed the prophecy topic. Was that at the start?"
		Knight_Otu says, "The queen said we didn't fit the prophecy."
		wordsmith says, "Sorry, I need to step away. Will catch up when I get back."
		Knight_Otu says, "Actually, I could use a break too."
		DavidW asks, "okay, was the slime in the cell green?"
		DavidW says, "And maybe we can get a dragon tail from a topiary."
		DavidW says, "Not sure where to get lightning for the sword from, though."
		DavidW says, "Unless Theresa can just add light to anything."
		DavidW says, "Took a bathroom break. I'm back and I'll wait."
		Knight_Otu says, "Back."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, add light to sword" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, ADD LIGHT TO SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about light" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Belatedly, the slime is green, but seems to be unimplemented."
		DavidW asks, "Was anything else green?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask fatalist about lightning" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FATALIST ABOUT LIGHTNING
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ask theresa about green"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about green" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Probably a lot in the garden, but nohting triggered it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about lightning" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT LIGHTNING
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Should we grab everything and go back across the moat?"
		wordsmith says, "back"
		Knight_Otu says, "Grab everything and re-explore this side a bit, I'd suggest first."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | fallen leaf: Taken.
Floyd | valence: You now have an amorphous quality of valence.
Floyd | old bone: Taken.
Floyd | pen: Taken.
Floyd | forged letter: Taken.
Floyd | sword: Taken.
Floyd | truth: That requires command of the power of Knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x green" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain made of marble. The water is cloudy and has a slight
Floyd | putrid smell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Tavern
Floyd | A large, dimly-lit tavern. It smells of beer and blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beer" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing chainmail and a steady frown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard blocks access to the lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x signpost" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGNPOST
Floyd |
Floyd | It points south. The lettering has been worn away by the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Setting forth without the blessing of the royalty of Raif would be
Floyd | unimaginably improper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Trampling someone's crops isn't actually necessary to advance your
Floyd | quest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEITH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Road
Floyd | The road here winds erratically before coming to a ford, beith of you.
Floyd | The water is flowing too rapidly to allow for safe passage. This
Floyd | surfeit of water has also done a number on the condition of the road,
Floyd | in contrast to its dusty condition back towards the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large anvil by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy iron anvil. It used to have a sword stuck through it. An
Floyd | inscription reads, "Only one with the blood of an angel may take this
Floyd | sword."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf11" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I have a headache that won't go away."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe you should rest a bit?"
		wordsmith says, "I'm going to bail, but feel free to continue without me."
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "oh dear. Try an aspirin or similar."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Get better!"
		wordsmith exclaims, "Thanks!"
		DavidW says, "ditto!"
		DavidW asks (of Knight), "Did you have an idea to try here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, maybe."
		DavidW says, "Go ahead and drive."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, put truth in sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, PUT TRUTH IN SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Fatalist first taking the truth)
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It was in the anvil originally."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, put truth in anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, PUT TRUTH IN ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Fatalist first taking the truth)
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, give truth to anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GIVE TRUTH TO ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Fatalist first taking the truth)
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x truth" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | Abstract, yet clearly present.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, get truth" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GET TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "He seems unable to take the truth."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sword
Floyd |   a forged letter
Floyd |   a pen
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |   some valence
Floyd |   a fallen leaf
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, get truth from letter" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GET TRUTH FROM LETTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Fatalist), "You can't handle the truth!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give letter to fatalist" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE LETTER TO FATALIST
Floyd |
Floyd | You give the forged letter to the Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, get truth" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GET TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The forged letter now has normal truth.
Floyd | The Fatalist now has an amorphous quality of truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, put truth in anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, PUT TRUTH IN ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has strong truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, get truth from anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GET TRUTH FROM ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has normal truth.
Floyd | The Fatalist now has an amorphous quality of truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, give truth to sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GIVE TRUTH TO SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword now has strong truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist says, "Hmm, that sword has strong truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, that wasn't it."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what you were trying to do."
		Knight_Otu says, "I thought maybe if it's an angel's sword, it might crackle with lightning if true."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take truth" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take truth from sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE TRUTH FROM SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is unable to do that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sword in anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SWORD IN ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the sword into the anvil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take truth from sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE TRUTH FROM SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword now has normal truth.
Floyd | The Fatalist now has an amorphous quality of truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, give truth to anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, GIVE TRUTH TO ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has strong truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | A heavy iron anvil. An inscription reads, "Only one with the blood of
Floyd | an angel may take this sword."
Floyd |
Floyd | In the anvil is a sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist says, "Hmm, that anvil has strong truth."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The TAKE FROM/GIVE TO split is a bit awkward."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about angel" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ANGEL
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're not as rare as you'd think. I saw one get arrested in a
Floyd | tavern brawl just the other day."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wait, the tavern smelled of beer and blood."
		Knight_Otu asks, "How much of an angel were they, then?"
		DavidW asks, "Can we just get some angel blood from the tavern?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Pft."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "theresa, get sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, GET SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know if that changes the sword in any way."
		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't seem so."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, get sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GET SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm curious about the tavern blood now, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "None of us are angels, but I guess we knew that."
		DavidW says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fatalist, get truth" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FATALIST, GET TRUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has normal truth.
Floyd | The Fatalist now has an amorphous quality of truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So, back to the tavern."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BACK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside Tavern
Floyd | A large, dimly-lit tavern. It smells of beer and blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blood" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | Using your nose, you find a bloody rag.
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it was used to mop up a pool of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rag" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hey."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rag" 		

Floyd ]  Inside Tavern
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like it was used to mop up a pool of blood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now, what is it good for, I wonder"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEITH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Road
Floyd | The road here winds erratically before coming to a ford, beith of you.
Floyd | The water is flowing too rapidly to allow for safe passage. This
Floyd | surfeit of water has also done a number on the condition of the road,
Floyd | in contrast to its dusty condition back towards the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large anvil by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sword in anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT SWORD IN ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the sword into the anvil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, give truth to anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, GIVE TRUTH TO ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has strong truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | A bright ray of light shines down from the heavens, and an unseen
Floyd | chorus chants melodiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nice."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's the same sword, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Road
Floyd | The road here winds erratically before coming to a ford, beith of you.
Floyd | The water is flowing too rapidly to allow for safe passage. This
Floyd | surfeit of water has also done a number on the condition of the road,
Floyd | in contrast to its dusty condition back towards the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large anvil by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ford" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x mud" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We probably need our truth back regardless."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "But yeah, we have a rag of angel blood."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess back to the palace we go."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "man, take truth from anvil" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAN, TAKE TRUTH FROM ANVIL
Floyd |
Floyd | The anvil now has normal truth.
Floyd | The Fatalist now has an amorphous quality of truth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Trampling someone's crops isn't actually necessary to advance your
Floyd | quest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BACK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEITH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Road
Floyd | The road here winds erratically before coming to a ford, beith of you.
Floyd | The water is flowing too rapidly to allow for safe passage. This
Floyd | surfeit of water has also done a number on the condition of the road,
Floyd | in contrast to its dusty condition back towards the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large anvil by the side of the road.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beith" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BEITH
Floyd |
Floyd | The river is too quick and too cutting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "worth a try"
		Knight_Otu nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "back" 		

Floyd ]  Crossroads
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BACK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crossroads
Floyd | You stand on a dusty crossroads in the Kingdom of Raif. The road leads
Floyd | south, west, and beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | A signpost stands nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the beith.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dusty Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dusty Road
Floyd | The road approaches the imposing gate to the south. To the north is
Floyd | the crossroads.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Gate
Floyd | A large gate guards entrance into the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the south is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guard stands here, watching you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guard" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARD
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing chainmail and a steady frown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chainmail" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Gate
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAINMAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cobblestone Road
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk through the open gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cobblestone Road
Floyd | A wide, well-traveled road leads south from the gate. It seems
Floyd | strangely devoid of traffic. A tavern with a sign possibly resembling
Floyd | an ur-toad stands to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate to the north is open.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fountain Square
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fountain Square
Floyd | A large, tree-lined square sits before the grand steps of the royal
Floyd | palace, which stands ominously to the south. The main road leads
Floyd | north. A dirtier road leads west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large fountain burbles lackadaisically here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dump
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dump
Floyd | Inauspiciously surrounded by narrow apartment buildings lies what must
Floyd | be the city dump. The deep, still moat surrounding the palace lies to
Floyd | the south, apparently untroubled by its proximity to mouldering trash.
Floyd | Things smell a bit better to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge mound of trash sits here, beset by flies.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride leaf" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE LEAF
Floyd |
Floyd | As strange as it may seem, you successfully ride the fallen leaf
Floyd | across the moat with Theresa and the Fatalist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moat Bank
Floyd | You are on a narrow muddy bank. A deep, still moat separates you from
Floyd | the main city to the north. To the south is the gardens.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a fallen leaf
Floyd |   a sword
Floyd |   a bloody rag
Floyd |   a pen
Floyd |   an old bone
Floyd |   some valence
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I didn't need to drop the leaf."
		Knight_Otu says, "No need to drop it, somehow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "f s" 		

Floyd ]  Moat Bank
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F S
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Garden
Floyd | A beautiful garden with carefully-trimmed topiaries and rather
Floyd | unnerving statues. Doorways are open to the east and south. Across a
Floyd | short railing to the north lies the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dragon" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x topiaries" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOPIARIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The topiaries depict dragons, chimerae, and wombats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut topiaries" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT TOPIARIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting them up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x statues" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | The statues feature individuals of various species screaming in
Floyd | horror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search statues" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about statues" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tail" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about ketu" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT KETU
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ketu, the Contemplation Planet, is the dragon's tail. It is an
Floyd | invisible planet, one of two key secret planets studied in Vedic
Floyd | astrology."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask about astrology" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ABOUT ASTROLOGY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about astrology" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ASTROLOGY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask man about planets" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PLANETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask theresa about ketu" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK THERESA ABOUT KETU
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa shrugs absently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about vedic" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT VEDIC
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | A towering room decorated with mosaics in gold and gems.
Floyd |
Floyd | A closed portcullis blocks the way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on a throne is the Queen of Raif, sipping blood out of a
Floyd | jeweled goblet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the queen stand several well-armed guards.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a balcony an archer keeps careful watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Queen looks down at you with a bored expression. "You have
Floyd | returned. You did better than I thought you would. Remain here as my
Floyd | guests until my son gets back, or until I get particularly hungry. I
Floyd | will overlook your failure to give a proper guest's tribute, and I
Floyd | will even give you leave to attempt to prove yourself worthy. You will
Floyd | fail, of course. You are not the one kissed by prophecy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and don't think of trying your mystical powers. My guards are
Floyd | instructed to kill anyone who does so."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Garden
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ah, good, we're not autokilled at least."
		DavidW says, "But it seems we have a new option to try stuff there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf12" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | A towering room decorated with mosaics in gold and gems.
Floyd |
Floyd | A closed portcullis blocks the way north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting on a throne is the Queen of Raif, sipping blood out of a
Floyd | jeweled goblet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the queen stand several well-armed guards.
Floyd |
Floyd | On a balcony an archer keeps careful watch.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Queen looks down at you with a bored expression. "You have
Floyd | returned. You did better than I thought you would. Remain here as my
Floyd | guests until my son gets back, or until I get particularly hungry. I
Floyd | will overlook your failure to give a proper guest's tribute, and I
Floyd | will even give you leave to attempt to prove yourself worthy. You will
Floyd | fail, of course. You are not the one kissed by prophecy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and don't think of trying your mystical powers. My guards are
Floyd | instructed to kill anyone who does so."
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask queen about prophecy" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUEEN ABOUT PROPHECY
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask queen about son" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUEEN ABOUT SON
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask queen about goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUEEN ABOUT GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x goblet" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GOBLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x queen" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The Queen is herself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x throne" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X THRONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guards" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The well-armed guards are themselves exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balcony" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BALCONY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x archer" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | The archer is himself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portcullis" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTCULLIS
Floyd |
Floyd | The portcullis is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask queen about tribute" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUEEN ABOUT TRIBUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about tribute" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT TRIBUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Royalty expect golden jeweled treasures, I'm sure. But even then,
Floyd | taste and appropriateness are hard to judge."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Many descriptions are very Swigian. But lack the charm of that game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about archer" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ARCHER
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist gives a long and in-depth explanation that, while
Floyd | presumably educational, is nevertheless fundamentally irrelevant.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask queen about statues" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUEEN ABOUT STATUES
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask queen about blessing" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK QUEEN ABOUT BLESSING
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inspire queen to give blessing to me" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INSPIRE QUEEN TO GIVE BLESSING TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | To talk to someone, try "someone, hello" or some such.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "queen, you should give blessing to me" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > QUEEN, YOU SHOULD GIVE BLESSING TO ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards kill you without hesitation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are missing most of your internal organs. ***
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 ]  Throne Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "They are truly trained."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "archer, you should shoot queen" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ARCHER, YOU SHOULD SHOOT QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus the power of Harmony on the archer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guards kill you without hesitation.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are missing most of your internal organs. ***
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 ]  Throne Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give rag to queen" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE RAG TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's hardly a gift worthy of the royalty of Raif. Frankly, it's
Floyd | insulting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sword to queen" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SWORD TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's hardly a gift worthy of the royalty of Raif. Frankly, it's
Floyd | insulting."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess west from the garden?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Throne Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Throne Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Garden
Floyd | A beautiful garden with carefully-trimmed topiaries and rather
Floyd | unnerving statues. Doorways are open to the east and south. Across a
Floyd | short railing to the north lies the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh. I thought there was a path."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon Passage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Passage
Floyd | A damp hallway lined with cells. Stairs lead up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel bars stand open to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon Passage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cell
Floyd | A damp cell with slimy stone walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel bars stand open to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slime" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The walls are made of stone blocks covered in a grimy green slime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, take green from walls" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, TAKE GREEN FROM WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make me green" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE ME GREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your skin is now a bright shade of green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Yay!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make bone gold" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE BONE GOLD
Floyd |
Floyd | The old bone is now inexplicably made of gold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. We really should have tried that much earlier."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make sword light" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE SWORD LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | "That seems light enough as it is."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "theresa, make sword lightning" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE SWORD LIGHTNING
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword's blade is now a curving arc of lightning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "theresa, make sword fire" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE SWORD FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure I believe that should be the case. I don't want to risk
Floyd | Corrupt Insight."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "cute"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now we need something ketu."
		DavidW says, "theresa, make pen invisible"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "theresa, make pen invisible" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THERESA, MAKE PEN INVISIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The pen fades from sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "oh hoh."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  Cell
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't really see the invisible pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe the bone should be invisible and the pen gold."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dungeon Passage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dungeon Passage
Floyd | A damp hallway lined with cells. Stairs lead up to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Steel bars stand open to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Garden
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Garden
Floyd | A beautiful garden with carefully-trimmed topiaries and rather
Floyd | unnerving statues. Doorways are open to the east and south. Across a
Floyd | short railing to the north lies the moat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa arrives from the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The Queen gasps. "You bear the signs of prophecy! There is no escaping
Floyd | it. I must give you my blessing, and resign myself to a world that
Floyd | exists."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | With the blessing of the royalty of Raif, you are free to proceed on
Floyd | your journey.
Floyd |
Floyd | You proceed to Tin 'An, the calcifying city. You evade the Axeman and
Floyd | pay your respects to the Duke and the Foremost Scribe. You learn much
Floyd | here, though the existence of such a dying city is a weight upon your
Floyd | concept of the world you seek to have created.
Floyd |
Floyd | You travel among the savage peoples, who must pay horrible prices to
Floyd | survive. Your time there redoubled the questions about why the world
Floyd | born from your wish would require such painful compromises.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make inquiry among the fairies. They are beautiful and magical and
Floyd | tragic. They do not exist. You nevertheless find profound secrets
Floyd | lurking in their stories.
Floyd |
Floyd | You visit the sun. Great continent-sized fortresses of dark stone
Floyd | drift there: the homes of thieves and blackguards too notorious to
Floyd | live within the dreaming kingdoms. To sail on its surface is absolute
Floyd | torment, but still you find something of value there.
Floyd |
Floyd | No paths lead to the Dragons of the Deeps. They are impossible to
Floyd | find. Yet, encounter them you do. They are deepness and greatness and
Floyd | inspiration and they war against the shadow. It might have been for
Floyd | them to eat you, but you were not there for their teeth to find.
Floyd |
Floyd | You travel to the golden meadows under the world. There, you find the
Floyd | ur-toads. They are insanely cool, dreadful, and awe-inspiring. They
Floyd | are mysterious and sagacious. They kill you, and thus end your
Floyd | journey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Except it is then, in the afterlife, that you find Tiresias, Seer of
Floyd | Thebes. He tells you that the Jewel of All Desiring is not in the
Floyd | world, nor above, nor below it, nor outside it in any direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | And thus, you have come, the three of you, boon companions all, to
Floyd | this place, a surfeit of the void, a spaceless space both before and
Floyd | after the world. You are at your journey's end. There is but one task
Floyd | left: to wish upon the jewel.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "[insert actual adventure here]"
		Knight_Otu says, ""Insanely cool" reads a bit jarring here."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd |
Floyd | Final Void
Floyd | There is nothing all around you, save for raw prameya stripped of
Floyd | danda and your companions.
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fatalist is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating before you is the Jewel of All Desiring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jewel" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a celestial jewel that contains all that is, was, and will be
Floyd | within its facets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parmeya" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PARMEYA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   Spring's Root
Floyd |   a cloak of breezes
Floyd |   a battery-powered brass lantern
Floyd |   an obsidian knife
Floyd |   some empty gallon cans of blood
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well I'm glad we didn't hav to play that all out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spring's root" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPRING'S ROOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Spring's Root is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloak" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOAK
Floyd |
Floyd | The cloak of breezes is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | The battery-powered brass lantern is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | The obsidian knife is itself exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cans" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANS
Floyd |
Floyd | The empty gallon cans of blood are themselves exactly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That would be a nice touch... if we got descriptions. :/"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wish upon jewel" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WISH UPON JEWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Theresa nods at you as you grasp the jewel tightly. "Go ahead. You
Floyd | have proven yourself worthy."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold the jewel and form your intent, radiance from the jewel
Floyd | emerging the Fatalist, who shall form the firmament of the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | But before you can conceptualize your wish, shadowy flames emerge from
Floyd | the void and surround you. You find your thoughts thrown back to your
Floyd | decisions and their nature.
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to force the gate guard to disobey her Queen and then
Floyd | leave her to face that Queen's wrath?

		DavidW says, "I'd say 'no'"
		Knight_Otu says, "No."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | leave her to face that Queen's wrath?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to win the Fatalist's loyalty with the power of
Floyd | Harmony?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | Harmony?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to remove the Valence from the fountain, leaving the
Floyd | townspeople to depend on polluted water?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | townspeople to depend on polluted water?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to take the magical sword for yourself?

		DavidW asks, "Was it magical?"
		Knight_Otu says, "After it got lightningified, at least."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we say yes for the sword?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess it was right on a technicality?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | Was it correct to take the magical sword for yourself?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to forge a letter to gain access to the Queen under
Floyd | false pretenses?

		DavidW asks, "Maybe since she was completely unreasonable?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm. Hrm Hrm. I dunno."
		DavidW says, "I want to say yes on that one."
		Knight_Otu says, "Go ahead."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | false pretenses?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to have Theresa use theurgy to break out of the cell,
Floyd | despite her guilt?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | despite her guilt?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to remove the mechanical support from the railing,
Floyd | creating a safety hazard?

		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if we could have put the valence and the support back to avoid these questions."
		DavidW says, "oh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | creating a safety hazard?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to assume the signs of prophecy to obtain the Queen's
Floyd | blessing?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | blessing?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Was it correct to never even ask the Fatalist's name despite your long
Floyd | journey together?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | journey together?
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Is it correct to create the world, with its vampiric queens and
Floyd | calcifing cities and horrible compromises, with its beasts and
Floyd | murderers, with its pain and death and suffering?

		Knight_Otu asks, "Didn't he say it?"
		DavidW says, "Not in the replay"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Right."
		DavidW says, "We restarted and didn't engage in conversation much."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Final Void
Floyd | murderers, with its pain and death and suffering?
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Apparently satisfied with your answers, the shadowy flames disperse.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then, emanating from the body of the Fatalist, you see the
Floyd | Dreaming Kingdoms you have always known grow and kindle, unmistakably
Floyd | real, until they encompass all.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have created the world. ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have scored 4 out of a possible 10 points.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. We just went straight to brain scrambling."
		DavidW asks, "Were there ten questions?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "We answered YES four times."
		DavidW says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe it's not the questions, though."
		DavidW asks, "So, in theory, if we answered yes to all, we might have 10 points?"
		DavidW says, "Of course, how we play might change what the questions are."
		Knight_Otu says, "I could imagine that leaving the valence and support might get a point each, and knowing the name of the Fatalist, too."
		Knight_Otu says, "Although that goes back to the questions, too. Hm."
		DavidW says, "Maybe there's a way to get support of everyone without the mind control."
		DavidW says, "Although I don't see how."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly-"
		DavidW says, "Still, we did win and it's nearly 5 pm here."
		DavidW says, "This is probably a good place to stop regardless."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, close to the three hour mark."
		DavidW says, "So, did we do good? With this game, it's hard to tell."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's funny. We commented on how evil we were, and the game actually goes to throw that same thing at us in the end."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "I didn't want to be evil or evil-ish, but the game didn't give many options."
		Knight_Otu says, "In the start, it did feel a bit like an evil cousin of IotA, which is why I was curious about the year, but considering it is based on an older work itself, of course it couldn't be."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, I'm glad we played it."
		DavidW says, "Common tropes, I guess. People read the same stories, so the stories they create in turn share stuff."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm glad we played it as well."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
IF Progressive One by Sarah Morayati, Rick Dague, Dan Shiovitz, Carl Muckenhoupt, Marius Müller, Mark J. Musante, and Tom Blawgus
As played on ifMUD on September 1, 2019

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

Below is a transcript of IF Progressive One written by Sarah Morayati, Rick Dague, Dan Shiovitz, Carl Muckenhoupt, Marius Müller, Mark J. Musante, and Tom Blawgus. 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 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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask progressive1" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Four p.m. and they're all gone, every last one of them. Little brats
Floyd | made of spittle and claws. Paint-spilling, dirt-tracking,
Floyd | crayon-smearing babies in kindergarteners' clothing. The day you took
Floyd | your job was the day you lost your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not that you have other prospects, though. This is what you've got and
Floyd | it isn't all that safe. And besides, it gets better now. Now you make
Floyd | order from chaos. Now you spin gold from straw. You're going to wipe
Floyd | every last bit of color and clutter off the face of this room and get
Floyd | out by five-thirty sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | IF Progressive
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by The IF Progessive Team
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090623 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Classroom
Floyd | Is there a national conspiracy to make young eyes pop out by age five
Floyd | from overstimulation? Must be. Every last inch of wall space here,
Floyd | save for the window, is plastered with needless decor: nature
Floyd | caricatures, inspirational glurge, posters with cartoon letters and
Floyd | plus signs. The floor's no better; the brats didn't pick up when Miss
Floyd | Lauren told them to pick up and now it's cluttered with gaudy plastic.
Floyd | The books are tossed into the carpet square pile and someone's dripped
Floyd | tempera paint onto every table. You could go on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | What's there to see? Short hair that the kids nevertheless keep
Floyd | fussing with, sensible clothes on a stocky frame. Arms, legs, hands,
Floyd | feet. Nothing to set you apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            3
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look up and then you see it. There's a balloon, floating through
Floyd | the window and stopping right in front of your face - no, not stopping
Floyd | exactly. Stopping would be too tidy. It's hovering. Balloons shouldn't
Floyd | do that. They should stay put on strings. You're sure this
Floyd | has to be some kind of fire hazard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		PerrySimm reads DavidW's comment, cries.
		Knight_Otu says, "Poor Perry."
		Jacqueline says (to Perry), "There, there."
		DavidW says (to Perry), "oh, please don't cry"
		wordsmith says, "too funny"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | When did America decide balloon inflation, of all things, was too hard
Floyd | for them? It's got too much air and is liable to pop any minute. All
Floyd | the better to accentuate the sub-tie-dye coloring catastrophe. Oranges
Floyd | clashing with purples, reds superimposed on top of greens and blues
Floyd | turning them into bright but somehow murky muddle. You thought only
Floyd | Mylar could support this many godawful neons, but apparently you were
Floyd | wrong.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plastic" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            5
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLASTIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up a toy and stack it in the bin, but by the time you get
Floyd | back to the pile there just seem to be more. What fool decided to make
Floyd | toys reproduce?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            6
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You dig through the pile a bit, but it just collapses in on itself.
Floyd | Ugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            7
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You dig through the pile a bit, but it just collapses in on itself.
Floyd | Ugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean paint" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            8
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN PAINT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's no use; the tables just become a light apricot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I get the feeling that we abandon this classroom to its fate."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            8
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            9
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Two opens don't make a closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            10
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            11
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Classroom
Floyd | Every last inch of wall space here, save for the window, is plastered
Floyd | with needless decor: nature caricatures, inspirational glurge, posters
Floyd | with cartoon letters and plus signs. The floor's no better; the brats
Floyd | didn't pick up when Miss Lauren told them to pick up and now it's
Floyd | cluttered with gaudy plastic. The books are tossed into the carpet
Floyd | square pile and someone's dripped tempera paint onto every table. And
Floyd | there's more, it seems, every second. Leaves and dirt by the doorway.
Floyd | Shredded paper that's not in the waste bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | A balloon hovers around your face, insect-like.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "What of the balloon?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            12
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't touch that!" someone almost shrieks. A kid? No, too old. A
Floyd | teacher? Too unfamiliar. You have no idea who this is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            13
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Screw the voice. This is your classroom right now. You pick up the
Floyd | balloon, grimacing a bit at the noisy latex. It shifts in your arms
Floyd | worse than any of the kids ever did. Maybe the voice was right, you
Floyd | mutter, watching the balloon's skin go fainter.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Isn't it wonderful? Everything is better with balloons. Now listen to
Floyd | me. Today we're going to have some fun!" You're've never heard anyone
Floyd | talk this loudly, not even to kids. It's unnerving. "Let's play a
Floyd | game. Let's go play outside! Just walk right on out of there. To the
Floyd | south."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We do what strange talking balloons tell us to, right?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But I wanna go north!"
		wordsmith exclaims, "Absolutely!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            14
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aww."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              15
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Really, this was just a glorified hallway. You used to like places
Floyd | like this. Tiles and cinderblocks. No-nonsense, nothing gaudy. They do
Floyd | just what they promise: take you from room to room without asserting
Floyd | themselves. But something's gone terrible wrong. The whole floor is
Floyd | lousy with confetti, thick as snow and almost painful to look at.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Looks a lot better now, doesn't it?" shouts the voice. You've never
Floyd | heard such a loud question. "Now get out. Fast." You notice the door
Floyd | to the east is ajar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x confetti" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              16
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CONFETTI
Floyd |
Floyd | Every kind you could possibly imagine and then some you couldn't: cut
Floyd | construction paper, punched plastic, tinsel hearts and music notes,
Floyd | squiggles, dots, like an explosion in a crayon factory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              17
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You sift through the confetti, but find nothing but more of it. What
Floyd | were you hoping for? Gold?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Hallway                                              18
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        19
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That voice really doesn't get us."
		DavidW says, "We can go north now."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       20
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside School
Floyd | You've never been to this area before. A brown door is east, and south
Floyd | is behind the school (technically south is also outside the school,
Floyd | but we have to tell them apart somehow).
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry crow darts around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It took me a bit to catch up."
		Knight_Otu grumbles about it being too late, too little.
		Jacqueline says, "This is... weird."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crow" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       21
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow obviously has a bad attitude. It caws noisily at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "caw" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       21
Floyd |
Floyd | > CAW
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take crow" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       22
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow obviously has a bad attitude. It caws noisily at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask crow about cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       23
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CROW ABOUT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow obviously has a bad attitude. It caws noisily at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask balloon about crow" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       23
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK BALLOON ABOUT CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       24
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Balloon didn't stay with us."
		wordsmith asks, "Aesop's Fox and the Crow?"
		DavidW says (to ws), "yeah, I was guessing."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       24
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       25
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the brown door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       26
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first unlocking the brown door)
Floyd | You lack a key that fits the brown door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "South again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        27
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating into the area is a pink balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take balloon" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        28
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BALLOON
Floyd |
Floyd | A waft of air blows the pink balloon out of your reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           29
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           30
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the lush tree.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating into the area is a pink balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              31
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "count leaves" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              31
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUNT LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              32
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find a paper page among the leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take page" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              33
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              34
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Not much to read there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shudder at the sight of triangles and equations -- MATH!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              36
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a paper page
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 37
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 38
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is too tall for you to reach its top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 39
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Propping up a machine is as good a use for math as any, in your
Floyd | opinion. It seems to have a page missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put page in book" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 40
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAGE IN BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You wedge all the pages back into the book. The metal machine shifts
Floyd | only slightly, but something falls off the top!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 41
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a wooden slingshot here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take slingshot" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 42
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SLINGSHOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It must have been seized from a grubby little terrorist wannabe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb machine" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 44
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push machine" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 45
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              46
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           47
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "We're turning into one of those rascals, aren't we?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        48
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pink balloon floats here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pink balloon floats away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Area                                           49
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Area
Floyd | You try to keep your shoes as clean as possible here. The only way is
Floyd | back west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pink balloon floats here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shallow hole has been dug by some small archaeologist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Area                                           50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrieve two small marbles from it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        51
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Floating into the area is a pink balloon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load slingshot" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        51
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOAD SLINGSHOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put marble in slingshot" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        52
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT MARBLE IN SLINGSHOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm, I take it you want to shoot something with this device?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        53
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot balloon with slingshot" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        54
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT BALLOON WITH SLINGSHOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take careful aim at the pink balloon and ... THWACK!! A direct hit
Floyd | pops the balloon and something falls out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        55
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a toilet roll here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take roll" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        56
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roll" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        57
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Used to clean things, especially the backside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        58
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a small marble
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       59
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside School
Floyd | You've never been to this area before. A brown door is east, and south
Floyd | is behind the school (technically south is also outside the school,
Floyd | but we have to tell them apart somehow).
Floyd |
Floyd | An angry crow darts around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Hmm, are we going to TP the tree next?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot crow with slingshot" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       60
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOOT CROW WITH SLINGSHOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take careful aim at the angry crow and ... MISS!!
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks ticked-off now, and starts circling the area!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We're getting the big big treasures."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take marble" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       60
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MARBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm very sad that >COUNT LEAVES was not recognized. heh"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       60
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no score in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       60
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I agree that TPing the tree is worth a try."
		Jacqueline asks, "How do you get it to reprint the author and title and stuff?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       60
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | IF Progressive
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by The IF Progessive Team
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 090623 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //3481086E-14E7-4943-9558-AC198ADC87FE//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/080430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       60
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 2, "Terrorist Wannabe", was written by Rick Dague.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        61
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow is still flying around excitedly!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           62
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the crow lining up for a run at you! Watch out!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              63
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The angry crow makes its move!
Floyd |
Floyd | The bird dives at your head and dropping a "bomb" -- DIRECT HIT!!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bomb" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              64
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOMB
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the green mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something stinks!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "EW."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wipe mess with roll" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              64
Floyd |
Floyd | > WIPE MESS WITH ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to wipe the green mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "ifdb lists the authors as: by Sarah Morayati, Rick Dague, Dan Shiovitz, Carl Muckenhoupt, Marius M�ller, Mark J. Musante, and Tom Blawgus"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mess with roll" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              64
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MESS WITH ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the green mess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use roll" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              64
Floyd |
Floyd | > USE ROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              65
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a green mess
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | Something stinks!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop mess" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              66
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP MESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You tear some paper off of the toilet roll and the mess cleans right
Floyd | up. Plus you find something in the goo!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              67
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              68
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the bronze key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Clean me... or that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           69
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        70
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       71
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside School
Floyd | You've never been to this area before. A brown door is east, and south
Floyd | is behind the school (technically south is also outside the school,
Floyd | but we have to tell them apart somehow).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       72
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the brown door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the brown door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Entryway
Floyd | The light is dim, and exits are west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 3, "Job Fair", was written by Dan Shiovitz.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a few steps before the floor collapses.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd | It seems like a good idea to scream, so you do so.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd | But that gets boring after a while, and you start wondering what's
Floyd | going to happen.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd | Maybe this is no ordinary fall, but some kind of trip through a
Floyd | magical portal into another world!

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        73
Floyd | Hey, this is just like Alice in Wonderland!

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Somewhere Rustly                                     74
Floyd | You're practicing saying "Yes, your majesty, I would care for
Floyd | another cup of tea, thank you kindly," when your downward motion is
Floyd | suddenly arrested by a large pile of dead leaves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somewhere Rustly
Floyd | At least, you assume this is leaves. It's dark enough that you can't
Floyd | really tell anything except it's a big pile and you're in the middle
Floyd | of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's a long fall."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "count leaves" 		

Floyd ]  Somewhere Rustly                                     74
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUNT LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Boo."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pile" 		

Floyd ]  Somewhere Rustly                                     75
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a big pile of .. stuff. That rustles. Good thing you don't have
Floyd | any cattle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" 		

Floyd ]  Somewhere Rustly                                     76
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's too dark to do anything with the pile, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "North?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Sure?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       77
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle to your feet, strewing rustly stuff everywhere. Somewhere
Floyd | in the process of doing so you bump against a light switch or
Floyd | something, and things become brighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       78
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The machine takes up the entire north wall. Given the circumstances
Floyd | and the large label it is easy to identify this as an enormous
Floyd | shredder. There is a small hatch near floor level, and a large funnely
Floyd | sort of thing up top.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a noise from above your head, and look up just in time to see
Floyd | a small metal object falling from the sky. It bounces painfully off
Floyd | your head and disappears into the pile of shredded paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "cattle rustling..."
wordsmith groans 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search pile" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       79
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd think this would be like trying to find a, uh, small metal thing
Floyd | in a large pile of other stuff, but in fact it's not that bad, since
Floyd | this particular bit of metal talks. "--Come on come on I'm right over
Floyd | here this is totally obv--" it is saying as you pick it up. "Finally!
Floyd | It's about time you found me!"
Floyd | "Uh, what?" you say.
Floyd | "It's me! Roz!" And you finally realize it's the same voice as
Floyd | earlier. "You popped my balloon! It took me forever to get down here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roz" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       80
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROZ
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a pyramid-shaped piece of metal which, surprisingly, can talk.
Floyd | For instance, right now it says "Quit starin' at me and get on with
Floyd | things!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       81
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch is labelled "MAINTENANCE". It's closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       82
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      83
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crowd" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      84
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWD
Floyd |
Floyd | Some have fur, some have claws, some have tails, some have ears, some
Floyd | have green skin, some have blue skin. But judging by the papers
Floyd | they're holding, what they all have is a determination to get a job.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What does he mean, overqualified?" says a furred lizard-thing,
Floyd | angrily, to its scaled bear-thing companion. "I have a mere sixteen
Floyd | years of experience!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I need to use the word 'tentaclosity' more often."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      84
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      85
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      86
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A nearby vendor suddenly leaps out of her booth. "I hate this job!"
Floyd | she shouts. "I'm finding a new one!" She disappears into the crowd,
Floyd | leaving the empty booth abandoned behind her. You look over at it,
Floyd | curiously.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Too bad the eburnean pond kraken is in the wilds already, then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x booth" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      87
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | This display booth is empty, at least of people. A colorful sign on
Floyd | the booth says "THE AMAZING UNSHRED-O-MATIC" and sitting on the booth
Floyd | is what you presume to be the unshred-o-matic in question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to KO), "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "How convenient, booth."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      88
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be composed mainly of a bin, some unblades, and a button.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, that won't do at all," says an interviewer at one of the
Floyd | booths to a gelatinous blob. "I'm afraid chuffling certification is an
Floyd | absolute requirement for any job here." The blob jiggles unhappily and
Floyd | oozes away. The interviewer shrugs and shoves the blob's resume into a
Floyd | nearby tube, where it's immediately sucked out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Get shreds from the other room, put them in this machine, then get in line?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      88
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 3, "Job Fair", was written by Dan Shiovitz.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
		DavidW asks, "Shall I?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       89
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       90
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up all the larger pieces you can find. There are four.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      91
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder. Nearby you
Floyd | notice a small, unstaffed booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paper in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      91
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      92
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a khaki-colored resume piece
Floyd |   an ecru-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a beige-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a cream-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | A mime uses its tentacles to give an impromptu demonstration of being
Floyd | trapped in an invisible rocket ship and walking against a tractor
Floyd | beam. Its interviewer is unimpressed, however, and consigns the mime's
Floyd | resume to a shredder tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x khaki" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      93
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KHAKI
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on khaki-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant:
Floyd | "Certifications: Pommelation (Basic and Advanced), Chuffling,
Floyd | Black-Belt Lean Six Sigma", "Blood type: O"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ecru" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      94
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ECRU
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on ecru-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant: "Years of
Floyd | experience: 1", "Ever since I was a mere pod, my ambition to be a
Floyd | Waffgasketeer has been ..", "Hobbies: Trandozian bass, flapjacks"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only four years?" a green chimpanzee says to a blue chimpanzee.
Floyd | "They'll never take anyone with that little."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beige" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      95
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEIGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on beige-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant: "It is my
Floyd | fondest hope that as a Jark Inverter I will ..", "Education: Yalneeple
Floyd | College of Higher Kurfting, "D4", "With my fifteen years of experience
Floyd | .."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cream" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      96
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on cream-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant: "0
Floyd | (approximate)", "Scent glands: removed (references available on
Floyd | request)", "Languages known: none."
Floyd |
Floyd | Two aliens get into an argument over who was next in line. The debate
Floyd | is resolved when the smaller one unhinges its jaw surprisingly far and
Floyd | eats the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "What a weird place."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put beige in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      97
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEIGE IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the beige-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      98
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be composed mainly of a bin, some unblades, and a button.
Floyd | In the unshredder you see beige-colored resume piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | An armadillo-like alien has a conversation with a vendor in a nearby
Floyd | booth about their new line of metallic post-it notes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put all paper in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      98
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ALL PAPER IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cream in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      99
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CREAM IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the cream-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      100
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the unshredder button. The unshredder hums in a pleased
Floyd | fashion, then sucks in all the scraps in its bin. There is a brief
Floyd | rrihw, and then a tan resume comes out the top of the unshredder. You
Floyd | pick it up and discard the remaining resume pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | An armadillo-like alien has a conversation with a vendor in a nearby
Floyd | booth about their new line of metallic post-it notes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I always love Dan's writing. This is no exception."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tan" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      101
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tan" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      102
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The resume lists a number of hobbies and qualifications you don't
Floyd | really understand, but you do manage to make out a claim of 15 years
Floyd | of experience and a request for a position as a Jark Inverter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two aliens get into an argument over who was next in line. The debate
Floyd | is resolved when the smaller one unhinges its jaw surprisingly far and
Floyd | eats the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "rrihw, heh"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in line" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      103
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the line, and wait. And wait, and wait. Eventually you
Floyd | reach the front, where you are scrutinized by a sort of mutant
Floyd | crab-zebra thing. "GIVE ME THAT RESUME!" it roars, snatching it from
Floyd | you. Then it produces a pair of surprisingly small spectacles and
Floyd | settles them on its eyestalks as it reads over your resume. "Good ..
Floyd | good .. nice genetic structure .. excellent center of mass .."
Floyd | Suddenly it stops and looks up at you. "YOU DON'T HAVE THE
Floyd | CERTIFICATION FOR THIS JOB". With one enormous claw, it shoves your
Floyd | resume into a nearby tube which, you fear, leads directly to the
Floyd | shredder. "GET OUT OF HERE!" To the accompaniment of menacing pincer
Floyd | snaps and glares from the other interviewees, you slink out of the
Floyd | line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "We needed Chuffling, on the Khaki fragment..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       104
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       105
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up all the larger pieces you can find. There are four.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       106
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a khaki-colored resume piece
Floyd |   an ecru-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a beige-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a cream-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      107
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder. Nearby you
Floyd | notice a small, unstaffed booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What does he mean, overqualified?" says a furred lizard-thing,
Floyd | angrily, to its scaled bear-thing companion. "I have a mere sixteen
Floyd | years of experience!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x khaki" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      108
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KHAKI
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on khaki-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant:
Floyd | "Certifications: Pommelation (Basic and Advanced), Chuffling,
Floyd | Black-Belt Lean Six Sigma", "Blood type: O"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "beige" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      108
Floyd |
Floyd | > BEIGE
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beige" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      109
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEIGE
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on beige-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant: "It is my
Floyd | fondest hope that as a Jark Inverter I will ..", "Education: Yalneeple
Floyd | College of Higher Kurfting, "D4", "With my fifteen years of experience
Floyd | .."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, that won't do at all," says an interviewer at one of the
Floyd | booths to a gelatinous blob. "I'm afraid chuffling certification is an
Floyd | absolute requirement for any job here." The blob jiggles unhappily and
Floyd | oozes away. The interviewer shrugs and shoves the blob's resume into a
Floyd | nearby tube, where it's immediately sucked out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cream" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      110
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on cream-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant: "0
Floyd | (approximate)", "Scent glands: removed (references available on
Floyd | request)", "Languages known: none."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Khaki and cream?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put khaki in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      111
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT KHAKI IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the khaki-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mime uses its tentacles to give an impromptu demonstration of being
Floyd | trapped in an invisible rocket ship and walking against a tractor
Floyd | beam. Its interviewer is unimpressed, however, and consigns the mime's
Floyd | resume to a shredder tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cream in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      112
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CREAM IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the cream-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      113
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the unshredder button. The unshredder hums in a pleased
Floyd | fashion, then sucks in all the scraps in its bin. There is a brief
Floyd | rrihw, and then a tan resume comes out the top of the unshredder. You
Floyd | pick it up and discard the remaining resume pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only four years?" a green chimpanzee says to a blue chimpanzee.
Floyd | "They'll never take anyone with that little."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tan" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      114
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The resume lists a number of hobbies and qualifications you don't
Floyd | really understand, but you do manage to make out multiple
Floyd | certifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in line" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      115
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the line, and wait. And wait, and wait. Eventually you
Floyd | reach the front, where you are scrutinized by a sort of mutant
Floyd | crab-zebra thing. "GIVE ME THAT RESUME!" it roars, snatching it from
Floyd | you. Then it produces a pair of surprisingly small spectacles and
Floyd | settles them on its eyestalks as it reads over your resume. "Good ..
Floyd | good .. nice genetic structure .. excellent center of mass .."
Floyd | Suddenly it stops and looks up at you. "YOU'RE TOO INEXPERIENCED!".
Floyd | With one enormous claw, it shoves your resume into a nearby tube
Floyd | which, you fear, leads directly to the shredder. "GET OUT OF HERE!" To
Floyd | the accompaniment of menacing pincer snaps and glares from the other
Floyd | interviewees, you slink out of the line.
Floyd |
Floyd | An armadillo-like alien has a conversation with a vendor in a nearby
Floyd | booth about their new line of metallic post-it notes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "meeh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       116
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take paper" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       117
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up all the larger pieces you can find. There are four.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      118
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder. Nearby you
Floyd | notice a small, unstaffed booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Khaki and beige would give us 15 years of experience I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      119
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a khaki-colored resume piece
Floyd |   an ecru-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a beige-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a cream-colored resume piece
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | A mime uses its tentacles to give an impromptu demonstration of being
Floyd | trapped in an invisible rocket ship and walking against a tractor
Floyd | beam. Its interviewer is unimpressed, however, and consigns the mime's
Floyd | resume to a shredder tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ecru" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      120
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ECRU
Floyd |
Floyd | This fragment of a resume is printed on ecru-colored paper. Glancing
Floyd | over it, you make out a few phrases that seem relevant: "Years of
Floyd | experience: 1", "Ever since I was a mere pod, my ambition to be a
Floyd | Waffgasketeer has been ..", "Hobbies: Trandozian bass, flapjacks"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I think khaki + cream + beige."
		DavidW says, "I don't know if we can do three."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put knaki in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      120
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT KNAKI IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "o khaki" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      121
Floyd |
Floyd | > O KHAKI
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the khaki-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only four years?" a green chimpanzee says to a blue chimpanzee.
Floyd | "They'll never take anyone with that little."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cream in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      122
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CREAM IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the cream-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put beige in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      123
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BEIGE IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the beige-colored resume piece into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two aliens get into an argument over who was next in line. The debate
Floyd | is resolved when the smaller one unhinges its jaw surprisingly far and
Floyd | eats the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      124
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the unshredder button. The unshredder hums in a pleased
Floyd | fashion, then sucks in all the scraps in its bin. There is a brief
Floyd | rrihw, and then a tan resume comes out the top of the unshredder. You
Floyd | pick it up and discard the remaining resume pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "If not, khaki + beige."
		DavidW says, "I like how rrihw is reverse whirr"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tan" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      125
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The resume lists a number of hobbies and qualifications you don't
Floyd | really understand, but you do manage to make out a claim of 15 years
Floyd | of experience, a request for a position as a Jark Inverter, and
Floyd | multiple certifications.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What does he mean, overqualified?" says a furred lizard-thing,
Floyd | angrily, to its scaled bear-thing companion. "I have a mere sixteen
Floyd | years of experience!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith crosses fingers 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in line" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       126
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the line, and wait. And wait, and wait. Eventually you
Floyd | reach the front, where you are scrutinized by a sort of mutant
Floyd | crab-zebra thing. "GIVE ME THAT RESUME!" it roars, snatching it from
Floyd | you. Then it produces a pair of surprisingly small spectacles and
Floyd | settles them on its eyestalks as it reads over your resume. "Good ..
Floyd | good .. nice genetic structure .. excellent center of mass .."
Floyd | Suddenly it stops and looks up at you. "YOU'LL DO." Before you can
Floyd | react, it has grabbed you and shoved you through the door behind it.
Floyd | "HR WILL BE IN TOUCH" is the last thing you hear as the door closes
Floyd | again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Box Room
Floyd | Metal Box Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank goodness I'm here!," Roz says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       127
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Metal Box Room
Floyd | Metal Box Room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yessir, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have any way of getting
Floyd | out," Roz says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       127
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 4, "Telepyramids", was written by Carl Muckenhoupt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The thing I'm really loving is how the requirements are all over the place. Overqualified, underqualified, etc... it expresses the frustrations of job-hunting really well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about room" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       128
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, what? I was thinking about what I'm going to do for my next
Floyd | game."
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you want help getting out of here, just ask," Roz says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz for help" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       128
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ FOR HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Oh, except we got a job!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about help" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       129
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop talking and do something interesting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ask me, that is," Roz says. "If you weren't sure."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about getting out of here" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       130
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT GETTING OUT OF HERE
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's boring."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And if you wanted to know, say, what subject to ask me about," Roz
Floyd | says. "I'd suggest, oh, Roz."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Roz, that would be nicer if you hadn't started this mess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about roz" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       131
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT ROZ
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm Roz! I'm a control unit! I can talk to Sally and Leon and all the
Floyd | other units and they have to do what I say."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ok, well, I don't want to be pushy," says Roz. "Nothing worse than a
Floyd | pushy talking pyramid."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about sally" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       132
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sally's a teleportation unit. If you want to go visit her, just say
Floyd | her name and I'll tell her to bring us in."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yep, gonna shut up now. Not gonna say a thing more unless you ask."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about leon" 		

Floyd ]  Metal Box Room                                       133
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Leon's a supply unit. He helps me all the time by giving me things
Floyd | for playing games with, like confetti and poison gas and marbles and
Floyd | explosives and balloons and razor blades."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I don't like your games, Roz..."
		DavidW says, "Like a quartermaster, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  134
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Roger that!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch is latched shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet, someone must be spending a lot of time in here, because
Floyd | there's a small cot resting on a couple of planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small cot are a Sally pyramid and a dream diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  135
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  136
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the dream diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  137
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I've been having really weird dreams since I started sleeping in the
Floyd | machine on top of the old abandoned school, so I thought I should try
Floyd | to write them down and figure out what they mean. I'll start with the
Floyd | dream I had las night: I was in some kind of lab or military complex
Floyd | or something in a dystopian future, and they were doing something with
Floyd | corn. The corn was very sinister, very menacing. I think it
Floyd | represented death. In the end I escaped the whole thing in a
Floyd | rocketship, which is a blatant phallic symbol. So I guess that's about
Floyd | sex as a bid for immortality or something? I dunno, my subconscious
Floyd | has weird ideas sometimes."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  137
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 4, "Telepyramids", was written by Carl Muckenhoupt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh of course"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  138
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Day 2. Last night's dream was one of those shifting ones than never
Floyd | really settles on a theme. At first I was a spy or something, and I
Floyd | was trying to escape from enemies in a hotel which was also a lab
Floyd | which was also a sultan's palace, or something like that. And I
Floyd | escaped them by rail through some kind of fantasy kingdom accompanied
Floyd | by a weasel. I'm having trouble finding symbols here. I guess the
Floyd | sense of running away from things was strong, but only in the
Floyd | beginning."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Recaps of IF Whispers."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  139
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Day 3. I was back in my old house, the one from before I moved to the
Floyd | machine, but it was empty, and the world was ruled by insectoid
Floyd | aliens, but I just accepted that as good, because they had
Floyd | mind-control powers or something. I escaped by riding a missile
Floyd | (another blatant phallic symbol), and wound up on the moon, in another
Floyd | of those strange laboratories which seem to be the most common feature
Floyd | of my dreams these days. Maybe this is has something to do with those
Floyd | four days I can't remember? I was guided some of the time by a
Floyd | disembodied voice, which is traditionally supposed to be a
Floyd | manifestation of the divine or something. I hope I don't start hearing
Floyd | it in real life."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, is it?"
		DavidW says, "yup"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "It is!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  140
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Day 4. I was in the desert, which shifted between being a
Floyd | post-apocalyptic wasteland and the outskirts of Las Vegas and I think
Floyd | Egypt at one point. I was looking for a treasure, which turned out to
Floyd | be a goddess, and a blatantly erotic one too. Putting her at the end
Floyd | of a search in the desert is probably a sorry commentary on my sex
Floyd | life. The only other thing I remember was a disgusting dog who kept
Floyd | showing up and hindered me at every turn. I think he represented my
Floyd | father."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  141
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | "Day 5. I don't remember a lot about this dream, but I have a feeling
Floyd | it was more coherent than the others. I was back in the old school,
Floyd | cleaning up after the children, and there was a disembodied voice that
Floyd | wanted me to stop working there. But then the voice turned out to be
Floyd | coming from a small metal pyramid, just like the one I use as a
Floyd | pillow. There were lots of pyramids like that, and they had names like
Floyd | Sally and Jojo. That's all I remember."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "jojo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  142
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the pages are blank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  143
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Jojo, she left us. Wanted a solitary life, on one of those empty
Floyd | backwater planets. Guess you could visit her, if you need a vacation."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Can we teleport to her?"
		DavidW says, "I think so"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  144
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Teleport activating now!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd | It holds a scrap of green, continous paper in one of the tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bowl (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know if we were done with Sally but we can return, I'm sure."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Tentacular!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  145
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the robot)
Floyd | You see nothing special about the robot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  146
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't make it out as long as it's in the robots claw.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  146
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 5, "Jojo gets a cookie", was written by Taleslinger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  147
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | A small bowl, perhaps for mixing dough in it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  148
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It is old, spotted with rust, but surprisingly clean. It has a single
Floyd | button. In it you see nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jojo about cookie" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  149
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOJO ABOUT COOKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the robot about that)
Floyd | The robot seems to ignore you purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jojo about paper" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  150
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOJO ABOUT PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the robot about that)
Floyd | The robot seems to ignore you purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about oven" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  151
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, what? I was thinking about what I'm going to do for my next
Floyd | game."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about next game" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  152
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT NEXT GAME
Floyd |
Floyd | "I like to play! It's not what I was designed for, but I have a lot of
Floyd | free time. My favorite game is the one where you find someone who's
Floyd | unhappy and you threaten their life in a way that forces them to
Floyd | choose between changing what they're unhappy about or dying, and you
Floyd | see which they choose. It's great because either way their unhappiness
Floyd | is over."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I pretty much would anticipate a bot that Tale wrote would ignore me."
		Jacqueline says, "Jesus that got dark."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  153
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd | It holds a scrap of green, continous paper in one of the tentacles.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a bowl (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wires" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  154
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | These loose wires, judging by their color, seem to stem from all kind
Floyd | of sources, varying in thickness and level of insulation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dish" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  155
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The hut, judging from the random sparks, draws enegry from the air
Floyd | somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  156
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a blue, wooden wardrobe. It looks too small to store all of the
Floyd | stuff one may need, but maybe it's bigger on the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  157
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ask jojo for paper" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  158
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JOJO FOR PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the robot for the scrap)
Floyd | The robot seems to ignore you purposefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  159
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a comfy looking mattress."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  160
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the mattress.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lie on it" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  160
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIE ON IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  161
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You're hardly tired, and besides, bedtime is ten p.m. sharp. No
Floyd | earlier, no later. Your biological clock is a delicate thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  162
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get paper" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  163
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully remove the paper from the claw. The robot doesn't seem
Floyd | to mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  164
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read paper" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  165
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Not much to read there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  166
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I WANT COOKIE - CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING- RECIPE - CUKROVINCA FLOUR - AN
Floyd | EGG - A JARK-
Floyd | "Wow" says Roz, "she off the hook."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  167
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "time" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  167
Floyd |
Floyd | > TIME
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I assume we find all three ingredients, put in bowl, put bowl in oven, make cookie?"
		Knight_Otu says, "You#re plotting murders, but the robot wanting a cookie is off the hook. Right."
		wordsmith says (to DW), "I think so."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds about right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about egg" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  168
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's boring."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about jark" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  169
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT JARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Curious things, aren't they?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about flour" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  170
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, what? I was thinking about what I'm going to do for my next
Floyd | game."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "leon" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  170
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about leon" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  171
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Leon's a supply unit. He helps me all the time by giving me things
Floyd | for playing games with, like confetti and poison gas and marbles and
Floyd | explosives and balloons and razor blades."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  172
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Aye-aye!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch is latched shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet, someone must be spending a lot of time in here, because
Floyd | there's a small cot resting on a couple of planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small cot is a Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask sally about leon" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  172
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK SALLY ABOUT LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cot" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  173
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the small cot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  174
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the rusty hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  175
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the rusty hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  176
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 177
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW says, "Goodness."
		DavidW says, "I wasn't expecting to get back here."
		Jacqueline says, "truth"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 178
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  179
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch leads out into the fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet, someone must be spending a lot of time in here, because
Floyd | there's a small cot resting on a couple of planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small cot is a Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wheels" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  179
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cogwheels" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  180
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COGWHEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cogwheels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under cot" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  181
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER COT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  182
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we visit Leon?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally, leon" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  182
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY, LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't talk to the Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  182
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "leon" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  182
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "It's not clear we can go to Leon (unlike Sally and Jojo)."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  183
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Roger that!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  182
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sally on cot" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  183
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SALLY ON COT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the Sally pyramid on the small cot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Maybe we can get things from Leon though? Maybe with Roz's help?"
		DavidW says, "If we teleport with Sally, we can't return here."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  183
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of wordsmith), "yes, yes, but how to get to Leon?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask Roz to ask Leon for egg" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  183
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ TO ASK LEON FOR EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Good question."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz for egg" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  183
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ FOR EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 184
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              185
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           186
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        187
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Area                                           188
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Muddy Area
Floyd | You try to keep your shoes as clean as possible here. The only way is
Floyd | back west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shallow hole has been dug by some small archaeologist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Area                                           189
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing else in the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mud" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Area                                           189
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MUD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Muddy Area                                           190
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        191
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       192
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside School
Floyd | You've never been to this area before. A brown door is east, and south
Floyd | is behind the school (technically south is also outside the school,
Floyd | but we have to tell them apart somehow).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        193
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Entryway
Floyd | The light is dim, and exits are west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       194
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, the floor to the east is basically an open pit now, but you know
Floyd | the fall is survivable. So after a brief hesitation, you fling
Floyd | yourself in.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       195
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the scrap)
Floyd | I WANT COOKIE - CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING- RECIPE - CUKROVINCA FLOUR - AN
Floyd | EGG - A JARK-
Floyd | "Wow" says Roz, "she off the hook."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       196
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      197
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder. Nearby you
Floyd | notice a small, unstaffed booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put diary in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      198
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT DIARY IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the dream diary into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, that won't do at all," says an interviewer at one of the
Floyd | booths to a gelatinous blob. "I'm afraid chuffling certification is an
Floyd | absolute requirement for any job here." The blob jiggles unhappily and
Floyd | oozes away. The interviewer shrugs and shoves the blob's resume into a
Floyd | nearby tube, where it's immediately sucked out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      199
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the unshredder button. Nothing happens besides an angry buzz,
Floyd | probably because the unshredder has something in it that it doesn't
Floyd | know how to unshred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take diary" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      200
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | An armadillo-like alien has a conversation with a vendor in a nearby
Floyd | booth about their new line of metallic post-it notes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paper in unshred" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      201
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PAPER IN UNSHRED
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the scrap into the unshred-o-matic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      202
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the unshredder button. Nothing happens besides an angry buzz,
Floyd | probably because the unshredder has something in it that it doesn't
Floyd | know how to unshred.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What does he mean, overqualified?" says a furred lizard-thing,
Floyd | angrily, to its scaled bear-thing companion. "I have a mere sixteen
Floyd | years of experience!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scrap" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      203
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SCRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  204
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Roger that!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "darn"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  205
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x outside" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  206
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "South."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock wardrobe with key" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  207
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK WARDROBE WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  208
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              209
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You step outside and find yourself under a clear, disturbingly puple
Floyd | sky, where yellow lightning flashes silently in dark, grey clouds. The
Floyd | air is humid and humming with life. Almost invisible, transparent
Floyd | insects swirl round your head, and in the distance, some unseen birds
Floyd | chirp and flutter.The hut and it's surroundings seem to be inside some
Floyd | sort of transparent energy dome.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Pen
Floyd | Short, green grass extends to the foot of the protective dome. In the
Floyd | middle of this meadow sits a pen. Mountains  border on the dome to the
Floyd | east, and there seems to be a small pond to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout, plump lizard sits in the middle of pen, eyeing you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard backs away suddenly, as if scared by your movements, and
Floyd | starts to hiss.
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "An ink pen or a pig pen or what?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              210
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the lizard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Puple sure is disturbing. (Sorry, Tale.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              210
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 211
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Lair of the Jark
Floyd | You are near a pond of yellowish water.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead at your feet lies some sort of black creature.
Floyd |
Floyd | And there it sits, in the middle of the pond - the Jark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jark" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 212
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JARK
Floyd |
Floyd | A jark is a jark is a jark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pond" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 212
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 212
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 5, "Jojo gets a cookie", was written by Taleslinger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x black" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 212
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x creature" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 213
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CREATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature is small, shorter than you, and pitch black. It has an
Floyd | oblong head, no ears, tiny black eyes, and sharp, black teeth clearly
Floyd | visible behind a lipless mouth. It has a name tag saying hr. Ah, the
Floyd | guy they told you about at the job center. He's clearly dead, though,
Floyd | and therefore somewhat unhelpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha. oh no"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tag" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 213
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hr" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 214
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 215
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   HR
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 216
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Lair of the Jark
Floyd | You are near a pond of yellowish water.
Floyd |
Floyd | And there it sits, in the middle of the pond - the Jark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear hr" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 217
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR HR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jark" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 217
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE JARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You touch the Jark, and die a  jarkingly, horrible death, additionally
Floyd | discgracing your whole field of work.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have died ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 217
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Lair of the Jark
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So, what was our job again?"
		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
		wordsmith says, "Jark Inverter..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give hr to jark" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 217
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HR TO JARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "invert jark" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 218
Floyd |
Floyd | > INVERT JARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You skillfully invert the Jark, rendering it harmless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There you go"
		wordsmith exclaims, "yea!"
		DavidW says, "wha!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 219
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The Lair of the Jark
Floyd | You are near a pond of yellowish water.
Floyd |
Floyd | And there it sits, in the middle of the pond - the Jark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline looks smug.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take jark" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 220
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE JARK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put jark in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 221
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT JARK IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the Jark into the bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scrap" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 222
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | I WANT COOKIE - CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING- RECIPE - CUKROVINCA FLOUR - AN
Floyd | EGG - A JARK-
Floyd | "Wow" says Roz, "she off the hook."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about cukrovinca flour" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 223
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT CUKROVINCA FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, it's made from rocks. Not healthy for humans, I've heard. But
Floyd | neither is poison gas, eh?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Have we seen rocks?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ask roz for CUKROVINCA FLOUR" 		

Floyd ]  The Lair of the Jark                                 223
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ FOR CUKROVINCA FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Ask the supply robot?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably a lot, but I don't recall any being called out."
		DavidW says, "We can't reach Leon"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		wordsmith says, "Leon gets things for Roz, but maybe not for us."
		DavidW says, "If we get rocks, we can put them into the shredder."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  224
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Teleport activating now!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch leads out into the fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet, someone must be spending a lot of time in here, because
Floyd | there's a small cot resting on a couple of planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small cot is a Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  225
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 226
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              227
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              227
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           228
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        229
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       230
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside School
Floyd | You've never been to this area before. A brown door is east, and south
Floyd | is behind the school (technically south is also outside the school,
Floyd | but we have to tell them apart somehow).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crow" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       230
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nest" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       230
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  231
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Aye-aye!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              232
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Pen
Floyd | Short, green grass extends to the foot of the protective dome. In the
Floyd | middle of this meadow sits a pen. Mountains  border on the dome to the
Floyd | east, and there seems to be a small pond to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout, plump lizard sits in the middle of pen, eyeing you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard backs away suddenly, as if scared by your movements, and
Floyd | starts to hiss.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              233
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the lizard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard looks at you longingly and starts to hiss.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Area                                           234
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Area
Floyd | Some rocks have fallen from the Mountains outside the dome, building
Floyd | one of those rocky landscapes where climbing children hopefully fall
Floyd | and break their little necks. Stupid brats.
Floyd |
Floyd | A smaller rock lies a few feet apart from the others.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Area                                           235
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "There's rocks."
		DavidW says, "Tale got the east/west thing inverted."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Area                                           236
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a rock the size of a fist, powdery, but hard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Area                                           237
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              238
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Pen
Floyd | Short, green grass extends to the foot of the protective dome. In the
Floyd | middle of this meadow sits a pen. Mountains  border on the dome to the
Floyd | east, and there seems to be a small pond to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout, plump lizard sits in the middle of pen, eyeing you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              239
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard snaps at its own tail.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              240
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "invert lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              241
Floyd |
Floyd | > INVERT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to Jarks!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              242
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | She's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask roz about lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              243
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't want to talk about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Lizard might be pregnant with an egg, I'm thinking."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  244
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Roger that!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch leads out into the fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet, someone must be spending a lot of time in here, because
Floyd | there's a small cot resting on a couple of planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small cot is a Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Roof                                                 245
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  In Tree                                              246
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Under Tree                                           247
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Behind School                                        248
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Outside School                                       249
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside School
Floyd | You've never been to this area before. A brown door is east, and south
Floyd | is behind the school (technically south is also outside the school,
Floyd | but we have to tell them apart somehow).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dark Entryway                                        250
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Entryway
Floyd | The light is dim, and exits are west and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       251
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Knowing there's a cushy landing, you leap down into the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x funnel" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       252
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FUNNEL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's presumably for spewing paper fragments out of the shredder and
Floyd | into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      253
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder. Nearby you
Floyd | notice a small, unstaffed booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only four years?" a green chimpanzee says to a blue chimpanzee.
Floyd | "They'll never take anyone with that little."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rock in shredder" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      254
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROCK IN SHREDDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze the rock into one of the tubes, ignoring the looks from
Floyd | the surrounding beings. The shredder makes some horrible gnashing
Floyd | noises, but  you think you heair a faint sputtering from the Shredder
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       255
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Shredding Room
Floyd | This room is mostly occupied by a large pile of shredded paper. There
Floyd | aren't any obvious exits, but the north wall is entirely occupied by
Floyd | the backside of a large machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A neat heap of Cukrovinca flour is on top of the other heap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flour" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       256
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FLOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | You easily scoop it into your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put flour in bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       257
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT FLOUR IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You put Cukrovinca flour into the bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Shredding Room                                       258
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   HR
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |     Cukrovinca flour
Floyd |     a Jark
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm floured."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      259
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You squeeze your way through the hatch and eventually come out the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | Conference Hall
Floyd | This is a big open area. Hundreds of beings of all heights, colors,
Floyd | eyestalkitude and tentaclosity are wandering around, visiting little
Floyd | booths, and waving bits of paper, but mostly they're standing in line.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room (and the crowd) stretches out in all directions except south,
Floyd | where the whole wall is taken up by the giant shredder. Nearby you
Floyd | notice a small, unstaffed booth.
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, that won't do at all," says an interviewer at one of the
Floyd | booths to a gelatinous blob. "I'm afraid chuffling certification is an
Floyd | absolute requirement for any job here." The blob jiggles unhappily and
Floyd | oozes away. The interviewer shrugs and shoves the blob's resume into a
Floyd | nearby tube, where it's immediately sucked out of sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get in line" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      260
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IN LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the line, and wait. And wait, and wait. Eventually you
Floyd | reach the front, where you are scrutinized by a sort of mutant
Floyd | crab-zebra thing. "WHERE'S YOUR RESUME?" it roars. "GET OUT OF HERE!"
Floyd | To the accompaniment of menacing pincer snaps and glares from the
Floyd | other interviewees, you slink out of the line.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hr" 		

Floyd ]  Conference Hall                                      261
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HR
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature is small, shorter than you, and pitch black. It has an
Floyd | oblong head, no ears, tiny black eyes, and sharp, black teeth clearly
Floyd | visible behind a lipless mouth. It has a name tag saying hr. Ah, the
Floyd | guy they told you about at the job center. He's clearly dead, though,
Floyd | and therefore somewhat unhelpful.
Floyd |
Floyd | Two aliens get into an argument over who was next in line. The debate
Floyd | is resolved when the smaller one unhinges its jaw surprisingly far and
Floyd | eats the other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  262
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Gotcha, boss!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "So, an egg. Crow's egg? Lizard egg?"
		Roger says, "it's sort of interesting how pretty much every collaborative IF like this has an explosion of objects"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              263
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Pen
Floyd | Short, green grass extends to the foot of the protective dome. In the
Floyd | middle of this meadow sits a pen. Mountains  border on the dome to the
Floyd | east, and there seems to be a small pond to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout, plump lizard sits in the middle of pen, eyeing you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give hr to lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              264
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HR TO LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about hr" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              265
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT HR
Floyd |
Floyd | Famous Jark inverter. Helped some dude escape somewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              266
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop talking and do something interesting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about egg" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              267
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, what? I was thinking about what I'm going to do for my next
Floyd | game."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  268
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robot" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  269
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROBOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the robot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open robot" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  270
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN ROBOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jojo" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  271
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the robot)
Floyd | You see nothing special about the robot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter robot" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  272
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER ROBOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pyramid" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  273
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PYRAMID
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Roz pyramid)
Floyd | It's a pyramid-shaped piece of metal which, surprisingly, can talk.
Floyd | For instance, right now it says "Quit starin' at me and get on with
Floyd | things!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              274
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Pen
Floyd | Short, green grass extends to the foot of the protective dome. In the
Floyd | middle of this meadow sits a pen. Mountains  border on the dome to the
Floyd | east, and there seems to be a small pond to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout, plump lizard sits in the middle of pen, eyeing you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              275
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You try a little shadow boxing in the direction of the lizard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "milk lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              275
Floyd |
Floyd | > MILK LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "midwife lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              275
Floyd |
Floyd | > MIDWIFE LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "doctor lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              275
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOCTOR LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              276
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You try a little shadow boxing in the direction of the lizard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard snaps at its own tail.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tail" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              276
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              277
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose the lizard would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lizard about egg" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              278
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LIZARD ABOUT EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lizard about lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              279
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LIZARD ABOUT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "ideas?"
		wordsmith says, "DW is working through the list of '1,000 things you can do to a lizard.'"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              280
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   HR
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |     Cukrovinca flour
Floyd |     a Jark
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "throw roz at lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              281
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW ROZ AT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give roz to lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              282
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE ROZ TO LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "invert lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              283
Floyd |
Floyd | > INVERT LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to Jarks!
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard blinks.
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Thought so."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe the lizard is hungry?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Maybe yes. I tried giving HR."
		DavidW says, "I haven't seen anything else that might be food."
		DavidW says, "although maybe the key since the crow shat it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give key to lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              284
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE KEY TO LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe we can do 'Leon' only in the presence of Sally?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give roll to lizard" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              285
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE ROLL TO LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search hr" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              286
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH HR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take name tag" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              286
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NAME TAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pen" 		

Floyd ]  The Pen                                              286
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]                                                       286
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lizard" 		

Floyd ]                                                       287
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIZARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the lizard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "drop hr" 		

Floyd ]                                                       288
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP HR
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get hr" 		

Floyd ]                                                       289
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Is there more in the unshred booth?"
		DavidW asks, "Should we try reading the entire math book or returning to the classroom?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I don't think so, but maybe?"
		DavidW says, "I agree that feeding the lizard seems the most promising way to get an egg."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'll be back in a bit."
		wordsmith says, "I don't have any other ideas yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, or give it a nest."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally" 		

Floyd ]                                                       290
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Aye-aye!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine

		Jacqueline says, "But that's probably not the solution"

Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch leads out into the fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | And yet, someone must be spending a lot of time in here, because
Floyd | there's a small cot resting on a couple of planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the small cot is a Sally pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hatch" 		

Floyd ]                                                       291
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the rusty hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]                                                       292
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | It smells nasty in here.  The sooner you get back out into the fresh
Floyd | air, the happier you'll be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oil" 		

Floyd ]                                                       292
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x planks" 		

Floyd ]                                                       293
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move planks" 		

Floyd ]                                                       294
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE PLANKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cot" 		

Floyd ]                                                       295
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE COT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop cot" 		

Floyd ]                                                       296
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP COT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                                                       297
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Roof
Floyd | A quiet albeit windy retreat.
Floyd |
Floyd | A metal machine, taller than you are, is here with a math book wedged
Floyd | underneath it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read book" 		

Floyd ]                                                       298
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Not much to read there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]                                                       299
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Propping up a machine is as good a use for math as any, in your
Floyd | opinion. It seems to have a page missing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take book" 		

Floyd ]                                                       300
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | As you move the book, the metal machine rocks scarily. You instantly
Floyd | desist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                                                       301
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In Tree
Floyd | You cling precariously up here among the green leaves, and can get to
Floyd | the roof to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]                                                       302
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Not after four p.m., no way. This is the time where you can act
Floyd | dignified again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]                                                       303
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]                                                       304
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Under Tree
Floyd | It is peaceful under the tree. You can go north to behind the school.
Floyd |
Floyd | A lush tree grows, reaching into the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                                                       305
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                                                       306
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                                                       307
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Really, this was just a glorified hallway. You used to like places
Floyd | like this. Tiles and cinderblocks. No-nonsense, nothing gaudy. They do
Floyd | just what they promise: take you from room to room without asserting
Floyd | themselves. But something's gone terrible wrong. The whole floor is
Floyd | lousy with confetti, thick as snow and almost painful to look at. The
Floyd | door is ajar, swinging a bit in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]                                                       308
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                                                       309
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                                                       310
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Classroom
Floyd | Every last inch of wall space here, save for the window, is plastered
Floyd | with needless decor: nature caricatures, inspirational glurge, posters
Floyd | with cartoon letters and plus signs. The floor's no better; the brats
Floyd | didn't pick up when Miss Lauren told them to pick up and now it's
Floyd | cluttered with gaudy plastic. The books are tossed into the carpet
Floyd | square pile and someone's dripped tempera paint onto every table. And
Floyd | there's more, it seems, every second. Leaves and dirt by the doorway.
Floyd | Shredded paper that's not in the waste bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]                                                       311
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | small metal pyramid: Taken.
Floyd | Cukrovinca flour: You easily scoop it into your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | Jark: Taken.
Floyd | leaves: Not without your gloves, and you're not sure where you left
Floyd | those. Of course.
Floyd | paper: That's hardly portable.
Floyd | books: You dig through the pile a bit, but it just collapses in on
Floyd | itself. Ugh.
Floyd | tables: They're hardly portable.
Floyd | window: That's hardly portable.
Floyd | posters: You'd love to. It'd be nice to see the walls look crisp
Floyd | again. But yo u're forbidden to, and close enough to being fired as it
Floyd | is.
Floyd | toys: You pick up a toy and stack it in the bin, but by the time you
Floyd | get back to the pile there just seem to be more. What fool decided to
Floyd | make toys reproduce?
Floyd | bin: You're not really in good enough standing with Miss Lauren to try
Floyd | replacing it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       310
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Classroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bin" 		

Floyd ]                                                       311
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "paper" 		

Floyd ]  Classroom                                            311
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P12: Too many activities are going on at once.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       311
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Classroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]                                                       312
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the scrap)
Floyd | I WANT COOKIE - CAN GIVE YOU SOMETHING- RECIPE - CUKROVINCA FLOUR - AN
Floyd | EGG - A JARK-
Floyd | "Wow" says Roz, "she off the hook."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                                                       313
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hallway
Floyd | Really, this was just a glorified hallway. You used to like places
Floyd | like this. Tiles and cinderblocks. No-nonsense, nothing gaudy. They do
Floyd | just what they promise: take you from room to room without asserting
Floyd | themselves. But something's gone terrible wrong. The whole floor is
Floyd | lousy with confetti, thick as snow and almost painful to look at. The
Floyd | door is ajar, swinging a bit in the breeze.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take confetti" 		

Floyd ]                                                       314
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CONFETTI
Floyd |
Floyd | There's too much of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]                                                       315
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You sift through the confetti, but find nothing but more of it. What
Floyd | were you hoping for? Gold?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]                                                       316
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a rhetorical question.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]                                                       317
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind School
Floyd | The students aren't usually allowed back here. You can go north,
Floyd | south, or east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sally" 		

Floyd ]                                                       318
Floyd |
Floyd | > SALLY
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Roger that!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | This is a cramped hollow inside some kind of mechanism.  Cogwheels
Floyd | poke your ribs as the smell of machine oil assaults your nostrils. A
Floyd | rusty hatch leads out into the fresh air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small cot (on which is a Sally pyramid) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "leon" 		

Floyd ]  Guts of the Machine                                  318
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P12: Too many activities are going on at once.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       318
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Guts of the Machine
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                                                       319
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   HR
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |     Cukrovinca flour
Floyd |     a Jark
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about diary" 		

Floyd ]                                                       320
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't want to talk about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about scrap" 		

Floyd ]                                                       321
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT SCRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop talking and do something interesting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about cookie" 		

Floyd ]                                                       322
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT COOKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | "As I said, Jojo went a little flaky in exile."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about jojo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       323
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Jojo, she left us. Wanted a solitary life, on one of those empty
Floyd | backwater planets. Guess you could visit her, if you need a vacation.
Floyd | I think I should've mentioned her oath of silence. Sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about oath of silence" 		

Floyd ]                                                       324
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT OATH OF SILENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, what? I was thinking about what I'm going to do for my next
Floyd | game."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about oath" 		

Floyd ]                                                       325
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT OATH
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop talking and do something interesting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about leon" 		

Floyd ]                                                       326
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Leon's a supply unit. He helps me all the time by giving me things
Floyd | for playing games with, like confetti and poison gas and marbles and
Floyd | explosives and balloons and razor blades."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about razor blades" 		

Floyd ]                                                       327
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT RAZOR BLADES
Floyd |
Floyd | "Those things are so useful!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about balloons" 		

Floyd ]                                                       328
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT BALLOONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think you noticed what was in that balloon back in the
Floyd | classroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about about confetti" 		

Floyd ]                                                       329
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT ABOUT CONFETTI
Floyd |
Floyd | "Confetti is so pretty. I like all the colors mixed together."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about poison gas" 		

Floyd ]                                                       330
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT POISON GAS
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't think you noticed what was in that balloon back in the
Floyd | classroom."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about marbles" 		

Floyd ]                                                       331
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT MARBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're a wicked shot with those things! I'll have to tell Leon to get
Floyd | us some more."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz for marbles" 		

Floyd ]                                                       331
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ FOR MARBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about marbles" 		

Floyd ]                                                       332
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT MARBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're a wicked shot with those things! I'll have to tell Leon to get
Floyd | us some more."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz to get marbles" 		

Floyd ]                                                       332
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ TO GET MARBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz for leon" 		

Floyd ]                                                       332
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ FOR LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about leon" 		

Floyd ]                                                       333
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Leon's a supply unit. He helps me all the time by giving me things
Floyd | for playing games with, like confetti and poison gas and marbles and
Floyd | explosives and balloons and razor blades."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Ooh, I got it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to leon" 		

Floyd ]                                                       333
Floyd |
Floyd | > GO TO LEON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks (of ws), "oh?"
		wordsmith says, "Go back to lizard, and hiss at it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jojo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       334
Floyd |
Floyd | > JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid brightly says "Gotcha, boss!"
Floyd | You have a moment of vertigo, and suddenly you're elsewhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                                                       335
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Pen
Floyd | Short, green grass extends to the foot of the protective dome. In the
Floyd | middle of this meadow sits a pen. Mountains  border on the dome to the
Floyd | east, and there seems to be a small pond to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout, plump lizard sits in the middle of pen, eyeing you warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hiss" 		

Floyd ]                                                       336
Floyd |
Floyd | > HISS
Floyd |
Floyd | You hiss. The lizard suddenly gives you bedroom eyes and lays an egg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "WHOA"
		wordsmith says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "How'd you guess that?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take egg" 		

Floyd ]                                                       337
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lizard backs away suddenly, as if scared by your movements, and
Floyd | starts to hiss.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put egg in bowl" 		

Floyd ]                                                       338
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT EGG IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the last ingredient and shake the bowl a bit. Wow, thanks
Floyd | to the astonishing qualities of the jark, you now have some delicious
Floyd | dough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dough" 		

Floyd ]                                                       339
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's some dough, greenish in color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                                                       340
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I just started playing on my own, and I remembered it hissed at us..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bowl in oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       341
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BOWL IN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The oven is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       342
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bowl in oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       343
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BOWL IN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the bowl into the oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       344
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the oven.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       345
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       346
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | It is old, spotted with rust, but surprisingly clean. It has a single
Floyd | button. In it you see a bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]                                                       347
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The oven starts to hum. Hidden speakers play a nice little melody, and
Floyd | 20 uneventful minutes later, there's a *bing*.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd ]                                                       348
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the oven, revealing a bowl.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in bowl" 		

Floyd ]                                                       349
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | In the bowl is a cookie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]                                                       350
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cookie" 		

Floyd ]                                                       351
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COOKIE
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm, it looks delicious beyond words. So there you go then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give cookie to jojo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       352
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE COOKIE TO JOJO
Floyd |
Floyd | (the robot)
Floyd | (first taking the cookie)
Floyd | One of the tentacles graps the cookie eagerly. Something inside the
Floyd | machines starts to rattle and click, and then an unseen opening spits
Floyd | out more green continous paper. It reads
Floyd | THANKS - NOW CAN FEED LIZARD - DUCK.
Floyd | As you try to bring the image of the lizard together with a duck, the
Floyd | wardrobe behind you squeaks and something hits you quit hard in the
Floyd | back of the head.
Floyd |  "Tarquin!" shouts Roz in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Here was the clue: 'The lizard looks at you longingly and starts to hiss.'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" 		

Floyd ]                                                       353
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WARDROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a blue, wooden wardrobe. It looks too small to store all of the
Floyd | stuff one may need, but maybe it's bigger on the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" 		

Floyd ]                                                       354
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]                                                       355
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | This hut, wherever it may be, is made of thick glass, distorting the
Floyd | outside to something like a watercolor painting. A foam rubber
Floyd | mattress and a wardrobe seem to be the only bits of furniture. The
Floyd | doorway outside is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the hut sits an old-fashioned oven. It is connected
Floyd | by loose wires, through a hole in the ceiling, to some sort of dish on
Floyd | top of the hut.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a corner sits a robot. It looks like an old TV-set with metal
Floyd | tentacles attached. Inside, through a glass window, you can see one of
Floyd | the pyramids.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small metal pyramid here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x metal pyramid" 		

Floyd ]                                                       356
Floyd |
Floyd | > X METAL PYRAMID
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small metal pyramid)
Floyd | You see nothing special about the small metal pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tarquin" 		

Floyd ]  Hut                                                  356
Floyd |
Floyd | > TARQUIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P12: Too many activities are going on at once.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       356
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Hut
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tarquin" 		

Floyd ]                                                       357
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TARQUIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the small metal pyramid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]                                                       358
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly a swirl of energy engulfs you, and an HR-tinged voice beckons
Floyd | your very being.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | Bare white painted walls make up three sides of this room.  The
Floyd | fourth, which happens to be the northern wall, is taken up by a large
Floyd | pair of glass doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large pair of glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Back."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "author" 		

Floyd ]                                                       358
Floyd |
Floyd | > AUTHOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Scene 6, "Bureaucracy", was written by Mark J. Musante.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about tarquin" 		

Floyd ]                                                       359
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT TARQUIN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good old Tarquin.He's the smart one. Well, not as smart as me.
Floyd | Anyway,  he tried to investigate the machine, but I can't reach him
Floyd | anymore."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doors" 		

Floyd ]                                                       360
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | Although they're glass, they're frosted over so you can't see through
Floyd | them.  There is a giant letter H on the left door, and a giant letter
Floyd | R on the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                                                       361
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |   HR
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]                                                       362
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open doors" 		

Floyd ]                                                       363
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the large pair of glass doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]                                                       364
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                                                       365
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | HR Central
Floyd | This is the nerve center of the Human Resources operation.  The room's
Floyd | vastness is matched only by the amount of noise being generated.
Floyd | People are walking everywhere and you're constantly ducking and
Floyd | weaving to avoid being bumped into.  You think you can see a disused
Floyd | cubicle off to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large pair of glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]                                                       366
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cubicle
Floyd | This cubicle has seen better days, but at least it's out of the way of
Floyd | all the madness outside.  A desk and a couple of chairs are here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an office chair (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]                                                       367
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A large green metal desk.  There's nothing on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hr on chair" 		

Floyd ]                                                       368
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HR ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the office chair would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]                                                       369
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under desk" 		

Floyd ]                                                       370
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put hr on desk" 		

Floyd ]                                                       371
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HR ON DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put HR on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hr" 		

Floyd ]                                                       372
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "I feel like I missed a step."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]                                                       373
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the desk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | *** Run-time problem P12: Too many activities are going on at once.
		Jacqueline says, "I know them feels."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]                                                       374
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   HR
Floyd |   a bowl
Floyd |   a scrap
Floyd |   a dream diary
Floyd |   a Roz pyramid
Floyd |   a bronze key
Floyd |   a toilet roll
Floyd |   a wooden slingshot
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks (of Jacq), "Is there a reason we're getting the "too many activities" messages?"
		DavidW says, "Tarquin didn't come with us."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think it's because [noun] is a possible verb in this game."
		Jacqueline says (to ws), "I don't know, it's just a highly-relatable error message for my life."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]                                                       375
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | HR Central (in the office chair)
Floyd | This is the nerve center of the Human Resources operation.  The room's
Floyd | vastness is matched only by the amount of noise being generated.
Floyd | People are walking everywhere and you're constantly ducking and
Floyd | weaving to avoid being bumped into.  You think you can see a disused
Floyd | cubicle off to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large pair of glass doors here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]                                                       375
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                                                       376
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You push off into the throng of passers-by, and skilfully guide your
Floyd | new hot-rod through the vast HR cubicle maze.  Or, y'know, maybe the
Floyd | workers here are just avoiding the maniac on the chair.  Eventually
Floyd | you make a wrong turn and the wheels catch on the threshold of an
Floyd | office doorway.  The chair tips over and you're dumped onto the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you slowly get up, you hear the door swing shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | HR Office
Floyd | Unlike the cubicles outside, this office has a real door and a real
Floyd | window.  The noise of the HR worker bees outside is almost completely
Floyd | shut out. You look around in wonder, and see a desk, a chair, some
Floyd | paintings on the wall, and a fake potted plant.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can react, a question is shot at you like an arrow that's,
Floyd | um, question-mark shaped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who the hell are you?" asks the questioner in a booming voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spin around to see a large and imposing man turn towards you, a
Floyd | sweaty hand clicking the door carefully shut. You stammer out an
Floyd | introduction and the man relaxes (just a little).
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah," he says.  "I am Mr Hokensox.  Your resume was sent along by one
Floyd | of our lobster-horses."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I thought it was a crab-zebra," you venture.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah, no, although they do like to get stripe tattoos, don't they?
Floyd | Have a seat and we'll get your forms sorted and set up your
Floyd | orientation schedule."
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small wooden chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "wow!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "But we already have a seat, don't we?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, dumped out of it, I see."
		DavidW says, "We did but we got dumped."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]                                                       377
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small wooden chair)
Floyd | You sit uncomfortably down in the wooden chair and look up at Mr.
Floyd | Hokensox.
Floyd |
Floyd | He peers more at the papers in his hand and says, "I see that you
Floyd | used to be a teacher.  You should fit in quite well here.  We have
Floyd | numerous people who act like kids.  Ha ha."
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile weakly, thinking that you have landed somwhere very much
Floyd | like where you left.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hmm... Okay, please have these forms filled out by your orientation,
Floyd | which starts in one hour."
Floyd |
Floyd |  Mr. Hockensox hands you forms XY11, UT18 and TB06.
Floyd | "Now," says Mr Hokensox, "let me show you to your new workplace."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr Hokensox puffs around the desk and unlocks the door.  He leads you
Floyd | out into the main office again, and then through a maze of cubicles.
Floyd | You try to concentrate on the path you take, but soon you're
Floyd | hopelessly lost.  He stops abruptly in front of a cubicle that looks
Floyd | like every other one.  "Here you are, cubicle number 78-33183.  I'll
Floyd | leave you to get settled in and fill out those forms.  If you have any
Floyd | questions, don't hesitate to ask."
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you can draw in a breath, Mr Hokensox turns and leaves with
Floyd | such a speed that defies his size, leaving you alone clutching your
Floyd | forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cubicle 78-33183
Floyd | Four grey walls.  At least the school had some more color than this.
Floyd | They haven't even had time to put a desk in here yet, nor a chair.
Floyd | The corridor leads out to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x xy11" 		

Floyd ]                                                       378
Floyd |
Floyd | > X XY11
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a blank sheet of paper with XY11 at the top scribbled in crayon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill out xy11" 		

Floyd ]  Cubicle 78-33183                                     378
Floyd |
Floyd | > FILL OUT XY11
Floyd |
Floyd | That noun did not make sense in this context.
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | *** Run-time problem P12: Too many activities are going on at once.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]                                                       378
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cubicle 78-33183
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ut18" 		

Floyd ]                                                       379
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UT18
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a blank sheet of paper with UT18 at the top scribbled in magic
Floyd | marker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tb06" 		

Floyd ]                                                       380
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TB06
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a blank sheet of paper with TB06 at the top scribbled in finger
Floyd | paint.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about forms" 		

Floyd ]                                                       381
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's boring."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's like we never left the school."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about ut18" 		

Floyd ]                                                       382
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT UT18
Floyd |
Floyd | "Stop talking and do something interesting!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]                                                       383
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]                                                       384
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Nondescript Corridor
Floyd | There is nothing but cubicles as far as you can see to the north and
Floyd | southwest.  Your cubicle lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]                                                       385
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You head north through the maze and find yourself at a wall, which you
Floyd | follow.  A little farther down the wall, you find an opening, which
Floyd | you duck into.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you take in the filth and splendor that is the break room, you hear
Floyd | from behind you, "Oh hi!  You must be the new person!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You spin around to see someone (something?) walking toward you.  It's
Floyd | hard to tell behind the pile of papers this person is carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm Ferd.  I've been assigned as your orientation guide!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ferd" 		

Floyd ]                                                       386
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FERD
Floyd |
Floyd | Almost as wide as he is tall, Ferd looks at you with a very wide grin
Floyd | that seems to take up most of his face.  It's hard to see the rest of
Floyd | him because of the pile of paper he's carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask ferd about forms" 		

Floyd ]                                                       387
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FERD ABOUT FORMS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask ferd about ut18" 		

Floyd ]                                                       388
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FERD ABOUT UT18
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ferd suddenly belches in an uncomfortable-looking way, then taps his
Floyd | chest (or so you assume, behind the pile of papers). "Guess my
Floyd | ticker's acting up again," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd ]                                                       388
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take papers" 		

Floyd ]                                                       388
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push ferd" 		

Floyd ]                                                       389
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH FERD
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be less than courteous.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask ferd about hr" 		

Floyd ]                                                       390
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FERD ABOUT HR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask ferd about ferd" 		

Floyd ]                                                       391
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FERD ABOUT FERD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I hope it doesn't explode again," Ferd says. "Destroyed most of the
Floyd | planet I was on. They had to clean up for years!"
Floyd | "Oh no!" Roz says. "This is a job for George!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roz about george" 		

Floyd ]                                                       392
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROZ ABOUT GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, what? I was thinking about what I'm going to do for my next
Floyd | game."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "george" 		

Floyd ]                                                       392
Floyd |
Floyd | > GEORGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The Roz pyramid says "Here goes nothin'!" You have a moment of
Floyd | vertigo.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Break Room                                           392
Floyd | An enormous metal pyramid suddenly appears in mid-air and falls on
Floyd | Ferd, squashing him flat. There is a muffled explosion but it barely
Floyd | takes out any walls and, at least in some sense,
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Roger says, "good job team"
		Knight_Otu says, "That sure was weird."
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
		Jacqueline says, "And sudden"
		DavidW says, "uh-huh"
		wordsmith says, "The ending was rather sudden..."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if we missed some stuff."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW asks, "So we actually won this pyramid scheme?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hah."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		wordsmith smiles
		Knight_Otu asks, "Well, we are stuck in a mind-numbing cubicle job it seems, rather than being a schoolteacher or a jark inverter now, so I guess we win some, we lose a lot?"
		DavidW says, "Who knows? We might quit and become a mime on Venus."
		wordsmith says, "Or in a sense we saved the world... from a catastrophe because of Ferd's ticker."
		Jacqueline says, "we are likely either over- or under-qualified for that, David."
		wordsmith says, "Not to mention lacking the necessary certifications..."
		Knight_Otu says, "And I'm sure we lack... right."
		DavidW asks, "So, good - if weird - game. I assume we're done for today?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm good, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm very glad you suggested that."
		Knight_Otu says, "We're at two hours, yeah."
		DavidW says, "thanks everyone"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thanks, and good night!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Dragon Adventure by William Stott
As played on ifMUD on September 8, 2019

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 Dragon Adventure written by William Stott. 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 dragonadvz" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The faces of the council members look grim. Gilgern continues to
Floyd | speak.
Floyd | "Of course, something must be done soon," he says in that gruff,
Floyd | hearty voice you have come to dislike so much. "Must restore public
Floyd | confidence and encourage the return of people to the land. Can't just
Floyd | leave the place to the likes of dragons and trolls. We must all make
Floyd | money again. Isn't as though it's just arrived, dragon's been there
Floyd | for years. Just that people found out about it, that's all."
Floyd | Marzipam looks round nervously at the others in the so-called Council
Floyd | of the Wise.
Floyd | "Of course, we can't afford to pay you much. We are just poor men
Floyd | ourselves. Think of this more as a civic duty..." he wheezes.
Floyd | Around you the other travellers and adventurers shift nervously.
Floyd | Gilgern hurriedly adjusts his glasses and glances down at the scroll
Floyd | in front of him. "Says here that the Great Worm can be beaten," he
Floyd | goes on. "Sword of Erondil is the only weapon which can penetrate a
Floyd | dragon's scaly hide. Enchanted weapon, you see. Last seen many years
Floyd | ago in the Castle of Abercorn. Big, ugly place. Near the sea, I think,
Floyd | if memory serves me right. Dragon must be getting a bit careless and
Floyd | lazy by now. Been there all that time. Stands to reason. Might get in
Floyd | a lucky hit or something."
Floyd | Marzipam breaks in. "Or there's the spell, I suppose. The dragon is
Floyd | supposed to be held in place under an old enchantment, though that's
Floyd | perhaps just an old tale. Break the spell and the dragon will leave,
Floyd | the story goes..."
Floyd | "Well, which of you is interested?" Gilgern looks across at you and
Floyd | the other adventurers. You begin to wish you had never set foot in the
Floyd | town - it just happened to be on your journey, that's all. You've no
Floyd | wish to tangle with dangerous dragons or anything else.
Floyd | As Gilgern looks down, you suddenly find that the other adventurers
Floyd | have all quietly taken a couple of steps back, leaving you out in the
Floyd | front.
Floyd | "Splendid", chortles Gilgern before you can say anything, "We've one
Floyd | brave soul willing to risk their all for our little cause. Welcome,
Floyd | stranger..."
Floyd | Before you know it, you have been whisked away from the town square in
Floyd | a donkey and cart and deposited beside a track.
Floyd | "Good luck - you'll need it!" calls the driver over his shoulder, as
Floyd | he hurries away.
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to Dragon Adventure. You start your quest on a mountain path
Floyd | in the North-East...
Floyd | (Type INFO at any time for more playing information.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon Adventure
Floyd | A simple text adventure for players aged 9 and over, by William Stott
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 040211 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Mountains
Floyd | It is a clear, bright morning and all seems peaceful. A tiny
Floyd | sparrowhawk wheels and soars lazily in the cool empty air above. There
Floyd | is a steep pathway to the south leading down into dense woodland, and
Floyd | you can make out an old building by the path. In the distance you can
Floyd | just glimpse the steel-grey of the sea, far away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "there we go"
		Knight_Otu says, "That's better."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing the traditional clothing of an adventurer...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Classic. Going up against a dragon and we got NOTHING in inventory."
		Knight_Otu says, "And no bandit attack to explain it."
		DavidW asks, "Dense woodland and old building south. Let's see if there's a witch there?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, like, how did this game from years ago come up?"
		wordsmith says, "'How are you going to kill the dragon, with your BARE HANDS?'"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes, and yes."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I was merely searching on IFDB for possible games."
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		DavidW says, "Like, if it's gonna be a game I haven't played yet, chances are it's gonna be obscure."
		Jacqueline says, "Fair"
		wordsmith says, "IFDB thinks if we like it, we might also enjoy 'De Baron.' An odd suggestion, given that this one is reportedly kid-friendly."
		DavidW says, "I vote south."
		Knight_Otu says, "Same."
		wordsmith says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "In to Inn?"
		Jacqueline asks, "How's come inns in the real world never have cool ass names like that?"
		wordsmith says, "Absolutely.""
		DavidW says, "I'm hoping for supplies. Maybe there's a bag we can use as a carry-all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Inn
Floyd | There are a few patches of mould on the walls and the floorboards
Floyd | creak slightly, but the building seems safe enough. As you move you
Floyd | disturb a thin layer of dust. There are some stone steps leading down,
Floyd | and an open doorway to the outside to the west. You see some tables
Floyd | and chairs. There is a dark, intricately-carved wooden chair in the
Floyd | corner behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go west (back outside) or down some steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a magnificently carved chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks (of Jacq), "Because they were named by people with experience in marketing?"
		Jacqueline says, "I want to open a bar one day, but I too will not name it The Prancing Pony or the Troll's Arms."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the back of one chair is covered with fine carvings...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to KO), "That is fair."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a carving of a goblin...
Floyd | He seems to be holding something...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x something" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOMETHING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But this has also given me an idea for a new bar, in addition to my other bar."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x goblin" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOBLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The goblin seems to be blowing a hunting horn...
Floyd | Wait a minute...
Floyd | There is a dragon carved next to the goblin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dragon" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing more of interest in the carvings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I need to hurry up and retire so I can open these places."
wordsmith smiles 		Jacqueline says, "(That is years and years away, sadly.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floorboards" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOORBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is made of large, rather uneven rough floorboards, on which
Floyd | lie the remains of the scattered rushes once used as a floor covering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move floorboards" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE FLOORBOARDS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rushes" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUSHES
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is made of large, rather uneven rough floorboards, on which
Floyd | lie the remains of the scattered rushes once used as a floor covering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Inn
Floyd | There are a few patches of mould on the walls and the floorboards
Floyd | creak slightly, but the building seems safe enough. As you move you
Floyd | disturb a thin layer of dust. There are some stone steps leading down,
Floyd | and an open doorway to the outside to the west. You see some tables
Floyd | and chairs. There is a dark, intricately-carved wooden chair in the
Floyd | corner behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go west (back outside) or down some steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a magnificently carved chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tables" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x horn" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing more of interest in the carvings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Down?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
		DavidW says, "I wonder where people slept in this inn."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Cellar
Floyd | The cellar seems to have been formed from a natural cavern in the rock
Floyd | under the inn, which has been smoothed and extended to form a storage
Floyd | area for the sorts of things inns need to keep - casks and bottles and
Floyd | the like, which will remain cool in the slightly chill air. There are
Floyd | the remains of some old barrels, but almost everything else seems to
Floyd | have been removed from here long ago. Dim daylight filters down the
Floyd | open stairwell from the inn above, where there is a flight of steep
Floyd | stone steps. By the far west wall stand thick stalagmites which rise
Floyd | out of the floor like dragon's teeth, behind which is a dark opening.
Floyd | It might be your imagination, but you think you can just catch an
Floyd | occasional dry, rustling sound coming from deep inside the darkness.
Floyd | The uneven floor is covered in dust, and at first glance you see no
Floyd | signs of life apart from your own boot-prints.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go up (to the inn) or west (into the dark tunnel).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an ancient silver coin and some barrels here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin is very old and made of silver. On one side you see the
Floyd | portrait of an ancient king, on the other there is a picture of a
Floyd | galloping horse. It looks quite valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barrels" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | The barrels are now no more than rotten staves of dry wood, held
Floyd | together by the woodworm holding hands.
Floyd | You have found a pewter mug...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mug" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mug" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a plain, empty metal beer mug. It looks watertight.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x teeth" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TEETH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now we can mug people."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stalagmites" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STALAGMITES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               0/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Cellar
Floyd | The cellar seems to have been formed from a natural cavern in the rock
Floyd | under the inn, which has been smoothed and extended to form a storage
Floyd | area for the sorts of things inns need to keep - casks and bottles and
Floyd | the like, which will remain cool in the slightly chill air. There are
Floyd | the remains of some old barrels, but almost everything else seems to
Floyd | have been removed from here long ago. Dim daylight filters down the
Floyd | open stairwell from the inn above, where there is a flight of steep
Floyd | stone steps. By the far west wall stand thick stalagmites which rise
Floyd | out of the floor like dragon's teeth, behind which is a dark opening.
Floyd | It might be your imagination, but you think you can just catch an
Floyd | occasional dry, rustling sound coming from deep inside the darkness.
Floyd | The uneven floor is covered in dust, and at first glance you see no
Floyd | signs of life apart from your own boot-prints.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go up (to the inn) or west (into the dark tunnel).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some barrels (which are empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I was afraid we'd need light."
		wordsmith says, "Or we are likely to be eaten by a grue."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | (the barrels)
Floyd | Digging would achieve nothing here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move barrels" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/25
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE BARRELS
Floyd |
Floyd | Those are fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think the coin and mug are all we can get here (so far)."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we move on?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pewter mug
Floyd |   an ancient silver coin
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sure" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             0/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > SURE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "er, sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Inn
Floyd | There are a few patches of mould on the walls and the floorboards
Floyd | creak slightly, but the building seems safe enough. As you move you
Floyd | disturb a thin layer of dust. There are some stone steps leading down,
Floyd | and an open doorway to the outside to the west. You see some tables
Floyd | and chairs. There is a dark, intricately-carved wooden chair in the
Floyd | corner behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go west (back outside) or down some steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a magnificently carved chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steps" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         0/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STEPS
Floyd |
Floyd | A flight of shallow stone steps leads downwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flagstones" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLAGSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | A narrow pathway of rough stone slabs leads through a small overgrown
Floyd | garden up to the inn doorway to the east. There are weeds growing
Floyd | between the flagstones. To the north you see a steep path up to the
Floyd | mountains, and the pathway continues into the dense woodlands to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x weeds" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | A narrow pathway of rough stone slabs leads through a small overgrown
Floyd | garden up to the inn doorway to the east. There are weeds growing
Floyd | between the flagstones. To the north you see a steep path up to the
Floyd | mountains, and the pathway continues into the dense woodlands to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "South?"
		Jacqueline says, "yep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip coin" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > FLIP COIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "south" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pathway" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          0/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PATHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | A little man comes up to you and asks if you want to buy a box.
Floyd | You can see a little man and a large cardboard box here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Hello, little man"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think the flagstone was a backdrop."
		DavidW says, "Gee. You get one (1) coin and ALREADY someone else wants it."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to guess that the box costs precisely the amount of -- yes"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Isn't it always like this?"
		wordsmith exclaims, "There had better be everything we need in that box!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a large cardboard box on the ground by the little man's feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a little man with a large cardboard box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But we could play a deep game and hold on to our precious coin."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/38
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Save first?"
		Jacqueline says, "Definitely"
DavidW clears the save counter. 		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I'd rather not pay a silver for a cardboard box."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/38
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The little man takes the coin and leaves you the cardboard box.
Floyd | He runs off, laughing...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh. huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/40
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Possibly we're overthinking this."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that means it was right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a lot of parts and an instruction sheet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sheet" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHEET
Floyd |
Floyd | The sheet reads...
Floyd |   'Acme EASY-FIT Hang-Glider kit. All you need is a screwdriver...'
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Nothing of interest..."
		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear, lots of assembly required."
		wordsmith says, "I feel like Wile E. Coyote..."
		Knight_Otu says, "But hey, hang glider."
		Knight_Otu says, "in parts."
		DavidW asks, "West or south or back east to the inn?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parts" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PARTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an open cardboard box full of metal struts and pieces of
Floyd | canvas...
Floyd | The label reads... 'Acme Hang-Glider Kit'.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Let's try to find a screwdriver before we head up the mountain."
		wordsmith says, "'Cause that seems like the best place to launch a hang glider."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe south first?"
		DavidW says, "We're not near the mountains yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          1/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we kill a dragon before we try out the glider."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cave" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          1/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the dark opening of a cave amongst some rocks to the east. The
Floyd | air near the mouth of the cave smells a little fetid and stale, as you
Floyd | imagine might the lair of a wild animal such as a bear or mountain
Floyd | lion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Or maybe we *try* to kill the dragon, but fail, and try to escape using the glider, and the dragon flies after us in pursuit and burmps some fire and we die dramatically."
		Knight_Otu says, "That seems like a very kid-friendly ending."
		DavidW says, "We don't want to die. We want to open an inn and have all the free tacos we can eat."
		DavidW asks, "Since we have no light, I suggest south next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
		DavidW says, "Or we can just step into the cave to verify that it's pitch dark in there."
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               1/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          1/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "There might be light in the first few steps.... right."
		DavidW says, "alas, it's drrk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                1/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh noes. Cottage."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x garden" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                1/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GARDEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The cottage has a small garden, though it is badly overgrown. Brambles
Floyd | and thistles now grow where once there must have been neat flower
Floyd | beds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Is anyone mapping? I didn't expect the map to be quite as extensive as it currently seems to be."
		DavidW says, "I've started a map"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                1/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The cottage has a roof of thick thatch and a small brick chimney, from
Floyd | which you see a thin wisp of woodsmoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                1/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                1/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The cottage has a little wooden door, painted brown. There is no
Floyd | knocker. The door seems to be open...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Go in?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "That's trespassing! We're contractually obliged to!"
		DavidW says, "Might be a witch inside who turns us into a newt."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/53
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you go in, there is a crash and the door slams shut behind you...
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside a Cottage
Floyd | The cottage has a homely, lived-in feel but is a little untidy. A fire
Floyd | burns in the grate. Someone has obviously been here recently,  but
Floyd | there is no-one around. The door is somehow shut tight, and you see no
Floyd | keyhole or door-knob.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no obvious way to get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden table and a nail behind the door (on which is a
Floyd | large iron key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table has a fresh, white tablecloth.
Floyd | On it you see a bunch of bananas...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bananas" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/55
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANANAS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a bunch of ripe, yellow bananas. They all seem quite fresh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloth" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the wooden table)
Floyd | The table has a clean, white tablecloth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "At least we get a key it seems."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a large, dull iron key that must be for an ancient door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nail" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | A large, iron key is hanging on a nail behind the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "mmmm... banananananananas"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bananas" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BANANAS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tablecloth" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TABLECLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the wooden table)
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take nail" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's fixed in the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grate" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small fire is burning in the grate. Above the fireplace is a heavy
Floyd | stone mantelpiece with little shelves at the sides which hold some
Floyd | china pots. Across the top of the fireplace is a short line, on which
Floyd | two dishcloths are hung to dry (perhaps something of a fire hazard).
Floyd | By the side of the fire hangs an old, copper warming pan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "(At least I didn't mention bananas beforehand this time.)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pots" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POTS
Floyd |
Floyd | On a small shelf by the side of the fireplace are some little china
Floyd | jars. They are all empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x line" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LINE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a short line running across the top of the fireplace. Pegged
Floyd | onto it are two small dishcloths, set out to dry (perhaps something of
Floyd | a fire hazard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dishcloths" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DISHCLOTHS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a short line running across the top of the fireplace. Pegged
Floyd | onto it are two small dishcloths, set out to dry (perhaps something of
Floyd | a fire hazard).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pan" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pan" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | By the side of the fireplace hangs a copper warming pan, of the type
Floyd | you might have seen in pictures in books. The idea is you put hot
Floyd | ashes in the pan and use it to warm up a cold bed before you get in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pan" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The warming-pan has no use in this game...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dishclothes" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE DISHCLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | The dishcloths, line and pegs are of no use in this game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small fire is burning in the grate. Above the fireplace is a heavy
Floyd | stone mantelpiece with little shelves at the sides which hold some
Floyd | china pots. Across the top of the fireplace is a short line, on which
Floyd | two dishcloths are hung to dry (perhaps something of a fire hazard).
Floyd | By the side of the fire hangs an old, copper warming pan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mantelpiece" 		wordsmith asks, "Bananas Foster, anyone?"

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MANTELPIECE
Floyd |
Floyd | A small fire is burning in the grate. Above the fireplace is a heavy
Floyd | stone mantelpiece with little shelves at the sides which hold some
Floyd | china pots. Across the top of the fireplace is a short line, on which
Floyd | two dishcloths are hung to dry (perhaps something of a fire hazard).
Floyd | By the side of the fire hangs an old, copper warming pan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put out fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT OUT FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure if I'm relieved or disappointed that the fire hazard is a red herring."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the floor)
Floyd | The floor is made of large, irregular slabs of stone. It is slightly
Floyd | uneven. Near the fire is a thick, red rug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor is made of large, irregular slabs of stone. It is slightly
Floyd | uneven. Near the fire is a thick, red rug.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under rug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll rug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > ROLL RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push rug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > STAND ON RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The cottage has plain, whitewashed walls. There are a few cobwebs and
Floyd | a fine layer of dust on some of the surfaces. Whoever lives here has
Floyd | little interest in housework.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | (the roof)
Floyd | The ceiling above you is made of cream plasterwork, supported by dark
Floyd | wooden beams running the length of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beams" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEAMS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/84
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/85
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is shut tight. There is no keyhole, and no doorknob or
Floyd | handle. You see no way it can be opened. There is an old nail sticking
Floyd | out behind the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push nail" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/86
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH NAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull nail" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/87
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL NAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/88
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bunch of bananas
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a large box full of parts (which is open)
Floyd |     an instruction sheet
Floyd |   a pewter mug
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat banana" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/89
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | Mmmm, lovely...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Pull nail I get. Push nail I would never have ever tried."
		wordsmith says, "And now every time I see 'nothing of interest,' I wonder if there is a hang glider kit there..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/90
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some banana skins
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a large box full of parts (which is open)
Floyd |     an instruction sheet
Floyd |   a pewter mug
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skins" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/91
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see several banana skins.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to ws), "hahaha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put skins in fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SKINS IN FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop skins" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/93
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "step on skins" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/93
Floyd |
Floyd | > STEP ON SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skins" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/94
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill mug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > FILL MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... you fill the mug with water from the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Err?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds safe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water on fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR WATER ON FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to pour the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "douse fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOUSE FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/96
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | It just looks like ordinary water... it looks clean enough to drink or
Floyd | cook with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I assume the author didn't restrict the fill verb to only work in watersource locations."
		Jacqueline says, "mmm... giardia"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it seems."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw water at fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/97
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW WATER AT FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the water)
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/98
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing in which to carry the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/99
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some banana skins
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a large box full of parts (which is open)
Floyd |     an instruction sheet
Floyd |   a pewter mug (full)
Floyd |     some water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It was probably a mistake to eat the bananas, but if one doesn't try..."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "pour water" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying anything you can pour...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "burn table" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/101
Floyd |
Floyd | > BURN TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour mug" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/102
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not carrying anything you can pour...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It was a different time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat skins" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "turn nail" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/104
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN NAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/105
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table has a clean, white tablecloth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Drink the water?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink water" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/106
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Glug, glug... You drink the water in the mug...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pee on fire" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/106
Floyd |
Floyd | > PEE ON FIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/107
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search door" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull dishcloths" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL DISHCLOTHS
Floyd |
Floyd | It doesn't do much in this game...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pots" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE POTS
Floyd |
Floyd | They all seem to be glued to the shelf. Perhaps some clumsy person got
Floyd | tired of knocking them over...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tablecloth" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/111
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLECLOTH
Floyd |
Floyd | (the wooden table)
Floyd | The table has a clean, white tablecloth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We might be stuck."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push table" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/112
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall we restore back to the man in the swamp?"
		Jacqueline says, "mmkay"
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
		DavidW asks (of ws), "Anything you want to try here still?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/113
Floyd |
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump up and down...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/114
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Your singing is abominable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing practical results from your prayer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       1/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          0/38
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The little man takes the coin and leaves you the cardboard box.
Floyd | He runs off, laughing...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          1/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 1 out of a possible 25, in 39 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can go south past the cottage, west to the road, or retrack our steps to the crossroad."
		DavidW says, "er retrace"
		wordsmith says, "S past cottage"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          1/40
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                1/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         1/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Pathway
Floyd | Grey-green ferns brush your ankles as you move along the path, and the
Floyd | light filters dimly through the branches and leaves overhead. You hear
Floyd | the soft calls of woodland birds. The pathway leads north and
Floyd | continues west, deeper into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the path) or west (into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an empty stone bird bath here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bath" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         1/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an empty stone bird bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fill mug" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         1/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > FILL MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... you fill the mug with water from the lake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put water in bath" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         1/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WATER IN BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing in which to carry the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water into bath" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         1/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR WATER INTO BATH
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to pour the water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pour water" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         3/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > POUR WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You fill the bird bath...
Floyd |
Floyd | A little bird flies down and uses the bath...
Floyd | It drops a small candle stub at your feet...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stub" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         3/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STUB
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         3/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a small candle stub.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oho"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is that our light source?"
		Jacqueline says, "Seems... meager."
		Knight_Otu says, "That doesn't sound like a good light source."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Whoo hoo... twice the points of a hang glider kit!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "full" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         3/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULL
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 3 out of a possible 25, in 48 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | The score is made up as follows:
Floyd |
Floyd |      1 for buying the box
Floyd |      2 for finding the candle
Floyd |
Floyd |      3 total (out of 25)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But maybe it's enchanted."
		DavidW asks, "Go west?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe the points escalate? 1, 2, 3, .."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             3/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads through an ancient forest. Red and blue
Floyd | butterflies dance above the grass and you can hear the soft calls of
Floyd | wood-pigeons in the trees. The leaves rustle gently in the morning
Floyd | breeze. The pathway leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be
Floyd | hollow in the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path) or east (further into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x butterflies" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             3/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTERFLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some red and blue butterflies which dance in the still morning
Floyd | air of the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stump" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             4/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You look carefully at the hollow tree stump.
Floyd | You have found a box of matches...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take matches" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             4/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's so much better than burning ourselves in the fire with the candle stup."
		Jacqueline says, "stub, even"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not escalating."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             4/53
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             4/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a box of matches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "count matches" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             4/54
Floyd |
Floyd | > COUNT MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "So David"
		DavidW says, "If there's only three matches, I wanna know."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/55
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "search 'em?"
		wordsmith says, "Or if there were 69,105 matches, likewise."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reeds" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/56
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REEDS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a mass of reeds that sway gently in the shallow water.
Floyd | Looking in the reeds, you find a sack. There is something inside...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sack" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/57
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in sack" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/58
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see inside, since the brown hessian sack is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open sack" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/59
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the sack...
Floyd | Inside is a reed flute...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flute" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/60
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The flute is made of carved wood. It has a wide bulge near the
Floyd | mouthpiece, with two thin pipes coming down. One pipe is plain - the
Floyd | other one looks a little like a child's recorder, with small finger
Floyd | holes. There is a vibrating reed at the end where you blow. It looks
Floyd | quite hard to play.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We found a sack to carry stuff in!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/61
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... squeeeak...
Floyd | (You don't know how to play it properly - perhaps you should find an
Floyd | instruction booklet...)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Or a bagpipe?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
		DavidW asks, "North or west next?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     4/62
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see some ripples in the surface of the water where fish seem to be
Floyd | feeding.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "West I'd say. Seems like it could be a map border."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/63
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a parachute here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parachute" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/64
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PARACHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old, rather alarming-looking parachute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The writing for this could have won Best Landscape in the IF Art showw."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/65
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/66
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The beach is composed of small pebbles and shingle, rather than sand.
Floyd | The small stones scrunch beneath your feet as you walk. The beach
Floyd | slopes gently down to the waves which rhythmically crash and hiss, and
Floyd | you hear the cries of gulls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I like the atmosphere a lot, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pebbles" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/67
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PEBBLES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You all will be pleased to know that I have a new laptop arriving this week so I'll quit double-typing letters or omitting them (well, or at least it will be actual human error)"
		DavidW says, "I hadn't noticed any typos, but yay!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search parachute" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH PARACHUTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold it" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          4/68
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOLD IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "South to lighthouse?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "Nice."
		Jacqueline says, "This one has done well. Got it 2013."
		DavidW says, "Bet anything that the cottage's key will be needed to get in."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Beside a Ruined Lighthouse                             4/69
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside a Ruined Lighthouse
Floyd | The ferocious power of ancient storms has long ago broken down and
Floyd | collapsed the lighthouse tower. There are the dense trees of a forest
Floyd | to the east, and more mountains in the far distance. Towards the north
Floyd | is a beach where the white surf hisses on the shingle and pebbles. The
Floyd | entrance to the ruined lighthouse is south. You can hear the cry of
Floyd | gulls in the cool, clear air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the beach) or south (into the lighthouse).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "Yeah, can't complain about 6 years of service... for a laptop."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighthouse" 		

Floyd ]  Beside a Ruined Lighthouse                             4/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHTHOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the ruins of an old lighthouse to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "trees" 		

Floyd ]  Beside a Ruined Lighthouse                             4/70
Floyd |
Floyd | > TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Beside a Ruined Lighthouse                             4/71
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see salty scrub and a few low bushes which somehow cling to the
Floyd | rocky and windswept ground. You see the ruined building of an old
Floyd | lighthouse, with its open entrance to the south
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            4/72
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Lighthouse Ruins
Floyd | You stand in the ruins of a round room which is open to the sky. There
Floyd | are several narrow windows, and the floor is of rough, grey
Floyd | flagstones. Everywhere seems to be deserted. There is a narrow
Floyd | passageway in the eastern wall, leading into darkness. The passage
Floyd | roof looks a little unsafe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (back outside) or east (into the dark passage).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a mouldy old boot here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boot" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            4/73
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old, mouldy boot.
Floyd | Something is rattling in the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in boot" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            4/74
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boot" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            4/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake boot" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            4/75
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHAKE BOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty boot" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            5/76
Floyd |
Floyd | > EMPTY BOOT
Floyd |
Floyd | A small screwdriver falls out of the boot...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take screwdriver" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            5/77
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SCREWDRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the pewter mug into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Screwdriver!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screwdriver" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            5/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCREWDRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a small screwdriver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Nothing of interest."
		DavidW says, "Also, sack is confirmed as a carry-all."
		Jacqueline says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            5/78
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               5/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The slight movement of your passing causes the unstable tunnel roof to
Floyd | collapse just behind you once you enter...
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            5/78
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Lighthouse Ruins
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		Knight_Otu says, "Quite a few traps."
		DavidW says, "That's a one-way one-time passage. I don't think we're ready for that."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "whoops. yeah"
		DavidW says, "Eventually, we'll need to experiment with matches and candle, but I'd like to hold off until the sunlit locations are visited."
		wordsmith says (to DW), "Good thing you saved."
		DavidW says, "I suggest going north of pebbled beach next."
		Knight_Otu says, "Agreed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Beside a Ruined Lighthouse                             5/79
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside a Ruined Lighthouse
Floyd | The ferocious power of ancient storms has long ago broken down and
Floyd | collapsed the lighthouse tower. There are the dense trees of a forest
Floyd | to the east, and more mountains in the far distance. Towards the north
Floyd | is a beach where the white surf hisses on the shingle and pebbles. The
Floyd | entrance to the ruined lighthouse is south. You can hear the cry of
Floyd | gulls in the cool, clear air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the beach) or south (into the lighthouse).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          5/80
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Who's the author on this again?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/81
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon Adventure
Floyd | A simple text adventure for players aged 9 and over, by William Stott
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 040211 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 991113
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "I do not know of this person."
		DavidW says, "I don't either."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x bicycle" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BICYCLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old-fashioned bicycle that might once have been used to
Floyd | deliver groceries for a small corner shop. It's painted black and
Floyd | seems quite an antique, though the wheels and chain look well-oiled
Floyd | and in good order. There is a small bicycle lamp firmly fixed to the
Floyd | front. Some gold lettering on the side of the large front basket
Floyd | reads, 'We Deliver'.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "LAMP"
		DavidW asks, "A bike lamp eh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/82
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on bike" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "One other IF work listed in IFDB for William Stott - Cave, 2004."
DavidW signed ClubFloyd Suggestions. 		Jacqueline says, "Good idea, DW"
		Knight_Otu says, "The intended time period confuses me. Atmospheric fantasy descriptions, semi-modern items."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "That was bothering me too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride bike" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          5/84
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you sit on the saddle the bicycle lamp comes on...
Floyd | The bicycle suddenly moves off by itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | Help! It's a magic bicycle!
Floyd | It just goes by itself... you can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Help! It's a magic bicycle!
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large cardboard box here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaaargh!! You splash through the swamp...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | Help! You hurtle into the cave opening!
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | You are deep inside a cave. You are moving too quickly and hanging on
Floyd | too tightly to take much notice of anything...
Floyd |
Floyd | You zoom through the tunnels!
Floyd | You can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | You whizz through a rock chamber...
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally skid to a halt under the Dragon's nose...
Floyd | You can feel its foul, fetid breath on your cheek...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | You are underneath the (now slightly bruised) nose of an immense
Floyd | dragon which towers above you. It starts to move...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle (providing light), a huge dragon
Floyd | and a pile of bones here.

		Jacqueline says, "That was a thing for some fantasy writers in that general era."
		Jacqueline says, "Zelazny comes to mind."
		Jacqueline says, "I think he may have been the one to make that approach A Thing"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/83
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Also, magic bicycle surprise!"
		wordsmith exclaims, "No extra charge!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Holy self-driving bike!"
		DavidW says, "That's a new one."
		DavidW says, "We know where the dragon is now."
		wordsmith says, "And how to get to it."
		Jacqueline says, "indeed"
		Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "Yeah, it's a thing in some fantasy. It is still a bit odd."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/84
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a small screwdriver
Floyd |   a mouldy old boot
Floyd |   a parachute
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |   a box of matches
Floyd |   a small candle stub (unlit)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I'm thinking we can't defeat the dragon with a screwdriver."
		Jacqueline says, "or a mouldy old boot"
		DavidW says, "I guess we didn't pick up the box we paid for."
		Jacqueline says, "oh huh - yeah"
		Knight_Otu asks, "But what about our bare hands?"
		wordsmith says, "Let's go there and assemble the glider..."
		DavidW says, "let's not assemble the glider just anywhere. I doubt we can just carry it around like the mug."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    5/85
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x signpost" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    5/86
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNPOST
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign reads...
Floyd |   'To the Castle of Abercorn'.
Floyd | The sign points west...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/87
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x signpost" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/88
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGNPOST
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign reads...
Floyd |   'To the Castle of Abercorn'.
Floyd | The sign points south...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/89
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large cardboard box here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/90
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (the large cardboard box)
Floyd | (putting the small candle stub (unlit) into the brown hessian sack to
Floyd | make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put it in sack" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/91
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the large cardboard box into the brown hessian sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/92
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The sack must be from the same manufacturer as the Anchorhead trenchcoat-"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/93
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    5/94
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     5/95
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          5/96
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/97
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/98
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a brass lamp here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh brass lamp."
		DavidW asks, "With a genie?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/99
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp is made of brass, and seems very old. It looks a little
Floyd | dirty, and could probably do with a good clean. There is some old
Floyd | writing engraved on the bottom... you can just make out a short
Floyd | inscription. It reads,
Floyd |   'Alladin's Lamp Company'...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Dare we rub this thing?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/100
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/101
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything seems to be spinning round...
Floyd | You gaze around at your new surroundings...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp flies out of your hand and disappears from sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/100
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "If it's a random teleporter, that might let us escape the cottage that way."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lamp in sack" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/101
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LAMP IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the brass lamp into the brown hessian sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/102
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The door is locked, and there is no other way inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way you can go is south (to the forge).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small silver bell here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And there's a locked door for the key."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bell" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a delicate-looking, small silver bell, engraved with intricate
Floyd | swirling patterns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Yep!"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keyhole" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEYHOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plate" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/104
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is set deep into a thick archway in the massive walls. The
Floyd | door itself is made of oak, weathered dark over the centuries it has
Floyd | stood here at the castle entrance. There is a plain, black
Floyd | wrought-iron plate surrounding a keyhole. There is no knocker or
Floyd | handle.
Floyd | The door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bell" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/105
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/106
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the bell...
Floyd | You hear the note of a horn answering in the distance...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/107
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bell in sack" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BELL IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the small silver bell into the brown hessian sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if the bell helps us locate the horn."
		Jacqueline says, "hm. Yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems plausible."
		DavidW says, "The horn was used by the goblin in the inn chair carving."
		wordsmith says, "Right."
		Knight_Otu says, "In relation to the dragon, somehow."
		DavidW says, "We now seem to have gone everywhere that's lit and obvious south of the crossroads."
		Knight_Otu says, "Was there some other path from the inn? I can't recall."
		DavidW says, "Do we want to try to use the lamp to escape the cottage with the key? We'd obviously lose the lamp forever that way."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "brief" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > BRIEF
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon Adventure is now in its normal "brief" printing mode, which
Floyd | gives long descriptions of places never before visited and short
Floyd | descriptions otherwise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/111
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    5/112
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/113
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/114
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          5/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "verbose" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          5/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERBOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon Adventure is now in its "verbose" mode, which always gives long
Floyd | descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          5/116
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ah, no, just north."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        5/117
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Mountains
Floyd | It is a clear, bright morning and all seems peaceful. A tiny
Floyd | sparrowhawk wheels and soars lazily in the cool empty air above. There
Floyd | is a steep pathway to the south leading down into dense woodland, and
Floyd | you can make out an old building by the path. In the distance you can
Floyd | just glimpse the steel-grey of the sea, far away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, it wasn't *called* crossroads"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hawk" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        5/118
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HAWK
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a little sparrowhawk gliding and soaring in the clear morning
Floyd | sky high above.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Which way?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "East?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        5/119
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Mountains
Floyd | It is a clear, bright morning and all seems peaceful. A tiny
Floyd | sparrowhawk wheels and soars lazily in the cool empty air above. There
Floyd | is a steep pathway to the south leading down into dense woodland, and
Floyd | you can make out an old building by the path. In the distance you can
Floyd | just glimpse the steel-grey of the sea, far away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to DW), "Yes, I think that's a good bet - lamp to escape the cottage, but we'll have the key."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm guessing the rocky mountains aren't traversable without the bike."
		DavidW says, "Except the lamp's virtue might be more useful elsewhere if there's another way to escape the cottage."
		DavidW says, "The bike is just a direct taxi to the dragon, I think."
		wordsmith says, "We'll be at the 2-hour mark in about 15 minutes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        5/120
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Mountains
Floyd | It is a clear, bright morning and all seems peaceful. A tiny
Floyd | sparrowhawk wheels and soars lazily in the cool empty air above. There
Floyd | is a steep pathway to the south leading down into dense woodland, and
Floyd | you can make out an old building by the path. In the distance you can
Floyd | just glimpse the steel-grey of the sea, far away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        5/121
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Mountains
Floyd | It is a clear, bright morning and all seems peaceful. A tiny
Floyd | sparrowhawk wheels and soars lazily in the cool empty air above. There
Floyd | is a steep pathway to the south leading down into dense woodland, and
Floyd | you can make out an old building by the path. In the distance you can
Floyd | just glimpse the steel-grey of the sea, far away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, only south is useful here."
		DavidW says, "Let's go get the key"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          5/122
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          5/123
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/124
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          5/125
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/126
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       5/127
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you go in, there is a crash and the door slams shut behind you...
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside a Cottage
Floyd | The cottage has a homely, lived-in feel but is a little untidy. A fire
Floyd | burns in the grate. Someone has obviously been here recently,  but
Floyd | there is no-one around. The door is somehow shut tight, and you see no
Floyd | keyhole or door-knob.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no obvious way to get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden table and a nail behind the door (on which is a
Floyd | large iron key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/128
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything seems to be spinning round...
Floyd | You gaze around at your new surroundings...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp flies out of your hand and disappears from sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       5/127
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside a Cottage
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       5/128
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/129
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything seems to be spinning round...
Floyd | You gaze around at your new surroundings...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp flies out of your hand and disappears from sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/130
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a small screwdriver
Floyd |   a mouldy old boot
Floyd |   a parachute
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a small silver bell
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a small candle stub (unlit)
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |   a box of matches
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         5/131
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Pathway
Floyd | Grey-green ferns brush your ankles as you move along the path, and the
Floyd | light filters dimly through the branches and leaves overhead. You hear
Floyd | the soft calls of woodland birds. The pathway leads north and
Floyd | continues west, deeper into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the path) or west (into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stone bird bath (full of water) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             5/132
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads through an ancient forest. Red and blue
Floyd | butterflies dance above the grass and you can hear the soft calls of
Floyd | wood-pigeons in the trees. The leaves rustle gently in the morning
Floyd | breeze. The pathway leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be
Floyd | hollow in the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path) or east (further into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     5/133
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club and some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          5/134
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Wait, did we forget the bananas?"
Knight_Otu Troll! 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "oops, yes." 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          5/134
Floyd |
Floyd | > OOPS, YES.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sorry, that can't be corrected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oopsl"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/100
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/101
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The door is locked, and there is no other way inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way you can go is south (to the forge).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small silver bell here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bell" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/102
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the box of matches into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/103
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/104
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    5/105
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/106
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/107
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          5/108
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/109
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       5/110
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | As you go in, there is a crash and the door slams shut behind you...
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside a Cottage
Floyd | The cottage has a homely, lived-in feel but is a little untidy. A fire
Floyd | burns in the grate. Someone has obviously been here recently,  but
Floyd | there is no-one around. The door is somehow shut tight, and you see no
Floyd | keyhole or door-knob.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no obvious way to get out.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden table and a nail behind the door (on which is a
Floyd | large iron key) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       5/111
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bananas" 		

Floyd ]  Inside a Cottage                                       5/112
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BANANAS
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the parachute into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/113
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything seems to be spinning round...
Floyd | You gaze around at your new surroundings...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp flies out of your hand and disappears from sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/114
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a bunch of bananas
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a small silver bell
Floyd |   a small screwdriver
Floyd |   a mouldy old boot
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a parachute
Floyd |     a box of matches
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a small candle stub (unlit)
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                5/114
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The troll was at the lake, so I'll try to go around the other way"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          5/115
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          5/116
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    5/117
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    5/118
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  5/119
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           5/120
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a brass lamp here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      5/121
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The door is locked, and there is no other way inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | The only way you can go is south (to the forge).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      6/122
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the door to the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         6/123
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor under your boots is made of smooth stone slabs, and you
Floyd | breathe air that is cold and chill. Your footsteps echo though the
Floyd | empty building. There is a fragile-looking spiral staircase of stone
Floyd | leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (back outside) or up the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The lamp's bck here."
		DavidW says, "oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      6/124
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The castle door to the north is unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (to the forge), or north (into the castle).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           6/125
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a brass lamp here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I noticed that, too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           6/126
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the mouldy old boot into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      6/127
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The castle door to the north is unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (to the forge), or north (into the castle).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         6/128
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor under your boots is made of smooth stone slabs, and you
Floyd | breathe air that is cold and chill. Your footsteps echo though the
Floyd | empty building. There is a fragile-looking spiral staircase of stone
Floyd | leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (back outside) or up the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So we don't lose it forever."
		DavidW says, "The 'fragile' staircase bothers me"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         6/128
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         6/129
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The stairs collapse behind you just as you reach the top...
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of a Tower
Floyd | High on the tallest tower in the castle, the wind tugs and snatches at
Floyd | your clothing and hair. The ground is far below you. Heavy stone
Floyd | battlements edge the parapet, and you have an excellent view across
Floyd | the surrounding countryside.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no obvious way to get down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a monkey waving a sword and a booklet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that's troubling."
		Jacqueline says, "Monkey"
		Jacqueline says, "Random monkey"
		Knight_Otu says, "Monkey monkey banana."
		Jacqueline says, "Truth."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bananas to monkey" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/130
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BANANAS TO MONKEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The monkey takes a keen interest in the bananas, and inspects them
Floyd | carefully. He starts munching them, dropping the sword...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/131
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient sword seems to come to life in your hand as you pick it
Floyd | up. The metal looks brighter, and the brass of the handle looks almost
Floyd | golden now. The sword seems to fit and balance in your hand as if it
Floyd | was made for you, and seems almost weightless in your grasp. It may be
Floyd | your imagination, but the whole blade seems to have a gentle blue
Floyd | glow, and you suddenly notice some strange runic lettering engraved on
Floyd | the blade in a language unfamiliar to you...
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay. That will raise our odds with the dragon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take manual" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/131
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take booklet" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/132
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOOKLET
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the small screwdriver into the brown hessian sack to make
Floyd | room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/133
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a detailed instruction booklet. On the front cover are the
Floyd | words:
Floyd | 'How to Play - learn how to charm serpents and other dangerous
Floyd | reptiles with a reed pipe, and how to break old entrancements'...
Floyd | You read through the booklet carefully...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Yep, the booklet will teach us how to play the flute."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read sword" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/134
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a very old sword. It has a thick, straight blade of dull grey
Floyd | metal, and a hilt of intricately-worked brass. It looks very sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lettering" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/134
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LETTERING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/135
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of a Tower
Floyd | High on the tallest tower in the castle, the wind tugs and snatches at
Floyd | your clothing and hair. The ground is far below you. Heavy stone
Floyd | battlements edge the parapet, and you have an excellent view across
Floyd | the surrounding countryside.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no obvious way to get down.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some banana skins and a monkey (munching the bananas)
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skins" 		

Floyd ]  Top of a Tower                                         8/136
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the small silver bell into the brown hessian sack to make
Floyd | room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                8/137
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUB LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything seems to be spinning round...
Floyd | You gaze around at your new surroundings...
Floyd |
Floyd | The lamp flies out of your hand and disappears from sight...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, I misread - a monkey waving (a sword and a booklet) here."
		Jacqueline asks, "What hd you read?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What hAd you read?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That the monkey was waving both items."
		Knight_Otu says, "Rather than just the sword."
		wordsmith says, "Seems less menacing if he is also waving a booklet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Cottage                                                8/137
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm gonna go get the lamp again. That thing's useful."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          8/138
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          8/139
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Yep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    8/140
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    8/141
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  8/142
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           8/143
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a brass lamp here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           8/144
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           8/144
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "In the interest of time, can we ride the bicycle and try either playing the flute, or using the sword, or even bare hands?"
		DavidW asks, "Do we want to tackle the troll? The cave? The dark area under the inn? The dark area under the lighthouse?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Right, Jacq has to leave soon."
		DavidW says, "ok"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  8/145
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride bike" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          8/146
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you sit on the saddle the bicycle lamp comes on...
Floyd | The bicycle suddenly moves off by itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | Help! It's a magic bicycle!
Floyd | It just goes by itself... you can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Help! It's a magic bicycle!
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaaargh!! You splash through the swamp...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | Help! You hurtle into the cave opening!
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | You are deep inside a cave. You are moving too quickly and hanging on
Floyd | too tightly to take much notice of anything...
Floyd |
Floyd | You zoom through the tunnels!
Floyd | You can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | You whizz through a rock chamber...
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally skid to a halt under the Dragon's nose...
Floyd | You can feel its foul, fetid breath on your cheek...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | You are underneath the (now slightly bruised) nose of an immense
Floyd | dragon which towers above you. It starts to move...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle (providing light), a huge dragon
Floyd | and a pile of bones here.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/147
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be a very strange flute... it almost feels like it's
Floyd | playing all by itself...
Floyd | It produces a beautiful and haunting, rhythmical melody...
Floyd |
Floyd | The music seems to have a strange effect on the dragon... its great
Floyd | head gently sways, and its eyes lose their faraway, faded look and
Floyd | come to focus on you.
Floyd | The magical sound of your playing has woken the Dragon from its deep
Floyd | enchantment...
Floyd |
Floyd | All is quite silent, but a honeyed voice of ancient darkness creeps
Floyd | deep into your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who are you who disturbs my sleep?" the creature asks slowly.
Floyd | "I was imprisoned here by wicked charms in this cave where the water
Floyd | seeps, in the cold, dark heart of the mountain.
Floyd | I must guard gold, where caverns hold the lost treasure of ancient
Floyd | kings and other beings long since vanished from this world.
Floyd | I have been here so long I have forgotten why.
Floyd | That evil entrancement is at last broken, and I am now free to leave
Floyd | this place.
Floyd | You have done this thing for me. In return, any gold you may find here
Floyd | is now yours.
Floyd | Greetings, Traveller..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you need to find the treasure...
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, if it doesn't work y'all can just continue after I go."
		Jacqueline says, "But yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/148
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle (providing light), a huge (no
Floyd | longer enchanted) dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bones" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/149
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see occasional groups of white bones in shadowy crevices, and
Floyd | crunch fragments under your boots. You wonder whether these bones are
Floyd | just those of animals which once foolishly wandered into these
Floyd | tunnels.
Floyd | You notice a bottle amongst the bones...
Floyd |
Floyd | The bicycle lamp finally flickers and goes out.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now pitch dark in here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light match" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/150
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT MATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing to light it with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take candle" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the large iron key into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take matches" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/153
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the ancient, enchanted sword into the brown hessian sack to
Floyd | make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/154
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... you light the candle using the matches...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a green glass bottle, an old delivery bicycle, a huge (no
Floyd | longer enchanted) dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/155
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the booklet into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/156
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a closed green glass bottle.
Floyd | Looking through the dark glass, you can just see something stuffed
Floyd | inside...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to DW), "Good job."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There seems to be a small scroll inside the bottle, but you can't get
Floyd | it out through the narrow opening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Let's hope neither candle nor matches run out."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "Those fireflies could be useful, potentially."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fireflies" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE FIREFLIES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Fireflies in a bottle don't really provide much light, sadly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             13/160
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Cellar
Floyd | The cellar seems to have been formed from a natural cavern in the rock
Floyd | under the inn, which has been smoothed and extended to form a storage
Floyd | area for the sorts of things inns need to keep - casks and bottles and
Floyd | the like, which will remain cool in the slightly chill air. There are
Floyd | the remains of some old barrels, but almost everything else seems to
Floyd | have been removed from here long ago. Dim daylight filters down the
Floyd | open stairwell from the inn above, where there is a flight of steep
Floyd | stone steps. By the far west wall stand thick stalagmites which rise
Floyd | out of the floor like dragon's teeth, behind which is a dark opening.
Floyd | It might be your imagination, but you think you can just catch an
Floyd | occasional dry, rustling sound coming from deep inside the darkness.
Floyd | The uneven floor is covered in dust, and at first glance you see no
Floyd | signs of life apart from your own boot-prints.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go up (to the inn) or west (into the dark tunnel).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some barrels (which are empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/161
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well hello there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/165
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle, a huge (no longer enchanted)
Floyd | dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Passageway                                      13/166
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Passageway
Floyd | You need to stoop, then crawl in a low underground passageway, covered
Floyd | in dust and cobwebs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage leads east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/167
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Lighthouse Ruins
Floyd | You stand in the ruins of a round room which is open to the sky. There
Floyd | are several narrow windows, and the floor is of rough, grey
Floyd | flagstones. Everywhere seems to be deserted. There is a narrow
Floyd | passageway in the eastern wall, leading into darkness. The passage
Floyd | roof looks a little unsafe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (back outside) or east (into the dark passage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is fun, but I suspect you're close to the end, so keep going without me."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Good luck, adventurers!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scroll" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/168
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get it out. The bottle neck is too narrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/169
Floyd |
Floyd | > BREAK BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/170
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smash bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/171
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMASH BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read scroll" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a tightly rolled up piece of parchment inside the bottle. The
Floyd | neck of the bottle is too narrow to get it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But, but, adventurer!"
		wordsmith says (to Jacq), "Bye."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scroll with screwdriver" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SCROLL WITH SCREWDRIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the scroll of
Floyd | parchment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to ws), "Thanks."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Bye Jacq!"
		DavidW says, "bye Jacqueline"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stub" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STUB
Floyd |
Floyd | The candle is lit and shining brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "empty bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/174
Floyd |
Floyd | > EMPTY BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | scroll of parchment: (putting the banana skins into the brown hessian
Floyd | sack to make room)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo, cheat!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Did that really just worlk?"
		DavidW says, "yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "+work"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/175
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the bell...
Floyd | You hear the note of a horn answering in the distance...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scroll" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/176
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get it out. The bottle neck is too narrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a green glass bottle (which is open but empty)
Floyd |   a box of matches
Floyd |   a small burning candle stub (providing light)
Floyd |   a brass lamp
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     some banana skins
Floyd |     a booklet
Floyd |     an ancient, enchanted sword
Floyd |     a large iron key
Floyd |     a small silver bell
Floyd |     a small screwdriver
Floyd |     a mouldy old boot
Floyd |     a parachute
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/178
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Lighthouse Ruins
Floyd | You stand in the ruins of a round room which is open to the sky. There
Floyd | are several narrow windows, and the floor is of rough, grey
Floyd | flagstones. Everywhere seems to be deserted. There is a narrow
Floyd | passageway in the eastern wall, leading into darkness. The passage
Floyd | roof looks a little unsafe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (back outside) or east (into the dark passage).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a scroll of parchment here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "But it broke the game logic"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I broke the ... right."
		DavidW says, "It's out of the bottle but doesn't know it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Lighthouse Ruins
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | [Can't "undo" twice in succession. Sorry!]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There must be two scrolls in the actual code, one in the bottle and one that isn't."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh crap."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           8/144
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           8/145
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a brass lamp
Floyd |   some banana skins
Floyd |   a booklet
Floyd |   an ancient, enchanted sword
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a small silver bell
Floyd |     a small screwdriver
Floyd |     a mouldy old boot
Floyd |     a parachute
Floyd |     a box of matches
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a small candle stub (unlit)
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "Okay, we can do the bike thing again."
		Knight_Otu says, "I shall keep my fingers off the 'f' key."
		DavidW says, "And the flute and the candle"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  8/146
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride bike" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          8/147
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you sit on the saddle the bicycle lamp comes on...
Floyd | The bicycle suddenly moves off by itself...
Floyd |
Floyd | >
Floyd | Help! It's a magic bicycle!
Floyd | It just goes by itself... you can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Help! It's a magic bicycle!
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | Aaaargh!! You splash through the swamp...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | Help! You hurtle into the cave opening!
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | You are deep inside a cave. You are moving too quickly and hanging on
Floyd | too tightly to take much notice of anything...
Floyd |
Floyd | You zoom through the tunnels!
Floyd | You can't stop!
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | You whizz through a rock chamber...
Floyd |
Floyd | You finally skid to a halt under the Dragon's nose...
Floyd | You can feel its foul, fetid breath on your cheek...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | You are underneath the (now slightly bruised) nose of an immense
Floyd | dragon which towers above you. It starts to move...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle (providing light), a huge dragon
Floyd | and a pile of bones here.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/148
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY FLUTE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be a very strange flute... it almost feels like it's
Floyd | playing all by itself...
Floyd | It produces a beautiful and haunting, rhythmical melody...
Floyd |
Floyd | The music seems to have a strange effect on the dragon... its great
Floyd | head gently sways, and its eyes lose their faraway, faded look and
Floyd | come to focus on you.
Floyd | The magical sound of your playing has woken the Dragon from its deep
Floyd | enchantment...
Floyd |
Floyd | All is quite silent, but a honeyed voice of ancient darkness creeps
Floyd | deep into your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who are you who disturbs my sleep?" the creature asks slowly.
Floyd | "I was imprisoned here by wicked charms in this cave where the water
Floyd | seeps, in the cold, dark heart of the mountain.
Floyd | I must guard gold, where caverns hold the lost treasure of ancient
Floyd | kings and other beings long since vanished from this world.
Floyd | I have been here so long I have forgotten why.
Floyd | That evil entrancement is at last broken, and I am now free to leave
Floyd | this place.
Floyd | You have done this thing for me. In return, any gold you may find here
Floyd | is now yours.
Floyd | Greetings, Traveller..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you need to find the treasure...
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/148
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bones" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/149
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see occasional groups of white bones in shadowy crevices, and
Floyd | crunch fragments under your boots. You wonder whether these bones are
Floyd | just those of animals which once foolishly wandered into these
Floyd | tunnels.
Floyd | You notice a bottle amongst the bones...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/150
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the large iron key into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bicycle lamp finally flickers and goes out.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is now pitch dark in here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/150
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Flames                                                 11/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon suddenly attacks you...
Floyd | (apparently, dragons can see quite well in the dark!)
Floyd | You have just been lightly fried by the Dragon, but you magically
Floyd | return back to life for another go...
Floyd | (You still have a bit of a headache, though...)
Floyd |
Floyd | Flames
Floyd | You did something slightly fatal...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a way out to the south...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone down by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Why, dragon?"
		DavidW asks, "I guess moving in the dark is for enemies?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
		DavidW says, "I thought I could save on the candle"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/150
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take candle and matches" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CANDLE AND MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | small candle stub (unlit): (putting the ancient, enchanted sword into
Floyd | the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | box of matches: (putting the booklet into the brown hessian sack to
Floyd | make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... you light the candle using the matches...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle, a huge (no longer enchanted)
Floyd | dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ride bike" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/153
Floyd |
Floyd | > RIDE BIKE
Floyd |
Floyd | It won't budge...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/154
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/155
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x runes" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/156
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUNES
Floyd |
Floyd | Here and there on smoother areas of the tunnel walls you see rather
Floyd | ugly designs, both scratched into the rock and drawn crudely with what
Floyd | looks like charcoal and red ochre. The designs seem to make little
Floyd | sense to you, though some look like they may be some sort of
Floyd | lettering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow out candle" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW OUT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow candle" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't usefully blow that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put out candle" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT OUT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "extinquish candle" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXTINQUISH CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "fine, the candle is lit forever."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess the candle contiues to burn."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hopeully orever."
		DavidW asks, "I guess our only leads are the bell and the troll?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the bell...
Floyd | You hear the note of a horn answering in the distance...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "The bell may be or the rocky mountains?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/160
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             13/161
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Cellar
Floyd | The cellar seems to have been formed from a natural cavern in the rock
Floyd | under the inn, which has been smoothed and extended to form a storage
Floyd | area for the sorts of things inns need to keep - casks and bottles and
Floyd | the like, which will remain cool in the slightly chill air. There are
Floyd | the remains of some old barrels, but almost everything else seems to
Floyd | have been removed from here long ago. Dim daylight filters down the
Floyd | open stairwell from the inn above, where there is a flight of steep
Floyd | stone steps. By the far west wall stand thick stalagmites which rise
Floyd | out of the floor like dragon's teeth, behind which is a dark opening.
Floyd | It might be your imagination, but you think you can just catch an
Floyd | occasional dry, rustling sound coming from deep inside the darkness.
Floyd | The uneven floor is covered in dust, and at first glance you see no
Floyd | signs of life apart from your own boot-prints.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go up (to the inn) or west (into the dark tunnel).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some barrels (which are empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Inn
Floyd | There are a few patches of mould on the walls and the floorboards
Floyd | creak slightly, but the building seems safe enough. As you move you
Floyd | disturb a thin layer of dust. There are some stone steps leading down,
Floyd | and an open doorway to the outside to the west. You see some tables
Floyd | and chairs. There is a dark, intricately-carved wooden chair in the
Floyd | corner behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go west (back outside) or down some steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a magnificently carved chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        13/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Mountains
Floyd | It is a clear, bright morning and all seems peaceful. A tiny
Floyd | sparrowhawk wheels and soars lazily in the cool empty air above. There
Floyd | is a steep pathway to the south leading down into dense woodland, and
Floyd | you can make out an old building by the path. In the distance you can
Floyd | just glimpse the steel-grey of the sea, far away to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north, south, east or west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Mountains                                        13/165
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... You ring the bell...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/166
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/167
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... You ring the bell...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/168
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          13/169
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          13/170
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... You ring the bell...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "perhaps I've squandered the bell's virtue."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    13/171
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club and a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm, hope not."
		wordsmith says, "I feel like we are one guess-the-verb away from obtaining the scroll..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill troll with sword" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL TROLL WITH SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to kill the huge Troll with a
Floyd | club.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill troll" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | What with?
Floyd | You try, but the angry Troll attacks you...
Floyd | His huge club just misses you...
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/174
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient sword seems to come to life in your hand as you pick it
Floyd | up. The metal looks brighter, and the brass of the handle looks almost
Floyd | golden now. The sword seems to fit and balance in your hand as if it
Floyd | was made for you, and seems almost weightless in your grasp. It may be
Floyd | your imagination, but the whole blade seems to have a gentle blue
Floyd | glow, and you suddenly notice some strange runic lettering engraved on
Floyd | the blade in a language unfamiliar to you...
Floyd | (putting the banana skins into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill troll" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/175
Floyd |
Floyd | > KILL TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Your
Floyd | enchanted sword strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x troll" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/176
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You see
Floyd | a huge dead troll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search troll" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You find
Floyd | nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sword in sack" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/178
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SWORD IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You put
Floyd | the ancient, enchanted sword into the brown hessian sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Slaying the troll with the sword, is now part of the description of the troll."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "It's part of very turn." 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/178
Floyd |
Floyd | > IT'S PART OF VERY TURN.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That text hopefully won't... I think it will keep haunting us?."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  15/179
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll attacks you...
Floyd | His huge club just misses you...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x troll" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  15/179
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Weird."

Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Flames                                                 13/179
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll attacks you...
Floyd | As his club comes crashing down, you notice a hunting horn at his
Floyd | belt...
Floyd |
Floyd | Technically, you are now dead, but you have magically returned back to
Floyd | life for another attempt...
Floyd | (You still have a slight ringing in your ears, though...)
Floyd |
Floyd | Flames
Floyd | You did something slightly fatal...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a way out to the south...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone down by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		DavidW says, "The troll has the horn."
		wordsmith says, "Yep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    13/180
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    13/181
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, resurrections without inventory. Fun times."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe it's where we wrongfully died?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/150
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I bet everything is in one place, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take candle and matches" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CANDLE AND MATCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | small candle stub (unlit): (putting the ancient, enchanted sword into
Floyd | the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | box of matches: (putting the booklet into the brown hessian sack to
Floyd | make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... you light the candle using the matches...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle, a huge (no longer enchanted)
Floyd | dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/153
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a box of matches
Floyd |   a small burning candle stub (providing light)
Floyd |   a green glass bottle
Floyd |   a brass lamp
Floyd |   some banana skins
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a booklet
Floyd |     an ancient, enchanted sword
Floyd |     a large iron key
Floyd |     a small silver bell
Floyd |     a small screwdriver
Floyd |     a mouldy old boot
Floyd |     a parachute
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/154
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a closed green glass bottle.
Floyd | Looking through the dark glass, you can just see something stuffed
Floyd | inside...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Where should we use the glider?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Good question."
		DavidW asks, "We never saw any cliff, did we?"
		wordsmith says, "I think it would have worked from the tower..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe it's an alternativew... right."
		DavidW says, "oh."
		Knight_Otu says, "I just can't type today."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Passageway                                      13/155
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Passageway
Floyd | You need to stoop, then crawl in a low underground passageway, covered
Floyd | in dust and cobwebs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage leads east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Lighthouse Ruins                            13/156
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Lighthouse Ruins
Floyd | You stand in the ruins of a round room which is open to the sky. There
Floyd | are several narrow windows, and the floor is of rough, grey
Floyd | flagstones. Everywhere seems to be deserted. There is a narrow
Floyd | passageway in the eastern wall, leading into darkness. The passage
Floyd | roof looks a little unsafe.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (back outside) or east (into the dark passage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Did we use the parachute for anything?"
		DavidW says, "no"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Beside a Ruined Lighthouse                             13/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beside a Ruined Lighthouse
Floyd | The ferocious power of ancient storms has long ago broken down and
Floyd | collapsed the lighthouse tower. There are the dense trees of a forest
Floyd | to the east, and more mountains in the far distance. Towards the north
Floyd | is a beach where the white surf hisses on the shingle and pebbles. The
Floyd | entrance to the ruined lighthouse is south. You can hear the cry of
Floyd | gulls in the cool, clear air.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the beach) or south (into the lighthouse).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  13/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           13/160
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/161
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The castle door to the north is unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (to the forge), or north (into the castle).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Given the description, it sounds dicey to use it for its original purpose."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         13/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor under your boots is made of smooth stone slabs, and you
Floyd | breathe air that is cold and chill. Your footsteps echo though the
Floyd | empty building. A spiral stone staircase leads upwards a short way,
Floyd | but ends abruptly where the steps have recently collapsed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go south (back outside).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         13/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAIRCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         13/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | The stairs have collapsed part-way. There is no way up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The castle door to the north is unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (to the forge), or north (into the castle).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "For the scroll... what about heating the bottle?"
		DavidW asks, "okay. With the candle?"
		wordsmith says, "Worth a shot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "heat bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > HEAT BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "melt bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > MELT BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I think finding the hoard is the one must-do thing, and maybe the scroll is the key to that."
		DavidW says, "I haven't seen any tweezers."
		wordsmith says, "Right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/165
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle smashes into a thousand fragments on the ground, which melt
Floyd | sway to nothing before your eyes.
Floyd | You see a small scroll of parchment on the ground...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take scroll" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/166
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SCROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Aha!"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd have said the ....."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/167
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see an old parchment scroll. It has writing on it. It says...
Floyd |     'Search the Mountain Inn with care,
Floyd |     To find an answer lying there'...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Hallway                                         13/168
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Hallway
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor under your boots is made of smooth stone slabs, and you
Floyd | breathe air that is cold and chill. Your footsteps echo though the
Floyd | empty building. A spiral stone staircase leads upwards a short way,
Floyd | but ends abruptly where the steps have recently collapsed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only go south (back outside).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forbidding Castle                                      13/169
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forbidding Castle
Floyd | The hulk of a massive, stone castle towers into the sky above you. The
Floyd | walls are covered in grey lichen and moss, and seem to have stood here
Floyd | since the beginning of time itself. Set into the wall to the north you
Floyd | can see a large oak door, dark and weathered. There is a keyhole
Floyd | surrounded by a black iron plate. The ruins of the castle forge lie to
Floyd | the south. The castle door to the north is unlocked.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (to the forge), or north (into the castle).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Castle Forge                                           13/170
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Forge
Floyd | The ruined forge stands just outside the castle. There is no roof, and
Floyd | the remains of thick stone walls are open to the sky. The castle
Floyd | itself is closeby to the north, its stone towers soaring upwards.
Floyd | There is desolate wasteland stretching away to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle itself), or south (to some
Floyd | wasteland).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "And that wasn't violence?"
		wordsmith says, "That seems to point to the horn."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, so much for violence not being the answer."
		DavidW asks, "oh, you think the inn is just a clue to the horn?"
		wordsmith says, "At a guess, yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, seems likely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  13/171
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    13/174
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          13/175
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/176
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the Inn
Floyd | There are a few patches of mould on the walls and the floorboards
Floyd | creak slightly, but the building seems safe enough. As you move you
Floyd | disturb a thin layer of dust. There are some stone steps leading down,
Floyd | and an open doorway to the outside to the west. You see some tables
Floyd | and chairs. There is a dark, intricately-carved wooden chair in the
Floyd | corner behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go west (back outside) or down some steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a magnificently carved chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says (to DW), "You examined the chair about 4 times to get to the part about the horn and the dragon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/178
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the back of one chair is covered with fine carvings...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carvings" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/179
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARVINGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a carving of a goblin...
Floyd | He seems to be holding something...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So now the question becomes how to deal with the troll without bugging out."
		wordsmith says, "I'm thinking some players wouldn't be so diligent."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x goblin" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/180
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOBLIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The goblin seems to be blowing a hunting horn...
Floyd | Wait a minute...
Floyd | There is a dragon carved next to the goblin!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dragon" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/181
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing more of interest in the carvings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horn" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/182
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing more of interest in the carvings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "I'm going to look at the game scrollback again."
		DavidW says, "I'm hoping the troll will slip on the banana skins."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skins" 		

Floyd ]  Inside the Inn                                         13/183
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have those.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/184
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Abandoned Inn
Floyd | An old, thatched building stands near the path. It seems to be an
Floyd | abandoned inn or tavern, as a faded sign reads 'Troll's Arms'. The
Floyd | walls are a dirty white and the paintwork is starting to peel and
Floyd | blister. The windows are covered in cobwebs and there is the faint
Floyd | odour of mildew and decay. Weeds grow between the flagstones of the
Floyd | path leading up to the door, which leans open. No-one seems to have
Floyd | lived here for years. A path leads north into the mountains and there
Floyd | seems to be some swampy ground to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to the mountains), west (towards a swamp) or east
Floyd | (into the inn).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Abandoned Inn                                          13/185
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          13/186
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/187
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                13/188
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                13/189
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         13/190
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Pathway
Floyd | Grey-green ferns brush your ankles as you move along the path, and the
Floyd | light filters dimly through the branches and leaves overhead. You hear
Floyd | the soft calls of woodland birds. The pathway leads north and
Floyd | continues west, deeper into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the path) or west (into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stone bird bath (full of water) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             13/191
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads through an ancient forest. Red and blue
Floyd | butterflies dance above the grass and you can hear the soft calls of
Floyd | wood-pigeons in the trees. The leaves rustle gently in the morning
Floyd | breeze. The pathway leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be
Floyd | hollow in the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path) or east (further into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/192
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Maybe kill troll, then get horn?"
		DavidW says, "oh. maybe the troll won't show up until the bell is rung."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop skins" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/193
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/194
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient sword seems to come to life in your hand as you pick it
Floyd | up. The metal looks brighter, and the brass of the handle looks almost
Floyd | golden now. The sword seems to fit and balance in your hand as if it
Floyd | was made for you, and seems almost weightless in your grasp. It may be
Floyd | your imagination, but the whole blade seems to have a gentle blue
Floyd | glow, and you suddenly notice some strange runic lettering engraved on
Floyd | the blade in a language unfamiliar to you...
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/195
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the bell...
Floyd | You hear the note of a horn answering in the distance...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/196
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some banana skins and some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/197
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          13/198
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/199
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some banana skins and some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/200
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/201
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some banana skins and some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          13/202
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          13/203
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... You ring the bell...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/204
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some banana skins and some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/205
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club and a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/206
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club, some banana skins and some long
Floyd | reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          13/207
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/208
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club, some banana skins and some long
Floyd | reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skins" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/209
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | (putting the brass lamp into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw skins at troll" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/210
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW SKINS AT TROLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw skins" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     15/211
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Your
Floyd | enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get horn" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     15/212
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Erm."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Now bug out!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skins" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     15/213
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SKINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow horn" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     15/214
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the big hunting horn)
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...(putting
Floyd | the box of matches into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Your
Floyd | enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...OK... you
Floyd | blow the mighty horn and manage to make a tiny noise...
Floyd | ... toot...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow horn" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/215
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Weird, again."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/216
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You are
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |   some banana skins
Floyd |   an ancient, enchanted sword
Floyd |   a scroll of parchment
Floyd |   a small burning candle stub (providing light)
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a box of matches
Floyd |     a brass lamp
Floyd |     a booklet
Floyd |     a large iron key
Floyd |     a small silver bell
Floyd |     a small screwdriver
Floyd |     a mouldy old boot
Floyd |     a parachute
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe it has to be done in the dragon's lair."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I bet."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    15/217
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          15/218
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          15/219
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            15/220
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           15/221
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          15/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle, a huge (no longer enchanted)
Floyd | dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow horn" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          15/222
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "wha..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           15/223
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           15/224
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You
Floyd | can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            15/225
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          15/226
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                15/227
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         15/228
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Forest Pathway
Floyd | Grey-green ferns brush your ankles as you move along the path, and the
Floyd | light filters dimly through the branches and leaves overhead. You hear
Floyd | the soft calls of woodland birds. The pathway leads north and
Floyd | continues west, deeper into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the path) or west (into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stone bird bath (full of water) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             15/229
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads through an ancient forest. Red and blue
Floyd | butterflies dance above the grass and you can hear the soft calls of
Floyd | wood-pigeons in the trees. The leaves rustle gently in the morning

		Knight_Otu says, "I think we lost the horn after the first blow."

Floyd | breeze. The pathway leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be
Floyd | hollow in the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path) or east (further into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     15/230
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/231
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     15/232
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pebbled Beach                                          15/233
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Pebbled Beach
Floyd | You hear the crashing sound of waves in your ears. White gulls wheel
Floyd | and play in the sky above, and you can taste the salt-spray on your
Floyd | lips. Pebbles crunch beneath your feet as you move. You can see the
Floyd | ruins of an old stone lighthouse to the south. There is a wasteland of
Floyd | sand dunes to the north, and forest trees to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards wasteland), south (towards a lighthouse) or
Floyd | east (towards trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Wasteland by a Castle                                  15/234
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Wasteland by a Castle
Floyd | A stretch of uneven waste ground stands closeby to a castle. There are
Floyd | old dunes covered in spiky patches of marram and couch grass. You can
Floyd | make out the old castle and its buildings away to the north. The
Floyd | blue-grey of the sea curves around in a wide arc to a beach towards
Floyd | the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (towards the castle), south (to the beach) or east
Floyd | (towards the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    15/235
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    15/236
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "where did we kill him?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    15/237
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You ring
Floyd | the bell...
Floyd | You hear the note of a horn answering in the distance...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Lake in the forest according to scrollback."
		wordsmith says (to DW), "Lake in the Forest"
		wordsmith says, "Two out of two bystanders agree."
		DavidW says, "yeah, but the game got confused and thinks the troll is still alive."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, the troll part is horribly buggy."
		wordsmith says, "Or, both dead and not-dead."
		wordsmith says, "Like Schroedinger's cat."
		DavidW says, "What should we do? Is there a way to defeat the troll without sword? The skins seem to do nothing."
		wordsmith asks, "Did you DROP SKINS?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I honestly don't know. Maybe lure him to trhe dragon?"
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "yes, but maybe in the wrong way and at the wrong time."
		wordsmith says, "But I think maybe restore to before we kill the troll, kill him, get horn, go to lair, and blow horn there."
		DavidW says, "sure, troll vs dragon might be fun"
		wordsmith says, "Or that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/150
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take matches and candle" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                               13/151
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MATCHES AND CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | box of matches: (putting the ancient, enchanted sword into the brown
Floyd | hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd | small candle stub (unlit): (putting the booklet into the brown hessian
Floyd | sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/152
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CANDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | OK... you light the candle using the matches...
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an old delivery bicycle, a huge (no longer enchanted)
Floyd | dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/153
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/154
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/155
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ring bell" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/156
Floyd |
Floyd | > RING BELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You ring the bell...
Floyd | You hear the note of a horn answering in the distance...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cottage                                                13/157
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cottage
Floyd | Nestling in a clearing amongst the trees is a tiny, thatched cottage.
Floyd | Smoke rises gently from the chimney. The little garden is badly
Floyd | overgrown, but the path leading to the doorway is fairly clear. You
Floyd | notice that the peeling door stands slightly open, but it has no knob
Floyd | or handle. The path leads south deeper into the trees, and continues
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path), south (deeper into the trees) or east
Floyd | (into the cottage).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Pathway                                         13/158
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Forest Pathway
Floyd | Grey-green ferns brush your ankles as you move along the path, and the
Floyd | light filters dimly through the branches and leaves overhead. You hear
Floyd | the soft calls of woodland birds. The pathway leads north and
Floyd | continues west, deeper into the forest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the path) or west (into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a stone bird bath (full of water) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tree Stump                                             13/159
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads through an ancient forest. Red and blue
Floyd | butterflies dance above the grass and you can hear the soft calls of
Floyd | wood-pigeons in the trees. The leaves rustle gently in the morning
Floyd | breeze. The pathway leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be
Floyd | hollow in the centre.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along a path) or east (further into the forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump (which is empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lake in the Forest                                     13/160
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. You have a feeling of tranquility instilled by the
Floyd | placid, lazy waters. There is a little path winding between dense
Floyd | trees towards the south. You can see the start of a deserted gravel
Floyd | road to the north, and you can just make out the sea to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees), north (towards the road) or
Floyd | west (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South End of a Road                                    13/161
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | South End of a Road
Floyd | A gravelled country road leads north. A white-painted wooden signpost
Floyd | points west, where you can make out the sea. You can just glimpse the
Floyd | glint of more water through the trees, far to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (along the road), south (into the trees) or west
Floyd | (towards the sea).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club and a signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North End of a Road                                    13/162
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | North End of a Road
Floyd | A country road stretches to the south, its gravelled surface crunching
Floyd | slightly beneath your boots. It is bordered by trees and old
Floyd | hedgerows. Towards the east is a patch of swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go east (towards the swamp) or south (along the road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club and a wooden signpost here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Swampy Ground                                          13/163
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Swampy Ground
Floyd | Water seeps around the soles of your boots and fills your recent
Floyd | footprints. You can hear the croaking of frogs and the occasional
Floyd | bubble of marsh-gas coming to the surface. There is an abandoned inn
Floyd | to the east, and a path leads south into the forest. To the west there
Floyd | seems to be a little country road.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go south (along a forest path), east (towards an inn) or west
Floyd | (towards a road).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance                                          13/164
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness. The air near
Floyd | the entrance smells rather stale and musty, and altogether rather
Floyd | unpleasant. The path into the forest winds south, and to the north is
Floyd | some swampy ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go north (to a swamp), south (into the trees) or east (into
Floyd | the dark cave)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/165
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             13/166
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Inn Cellar
Floyd | The cellar seems to have been formed from a natural cavern in the rock
Floyd | under the inn, which has been smoothed and extended to form a storage
Floyd | area for the sorts of things inns need to keep - casks and bottles and
Floyd | the like, which will remain cool in the slightly chill air. There are
Floyd | the remains of some old barrels, but almost everything else seems to
Floyd | have been removed from here long ago. Dim daylight filters down the
Floyd | open stairwell from the inn above, where there is a flight of steep
Floyd | stone steps. By the far west wall stand thick stalagmites which rise
Floyd | out of the floor like dragon's teeth, behind which is a dark opening.
Floyd | It might be your imagination, but you think you can just catch an
Floyd | occasional dry, rustling sound coming from deep inside the darkness.
Floyd | The uneven floor is covered in dust, and at first glance you see no
Floyd | signs of life apart from your own boot-prints.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go up (to the inn) or west (into the dark tunnel).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club and some barrels (which are
Floyd | empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Inn Cellar                                             13/167
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Damp Tunnel                                            13/168
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | Here and there on the walls you notice strange, ugly designs and runes
Floyd | crudely drawn in red and brown ochre. Two pillars of rock seem to
Floyd | cascade from the roof, one streaming down like lumpy, white icing and
Floyd | the other formed from many tight needles of pinkish-brown stalactites.
Floyd | Between them is an opening that leads towards the south, and there are
Floyd | passages leading east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rock Chamber                                           13/169
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Rock Chamber
Floyd | The emptiness of a natural cathedral of living rock rises high into
Floyd | darkness above you, far beyond the reach of your candlelight. The
Floyd | sound of your footsteps echoes strangely. There are many stalactites
Floyd | and stalagmites, some of which have joined to form delicate pillars,
Floyd | others just hang like creamy icicles in the still, crisp air. Frozen
Floyd | rivers of snow-white rock spill down from the ceiling beside a dark
Floyd | fissure that spits the southern wall. Occasionally you see fireflies
Floyd | dancing and darting between the columns of pale stone. You are aware
Floyd | of the immense mass of the ancient mountains above.
Floyd |
Floyd | Openings lead north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/170
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Troll is chasing after you!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dragon's Lair
Floyd | This place, deep in the mountain heart, seems dreamlike and somehow
Floyd | magical. Distorted formations of twisted rock rise from the cave
Floyd | floor, while gossamer traceries of stone seems to float in the air to
Floyd | create delicate screens and alcoves. Everywhere hang pale stalactites.
Floyd | The floor of the chamber is covered in red dust and pieces of broken
Floyd | white bone.
Floyd |
Floyd | The great creature itself is lying coiled in the corner, its
Floyd | slate-coloured flanks slowly heaving and falling as it breathes. Its
Floyd | immense wings are tightly folded on its back and look as if they have
Floyd | been carved from polished copper. One of the beast's horny claws is
Floyd | resting on a pile of ivory-coloured bones. The air is sickly-sweet and
Floyd | dank.
Floyd | The beast seems to be emerging from a deep, long sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a huge Troll with a club, an old delivery bicycle, a huge
Floyd | (no longer enchanted) dragon and a pile of bones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "cf9" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/170
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "uh oh, dragon no longer enchanted."
		DavidW says, "That's good."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we broke the enchantment."
		wordsmith says, "Good for the troll."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sword" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/171
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient sword seems to come to life in your hand as you pick it
Floyd | up. The metal looks brighter, and the brass of the handle looks almost
Floyd | golden now. The sword seems to fit and balance in your hand as if it
Floyd | was made for you, and seems almost weightless in your grasp. It may be
Floyd | your imagination, but the whole blade seems to have a gentle blue
Floyd | glow, and you suddenly notice some strange runic lettering engraved on
Floyd | the blade in a language unfamiliar to you...
Floyd | (putting the banana skins into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          13/172
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          15/173
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Time
Floyd | passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by two points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take horn" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          15/174
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...(putting
Floyd | the brass lamp into the brown hessian sack to make room)
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          15/175
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You are
Floyd | carrying:
Floyd |   an ancient, enchanted sword
Floyd |   a small burning candle stub (providing light)
Floyd |   a box of matches
Floyd |   a green glass bottle
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack containing:
Floyd |     a brass lamp
Floyd |     some banana skins
Floyd |     a booklet
Floyd |     a large iron key
Floyd |     a small silver bell
Floyd |     a small screwdriver
Floyd |     a mouldy old boot
Floyd |     a parachute
Floyd |     a large cardboard box
Floyd |     a pewter mug
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take horn" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          15/176
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "blow horn" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Lair                                          20/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > BLOW HORN
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...You try
Floyd | to blow the mighty horn...
Floyd | You manage a tiny squeak, but it is just enough...
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a grinding sound and a secret door swings open in the east
Floyd | wall...
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by five points.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "!!!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dragon's Treasure Store                                20/177
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Your enchanted sword luckily strikes the Troll and slays it...
Floyd | Dragon's Treasure Store
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon's secret hoard is open before you. By the flickering light
Floyd | of your little candle, you can make out a heaps of treasure stacked
Floyd | untidily around the floor.
Floyd | You can see piles of gold and heaps of jewels, many rising higher than
Floyd | the top of your head. The Dragon has told you it has no use for the
Floyd | treasure and it is now yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are rich beyond your wildest dreams!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have won ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 20 out of a possible 25, in 177 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, UNDO your last move,
Floyd | give the FULL score for that game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "And we won!"
		wordsmith says, "Yep. And presumably using the glider might have scored a few points."
		Knight_Otu says, "True,"
		DavidW says, "yeah, probably."
		wordsmith says, "I think we did about everything else. Maybe getting someone to slip on the banana skins."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Anyway, a win is good enough for me!"
		DavidW says, "yes, this is good enough for now."
		wordsmith says, "Good job, everyone."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Halloween Horror by Roody Yogurt

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 Halloween Horror written by Roody Yogurt. It was intended for Ectocomp, but not submitted. Sadness. You can learn more about this 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, "DW Do you recall the game? I can't really describe it without giving away its awesomeness."
		DavidW asks, "Was it The Halloween Horror?"
		DavidW says, "[LINK]"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Ooh, maybe."
		DavidW says, "Contains horrorpartI.hex and horrorpartII.hex"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, of course it's under Roody Yogurt."
		Jacqueline says, "Here's the deal, though. You only get the surprise the first time, I think. And we played it once on Floyd."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, huh. This was writting FOR ectocomp but not submitted"
		DavidW says, "ectoparti and ectopartii"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that'sthem."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, maybe."
		Jacqueline says, "But let me reupload it. One sec."
		DavidW says, "I dunno if that'll work."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm going to just use the file names it has."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load horrorparti" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This is your favorite part of the week, the only night where you can
Floyd | settle down with a big bowl of popcorn and zone out to a horror movie.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Halloween Horror
Floyd | by Roody Yogurt
Floyd | Release 1 / Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
Floyd | IFID: E361278D-4306-4051-9E47-CC3F95CEE7B6
Floyd | Type ABOUT for more info
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |   Your kitchen is pretty sparse. The living room is to the east.
Floyd |   All that is worth noting is the microwave that sits on an
Floyd | unimplemented shelf.
Floyd |   A packet of microwave popcorn lies here unawares.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm just going to watch and hope that it works."
		DavidW says, "Surely the way info is transferred is via a file other than a save file."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Roger), "Play!"
		Roger says, "ok"
Roger says (to floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You are just happy to have made it through the week and are intent on
Floyd | enjoying a night to yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This seems familiar."
Roger says (to floyd), "about" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |

		Roger says, "shit"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "q" 		

Floyd | [RETURNING TO GAME]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |   Your kitchen is pretty sparse. The living room is to the east.
Floyd |   All that is worth noting is the microwave that sits on an
Floyd | unimplemented shelf.
Floyd |   A packet of microwave popcorn lies here unawares.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
		DavidW says, "It's a Hugo game. It might have graphics."
		Roger says, "ah"
		Jacqueline nods.
Roger says (to floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying your cellphone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "x cellphone" 		

Floyd | You are a protagonist of modern times, one who almost always has a
Floyd | cellphone handy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Roger says (to floyd), "x packet" 		

Floyd | This is one of those packets of microwave popcorn, all ready to be
Floyd | microwaved.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | microwave:  You can't take that.
Floyd | uncooked microwave popcorn:  Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "x microwave" 		

Floyd | Ah, time-saving applications. How you love them! This is one of those
Floyd | fancy models where all you have to do is put food into it and turn it
Floyd | on. It is currently closed and off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "look in microwave" 		

Floyd | The microwave is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "put cellphone in microwave" 		

Floyd | You put the cellphone in the microwave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Roger), "Checking for poodles?"
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh I hope he programmed this."
Roger says (to floyd), "turn on microwave" 		

Floyd | Nothing in the microwave needs zapping!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
Roger says (to floyd), "put popcorn in microwave" 		

Floyd | You put the uncooked microwave popcorn in the microwave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "close microwave" 		

Floyd | Closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "turn on microwave" 		

Floyd | You turn on the microwave.
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave hums away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "look in microwave" 		

Floyd | Inside the microwave are your cellphone and some uncooked microwave
Floyd | popcorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pop." Some kernals are beginning to pop.
Floyd | The microwave hums away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "now it's a hotline"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
Roger says (to floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd | You don't need to refer to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pop. Pop."
Floyd | The microwave hums away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | "Pop. Pop. Pop."
Floyd | Suddenly, your phone rings. You answer it.
Floyd |
Floyd |   "Hello?" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice full of gravel and malice answers you with a question, "WHAT'S
Floyd | YOUR FAVORITE SCARY IF GAME??"
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh, good question.
Floyd |
Floyd | ENTER FAVORITE SCARY IF GAME IN QUOTES>

		Roger says, "umm hmmm"
		Knight_Otu says, "Great, now we have microwave glass shards in our hands."
Roger says (to floyd), ""CATTUS ATROX"" 		

Floyd | "Cattus Atrox"? Is that correct (did you remember the quotation
Floyd | marks?)?
Floyd | Please answer YES or NO:

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, ""SCARY HOUSE AMULET!!!!""
Roger says (to floyd), "YES" 		

Floyd | (Okay, good.)
Floyd |
Floyd |   "Cattus Atrox," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ding! The microwave beeps.
Floyd |
Floyd |   "Popcorn's done! Gotta go!" you say, hanging up on your
Floyd | probably-perplexed caller.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave, revealing some freshly-popped popcorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I love Scary House Amulet."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, that game with the haunted doll that I can't recall the name of."
		DavidW says, "There's more than one, I think."
		Roger says, "more seriously, I have to go with Anchorhead"
		Jacqueline says, "Fair"
Roger says (to floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | microwave:  You can't take that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "take all from microwave" 		

Floyd | cellphone:  Taken.
Floyd | popped popcorn:  You pull the popcorn out of the microwave and pour it
Floyd | into a bowl you had lying around. You are no longer lacking in popcorn!
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember your mysterious caller for a moment, but whatevs- out of
Floyd | sight, out of mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "eat popcorn" 		

Floyd | Better wait until you're on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "sit on couch" 		

Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |   Your kitchen is pretty sparse. The living room is to the east.
Floyd |   All that is worth noting is the microwave that sits on an
Floyd | unimplemented shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "GO EAST" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd |   This room has two things that you love dearly, locked in an eternal
Floyd | cage match for your affection. In one corner, there's the TV that holds
Floyd | all of the movies and shows you love. In another corner (well,
Floyd | actually, the middle of the room), there's the couch upon which you
Floyd | like to sprawl.
Floyd |
Floyd |   The kitchen is to the west. The patio is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "sprawl on couch" 		

Floyd | The TV isn't on yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "look under couch" 		

Floyd | You don't find anything under the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd | Your trusty TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd | You turn the TV on, ready for a night of watching scary movies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "sprawl on couch" 		

Floyd | You plop down on the couch. Ahhhhhh!
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room, on the couch
Floyd |   This room has two things that you love dearly, locked in an eternal
Floyd | cage match for your affection. In one corner, there's the TV that holds
Floyd | all of the movies and shows you love. In another corner (well,
Floyd | actually, the middle of the room), there's the couch upon which you
Floyd | like to sprawl.
Floyd |
Floyd |   The kitchen is to the west. The patio is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Armed with popcorn with the TV on, sitting on your favorite seat in the
Floyd | house, you are ready for a relaxing night in!
Floyd |
Floyd | *** LET'S WATCH A MOVIE! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | (Now go play Part II)
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?

		Knight_Otu asks, "What, our cellphone doesn't double as a remote?"
Roger says (to floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd |   This room has two things that you love dearly, locked in an eternal
Floyd | cage match for your affection. In one corner, there's the TV that holds
Floyd | all of the movies and shows you love. In another corner (well,
Floyd | actually, the middle of the room), there's the couch upon which you
Floyd | like to sprawl.
Floyd |
Floyd |   The kitchen is to the west. The patio is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "GO EAST" 		

Floyd | Nah, this is your night in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd | You plop down on the couch. Ahhhhhh!
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room, on the couch
Floyd |   This room has two things that you love dearly, locked in an eternal
Floyd | cage match for your affection. In one corner, there's the TV that holds
Floyd | all of the movies and shows you love. In another corner (well,
Floyd | actually, the middle of the room), there's the couch upon which you
Floyd | like to sprawl.
Floyd |
Floyd |   The kitchen is to the west. The patio is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Armed with popcorn with the TV on, sitting on your favorite seat in the
Floyd | house, you are ready for a relaxing night in!
Floyd |
Floyd | *** LET'S WATCH A MOVIE! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | (Now go play Part II)
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?

		Roger says, "well okay then"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load horrorpartii" 		

Floyd | Enter (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE, (U)NDO, or (Q)UIT:

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

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not ready for this yet. Go beat Part I first.
Floyd |
Floyd | PRESS ANY KEY TO QUIT
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps you need to be holding the phone? Or visit the patio?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's see what happens if we use the original files."
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load ectoparti" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This is your favorite part of the week, the only night where you can
Floyd | settle down with a big bowl of popcorn and zone out to a horror movie.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ecto Horror
Floyd | by Roody Yogurt
Floyd | Hugo v3.1 / Library 31031
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |   Your kitchen is pretty sparse. The living room is to the east.
Floyd |   All that is worth noting is the microwave that sits on an
Floyd | unimplemented shelf.
Floyd |   A packet of microwave popcorn lies here unawares.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get all" 		

Floyd | microwave:  You can't take that.
Floyd | uncooked microwave popcorn:  Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open microwave" 		

Floyd | Opened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put popcorn in microwave" 		

Floyd | You put the uncooked microwave popcorn in the microwave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd | That doesn't make any sense.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close microwave" 		

Floyd | Closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "start microwave" 		

Floyd | You turn on the microwave.
Floyd | The microwave hums away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Pop." Some kernals are beginning to pop.
Floyd | The microwave hums away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Pop. Pop."
Floyd | The microwave hums away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd | "Pop. Pop. Pop."
Floyd | Suddenly, your phone rings. You answer it.
Floyd |
Floyd |   "Hello?" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice full of gravel and malice answers you with a question, "WHAT'S
Floyd | YOUR FAVORITE SCARY IF GAME??"
Floyd |
Floyd | Huh, good question.
Floyd |
Floyd | ENTER FAVORITE SCARY IF GAME IN QUOTES>

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), ""Scary House Amulet!"" 		

Floyd | "Scary House Amulet!," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ding! The microwave beeps.
Floyd |
Floyd |   "Popcorn's done! Gotta go!" you say, hanging up on your
Floyd | probably-perplexed caller.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the microwave, revealing some freshly-popped popcorn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take popcorn" 		

Floyd | You pull the popcorn out of the microwave and pour it into a bowl you
Floyd | had lying around. You are no longer lacking in popcorn!
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember your mysterious caller for a moment, but whatevs- out of
Floyd | sight, out of mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit on couch" 		

Floyd | You haven't seen anything like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd | Be a little more specific about where you'd like to sit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd |   Your kitchen is pretty sparse. The living room is to the east.
Floyd |   All that is worth noting is the microwave that sits on an
Floyd | unimplemented shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd |   This room has two things that you love dearly, locked in an eternal
Floyd | cage match for your affection. In one corner, there's the tv that holds
Floyd | all of the movies and shows you love. In another corner (well,
Floyd | actually, the middle of the room), there's the couch upon which you
Floyd | like to sprawl.
Floyd |
Floyd |   The kitchen is to the west. The patio is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit on couch" 		

Floyd | The tv isn't on yet!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "turn on tv" 		

Floyd | You turn the tv on, ready for a night of watching scary movies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sit on couch" 		

Floyd | You get onto the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room, on the couch
Floyd |   This room has two things that you love dearly, locked in an eternal
Floyd | cage match for your affection. In one corner, there's the tv that holds
Floyd | all of the movies and shows you love. In another corner (well,
Floyd | actually, the middle of the room), there's the couch upon which you
Floyd | like to sprawl.
Floyd |
Floyd |   The kitchen is to the west. The patio is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Armed with popcorn with the tv on, sitting on your favorite seat in the
Floyd | house, you are ready for a relaxing night in!
Floyd |
Floyd | *** LET'S WATCH A MOVIE! ***
Floyd |
Floyd | (Now go play Part II)
Floyd |
Floyd | The game has ended.  Do you want to (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE a saved game,
Floyd | or (Q)UIT?

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

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are not ready for this yet. Go beat Part I first.
Floyd |
Floyd | The game has ended.  Do you want to (R)ESTART, R(E)STORE a saved game,
Floyd | or (Q)UIT?

		Jacqueline says, "bah"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure how we managed to make it work the first time, but the transcript of it is [LINK] ."
		Jacqueline says, "also, afk a sec"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess one Floyd update was to prevent non-save files being generated."
		Roger says, "good enough for me"
		DavidW | Ellison says, "the quotes are important"
		Roger says, "I could try a response without whitespace"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, Roger and Jacq both used quotes."
		Jacqueline says, "It's not a huge deal. Now that I look at the transcript, the deal was that it took the name of the game and then in part II made that the title of the movie you were watching and then you were in it."
		Jacqueline says, "And I remember just being all WHOA HOW'D YOU DO THAT ROODY"
		Roger says, "indeed it is cool"
		DavidW says, "Oh, in the transcript, after you play part ii, part i changes."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Halloween Dance by MathBrush
As played on ifMUD on September 22, 2019

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 Halloween Dance written by MathBrush. It took 5th Place, in La Petite Mort division, in Ectocomp 2015. 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 halloweendance" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Halloween Dance
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by MathBrush
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 151028 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Dance Hall
Floyd | A school gymnasium with four or five pumpkins on the side and orange
Floyd | and black streamers hanging from the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Conversation in this game is handled by typing "SAY topic TO person".
Floyd | Your topics are listed in your inventory, which you can reach by
Floyd | typing "i".]
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Fred, Jane and a cooler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're wearing a costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x costume" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COSTUME
Floyd |
Floyd | A Phantom of the Schoolhouse costume, complete with gloves and mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: Phantom]
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, this is MB? Awesome."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gloves" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLOVES
Floyd |
Floyd | A Phantom of the Schoolhouse costume, complete with gloves and mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | A young man wearing a white suit with red splatters all over. He is
Floyd | standing next to a cooler with mist coming out of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small blue cooler with mist coming out of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | A young woman wearing a simple frock covered with dozens of old... are
Floyd | those beepers? Like from the 90"s?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beepers" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEEPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What are beepers?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, is this from a jam or something?"
		DavidW says, "Ectocomp 2015"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "A beeper was kind of a predecessor to cell phones."
		Jacqueline says, "AKA pager"
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "You'd get paged/beeped and know that someone wanted you to call them."
		DavidW says, "Right. I just didn't recognize the term in the context of dress adornment."
		Roger says, "BEEP BEEP"
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Phantom-"What do you think about my costume?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "greeting" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GREETING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say greeting" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald." to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wait. What's our costume?"
		DavidW says, "Phantom"
		Jacqueline says, "I... I thought someone else was the phantom. My bad."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say greeting to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! my name is Fred!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: About Fred]
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say greeting to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! my name is Jane!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: About Jane]
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says, "about jane to jane" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say about jane to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABOUT JANE TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Jane gives you a dumb look and says, "I AM Jane."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Moop."
		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say about jane to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABOUT JANE TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks at Jane, then leans forward and whispers, "Can you keep a
Floyd | secret? Jane has been my crush for two years now. I heard she likes
Floyd | walking dead, so I made this whole getup and these brainpops to
Floyd | impress her."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topics: Crush and Lie]
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "SO YOU SHOULD KNOW A LOT ABOUT HER, THEN, JANE."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say about fred to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABOUT FRED TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd | She brightens up, peeking over at Fred. "Can you keep a secret? I
Floyd | think Fred is the sweetest man at school. He's really into repairing
Floyd | old technology, so I made this costume for him." She twirls to display
Floyd | her outfit. "I love fixing old stuff too, That's how we met, in our
Floyd | Tech class."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: Romance]
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, ">Fred, marry Jane"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "These are the silliest secrets ever"
		DavidW says, "I suddenly feel like this room isn't large enough for three people."
		Roger says, "that's not the Phantom way"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Romance-"So, I found out who Jane is interested in..."
Floyd |     Lie-"Fred told me he hates your guts."
Floyd |     Crush-"So, I found out who Fred is interested in..."
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Phantom-"What do you think about my costume?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, depends on how old everyone is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say compliment to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY COMPLIMENT TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, nice costume"!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awww, you're sweet! I'm the Grim Beeper, reminding all technology
Floyd | that it will one day be obsolete."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say compliment to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY COMPLIMENT TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, nice costume"!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks! I'm a zombie ice cream man selling brainpops. You want one?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topics: Okay and Uhh]
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I remember this quest from Skyrim"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ow. Grim Beeper."
		Jacqueline says, "Heh. I was gonna say, "Yay Grim Beeper""
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say phantom to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PHANTOM TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you think about my costume?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's nice! What are you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm the Phantom of the Schoolhouse."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cool! I didn't think they let people wear masks anymore." They
Floyd | hesitate for a moment. "To be honest, I've been wondering if you even
Floyd | go to this school."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's just say that I already graduated. Don't tell anyone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say phantom to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PHANTOM TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "You're right. This is totally the sort of quest you get in Skyrim."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Romance-"So, I found out who Jane is interested in..."
Floyd |     Lie-"Fred told me he hates your guts."
Floyd |     Crush-"So, I found out who Fred is interested in..."
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "also I am dead"
		Jacqueline says, "Wow. That lie."
		Knight_Otu says, "Lie *is* really mean."
		DavidW asks, "What happened to the Okay and Uhh topics?"
		Roger says, "ambiguous conversation choices can be irritating"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say compliment to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY COMPLIMENT TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, nice costume"!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks! I'm a zombie ice cream man selling brainpops. You want one?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say okay" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY OKAY
Floyd |
Floyd | Whom do you want to say Okay-"Why not?" to?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say okay to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY OKAY TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why not?"
Floyd |
Floyd |  He hands you a brainpop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we only have the chance for those topics after asking."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brainpop" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRAINPOP
Floyd |
Floyd | A homemade popsicle with some kind of mush in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat brainpop" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BRAINPOP
Floyd |
Floyd | Wow! That really hits the spot! The mush was strawberries.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Romance-"So, I found out who Jane is interested in..."
Floyd |     Lie-"Fred told me he hates your guts."
Floyd |     Crush-"So, I found out who Fred is interested in..."
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What topics should we persue?"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's lie."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, we know we're going to try it eventually."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's just try it first."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say lie to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY LIE TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Fred told me hates your guts. He even put strawberry in those
Floyd | popsicles because he knows you hate it."
Floyd |
Floyd | Jane storms away, glaring at Fred. Fred looks at her, perplexed, then
Floyd | back at you. You ignore Fred, and look at the pumpkins instead. Oooh,
Floyd | nice ghost carving.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Noone is happy now. ***
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 ]  Dance Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Dance Hall
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Thank you."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say romance to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ROMANCE TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, I found out who Jane is interested in...
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks upset for a second. "Who?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "She said she's been into you ever since Tech class. She wore the
Floyd | beeper dress just for you.
Floyd | Fred seems noticeably more cheerful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say crush to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CRUSH TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Romance-"So, I found out who Jane is interested in..."
Floyd |     Lie-"Fred told me he hates your guts."
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Huh. Crush topic got crushed?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "I guess so." 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I GUESS SO.
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "er I guess so"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure what to do next."
		DavidW asks, "Romance again?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think it'll just repeat, but let's try"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say romance to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ROMANCE TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, I found out who Jane is interested in...
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks upset for a second. "Who?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "She said she's been into you ever since Tech class. She wore the
Floyd | beeper dress just for you.
Floyd | Fred seems noticeably more cheerful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say okay to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY OKAY TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say compliment to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY COMPLIMENT TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, nice costume"!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks! I'm a zombie ice cream man selling brainpops. You want one?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say okay to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY OKAY TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why not?"
Floyd |
Floyd |  He hands you a brainpop.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x brainpop" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRAINPOP
Floyd |
Floyd | A homemade popsicle with some kind of mush in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give brainpop to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BRAINPOP TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | She grimaces and says, "No thanks, I don't like strawberry."
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: Strawberries]
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we did learn that from being mean."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to suggest that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say strawberries to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STRAWBERRIES TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | Jane doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But you'd think he'd know about the strawberry thing."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say strawberries to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY STRAWBERRIES TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did you know Jane doesn't like strawberries?"
Floyd | Fred's face blanches. He says, "Aw, crap," and hangs his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     brainpop
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Strawberries-"Did you know Jane doesn't like strawberries?"
Floyd |     Romance-"So, I found out who Jane is interested in..."
Floyd |     Lie-"Fred told me he hates your guts."
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Why, unless he's a stalker?"
		Jacqueline says, "He's been her friend for two years +"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say about fred to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABOUT FRED TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Fred gives you a dumb look and says, "I AM Fred."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say about jane to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABOUT JANE TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks at Jane, then leans forward and whispers, "Can you keep a
Floyd | secret? Jane has been my crush for two years now. I heard she likes
Floyd | walking dead, so I made this whole getup and these brainpops to
Floyd | impress her. But apparently she hates strawberries..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say about fred to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY ABOUT FRED TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd | She brightens up, peeking over at Fred. "Can you keep a secret? I
Floyd | think Fred is the sweetest man at school. He's really into repairing
Floyd | old technology, so I made this costume for him." She twirls to display
Floyd | her outfit. "I love fixing old stuff too, That's how we met, in our
Floyd | Tech class."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, that's not necessarily a topic that'll come up."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say compliment to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY COMPLIMENT TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, nice costume"!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awww, you're sweet! I'm the Grim Beeper, reminding all technology
Floyd | that it will one day be obsolete."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, I feel like I ought to tell you all something. I hate raspberries."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say compliment to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY COMPLIMENT TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wow, nice costume"!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Awww, you're sweet! I'm the Grim Beeper, reminding all technology
Floyd | that it will one day be obsolete."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     brainpop
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Romance-"So, I found out who Jane is interested in..."
Floyd |     Lie-"Fred told me he hates your guts."
Floyd |     Crush-"So, I found out who Fred is interested in..."
Floyd |     Strawberries-"Did you know Jane doesn't like strawberries?"
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "well you're wrong"
		Knight_Otu says, "Mushrooms."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x costume" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COSTUME
Floyd |
Floyd | A Phantom of the Schoolhouse costume, complete with gloves and mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm frequently told this about raspberries and cherries, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show costume to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW COSTUME TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | Fred is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "And KO is wrong about mushrooms."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show costume to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW COSTUME TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | Jane is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The world is full of flawed humans."
		DavidW asks, "What's this about mushrooms now?"
		Knight_Otu is proud ro be flawed.
		Jacqueline says, "We're just getting all of our food aversions out on the table, among friends."
		Roger says, "if this quest was in Witcher 3, on the other hand..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "say crush to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY CRUSH TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, I found out who Fred is interested in..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Really?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "He told me he's had a crush on you for two years".
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Jane turns to Fred and smiles. She walks over and draws him to the
Floyd | side. You see the two of them laughing together, and then Jane kisses
Floyd | Fred on the cheek and he blushes. Fred turns to you as they walk out
Floyd | together, and gives you a thumbs up.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | *** You had some fun, and got the rest of the brainpops.
Floyd | ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Jane doesn't like strawberries. I feel like Fred should have known that, but then non of you knew about my hatred of raspberry, so..."
		Roger says, "I suspect maybe there's shenanigans around giving our mask to other people"
		Jacqueline says, "hm"
		DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "really? You don't like raspberries?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sigh. Yes. Really."
		Jacqueline says, "I like blackberries, though."
		DavidW says, "thwipppp"
		Jacqueline says, "In case that redeems me."
		Roger says, "maybe it's the little seeds"
		Jacqueline says, "I'd like to see Roger's theory explored."
		DavidW says, "The seeds are great. They hide between your teeth and try to push them into new positions."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "bleh"
		Jacqueline passes DW some floss.
		Roger says, "it's kind of a coinflip as to whether non-conversation actions have any support"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Roger says, "but eating did, so"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm suspecting it won't work, but it'd be fun if it did."
		DavidW says, "I love the taste of raspberries, but the seeds can be a problem."
		DavidW gives up the wheel.
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Halloween Dance
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by MathBrush
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 151028 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Dance Hall
Floyd | A school gymnasium with four or five pumpkins on the side and orange
Floyd | and black streamers hanging from the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Conversation in this game is handled by typing "SAY topic TO person".
Floyd | Your topics are listed in your inventory, which you can reach by
Floyd | typing "i".]
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Fred, Jane and a cooler here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove costume" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE COSTUME
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to take that off now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x costume" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COSTUME
Floyd |
Floyd | A Phantom of the Schoolhouse costume, complete with gloves and mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: Phantom]
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove mask" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE MASK
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to take that off now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No nudism for us."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, there we go."
		DavidW says, "yet"
		DavidW asks, "I don't think I used the Phantom topic...?"
		Jacqueline says, "It implies 'yet,' but I'm thinking that's just ..."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "phantom" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHANTOM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give mask to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MASK TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | Jane doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "does this game come out of a comp or something?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Phantom is "How do you like my costume " I think."
		Jacqueline says, "I was clearly not paying attention to the conversation mechanic, just the results."
		DavidW says, "It was in Ectocomp 2015."
		Roger asks, "how did it do?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW | 5th Place, La Petite Mort
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "hunh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "One room it seems."
		DavidW says, "Right in the middle. There were 9 games in La Petite Mort that year."
		DavidW says, "Ectocomp games tend to be small."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     Phantom-"What do you think about my costume?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu nods.
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! my name is Fred!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: About Fred]
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hi! my name is Jane!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [New topic: About Jane]
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Try a say phantom to someone."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say greeting to cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY GREETING TO COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says, "phantom to fred" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say phantom to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PHANTOM TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | "What do you think about my costume?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's nice! What are you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm the Phantom of the Schoolhouse."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Cool! I didn't think they let people wear masks anymore." They
Floyd | hesitate for a moment. "To be honest, I've been wondering if you even
Floyd | go to this school."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let's just say that I already graduated. Don't tell anyone."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ahem."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like ever since Ellison pulled off that epically cool Ectocomp game my expectations for this competition have been too high."
		DavidW says, "oh. I did use it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "say phantom to jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAY PHANTOM TO JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems phantom is one-use."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give mask to fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE MASK TO FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | Fred doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You bob your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance with fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE WITH FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to dance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "1st place in La Petite Mort was Open That Vein, by Chandler Groover."
		Roger asks (of Jacq), "which game was that?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "topics" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOPICS
Floyd |
Floyd | Items:
Floyd |     Your costume (being worn)
Floyd | Topics:
Floyd |     About Jane-"So, what do you know about Jane?"
Floyd |     About Fred-"So, what do you know about Fred?"
Floyd |     Compliment-"Wow, nice costume!"
Floyd |     Greeting-"Hi! My name is Gerald."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Let me go look up the title."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x jane" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JANE
Floyd |
Floyd | A young woman wearing a simple frock covered with dozens of old... are
Floyd | those beepers? Like from the 90"s?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | A young man wearing a white suit with red splatters all over. He is
Floyd | standing next to a cooler with mist coming out of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cooler" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COOLER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small blue cooler with mist coming out of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "possess fred" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > POSSESS FRED
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, if we're a ghost, we're not the possessing kind."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Dance Hall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You break dance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(it's a dance hall, after all)"
		Knight_Otu says, "Poor broken dance."
		Roger says, "we're the spooky fleshless skeleton of a plot"
		DavidW flosses.
		Roger says, "you break dance, loose, bad."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Ascent of the Gothic Tower by Ryan Veeder
As played on ifMUD on September 15 & 22, 2019

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 Ascent of the Gothic Tower written by Ryan Veeder. 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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**** SESSION ONE **** 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ascent" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun is very low now, and as long as you stand in this exact spot
Floyd | with your head in this exact position, it shines straight through the
Floyd | tower's arches and into your eyes, so that you're standing right on
Floyd | its gargantuan shadow's axis of symmetry and staring directly into the
Floyd | center of its magnificent silhouette. It is gorgeous. This is a
Floyd | transcendent moment of perfect alignment, one which you wish you could
Floyd | prolong indefinitely, but now your eyes are starting to hurt. You
Floyd | should stop staring at the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ascent of the Gothic Tower
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140831 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lawn
Floyd | The hill on this side of the river is a wide lawn with only a few
Floyd | trees, seemingly designed for the purpose of offering a clear view of
Floyd | the tower. Down the hill to the west, the streetlamps are already
Floyd | turned on over the bridge, like runway lights marking the path up to:
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like there are spots like this all over town that exist only
Floyd | to make people notice this tower, and yet as far as you can tell,
Floyd | you're the only one who's as obsessed with the tower as you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of kids are sitting on a blanket nearby, pawing at each other
Floyd | like there's nobody else around—and wouldn't that be nice?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "shrk"
		Jacqueline says, "er, snrk"
		Jacqueline says, "You should stop staring at the sun."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x kids" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KIDS
Floyd |
Floyd | They stare into each other's eyes; they whisper; at intervals they
Floyd | kiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | By "wouldn't that be nice," you didn't mean that it would be nice to
Floyd | be necking outdoors in front of everyone. The thing that would be nice
Floyd | is the hypothetical situation in which there's nobody else around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Relatable content."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a photocopy from the library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't really obsessed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You do have other things going on in your life. You have other goals.
Floyd | But isn't it best, with any goal, to give it your complete focus, at
Floyd | least for as long as you're focusing on it? Yesterday you had
Floyd | something else to take care of, so you took care of it. Tomorrow there
Floyd | will be yet another thing to worry about, and you will worry about it,
Floyd | exerting one hundred percent of the concern that the issue merits.
Floyd |
Floyd | But tonight, you are going to get to the top of that tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "irta 'a photocopier'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photocopy" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOCOPY
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a photocopy of a photocopy of a grainy photo from an old book,
Floyd | but it gets the point across. It depicts a monster carved in stone,
Floyd | with the head and talons of a rooster but the wings and tail of a
Floyd | dragon. It is either a basilisk or a cockatrice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "That'd be a fun inventory object indeed."
		Knight_Otu says, "Considering what we occassionally lug around in these games..."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Fair"
		DavidW says, "I wonder what the craziest inventory item I've ever had was."
		DavidW says, "Not counting bugs, of course."
		Jacqueline says, "For me, I think it was a mouldy cup of coffee."
		Jacqueline says, "But I have no regrets."
		Knight_Otu says, "The corpse of HR probably is up there, from the IF progressive."
		DavidW says, "One of the old Infocom games has you pick up a passageway."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline asks, "Which one?"
		DavidW says, "Northwest by southeast, I think it was."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that beats a lot of items."
		DavidW asks, "Zork Zero? Which Zork had the jester?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lawn
Floyd | The hill on this side of the river is a wide lawn with only a few
Floyd | trees, seemingly designed for the purpose of offering a clear view of
Floyd | the tower. Down the hill to the west, the streetlamps are already
Floyd | turned on over the bridge, like runway lights marking the path up to:
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of kids are sitting on a blanket nearby, but all their
Floyd | attention is focused on each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It winds into town from up north somewhere, and it loiters around here
Floyd | for a while, and then it heads south toward destinations unknown.
Floyd | Probably somewhere warmer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x town" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hill" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the west hill or the east hill?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x west hill" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WEST HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | The hill on the far side of the river is covered in trees, and they
Floyd | all look the same. Not especially interesting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x east hill" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EAST HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody takes good care of this lawn. Some individual or group of
Floyd | individuals gets paid to make this a nice place for strangers to sit
Floyd | around and watch the sunset.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's one bright orange ginkgo tree out in the middle of the grass;
Floyd | it stinks, but it's pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ginkgo tree" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GINKGO TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | People would probably sit underneath it and have picnics all the time,
Floyd | if it didn't smell the way that it does. From a distance, though: very
Floyd | nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I love me a ginkgo"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell it" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You're trying not to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | It was built in the twenties by a man who had studied the Gothic
Floyd | architecture of France in his off time during the first World War.
Floyd | Then various other people built various other, uglier buildings around
Floyd | it, like it needed to be protected from something.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, though, it seems to stand like a crown on the horizon,
Floyd | graceful and severe, all of its gables and arches very distinct
Floyd | against the sky. Is this the most beautiful thing in this city?
Floyd | Probably, yes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Bishop says, "Yeah, the spare passageways were in Z0. ISTR the noncardinal-direction one being labeled as "slightly irregular"."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gables" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x streetlamps" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STREETLAMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | Ancient but reliable, looking down non-judgmentally on the bridge,
Floyd | making everything look orange.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The age of that blanket is in all likelihood greater than the sum of
Floyd | the ages of its occupants.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "the most beautiful thing other than us"
		DavidW says, "That blanket description. My goodness."
		Knight_Otu says, "It is quite a description."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we enter the tower or stare at the sun or chat to the kids or what?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try chatting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to kids" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO KIDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You mutter a hello, and the two kids look up to you with apprehensive
Floyd | smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm easy like Sunday morning."
		Jacqueline says, "Kiss them."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask kids about tower" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KIDS ABOUT TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | They look across the river. "Huh," says the girl. "I never thought
Floyd | about it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I always thought it was a church," offers the boy.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is not a church.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask kids about themselves" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK KIDS ABOUT THEMSELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The boy takes the lead. "Uh, we're having a really nice afternoon.
Floyd | Thanks for asking."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss kids" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS KIDS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's the kind of unabashed emotional openness that gets people
Floyd | arrested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show photocopy to boy" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PHOTOCOPY TO BOY
Floyd |
Floyd | The two of them take a look at the photocopy.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have no idea what that is," says the girl.
Floyd |
Floyd | To which the boy adds: "Yeah."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Now what?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We could give in to our non-obsession."
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you for trying to kiss them. That was an excellent response."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's hit the tower."
		DavidW says, "heh. no problem"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter tower" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | First you'll need to walk all the way over there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh wait"
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder..."
		DavidW asks, "yes?"
		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if we stare and stare at the sun if we will lose our eyesight."
		Jacqueline says, "Because Ryan"
		Knight_Otu says, "We might."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's try"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stare at sun" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STARE AT SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | The setting sun is "directly" behind the tower (actually, it is
Floyd | separated from the tower by ninety-three million miles of empty
Floyd | space).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The setting sun is "directly" behind the tower (actually, it is
Floyd | separated from the tower by ninety-three million miles of empty
Floyd | space).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shadow" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHADOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh, meh"
		Jacqueline says, "never mind"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "go to tower" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO TO TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lawn
Floyd | The hill on this side of the river is a wide lawn with only a few
Floyd | trees, seemingly designed for the purpose of offering a clear view of
Floyd | the tower. Down the hill to the west, the streetlamps are already
Floyd | turned on over the bridge, like runway lights marking the path up to:
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of kids are sitting on a blanket nearby, but all their
Floyd | attention is focused on each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Though I do like the 93 million miles bit"
		Knight_Otu says, "West I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | It's getting harder to see the tower, but it's still due west from
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The river looks a little choppy on account of the wind, and nobody's
Floyd | standing around to admire the view, but there are a few birds swooping
Floyd | around to make the scene tolerably pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some guy is crossing from the other direction. Just don't make eye
Floyd | contact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guy" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUY
Floyd |
Floyd | He's only a guy with a beard and a backpack, the type of guy you see
Floyd | all over the place. He might even look a little familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just looked him in the eye by accident, and now you have to nod
Floyd | politely to show him you're not a creep.
Floyd |
Floyd | He keeps walking, and disappears behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Eye contact!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
		DavidW says, "It's Ryan. (pause) RUN!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | In a couple months, it'll be a wasteland of jagged ice floes grinding
Floyd | into each other; tonight it's just a run-of-the-mill river.
Floyd |
Floyd | There used to be a trio of ferocious geese that would hang out around
Floyd | here, but something must have happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What happened to the geese, Ryan?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "The stone dragon ate them?"
		DavidW says, "We should find out and avenge them."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW asks, "West?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hill
Floyd | This side of the river is somewhat quieter, as there aren't as many
Floyd | people running around.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now the hill and the trees and everything have made it impossible
Floyd | to see the tower at all. You're too close. It's still up the hill to
Floyd | the west, though. You know that much.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, great, somebody is locking up her bike on the rack. What's she
Floyd | doing here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually, it looks like she was in fact unlocking her bike, and now
Floyd | she's cycling off across the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you'll have the place to yourself after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "She's stealing our tower, surely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The hill is covered in trees. If you knew more about trees, you might
Floyd | get more out of staring intently at these trees the way you are. As it
Floyd | stands, you have no reason to continue staring at the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Tree staring is so not this game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The low rumble of society is all around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "west?"
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 19
Floyd | All right, this is it. The tower is just ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, just ahead is the newer building that surrounds the tower on all
Floyd | sides, too high for you to see the actual tower from down here. But
Floyd | you walked straight west from across the river, so it stands to reason
Floyd | that you could reach the tower by heading through the door to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sidewalk running around the building leads northwest and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The placard over the door says "ENTRANCE 19".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Curiouser and Curiouser."
		DavidW asks, "There aren't nineteen or more entrances to this tower, are there?"
		Jacqueline shrugs.
		Knight_Otu says, "We could try to find out if we dare."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The door's handle won't budge, but you can see through the window to
Floyd | the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights are still on inside, and you can just make out a photograph
Floyd | hung on the opposing wall. It may actually be a picture of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "photograph" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PHOTOGRAPH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photograph" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOGRAPH
Floyd |
Floyd | In the photograph, the tower stands alone atop a hill. It must have
Floyd | been taken before the construction of the building that you're peering
Floyd | into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I guess we go around. NW ok?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to a basement exit or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lot" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a big black rectangle, but if you ran over to the other end
Floyd | you might be able to get a look at the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | There are no cars here; everyone must be home for the night. A low
Floyd | chain fence does a lousy job of separating the pavement from the slope
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | But when you turn back towards the south, you do get a very nice view
Floyd | of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't had a chance to see the tower from this angle before
Floyd | tonight, and it merits some close attention. The north face looks very
Floyd | similar to the east face, but there are some details that either
Floyd | differ between the two sides or aren't visible from way across the
Floyd | river. Those rosettes, for example; you've never seen anything like
Floyd | them before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rosettes" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROSETTES
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, you assume they're rosettes. They're probably rosettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, you assume they're rosettes. They're probably rosettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chain" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a plain old chain, slung over fenceposts five or so feet
Floyd | apart.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slope" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The hill descends into darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Down from here or back?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We could try down."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The tower is south from here. The city that extends in all other
Floyd | directions is of no interest to you tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to a basement exit or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alcove
Floyd | The sign says "NO SMOKING", but judging from the cigarette butts all
Floyd | over the floor, it looks like this little hole at the bottom of the
Floyd | stairs isn't used for anything else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pale door here must lead into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x butts" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUTTS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're diverse enough in appearance that they seem to be the relics
Floyd | of many different brands, or else many different historical periods.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | Under the words "NO SMOKING", someone has scratched the word "SOON"
Floyd | into the sign with their keys.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Soon what?"
		Jacqueline says, "Dunno."
		Jacqueline says, "But it's kinda ominous."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, hold on. You should think about this first. It's possible that
Floyd | you aren't supposed to go through this door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other hand, there's no signage saying anything of the kind—and
Floyd | even then, if these people don't feel like locking a particular door,
Floyd | that's their problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, it's settled. It is completely ethical for you to open this
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach toward the door

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You reach toward the door, but it opens before you touch it

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "ALARM!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You reach toward the door, but it opens before you touch it, and two
Floyd | people walk out

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | people walk out and bump into you.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a couple of kids! Well, college kids. One of them is wearing
Floyd | a bright green scarf—why does she need a scarf? It's not that cold
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | They goggle at you for a second, until the other one manages to say
Floyd | "Pardon me, sorry, excuse me," and they rush past you and up the
Floyd | stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "poo"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I thought the people weren't that interested in the tower?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the basement door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Hallway
Floyd | The lights in here are orange, which would seem to indicate something.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the south of the hall, a door leads into the main staircase; the
Floyd | pale door at the north end opens outside. The door in the east wall is
Floyd | labeled "MAINTENANCE".
Floyd |
Floyd | High on the wall, an antiquated security camera turns from one to the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Except for us, who are certainly not obsessed."
		Jacqueline says, "No. Not at all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a big angry trapezoid, painted a shade of burnt umber that
Floyd | hasn't been in currency for decades. The eye is a dusty bubble, behind
Floyd | a dustier pane of protective glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Try the maintenance door or go south instead?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), " Stick out tongue at camera" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | >  STICK OUT TONGUE AT CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the maintenance door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | You knew this part was coming.
Floyd |
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x nook" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A person of your size could conceivably enter this cavity in order to
Floyd | hide from a pursuer, if it ever came to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Surely not foreshadowing"
		Jacqueline says, "Ominous again."
		DavidW says, "I love finding understair nooks."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter nook" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You hunch over slightly to fit in the nook. Hey, a dollar!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dollar" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOLLAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dollar" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOLLAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's in fairly good shape, considering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the nook.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Up or north?"
		Jacqueline is assuming that DW is taking notes.
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. If our goal is to get to the top, we could just go up, but..."
		DavidW says, "I'm taking very itty-bitty notes. It's hard to note-take in CF sessions."
		Knight_Otu says, "... I suspect there'll be obstacles. Let's explore this floor first."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a roll of mints (E2) or a pack of gum (E4) is fifty
Floyd | cents; a chocolate bar (D1), nut roll (D3), or box of crackers (C5) is
Floyd | seventy-five cents; and a bag of cookies (B1), potato chips, (A4) or
Floyd | corn nuts (A5, but those things are inedible) is a dollar and twenty
Floyd | cents.
Floyd |
Floyd | To your right are the slots for bills and coins, that seven-segment
Floyd | display that says how much money is in the machine ($0.00), the
Floyd | buttons for your letters and your numbers and your coin return, and
Floyd | the little hole that your change comes out of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bench" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Not a bad place to take a break.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the cushioned bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cushion" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CUSHION
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bench" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coin return" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COIN RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the coin return button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push it" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to resort to violence, when you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the A button, the B button, the C button, the D
Floyd | button, the E button, the 1 button, the 2 button, the 3 button, the 4
Floyd | button or the 5 button?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push coin return" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH COIN RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to resort to violence, when you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You get off the cushioned bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "oh, there's stairs here too?"
		DavidW asks, "wait a minute; how could there be stairs down on this side?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think they're the stairs we came from?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter nook" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the nook.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Hallway
Floyd | The lights in here are orange, which would seem to indicate something.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the south of the hall, a door leads into the main staircase; the
Floyd | pale door at the north end opens outside. The door in the east wall is
Floyd | labeled "MAINTENANCE".
Floyd |
Floyd | High on the wall, an antiquated security camera turns from one to the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Although it seems reasonable to guess that the hallway continues in
Floyd | the same direction for some distance, you'd prefer not to go stumbling
Floyd | around in the dark. A safer bet is heading back inside the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Although it seems reasonable to guess that the hallway continues in
Floyd | the same direction for some distance, you'd prefer not to go stumbling
Floyd | around in the dark. A safer bet is heading back inside the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is a bit confusing. The same stairs seem to be both north and south from the main floor space."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Although it seems reasonable to guess that the hallway continues in
Floyd | the same direction for some distance, you'd prefer not to go stumbling
Floyd | around in the dark. A safer bet is heading back inside the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A bit weird, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 2 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone dropped their notebook on the steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's small enough to fit in a back pocket, and clearly has seen its
Floyd | share of adventures. The cover is closed; "DIARY" has been scrawled
Floyd | across it in pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You paw tentatively at the cover. It occurs to you that the author of
Floyd | this journal likely did not expect for a stranger to pick it up and
Floyd | start reading. The author probably would be somewhat upset if they
Floyd | discovered you browsing through their diary, and justifiably so.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's false, though. Nobody can reasonably expect that their
Floyd | possessions will remain unmolested after being abandoned in a
Floyd | staircase. A person who wants their secrets to remain secret has a
Floyd | responsibility to avoid dropping those secrets on the floor, and
Floyd | probably shouldn't have them down in the first place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've made your decision.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You no longer have any qualms with reading this diary, but it would be
Floyd | nice if you could find a place to sit down first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "please"
		DavidW says, "Back to the bench, then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Can't sit on the steps?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect these "You made your decision" points will become relevant."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the cushioned bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read notebook" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the book to a random page:
Floyd |
Floyd | 8 September
Floyd |
Floyd | So, about a week ago I wrote in here about the steam tunnel grate next
Floyd | to the construction site on the hill across the river, and how I saw
Floyd | it was left unlocked, and how I stood over it with that incredible
Floyd | feeling of anticipation/dread as I considered what secrets lurked
Floyd | beneath before I chickened out and went home. You, faithful reader,
Floyd | already know that story.
Floyd |
Floyd | I ended up telling the same story to Kerianne after I wrote it all
Floyd | down, and she got way, way too excited about it. The emotional and
Floyd | spiritual significance of deciding not to climb down the grate was
Floyd | completely lost on her. She just told me that if it had been her, she
Floyd | would have jumped down there immediately. She told me this a number of
Floyd | times, and then she started asking about where exactly the grate was,
Floyd | and did I think it was still open, et cetera. I got suspicious. I knew
Floyd | what her game was.
Floyd |
Floyd | And I told her very clearly, in no uncertain terms, that she
Floyd | absolutely was not to go climbing down that grate into those steam
Floyd | tunnels, unless she took me with her. So that's what we did this
Floyd | afternoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]

		Jacqueline leans forward.
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]## Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | Kerianne climbed down the hatch first, and I went down after her. She
Floyd | did not seem nervous at all. I was tremendously nervous, but I don't
Floyd | know if Keri noticed. I've never been able to tell by looking at
Floyd | people whether they can tell how I'm feeling by looking at me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyway. The tunnel was terrifying. It would have been wide enough for
Floyd | two people to walk side by side, except the walls were covered in
Floyd | these huge pipes, so instead it was super claustrophobic. There were
Floyd | lights every so often, but they were so dim that you couldn't really
Floyd | see any appreciable distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | While we were still standing next to the ladder, I said, "Well, let's
Floyd | say that way's north, and that way's south," because I had no idea
Floyd | which way north actually was, and I didn't want to get lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then Keri asked why it mattered which way was north, and I said it
Floyd | didn't, except it might help to have a frame of reference. We
Floyd | discussed this briefly. I failed to convince Keri of the virtue of my
Floyd | approach. She said, "Did you bring the chalk?" And I said yes (she had
Floyd | told me earlier to bring chalk, so I did), and she said that was all
Floyd | we needed to avoid getting lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | I decided I would privately refer to the directions as "north" and
Floyd | "south" in my mind regardless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Adventure in an adventure?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or merely hints."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | I couldn't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | All I was carrying was my piece of chalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh shit"
		Jacqueline says, "no, you're right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I had come prepared. I was wearing my dirtiest jacket (so I didn't
Floyd | burn my arms on any steam pipes) and some extremely grody jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "dang"
		DavidW says, "geez. So not expecting this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | We were in the middle of a stretch of tunnel that went north and
Floyd | south, with a ladder leading up to an access grate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "What's this, proto-Cragne Manor?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ascent of the Gothic Tower
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140831 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //9694576A-3FF9-4251-B2A8-C6B25E3EA235//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Conversation Framework version 11 by Eric Eve
Floyd | Epistemology version 7 by Eric Eve
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "2014, so yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write "start"" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - ""start""
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE "START"
Floyd |
Floyd | Using my piece of chalk I wrote ""start"" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | We had ended up at a dead end. The only way back was south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri said, "Don't worry about it. There can't be that many tunnels."
Floyd | As it turned out, there were lots and lots of tunnels. Many, many,
Floyd | many tunnels. But I refused to become discouraged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write de1" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End - "de1"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE DE1
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "de1" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - ""s art""
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretch of Tunnel - ""s art""
Floyd | We were in the middle of a stretch of tunnel that went north and
Floyd | south, with a ladder leading up to an access grate. ""s art"" was
Floyd | written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that we were well and truly intruding upon these steam tunnels,
Floyd | where we weren't supposed to be, I asked Keri why it was so important
Floyd | to her for us to intrude upon these steam tunnels where we weren't
Floyd | supposed to be.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, these grates are all over campus, and I always used to stop and
Floyd | try to peer down into them. But there are only so many grates, and you
Floyd | can only see like a square foot of the tunnel from up on the sidewalk.
Floyd | I could tell that the tunnels were an entire separate plane of the
Floyd | campus, but I could barely see it, much less actually, you know, be
Floyd | there."
Floyd |
Floyd | I can remember this all perfectly accurately, because I have a
Floyd | photogenic memory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh, the chalk doesn't last."
		Jacqueline says, "so it would seem"
		Jacqueline says, "Clever."
		Jacqueline asks, "So we should, um, write much longer stuff?"
		Jacqueline says, "Although maybe it disappears as a percentage, so it doesn't matter."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write "start of the tunnels"" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - ""s art" "start of the tunnels""
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE "START OF THE TUNNELS"
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote ""start of the tunnels"" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri said, "Well, this is a tunnel, that we're in right now."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Photogenic memory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri thought about it some more and then she continued her thought
Floyd | from before. "And everyone at this school ends up going to the same
Floyd | buildings, and they all walk on the same sidewalks, until they find
Floyd | the shortcuts that everyone else already knew about. Maybe sometimes
Floyd | you notice something that someone else hasn't noticed, but as far as
Floyd | the spaces you occupy, everybody ends up with the same experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But nobody ever goes down in the steam tunnels! Because nobody ever
Floyd | gets the chance. But you gave us a chance, and I knew we had to take
Floyd | it." At this point she grabbed my arm in a very affirming if somewhat
Floyd | uncomfortable manner. "So, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write tiberius" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "tiberius"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE TIBERIUS
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "tiberius" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "um, okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'd ask if we're dying in these tunnels, but then the diary wouldn't be in the tower."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write cloverfield" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "cloverfield"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE CLOVERFIELD
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "cloverfield" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | I suggested to Keri that maybe we should try looking for a way out,
Floyd | since it was starting to look to me like we had seen everything the
Floyd | tunnels had to offer. She sighed very deeply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write transylvania" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "transylvania"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE TRANSYLVANIA
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "transylvania" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | We had ended up at a dead end. The only way back was north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Next time, let's write supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
		Jacqueline says, "Just for fun"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write dracula's crypt" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End - "dracula's crypt"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE DRACULA'S CRYPT
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "dracula's crypt" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "trarsylvania"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection - "trarsylvania"
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south. "trarsylvania" was written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "DRIEDOUT"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection - "DRIEDOUT"
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and west. "DRIEDOUT" was written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | It was written in marker instead of chalk, so I couldn't have written
Floyd | it, even if I had forgotten about it (somehow?). We looked at it
Floyd | silently for a moment. It was a weird moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, someone's been down here before us," Keri said. Obviously the
Floyd | people who were supposed to be in the steam tunnels had been there,
Floyd | but that's not what she meant.
Floyd |
Floyd | I asked her if she was disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kind of," she said. "I mean, I shouldn't be. It was dumb to assume we
Floyd | would be the first."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiled, although it might have been a fake smile, and said, "It's
Floyd | kind of cool, actually. Whoever wrote this must have hoped someone
Floyd | else would find it, and now we did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wait, did Ryan not just make a letter disappear, but instead make it partially disappear? n to r? Clever boy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write driedout" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "DRIEDOUT"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE DRIEDOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I leaned down to write something next to "DRIEDOUT", but then Keri got
Floyd | mad at me for some reason, so I decided not to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri craned her head toward the passage to the south. "I don't think
Floyd | we've been down that way," she said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nethack did something similar, I recall, where simple writing gets eroded."
		DavidW says, "sorry, switching pages, then had to answer the door"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "write don't think we've been south" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "don't think we've been south"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "don't think we've been south" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor of the tunnel started to slope upward, and then we passed
Floyd | through an open doorway into a room that was not, strictly speaking, a
Floyd | tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel Access
Floyd | We were in a serious-looking room in a building we definitely hadn't
Floyd | been in before. All around us were machines and dials and valves, and
Floyd | of course a bunch of pipes that went into the wall to snake through
Floyd | the tunnels. The only window was very high on the wall, too high for
Floyd | us to see through—but I recognized it immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | I said, "I know the shape of that window. We're in the power plant!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri said, "Well, where else would all those steam pipes come from?" I
Floyd | had never bothered thinking about it that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage to the tunnels was "north" of us, but I noticed another
Floyd | door off to the "east".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pipes" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIPES
Floyd |
Floyd | There were pipes of numerous diameters and materials, and they popped
Floyd | up into the ceiling or out of the walls at random intervals. I don't
Floyd | know why they need so many pipes down there. You could tell without
Floyd | getting all that close that they were extremely hot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machines" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINES
Floyd |
Floyd | I did look at all that equipment while I was in the room, and I tried
Floyd | to understand what it did and how it worked, but now I'm trying to
Floyd | remember it and all I can see is this anonymous mass of
Floyd | complicatedness.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | We had kind of wordlessly agreed that we needed to get out of there,
Floyd | but when Keri reached to open the door I stopped her. I indicated the
Floyd | sign on the door, and explained how it said the door was an "EMERGENCY
Floyd | EXIT ONLY" and how an "ALARM [would] SOUND" if she opened it. But Keri
Floyd | just rolled her eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | She said, "Look closely at this door. There is no alarm attached to
Floyd | it. There are no wires that lead away from this door and toward any
Floyd | alarm. This is just a door like any other door, except this door has a
Floyd | sign on it that lies."
Floyd |
Floyd | Then she said, "Go ahead and open it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So much for "photogenic memory"."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door looked like most doors you see around campus, but it had a
Floyd | sign that said "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY ALARM WILL SOUND WHEN OPENED", and
Floyd | that gave me pause.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Well?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It surely will sound an alarm. But we could open it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There ya go"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it was with great trepidation that I approached that door, but
Floyd | of course when I opened it nothing happened, except that a huge gust
Floyd | of gorgeous cool air rushed in around us, and I felt more relieved
Floyd | than I had ever felt about anything in my life. I felt amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then we went back to Keri's apartment and she gave me a back rub, and
Floyd | I felt even better.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]

		Knight_Otu asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		DavidW says, "back rub!"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]You close the notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway (on the cushioned bench)
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a notebook
Floyd |   a dollar bill
Floyd |   a photocopy from the library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I surely didn't expect back rubs."
		Jacqueline says, "same"
		DavidW says, "This game is full of suprises. I didn't expect the kids on the blanket to be given genders."
		DavidW says, "They were gender neutral until we started talking to them."
		DavidW asks, "so back into the stairwell?"
		Jacqueline says, "huh. I did not notice that."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the cushioned bench)
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 2 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Keep going up or see what's on this floor?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's continue exploring."
		DavidW asks, "which is south or north?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I suspect it wouldn't matter?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tough-looking steel door, painted industrial gray. There's a
Floyd | tall, skinny window set above the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall trophy case stands against one wall, its contents illuminated
Floyd | with a tiny lamp that barely manages to reveal the letters "HLOHOWSKYJ
Floyd | & ASSOCIATES" mounted on the wall opposite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "HLOHOWSKY, huh."
		DavidW says, "HLOHOWSKYJ"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hlohowskyj" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HLOHOWSKYJ
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "me neither, game"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Lo, how sky?"
		DavidW says (to Knight_Otu), "Soon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Third Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 3 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the third floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a dull noise from the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The dim drone of humans occupying a distant space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can see through the window is an intermittent glow on a far
Floyd | wall, reflecting light from a source around the corner somewhere.
Floyd | Someone must be watching TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a dull noise from the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Knock?"
		Jacqueline says, "I hope this is not cheating, but I ran it through an anagram unscrambler and came up with nada."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | No response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 4 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fourth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight casts the vague shape of someone's open door against the
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm getting less of a mysterious tower vibe right now and more of an apartment building vibe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door's handle won't budge. You can see through the window to the
Floyd | other side, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if we missed a key somewhere."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 5 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fifth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd think by now you would be getting tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A long, dark hallway is on the other side of the door, and at the far
Floyd | end, underneath the only light that's turned on, a figure appears to
Floyd | be mopping the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x figure" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | He or she is either mopping or sweeping. Maybe. It's tough to tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave at figure" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE AT FIGURE
Floyd |
Floyd | The distant mopping figure is on the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Hm. Maybe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | No response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 6 is painted on the wall—in the middle of
Floyd | the loop, the word "DRIEDOUT" has been written in marker.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the sixth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The sixth floor is completely dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Damn."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tough-looking steel door, painted industrial gray. There's a
Floyd | tall, skinny window set above the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x driedout" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIEDOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's easier to read than some other tags you've seen, if not as
Floyd | elaborate. The stem of the T fading out is a nice touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Are we going to find "our" chalk texts soon?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. I was thinking more that we should have been paying attention to them down in the tunnels for clues from the same person up here."
		Jacqueline says, "But maybe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Stairs
Floyd | Finally.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand at the top of the staircase. There are no more stairs to
Floyd | climb. The door leads out to the seventh floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | And off to the side, through a huge window, you can see the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the huge window)
Floyd | The places where the outside building have been grafted on are in full
Floyd | view, and here and there vents and ducts hang out like abandoned
Floyd | medical instruments. These people weren't content to appreciate the
Floyd | tower; they had to stitch themselves onto it, crowd in and subsume it,
Floyd | so that nobody else could have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the crown of the tower stands above all this. You can see details
Floyd | you've never seen before: the pinnacles are lined with delicate
Floyd | crockets, and a row of escutcheons are carved at the base of the
Floyd | arches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crockets" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROCKETS
Floyd |
Floyd | They're like the buds of tiny flowers. There are so many of them, and
Floyd | they were all carved by human hands. Impossible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x escutcheons" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ESCUTCHEONS
Floyd |
Floyd | From left to right: a lion rampant regardant sinister; a decrescent; a
Floyd | chevron inverted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | A framed portrait hangs on the wall across from the door into the
Floyd | staircase, with a small plaque beneath it. The hallway continues
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a small mustache glances off to the side and down, trying
Floyd | to put some painful memory out of his mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The plaque reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Amos B. Emery (1895-1973) was born in Edmond, Kansas and studied
Floyd | architecture at the University of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1922, his
Floyd | studies interrupted by World War I service in France from 1917 to
Floyd | 1919. His design of the Gothic Tower, completed in 1927, was completed
Floyd | while working for Proudfoot, Rawson, Soeurs and Thomas; in 1930 he
Floyd | established his own office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to resort to violence, when you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "south?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Archway
Floyd | This hall was built right into the north face of the tower, and you
Floyd | stand beneath a stone archway that used to loom impossibly high in the
Floyd | air. Carved into the keystone of the arch is a grotesque beast: a
Floyd | cockatrice. Or a basilisk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the arch is yet another door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keystone" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEYSTONE
Floyd |
Floyd | This cockatrice, a statue of a cockatrice, is harmless. In folklore,
Floyd | the gaze of the cockatrice turned its victims into stone. But folklore
Floyd | isn't very specific: Do you turn into stone whenever a cockatrice
Floyd | looks at you, or is it when you happen to look at a cockatrice? Or is
Floyd | it necessary for you to look at a cockatrice while the cockatrice is
Floyd | looking back at you for the magic to take effect?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "If you ever come to my house, please just know that there's nothing hidden behind anything on any wall, and that some of the stuff is fragile so don't touch it."
		DavidW says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, ">make eye contact"
		DavidW says, "I assume you don't have a wall safe. If you have a safe at all, it'll be in a closet or cubbyspace or basement area."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make eye contact" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE EYE CONTACT
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you start thinking about it, it becomes impossible, and you stare
Floyd | down at the ground instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hey, that works."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x photocopy" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOCOPY
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a photocopy of a photocopy of a grainy photo from an old book,
Floyd | but it gets the point across. It depicts a monster carved in stone,
Floyd | with the head and talons of a rooster but the wings and tail of a
Floyd | dragon.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the same carving you see over the archway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tough-looking steel door, painted industrial gray. There's a
Floyd | tall, skinny window set above the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the window you can see stairs—more stairs!—leading up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You draw your hand back from the door's handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the furthest you've ever explored in a building where you
Floyd | weren't supposed to be. What would happen if someone caught you now?
Floyd | Could they have you arrested? On what charge?
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, there's trespassing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That sure is there."
		Jacqueline asks, "Now we have a consciene?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Now we have a conscience?"
		DavidW says, "We keep having qualms for some reason."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's probably another "you have made your choice" point."
		Knight_Otu says, "Like with the basement door and the diary."
		DavidW asks, "I made my choice to play the game. Once I made *that* choice, do I have the option to write to the tower's caretaker and be given a tour and permissions to visit and so on?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Considering where the game starts, apparently noz."
		DavidW asks, "Could I have, instead, turned around and found a late night coffee shop with strudel for sale?"
		Jacqueline says, "Make it a cream cheese Danish and I, too, will re-evaluate our life choices."
		DavidW says, "Like, obviously, I should have *chosen* to not only make eye contact with the guy crossing the bridge but hooked up with him for a quickie in a dark alleyway."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, apparently, our only money we have, we got after trespassing."
		DavidW says, "I'm sure there's a quarter to find too so we can buy the best candy."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, sometimes, the money is on the streets."
		DavidW says, "indeed"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or in a thorny bush."
		DavidW says, "I suppose our choices do matter in this game, though, and I bet replays may have different outcomes, especially if we reject the premise."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's what I'm assuming."
		DavidW asks, "But we are gonna try to open this door, right?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we're already trespassing anyway..."
		DavidW says, "We might even find out the cake is dried out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for the door

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You reach for the door, and open it without event, revealing more
Floyd | stairs for you to climb.

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd | stairs for you to climb.Then you hear footsteps coming down the stairs

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push space" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | stairs for you to climb.Then you hear footsteps coming down the
Floyd | stairs, and while you're wondering what to do, the door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | The footsteps are getting closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We know of ONE (1) hiding spot."
		DavidW asks, "Do we really run all the way back to the nook at the bottom of the first stairs?"
		Knight_Otu says, "All the way back in the basement."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Knight), "feel free to drive" 		Knight_Otu says, ">Act casually-"
		DavidW says, "unless you want me to do it"
		Knight_Otu asks, "If you want to continue?"
		Jacqueline says, "heh, ko"
		DavidW asks, "Are we running to hide or staying put?"
		Jacqueline says, "no opinion"
		Knight_Otu says, "I kind of want to see what happens."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The footsteps are getting closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The footsteps are getting closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man wearing a drab uniform and a tool belt emerges from the doorway.
Floyd | He smiles politely as he passes you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the custodian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tool belt" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOOL BELT
Floyd |
Floyd | Though it has numerous loops from which to hang the instruments of his
Floyd | service, at present he's equipped only with a bottle of cleaning
Floyd | fluid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about tower" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | He slows down once you've gotten his attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a beautiful building, yeah. But I guess you get used to how
Floyd | beautiful it is after a while."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about estrucheons" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT ESTRUCHEONS
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, I don't know anything about that. I just work here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show photocopy to man" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PHOTOCOPY TO MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He nods in recognition. "Yeah, that's right up here." He points to the
Floyd | carving above the arch.
Floyd |  "It's a mythological beast. A chicken with a grievance."
Floyd |
Floyd | He continues down the hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		DavidW says, "There's a good chance he'll head down to that maintenance door in the basement."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loft
Floyd | You ascend the stairs, and reach the room at the top of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long table takes up the middle of the room, with several chairs
Floyd | sitting upside-down on top of it. Only a wheeled office chair remains
Floyd | standing on the floor, next to an easel displaying a pristine
Floyd | whiteboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The doorway to the archway is down the stairs. A small door is built
Floyd | into the west wall, and in the east wall is an even smaller window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the tiny window)
Floyd | Looking through the window, you should be able to see across the river
Floyd | to the lawn. This would only be fair; it would only be what you
Floyd | deserve, after climbing all those stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the blinds, between the two panes of glass, are almost completely
Floyd | closed, and you can only make out a few details of the outside world
Floyd | by moving your head rapidly up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sticking out of the window frame is a thin metal lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's connected to the window, but what mechanism it engages is a
Floyd | mystery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Self destruct surely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull down on the lever, and it snaps off in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "(or it opened the blinds before wevandalized it.)"
		DavidW says, "oopsie doopsie"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a metal lever
Floyd |   a notebook
Floyd |   a dollar bill
Floyd |   a photocopy from the library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hopefully they won't notice anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Pft."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | People probably sit down and discuss minor accounting errors in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a low-end chair, but it looks a bit beat up. Probably it's
Floyd | retired from service in a more important office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x easel" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EASEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A flimsy-looking collapsible easel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x whiteboard" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHITEBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It is perfectly white. And with good reason; you can't see any markers
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Yes, someone got rid of the markers. They were DRIEDOUT."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small door)
Floyd | It's lower and narrower than any other door in the building, and it
Floyd | bears a sign reading "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY. Alarm will sound if
Floyd | opened."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That sounds familiar."
		DavidW says, "I guess using the lever to prop open any door that wants to swing shut on us."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline nods.
		Knight_Otu says, "I was wondering if we could use it to open doors."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on swivel chair" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON SWIVEL CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the wheeled office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swivel" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "roll chair" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROLL CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small door)
Floyd | The sign on the door says: "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY. Alarm will sound if
Floyd | opened." As much as you'd like to see what's on the other side,
Floyd | setting off an alarm isn't really an option.
Floyd |
Floyd | But there's no alarm built into the door, and there are no wires or
Floyd | anything connected to it. And if that kid can do it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small door)
Floyd | You open the door

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You open the door, and step out into the air.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | You open the door, and step out into the air. From there, it's just a
Floyd | short climb to the top of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tower
Floyd | It's pretty windy up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is as high as it gets: higher than any of the buildings around,
Floyd | higher than anything else in the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here in the crown of the tower, looking out from the arches,
Floyd | you can see the entire city in the fading dusk. There's the parking
Floyd | lot to the north, and the dark neighborhoods beyond that; to the east
Floyd | is the river, and the bridge, and the lawn up on the hill, where a few
Floyd | people are still walking around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Man, is it windy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lever in door" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LEVER IN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun is down, and the cones of orange light falling down from the
Floyd | streetlamps are all that illuminate the bridge. Nobody is walking
Floyd | across right now: Even the swallows are gone, returned to their cozy
Floyd | nests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | From inside, you can't get a clear view of any one part. The only
Floyd | solid impression you have is of how gigantic this tower is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hill" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | The hill is almost empty, and the people milling around seem less busy
Floyd | and angry than they normally do. That's the thing about people:
Floyd | They're not so bad, as long as you can appreciate them from a
Floyd | reasonable distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your focus to a blank space on the lawn: the spot where you
Floyd | were standing as the sun set, when you were looking up at the tower,
Floyd | at the space under the arches that you're standing in right now. The
Floyd | circuit is complete.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now the moon is rising, slowly, from behind the hill. Waning gibbous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moon" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The moon has several advantages over the sun. The moon isn't
Floyd | responsible for making summer as unbearably hot as it often is; the
Floyd | moon doesn't shine in through your bedroom window and wake you up
Floyd | before you wanted to be awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The disc of the moon provides a lot more to look at than the sun:
Floyd | intricate patterns carved out of the surface over millions of years.
Floyd | And you can look directly at the moon, without the risk of bodily
Floyd | harm.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nobody around to stop you; you can stare at it for as long as
Floyd | you like.
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 | >

		Jacqueline says, "Lovely"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "And perfectly timed."
		DavidW says, "This seems the sort of game that probably hides a few secrets."
		Jacqueline says, "It's like it was written for CF."
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah... I suspect y'all are wanting to go back and prod it a bit. heh."
		Knight_Otu says (to DavidW), "Yeah, I suspect there are quite a few secrets."
		Jacqueline asks, "Next week revisit?"
		DavidW asks, "oh maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I'm down."
		DavidW says, "I wouldn't mind a revisit."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
**** SESSION TWO **** 		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ascent" 		

Floyd | >Are you sure you want to quit? ]  Lawn
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun is very low now, and as long as you stand in this exact spot
Floyd | with your head in this exact position, it shines straight through the
Floyd | tower's arches and into your eyes, so that you're standing right on
Floyd | its gargantuan shadow's axis of symmetry and staring directly into the
Floyd | center of its magnificent silhouette. It is gorgeous. This is a
Floyd | transcendent moment of perfect alignment, one which you wish you could
Floyd | prolong indefinitely, but now your eyes are starting to hurt. You
Floyd | should stop staring at the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ascent of the Gothic Tower
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Ryan Veeder
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 140831 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Lawn
Floyd | The hill on this side of the river is a wide lawn with only a few
Floyd | trees, seemingly designed for the purpose of offering a clear view of
Floyd | the tower. Down the hill to the west, the streetlamps are already
Floyd | turned on over the bridge, like runway lights marking the path up to:
Floyd | the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like there are spots like this all over town that exist only
Floyd | to make people notice this tower, and yet as far as you can tell,
Floyd | you're the only one who's as obsessed with the tower as you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of kids are sitting on a blanket nearby, pawing at each other
Floyd | like there's nobody else around—and wouldn't that be nice?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, coolio."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So one thing we wanted to try was rejecting our non-obsession?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The only thing in any other direction is the boorish city you must
Floyd | endure on a daily basis. The tower stands to the west, across the
Floyd | river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | It was built in the twenties by a man who had studied the Gothic
Floyd | architecture of France in his off time during the first World War.
Floyd | Then various other people built various other, uglier buildings around
Floyd | it, like it needed to be protected from something.
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, though, it seems to stand like a crown on the horizon,
Floyd | graceful and severe, all of its gables and arches very distinct
Floyd | against the sky. Is this the most beautiful thing in this city?
Floyd | Probably, yes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x gables" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x kids" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KIDS
Floyd |
Floyd | They stare into each other's eyes; they whisper; at intervals they
Floyd | kiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | By "wouldn't that be nice," you didn't mean that it would be nice to
Floyd | be necking outdoors in front of everyone. The thing that would be nice
Floyd | is the hypothetical situation in which there's nobody else around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't really obsessed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You do have other things going on in your life. You have other goals.
Floyd | But isn't it best, with any goal, to give it your complete focus, at
Floyd | least for as long as you're focusing on it? Yesterday you had
Floyd | something else to take care of, so you took care of it. Tomorrow there
Floyd | will be yet another thing to worry about, and you will worry about it,
Floyd | exerting one hundred percent of the concern that the issue merits.
Floyd |
Floyd | But tonight, you are going to get to the top of that tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Lawn
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a photocopy from the library
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bridge
Floyd | It's getting harder to see the tower, but it's still due west from
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The river looks a little choppy on account of the wind, and nobody's
Floyd | standing around to admire the view, but there are a few birds swooping
Floyd | around to make the scene tolerably pretty.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some guy is crossing from the other direction. Just don't make eye
Floyd | contact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "make eye contact" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE EYE CONTACT
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you start thinking about it, it becomes impossible, and you stare
Floyd | down at the ground instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask man about tower" 		

Floyd ]  Bridge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um, yeah." The guy tries to turn back to look at the tower without
Floyd | breaking his stride. "Pretty cool."
Floyd |
Floyd | He keeps walking, and disappears behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hill
Floyd | This side of the river is somewhat quieter, as there aren't as many
Floyd | people running around.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now the hill and the trees and everything have made it impossible
Floyd | to see the tower at all. You're too close. It's still up the hill to
Floyd | the west, though. You know that much.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, great, somebody is locking up her bike on the rack. What's she
Floyd | doing here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask woman about tower" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | She fails to notice you. Actually, it looks like she was in fact
Floyd | unlocking her bike, and now she's cycling off across the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you'll have the place to yourself after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The hill is covered in trees. If you knew more about trees, you might
Floyd | get more out of staring intently at these trees the way you are. As it
Floyd | stands, you have no reason to continue staring at the trees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x rack" 		

Floyd ]  Hill
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RACK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a frame of thick metal bars, scuffed but serviceable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 19
Floyd | All right, this is it. The tower is just ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, just ahead is the newer building that surrounds the tower on all
Floyd | sides, too high for you to see the actual tower from down here. But
Floyd | you walked straight west from across the river, so it stands to reason
Floyd | that you could reach the tower by heading through the door to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sidewalk running around the building leads northwest and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The placard over the door says "ENTRANCE 19".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tough-looking steel door, painted industrial gray. There's a
Floyd | tall, skinny window set above the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The lights are still on inside, and you can just make out a photograph
Floyd | hung on the opposing wall. It may actually be a picture of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x photograph" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PHOTOGRAPH
Floyd |
Floyd | In the photograph, the tower stands alone atop a hill. It must have
Floyd | been taken before the construction of the building that you're peering
Floyd | into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to resort to violence, when you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Last time we went northwest, right?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 20
Floyd | The sidewalk from the northeast ends here, where the perimeter of the
Floyd | building runs into a row of thick bushes to the south. It looks like a
Floyd | dead end, although there is another door to the north, labeled
Floyd | "ENTRANCE 20".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bushes" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSHES
Floyd |
Floyd | The first thing you notice about the bushes is that they haven't been
Floyd | trimmed recently. The second thing you notice is a little hole in
Floyd | between two of them, just wide enough that you could slip through to
Floyd | whatever lies beyond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cozy Place
Floyd | What's this?
Floyd |
Floyd | Carved into the hill among all these trees is a little place to sit: a
Floyd | circle of lumpy flagstones, surrounded by stone benches. There are
Floyd | weeds all over everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels like you've ended up in the middle of nowhere, although
Floyd | you're aware that the sidewalk is just north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Cozy."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x flagstones" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLAGSTONES
Floyd |
Floyd | There's not enough space between the benches to comfortably accomodate
Floyd | even a small group of people. What did the person who built this space
Floyd | have in mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x benches" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BENCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | One bench looks a lot more comfortable than the others, although that
Floyd | isn't saying much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x weeds" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | If this place belongs to somebody, they haven't been around to take
Floyd | care of it recently.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pull weeds" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL WEEDS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull out a clump of vegetation (creeping charlie? maybe?) and toss
Floyd | it over your shoulder. Your action is laudable, but its effects are
Floyd | minimal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a seat, lean back, and look up at the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is nice.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't really see anything from here, so it stands to reason that
Floyd | nobody can see you. This is real solitude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You close your eyes, but are unable to let go of your thoughts
Floyd | completely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the stone bench)
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 20
Floyd | The sidewalk from the northeast ends here, where the perimeter of the
Floyd | building runs into a row of thick bushes to the south. There's only a
Floyd | very narrow gap where you could pass between them. To the north is
Floyd | another door, labeled "ENTRANCE 20".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tough-looking steel door, painted industrial gray. There's a
Floyd | tall, skinny window set above the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The hallway inside is dark, but you can see a red "EXIT" sign at the
Floyd | other end, and below it, a narrow orange rectangle—about the
Floyd | dimensions of the one you're looking through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Besides the door to the north and the path through the bushes to the
Floyd | south, the only obvious path is northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 19
Floyd | Just ahead is the newer building that surrounds the tower on all
Floyd | sides, too high for you to see the actual tower from down here. You
Floyd | walked straight west from across the river, so it stands to reason
Floyd | that you could reach the tower by heading through the door to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sidewalk running around the building leads northwest and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The placard over the door says "ENTRANCE 19".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to a basement exit or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tough-looking steel door, painted industrial gray. There's a
Floyd | tall, skinny window set above the handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The hallway inside is dark, but you can see a red "EXIT" sign at the
Floyd | other end, and below it, a narrow orange rectangle—about the
Floyd | dimensions of the one you're looking through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 17
Floyd | Now that you're on the other side of the tower, there's very little
Floyd | between you and this amazing sunset.
Floyd |
Floyd | A placard above the door reads "ENTRANCE 17", and the graffito
Floyd | underneath that says "DRIEDOUT". The sidewalk goes south and northeast
Floyd | from here, following the perimeter of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, there's a quarter on the sidewalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "THERE is the quarter."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get quarter" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET QUARTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | On one side, George Washington's head. On the other, that big angry
Floyd | eagle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | It occurs to you that the sun is ridiculous.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun is larger than your imagination can grasp. It is hotter than
Floyd | your imagination can grasp. It is so hot, and so massive, that the
Floyd | laws of physics as you normally interact with them do not apply in its
Floyd | vicinity. In many ways the sun is functionally an alternate dimension.
Floyd |
Floyd | But all these disturbing facts are unproblematic, because the sun is
Floyd | very far away. It is so far away (you can "understand" how far away
Floyd | the sun is only in a very rudimentary taking-their-word-for-it sense)
Floyd | that it appears to be smaller than your thumb. It's a very good thing
Floyd | that the sun is so far away, for a multitude of reasons. The distance
Floyd | between you and the sun is the perfect distance, the correct
Floyd | distance, and as with so many things the correct distance is "very,
Floyd | very, very far away".
Floyd |
Floyd | You really should stop staring at the sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "With the quarter and the dollar, we can buy the best snacks."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Knight_Otu says, "We never did that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look through window" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a painting hanging in the hallway inside. You can only see it
Floyd | at an extremely oblique angle, but it might be a painting of a
Floyd | waterfall. Or a lady wearing a cape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes follow the trail of the sidewalk as it curves toward
Floyd | Entrance 16, Entrance 15, and who knows what other destinations, and
Floyd | you apply some quick spatial reasoning:
Floyd |
Floyd | The tower is at this end of the complex, probably (assuming this end
Floyd | of the complex is basically symmetrical) due east from where you're
Floyd | standing. And you have no idea what is going on in the rest of this
Floyd | building. If you lose your point of reference, you could get seriously
Floyd | lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's also starting to get kind of dark over there. It kind of feels
Floyd | like you should find another way inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So, we don't get to see all entrances."
		DavidW says, "ah. Apparently."
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if the stone bench down here gives us a different diary adventure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to a basement exit or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | There are no cars here; everyone must be home for the night. A low
Floyd | chain fence does a lousy job of separating the pavement from the slope
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | But when you turn back towards the south, you do get a very nice view
Floyd | of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You haven't had a chance to see the tower from this angle before
Floyd | tonight, and it merits some close attention. The north face looks very
Floyd | similar to the east face, but there are some details that either
Floyd | differ between the two sides or aren't visible from way across the
Floyd | river. Those rosettes, for example; you've never seen anything like
Floyd | them before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to a basement exit or something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alcove
Floyd | The sign says "NO SMOKING", but judging from the cigarette butts all
Floyd | over the floor, it looks like this little hole at the bottom of the
Floyd | stairs isn't used for anything else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pale door here must lead into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no window in this one, which is a little worrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | No response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, hold on. You should think about this first. It's possible that
Floyd | you aren't supposed to go through this door.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other hand, there's no signage saying anything of the kind—and
Floyd | even then, if these people don't feel like locking a particular door,
Floyd | that's their problem.
Floyd |
Floyd | All right, it's settled. It is completely ethical for you to open this
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach toward the door

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You reach toward the door, but it opens before you touch it

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You reach toward the door, but it opens before you touch it, and two
Floyd | people walk out

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | people walk out and bump into you.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's just a couple of kids! Well, college kids. One of them is wearing
Floyd | a bright green scarf—why does she need a scarf? It's not that cold
Floyd | out.
Floyd |
Floyd | They goggle at you for a second, until the other one manages to say
Floyd | "Pardon me, sorry, excuse me," and they rush past you and up the
Floyd | stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Hallway
Floyd | The lights in here are orange, which would seem to indicate something.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the south of the hall, a door leads into the main staircase; the
Floyd | pale door at the north end opens outside. The door in the east wall is
Floyd | labeled "MAINTENANCE".
Floyd |
Floyd | High on the wall, an antiquated security camera turns from one to the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a big angry trapezoid, painted a shade of burnt umber that
Floyd | hasn't been in currency for decades. The eye is a dusty bubble, behind
Floyd | a dustier pane of protective glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the maintenance door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | You knew this part was coming.
Floyd |
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x nook" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A person of your size could conceivably enter this cavity in order to
Floyd | hide from a pursuer, if it ever came to that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter it" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You hunch over slightly to fit in the nook. Hey, a dollar!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get dollar" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET DOLLAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's in fairly good shape, considering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the nook.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x b" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X B
Floyd |
Floyd | It's about five feet tall. Hard to miss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Hallway
Floyd | The hallway is very dark, except in this small area near the vending
Floyd | machine. A cushioned bench sits across from it, a place where hungry
Floyd | souls can sit and consider which snack to purchase. A door leads back
Floyd | into the stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a roll of mints (E2) or a pack of gum (E4) is fifty
Floyd | cents; a chocolate bar (D1), nut roll (D3), or box of crackers (C5) is
Floyd | seventy-five cents; and a bag of cookies (B1), potato chips, (A4) or
Floyd | corn nuts (A5, but those things are inedible) is a dollar and twenty
Floyd | cents.
Floyd |
Floyd | To your right are the slots for bills and coins, that seven-segment
Floyd | display that says how much money is in the machine ($0.00), the
Floyd | buttons for your letters and your numbers and your coin return, and
Floyd | the little hole that your change comes out of.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So, what do we want?"
		DavidW asks, "uh, cookies?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put dollar in slot" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DOLLAR IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You stick the dollar bill into the slot, and now the display reads
Floyd | $1.00.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "put quarter in slot" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT QUARTER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You stick the quarter into the slot, and now the display reads $1.25.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push b1" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH B1
Floyd |
Floyd | You punch in "B1". Machinery whirrs, a bag of cookies falls from its
Floyd | tiny shelf, and you fish your prize out of the collection area at the
Floyd | bottom of the machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | A single coin falls into the coin return hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x return" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the coin return button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x return hole" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RETURN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to examine the coin return
Floyd | button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | In the little hole is a nickel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It'll be a nickel."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get nickel" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET NICKEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoop up a nickel from the coin return.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Nickels really are larger than they have any right to be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x cookies" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COOKIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Cookies could be nice. A cookie is a cookie, after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Hope it's not a wooden nickel."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or an old nick..el"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 2 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone dropped their notebook on the steps.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x notebook" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You scoop up the notebook for a closer look.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's small enough to fit in a back pocket, and clearly has seen its
Floyd | share of adventures. The cover is closed; "DIARY" has been scrawled
Floyd | across it in pen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Hallway
Floyd | The lights in here are orange, which would seem to indicate something.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the south of the hall, a door leads into the main staircase; the
Floyd | pale door at the north end opens outside. The door in the east wall is
Floyd | labeled "MAINTENANCE".
Floyd |
Floyd | High on the wall, an antiquated security camera turns from one to the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the maintenance door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alcove
Floyd | The sign says "NO SMOKING", but judging from the cigarette butts all
Floyd | over the floor, it looks like this little hole at the bottom of the
Floyd | stairs isn't used for anything else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pale door here leads into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to that alcove with all the
Floyd | cigarette butts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 19
Floyd | Just ahead is the newer building that surrounds the tower on all
Floyd | sides, too high for you to see the actual tower from down here. You
Floyd | walked straight west from across the river, so it stands to reason
Floyd | that you could reach the tower by heading through the door to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sidewalk running around the building leads northwest and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The placard over the door says "ENTRANCE 19".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 20
Floyd | The sidewalk from the northeast ends here, where the perimeter of the
Floyd | building runs into a row of thick bushes to the south. There's only a
Floyd | very narrow gap where you could pass between them. To the north is
Floyd | another door, labeled "ENTRANCE 20".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cozy Place
Floyd | Carved into the hill among all these trees is a little place to sit: a
Floyd | circle of lumpy flagstones, surrounded by stone benches. There are
Floyd | weeds all over everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels like you've ended up in the middle of nowhere, although
Floyd | you're aware that the sidewalk is just north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON BENCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the stone bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the book to a random page:
Floyd |
Floyd | 8 September
Floyd |
Floyd | So, about a week ago I wrote in here about the steam tunnel grate next
Floyd | to the construction site on the hill across the river, and how I saw
Floyd | it was left unlocked, and how I stood over it with that incredible
Floyd | feeling of anticipation/dread as I considered what secrets lurked
Floyd | beneath before I chickened out and went home. You, faithful reader,
Floyd | already know that story.
Floyd |
Floyd | I ended up telling the same story to Kerianne after I wrote it all
Floyd | down, and she got way, way too excited about it. The emotional and
Floyd | spiritual significance of deciding not to climb down the grate was
Floyd | completely lost on her. She just told me that if it had been her, she
Floyd | would have jumped down there immediately. She told me this a number of
Floyd | times, and then she started asking about where exactly the grate was,
Floyd | and did I think it was still open, et cetera. I got suspicious. I knew
Floyd | what her game was.
Floyd |
Floyd | And I told her very clearly, in no uncertain terms, that she
Floyd | absolutely was not to go climbing down that grate into those steam
Floyd | tunnels, unless she took me with her. So that's what we did this
Floyd | afternoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]

		Knight_Otu says, "Same adventure."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]## Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | Kerianne climbed down the hatch first, and I went down after her. She
Floyd | did not seem nervous at all. I was tremendously nervous, but I don't
Floyd | know if Keri noticed. I've never been able to tell by looking at
Floyd | people whether they can tell how I'm feeling by looking at me.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anyway. The tunnel was terrifying. It would have been wide enough for
Floyd | two people to walk side by side, except the walls were covered in
Floyd | these huge pipes, so instead it was super claustrophobic. There were
Floyd | lights every so often, but they were so dim that you couldn't really
Floyd | see any appreciable distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | While we were still standing next to the ladder, I said, "Well, let's
Floyd | say that way's north, and that way's south," because I had no idea
Floyd | which way north actually was, and I didn't want to get lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then Keri asked why it mattered which way was north, and I said it
Floyd | didn't, except it might help to have a frame of reference. We
Floyd | discussed this briefly. I failed to convince Keri of the virtue of my
Floyd | approach. She said, "Did you bring the chalk?" And I said yes (she had
Floyd | told me earlier to bring chalk, so I did), and she said that was all
Floyd | we needed to avoid getting lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | I decided I would privately refer to the directions as "north" and
Floyd | "south" in my mind regardless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x keri" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KERI
Floyd |
Floyd | I took a moment to look at Kerianne. She was wearing this really cute
Floyd | felt pea coat and her green scarf that she wears everywhere. It was an
Floyd | adorable ensemble, but it struck me as a little too Daphne Blake for
Floyd | mucking around in dirty steam tunnels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | I had come prepared. I was wearing my dirtiest jacket (so I didn't
Floyd | burn my arms on any steam pipes) and some extremely grody jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So, obviously, the kids that came out of the basement. That really should have clicked with me last week."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | All I was carrying was my piece of chalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x chalk" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHALK
Floyd |
Floyd | The chalk I brought was blue, because that was the first piece of
Floyd | chalk I saw when I opened up my chalk bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write this is where we start" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - "this is where we start"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE THIS IS WHERE WE START
Floyd |
Floyd | Using my piece of chalk I wrote "this is where we start" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - "this is where we start"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretch of Tunnel - "this is where we start"
Floyd | We were in the middle of a stretch of tunnel that went north and
Floyd | south, with a ladder leading up to an access grate. "this is where we
Floyd | start" was written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that we were well and truly intruding upon these steam tunnels,
Floyd | where we weren't supposed to be, I asked Keri why it was so important
Floyd | to her for us to intrude upon these steam tunnels where we weren't
Floyd | supposed to be.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, those grates are all over campus, and I always used to stop and
Floyd | try to peer down into them. But there are only so many grates, and you
Floyd | can only see like a square foot of the tunnel from up on the sidewalk.
Floyd | I could tell that the tunnels were an entire separate plane of the
Floyd | campus, but I could barely see it, much less actually, you know, be
Floyd | there."
Floyd |
Floyd | I can remember this all perfectly accurately, because I have a
Floyd | photogenic memory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write north was where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "north was where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE NORTH WAS WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "north was where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri thought about it some more and then she continued her thought
Floyd | from before. "And everyone at this school ends up going to the same
Floyd | buildings, and they all walk on the same sidewalks, until they find
Floyd | the shortcuts that everyone else already knew about. Maybe sometimes
Floyd | you notice something that someone else hasn't noticed, but as far as
Floyd | the spaces you occupy, everybody ends up with the same experience.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But nobody ever goes down in the steam tunnels! Because nobody ever
Floyd | gets the chance. But you gave us a chance, and I knew we had to take
Floyd | it." At this point she grabbed my arm in a very affirming if somewhat
Floyd | uncomfortable manner. "So, thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "kiss keri" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS KERI
Floyd |
Floyd | I wanted to kiss Kerianne. I really did. And I tried to get up the
Floyd | nerve.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write north was one step from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "north was one step from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE NORTH WAS ONE STEP FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "north was one step from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write north was two steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "north was two steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE NORTH WAS TWO STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "north was two steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | We had ended up at a dead end. The only way back was north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri said, "Don't worry about it. There can't be that many tunnels."
Floyd | In actual fact, there were lots and lots of tunnels. Many, many, many
Floyd | tunnels. But I refused to become discouraged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "north was two steps f om where we starte|"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection - "north was two steps f om where we starte|"
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south. "north was two steps f om where we starte|" was
Floyd | written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | I suggested to Keri that maybe we should try looking for a way out,
Floyd | since it was starting to look to me like we had seen everything the
Floyd | tunnels had to offer. She sighed very deeply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "DRIEDOUT"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection - "DRIEDOUT"
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and west. "DRIEDOUT" was written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | It was written in marker instead of chalk, so I couldn't have written
Floyd | it, even if I had forgotten about it (somehow?). We looked at it
Floyd | silently for a moment. It was a weird moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So, someone's been down here before us," Keri said. Obviously the
Floyd | people who were supposed to be in the steam tunnels had been there,
Floyd | but that's not what she meant.
Floyd |
Floyd | I asked her if she was disappointed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kind of," she said. "I mean, I shouldn't be. It was dumb to assume we
Floyd | would be the first."
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiled, although it might have been a fake smile, and said, "It's
Floyd | kind of cool, actually. Whoever wrote this must have hoped someone
Floyd | else would find it, and now we did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x driedout" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "DRIEDOUT"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIEDOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This was the room where "DRIEDOUT" was written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write south and west was three steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "south and west was three steps from where we
Floyd | starte
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE SOUTH AND WEST WAS THREE STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "south and west was three steps from where we started" on the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "north was ore step from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection - "north was ore step from where we started"
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west. "north was ore step from where we started" was written on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, seems like a grid that behaves itself."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "south and west was three steps from where we
Floyd | starte
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection - "south and west was three steps from where we
Floyd | started"
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | south, and west. "south and west was three steps from where we
Floyd | started" was written on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri craned her head toward the passage to the north. "I don't think
Floyd | we've been down that way," she said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write south was four steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "south was four steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE SOUTH WAS FOUR STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "south was four steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "north was where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection - "north was where we started"
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south. "north was where we started" was written on the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "south was four steps from whcre we startcd"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection - "south was four steps from whcre we
Floyd | startcd"
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west. "south was four steps from whcre we startcd" was written on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | east, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "south was five steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SOUTH WAS FIVE STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to (go) south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write south was five steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "south was five steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE SOUTH WAS FIVE STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "south was five steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I don't really remember the path."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't either."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write west was six steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "west was six steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE WEST WAS SIX STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "west was six steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think I got lucky in finding an exit."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | We had ended up at a dead end. The only way back was west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "west was six steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection - "west was six steps from where we started"
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west. "west was six steps from where we started" was written on
Floyd | the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri craned her head toward the passage to the north. "I don't think
Floyd | we've been down that way," she said.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dead End
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Dead End
Floyd | We had ended up at a dead end. The only way back was south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Four-way Intersection - "west was ix steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Four-way Intersection - "west was ix steps from where we started"
Floyd | We were at an intersection where the tunnels went north, east, south,
Floyd | and west. "west was ix steps from where we started" was written on the
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write north was seven steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "north was seven steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE NORTH WAS SEVEN STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "north was seven steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Stretch of Tunnel
Floyd | We were in the middle of a stretch of tunnel that went north and
Floyd | south, with a ladder leading up to an access grate.
Floyd |
Floyd | I said, "Isn't this the same place where we climbed down in the first
Floyd | place?" but Keri reminded me that I had written "this is where we
Floyd | start" on the floor there, and here there wasn't anything written on
Floyd | the floor at all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write north was eight steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - "north was eight steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE NORTH WAS EIGHT STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "north was eight steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Stretch of Tunnel - "north was c ght steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | I looked up and realized the grate was closed. Then I climbed up the
Floyd | ladder and pushed on the hatch until I realized it was locked. Then I
Floyd | freaked out a little. Actually, to Keri, it must have seemed like I
Floyd | was freaking out a lot. She kinda grabbed me and said we would find
Floyd | another way out. Which we eventually did, and now looking back on it I
Floyd | can describe it all very cavalierly. But at the time, I was terrified.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | T-intersection
Floyd | At this juncture we had reached a fork in the tunnels that led north,
Floyd | south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "write north was nine steps from where we started" 		

Floyd ]  T-intersection - "north was nine steps from where we started"
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WRITE NORTH WAS NINE STEPS FROM WHERE WE STARTED
Floyd |
Floyd | I wrote "north was nine steps from where we started" on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor of the tunnel started to slope upward, and then we passed
Floyd | through an open doorway into a room that was not, strictly speaking, a
Floyd | tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel Access
Floyd | We were in a serious-looking room in a building we definitely hadn't
Floyd | been in before. All around us were machines and dials and valves, and
Floyd | of course a bunch of pipes that went into the wall to snake through
Floyd | the tunnels. The only window was very high on the wall, too high for
Floyd | us to see through—but I recognized it immediately.
Floyd |
Floyd | I said, "I know the shape of that window. We're in the power plant!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Keri said, "Well, where else would all those steam pipes come from?" I
Floyd | had never bothered thinking about it that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The passage to the tunnels was "north" of us, but I noticed another
Floyd | door off to the "east".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "There we are."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door looked like most doors you see around campus, but it had a
Floyd | sign that said "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY ALARM WILL SOUND WHEN OPENED", and
Floyd | that gave me pause.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "keri, open door" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KERI, OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | There was no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, no shifting the blame. :p"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel Access
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | We had kind of wordlessly agreed that we needed to get out of there,
Floyd | but when Keri reached to open the door I stopped her. I indicated the
Floyd | sign on the door, and explained how it said the door was an "EMERGENCY
Floyd | EXIT ONLY" and how an "ALARM [would] SOUND" if she opened it. But Keri
Floyd | just rolled her eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | She said, "Look closely at this door. There is no alarm attached to
Floyd | it. There are no wires that lead away from this door and toward any
Floyd | alarm. This is just a door like any other door, except this door has a
Floyd | sign on it that lies."
Floyd |
Floyd | Then she said, "Go ahead and open it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, it was with great trepidation that I approached that door, but
Floyd | of course when I opened it nothing happened, except that a huge gust
Floyd | of gorgeous cool air rushed in around us, and I felt more relieved
Floyd | than I had ever felt about anything in my life. I felt amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then we went back to Keri's apartment and she gave me a back rub, and
Floyd | I felt even better.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Cozy Place
Floyd | [Press any key to continue...]You close the notebook.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cozy Place (on the stone bench)
Floyd | Carved into the hill among all these trees is a little place to sit: a
Floyd | circle of lumpy flagstones, surrounded by stone benches. There are
Floyd | weeds all over everything.
Floyd |
Floyd | It feels like you've ended up in the middle of nowhere, although
Floyd | you're aware that the sidewalk is just north of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's getting pretty dark. The sun must have gone down while you were
Floyd | reading.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the stone bench)
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 20
Floyd | The sidewalk from the northeast ends here, where the perimeter of the
Floyd | building runs into a row of thick bushes to the south. There's only a
Floyd | very narrow gap where you could pass between them. To the north is
Floyd | another door, labeled "ENTRANCE 20".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | Besides the door to the north and the path through the bushes to the
Floyd | south, the only obvious path is northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 19
Floyd | Just ahead is the newer building that surrounds the tower on all
Floyd | sides, too high for you to see the actual tower from down here. You
Floyd | walked straight west from across the river, so it stands to reason
Floyd | that you could reach the tower by heading through the door to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sidewalk running around the building leads northwest and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The placard over the door says "ENTRANCE 19".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance 18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance 18
Floyd | There's another door here at the north end of the building, facing an
Floyd | empty parking lot. Not much of a view.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sidewalk turns from southeast to southwest, and it breaks off here
Floyd | toward a stairway that leads down to that alcove with all the
Floyd | cigarette butts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Alcove
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Alcove
Floyd | The sign says "NO SMOKING", but judging from the cigarette butts all
Floyd | over the floor, it looks like this little hole at the bottom of the
Floyd | stairs isn't used for anything else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pale door here leads into the basement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Hallway
Floyd | The lights in here are orange, which would seem to indicate something.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the south of the hall, a door leads into the main staircase; the
Floyd | pale door at the north end opens outside. The door in the east wall is
Floyd | labeled "MAINTENANCE".
Floyd |
Floyd | High on the wall, an antiquated security camera turns from one to the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 2 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall trophy case stands against one wall, its contents illuminated
Floyd | with a tiny lamp that barely manages to reveal the letters "HLOHOWSKYJ
Floyd | & ASSOCIATES" mounted on the wall opposite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "knock" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to knock?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "door" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | No response.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the door with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "nickel" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NICKEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "break window" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to resort to violence, when you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That response seems like we can't open these doors."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Third Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 3 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the third floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "HLOHOWSKYJ might've been a spell in The Lurkening."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "look through window" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK THROUGH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | All you can see through the window is an intermittent glow on a far
Floyd | wall, reflecting light from a source around the corner somewhere.
Floyd | Someone must be watching TV.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd have to check my notes to be sure."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "knock on door" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | No response.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a dull noise from the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | (hello to yourself)
Floyd | Talking to yourself is likely to prove unrewarding.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a dull noise from the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 4 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fourth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "lever door" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LEVER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 5 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fifth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd think by now you would be getting tired.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe the dull noise is your future self, tied to a chair."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 6 is painted on the wall—in the middle of
Floyd | the loop, the word "DRIEDOUT" has been written in marker.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the sixth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Eep."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x driedout" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRIEDOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's easier to read than some other tags you've seen, if not as
Floyd | elaborate. The stem of the T fading out is a nice touch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Stairs
Floyd | Finally.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stand at the top of the staircase. There are no more stairs to
Floyd | climb. The door leads out to the seventh floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | And off to the side, through a huge window, you can see the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x tower" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | The places where the outside building have been grafted on are in full
Floyd | view, and here and there vents and ducts hang out like abandoned
Floyd | medical instruments. These people weren't content to appreciate the
Floyd | tower; they had to stitch themselves onto it, crowd in and subsume it,
Floyd | so that nobody else could have it.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the crown of the tower stands above all this. You can see details
Floyd | you've never seen before: the pinnacles are lined with delicate
Floyd | crockets, and a row of escutcheons are carved at the base of the
Floyd | arches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | A framed portrait hangs on the wall across from the door into the
Floyd | staircase, with a small plaque beneath it. The hallway continues
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | A man with a small mustache glances off to the side and down, trying
Floyd | to put some painful memory out of his mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x plague" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLAGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The plaque reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Amos B. Emery (1895-1973) was born in Edmond, Kansas and studied
Floyd | architecture at the University of Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1922, his
Floyd | studies interrupted by World War I service in France from 1917 to
Floyd | 1919. His design of the Gothic Tower, completed in 1927, was completed
Floyd | while working for Proudfoot, Rawson, Soeurs and Thomas; in 1930 he
Floyd | established his own office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | They'd probably miss it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Psh, who would?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Archway
Floyd | This hall was built right into the north face of the tower, and you
Floyd | stand beneath a stone archway that used to loom impossibly high in the
Floyd | air. Carved into the keystone of the arch is a grotesque beast: a
Floyd | cockatrice. Or a basilisk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the arch is yet another door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x arch" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The people who spent days carving this stone in minuscule detail knew
Floyd | that onlookers would appreciate it from the ground seven stories
Floyd | below. They could not have known that another, uglier building would
Floyd | eventually be attached to theirs, and that people would be able to
Floyd | examine their handiwork up close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You draw your hand back from the door's handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the furthest you've ever explored in a building where you
Floyd | weren't supposed to be. What would happen if someone caught you now?
Floyd | Could they have you arrested? On what charge?
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, there's trespassing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I need to lie down. Sorry. Didn't get enough sleep, I guess."
		Knight_Otu says, "Then go get some more sleep."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach for the door

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You reach for the door, and open it without event, revealing more
Floyd | stairs for you to climb.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | stairs for you to climb.Then you hear footsteps coming down the stairs

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | stairs for you to climb.Then you hear footsteps coming down the
Floyd | stairs, and while you're wondering what to do, the door swings shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | The footsteps are getting closer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | A framed portrait hangs on the wall across from the door into the
Floyd | staircase, with a small plaque beneath it. The hallway continues
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The only obvious paths are down the hallway to the south, and in the
Floyd | door to the staircase.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Stairs
Floyd | You stand at the top of the staircase. The door leads out to the
Floyd | seventh floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | And off to the side, through a huge window, you can see the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 6 is painted on the wall—in the middle of
Floyd | the loop, the word "DRIEDOUT" has been written in marker.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the sixth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 5 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fifth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 4 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fourth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Third Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 3 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the third floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a dull noise from the other side of the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 2 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "enter nook" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER NOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear footsteps approaching from upstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear footsteps approaching from upstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone is walking down the stairs right above your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man wearing a drab uniform and a tool belt appears, and immediately
Floyd | notices you hiding under the stairs. His expression betrays nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | He exits to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the nook.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Basement Hallway
Floyd | The lights in here are orange, which would seem to indicate something.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the south of the hall, a door leads into the main staircase; the
Floyd | pale door at the north end opens outside. The door in the east wall is
Floyd | labeled "MAINTENANCE".
Floyd |
Floyd | High on the wall, an antiquated security camera turns from one to the
Floyd | other.
Floyd |
Floyd | The custodian is here with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | The custodian waves goodbye and disappears through the maintenance
Floyd | door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Basement Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the maintenance door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess hiding isnt our strong suite."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bottom of the Stairs
Floyd | Here is the lowermost of many flights of stairs, this one with a
Floyd | triangular nook underneath it—one of those spaces that attracts dust
Floyd | and dead bugs. Painted on the wall is a large letter B.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the basement hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  First Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | First Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 1 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the first floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 2 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You try the door, but the handle won't budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Third Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Third Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 3 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the third floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fourth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 4 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fourth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Fifth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 5 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the fifth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sixth Floor Landing
Floyd | There's a flight of stairs going up, and there's a flight of stairs
Floyd | going down. A big numeral 6 is painted on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door leads out to the sixth floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Top of the Stairs
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Top of the Stairs
Floyd | You stand at the top of the staircase. The door leads out to the
Floyd | seventh floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | And off to the side, through a huge window, you can see the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The custodian deleted the DRIEDOUT."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seventh Floor Hallway
Floyd | A framed portrait hangs on the wall across from the door into the
Floyd | staircase, with a small plaque beneath it. The hallway continues
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Archway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Archway
Floyd | This hall was built right into the north face of the tower, and you
Floyd | stand beneath a stone archway that used to loom impossibly high in the
Floyd | air. Carved into the keystone of the arch is a grotesque beast: a
Floyd | cockatrice. Or a basilisk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beneath the arch is another door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Loft
Floyd | You ascend the stairs, and reach the room at the top of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | A long table takes up the middle of the room, with several chairs
Floyd | sitting upside-down on top of it. Only a wheeled office chair remains
Floyd | standing on the floor, next to an easel displaying a pristine
Floyd | whiteboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | The doorway to the archway is down the stairs. A small door is built
Floyd | into the west wall, and in the east wall is an even smaller window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings shut behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (the tiny window)
Floyd | Looking through the window, you should be able to see across the river
Floyd | to the lawn. This would only be fair; it would only be what you
Floyd | deserve, after climbing all those stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | But the blinds, between the two panes of glass, are almost completely
Floyd | closed, and you can only make out a few details of the outside world
Floyd | by moving your head rapidly up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sticking out of the window frame is a thin metal lever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's connected to the window, but what mechanism it engages is a
Floyd | mystery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "push lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You try not to resort to violence, when you can help it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pull lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull down on the lever, and it snaps off in your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lever" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEVER
Floyd |
Floyd | Hopefully they won't notice anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x blinds" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLINDS
Floyd |
Floyd | Horizontal strips of black plastic, between which you can see
Floyd | basically nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You get onto the wheeled office chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The only obvious exits are down the stairs and the small door labeled
Floyd | "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the wheeled office chair)
Floyd | The only obvious exits are down the stairs and the small door labeled
Floyd | "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY".
Floyd |
Floyd | You would have to get off the wheeled office chair first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | The only obvious exits are down the stairs and the small door labeled
Floyd | "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small door)
Floyd | It's lower and narrower than any other door in the building, and it
Floyd | bears a sign reading "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY. Alarm will sound if
Floyd | opened."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Loft
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign on the door says: "EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY. Alarm will sound if
Floyd | opened." As much as you'd like to see what's on the other side,
Floyd | setting off an alarm isn't really an option.
Floyd |
Floyd | But there's no alarm built into the door, and there are no wires or
Floyd | anything connected to it. And if that kid can do it...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the door

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | You open the door, and step out into the air.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | You open the door, and step out into the air. From there, it's just a
Floyd | short climb to the top of the tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tower
Floyd | It's pretty windy up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is as high as it gets: higher than any of the buildings around,
Floyd | higher than anything else in the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here in the crown of the tower, looking out from the arches,
Floyd | you can see the entire city in the fading dusk. There's the parking
Floyd | lot to the north, and the dark neighborhoods beyond that; to the east
Floyd | is the river, and the bridge, and the lawn up on the hill, where a few
Floyd | people are still walking around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Man, is it windy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat cookies" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT COOKIES
Floyd |
Floyd | As hungry as you are, it would be nice to sit down somewhere while
Floyd | you're eating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | There's no need to leave so soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sit on floor" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You would prefer to sit on something designed for the purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x city" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CITY
Floyd |
Floyd | Now the city is far away, and reduced to a manageable size. Surely
Floyd | it's still loud, cramped, and bewildering over there, but from up here
Floyd | it seems as silent as a painting.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lot" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Still very empty, and getting darker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The river isn't black and anonymous, but dappled with color: silver,
Floyd | in a few places, where it reflects the light of the city; red, where
Floyd | it reflects the lights on top of the power plant; and orange, where it
Floyd | reflects the streetlamps above the bridge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x power plant" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POWER PLANT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's almost invisible against the southern sky, except for the red
Floyd | lights blinking atop its smokestacks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x campus" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMPUS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't be so morbid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, okay."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x moon" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Tower
Floyd | This is as high as it gets: higher than any of the buildings around,
Floyd | higher than anything else in the city.
Floyd |
Floyd | Standing here in the crown of the tower, looking out from the arches,
Floyd | you can see the entire city in the fading dusk. There's the parking
Floyd | lot to the north, and the dark neighborhoods beyond that; to the east
Floyd | is the river, and the bridge, and the lawn up on the hill, where a few
Floyd | people are still walking around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x bridge" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun is down, and the cones of orange light falling down from the
Floyd | streetlamps are all that illuminate the bridge. Nobody is walking
Floyd | across right now: Even the swallows are gone, returned to their cozy
Floyd | nests.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x hill" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | The hill is almost empty, and the people milling around seem less busy
Floyd | and angry than they normally do. That's the thing about people:
Floyd | They're not so bad, as long as you can appreciate them from a
Floyd | reasonable distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn your focus to a blank space on the lawn: the spot where you
Floyd | were standing as the sun set, when you were looking up at the tower,
Floyd | at the space under the arches that you're standing in right now. The
Floyd | circuit is complete.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now the moon is rising, slowly, from behind the hill. Waning gibbous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x moon" 		

Floyd ]  The Tower
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The moon has several advantages over the sun. The moon isn't
Floyd | responsible for making summer as unbearably hot as it often is; the
Floyd | moon doesn't shine in through your bedroom window and wake you up
Floyd | before you wanted to be awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | The disc of the moon provides a lot more to look at than the sun:
Floyd | intricate patterns carved out of the surface over millions of years.
Floyd | And you can look directly at the moon, without the risk of bodily
Floyd | harm.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nobody around to stop you; you can stare at it for as long as
Floyd | you like.
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 | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we found a couple more things."
		



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
In the Wilderness by Bits
As played on ifMUD on September 29, 2019

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 In the Wilderness written by Bits. 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, "okay, let's pick another game quickly, if we can."
		DavidW asks, "In the Wilderness?"
		DavidW | This is level 0 of a more ambitious project, called Codetopia. This is the orientation level, in which the user can get comfortable with game mechanics, and complete a simple puzzle.
		wordsmith says, "Sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask inthewilderness" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit? Dark Forest UL
Floyd | 0/0
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd | You are lost in the wilderness.  You have no friends.  You have no
Floyd | weapons.
Floyd | You have no armor.  The night is dark and full of terrors.  But most
Floyd | likely you
Floyd | will be dead by then.  Have fun!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest UL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads east.  Another
Floyd | path leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "You will die soon, have fun?!?"
		Knight_Otu asks (of game), "As long as we have our hope, what can happen?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                    0/1
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is about 3 feet x 2 feet by 20 inches high.  I'm not a geologist,
Floyd | but it
Floyd | looks it might be some kind of granite or composite.  On the large
Floyd | flat rock is
Floyd | a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                    0/2
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                    0/3
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a simple brass lamp with a cotton wick and a small well, full of
Floyd | yellow
Floyd | grease.  It's not lit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                    0/4
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You look smart.  Maybe you'll get through this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                    0/5
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "east or south?"
		wordsmith says, "s"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CL                                                    0/6
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CL                                                    0/7
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, well."
		DavidW says, "hm. Maybe we weren't supposed to get lamp."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CL                                                    0/8
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small oil lamp)
Floyd | It is a simple brass lamp with a cotton wick and a small well, full of
Floyd | yellow
Floyd | grease.  It's not lit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "UL = upper left, CL = center left?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LL                                                    0/9
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads east and another
Floyd | leads
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LC                                                   0/10
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, west and
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CC                                                   0/11
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, west, north
Floyd | and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow is standing on the rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crow" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CC                                                   0/12
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a large black bird.It's looking at you with interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask crow about crow" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CC                                                   0/13
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CROW ABOUT CROW
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rock" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CC                                                   0/14
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is about 3 feet x 2 feet by 20 inches high.  I'm not a geologist,
Floyd | but it
Floyd | looks it might be some kind of granite or composite.  On the large
Floyd | flat rock is
Floyd | a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "(and a crow)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UC                                                   0/15
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow flies along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest UC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  There are narrow paths leading east,
Floyd | west,
Floyd | and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow takes a quick look around.  It says, "This looks familiar"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Oh you CAN talk"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask crow about lamps" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UC                                                   0/16
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CROW ABOUT LAMPS
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UR                                                   0/17
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest UR
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads west.  Another
Floyd | path leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow alights on the ground in front of you.  Quoth the bird,
Floyd | "Nevermore"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "tell crow that was a raven"
		wordsmith says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "You're a crow, not a raven!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask crow about raven" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UR                                                   0/18
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CROW ABOUT RAVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow does not respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CR                                                   0/19
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CR
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead west, north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow perches on your shoulder.  It mutters, "Use the force, Luke"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "crow, do you want a cracker"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now you're just messing with us, crow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LR                                                   0/20
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow hop-steps into the air to follow you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LR
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  There are breaks in the foliage that
Floyd | suggest
Floyd | paths that may lead north, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow looks at you expectantly.  It croaks, "Houston, we have a
Floyd | problem"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, an exit from the 3x3 grid."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LR                                                   0/21
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | This path is blocked by debris right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x debris" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LR                                                   0/21
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEBRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | The word "debris" is not necessary in this story.
Floyd |
Floyd | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing
Floyd | OOPS
Floyd | followed by the corrected word now.  Any time the story points out an
Floyd | unknown
Floyd | word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your next command.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LR                                                   0/21
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Which lamp do you mean, the small oil lamp, or the small oil lamp?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LC                                                   0/22
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, west and
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow flies in after you.  It moans, "We're going to die here"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LC                                                   0/23
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.  Obvious exits lead north, to the dark forest
Floyd | cc; east,
Floyd | back to the dark forest lr; and west, to the dark forest ll.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LL                                                   0/24
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow trails faithfully along behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads east and another
Floyd | leads
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow looks at you expectantly.  It says, "It\s Groundhog Day, all
Floyd | over
Floyd | again"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LL                                                   0/25
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.  Obvious exits lead north, to the dark forest
Floyd | cl; and
Floyd | east, back to the dark forest lc.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CL                                                   0/26
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow perches on your shoulder.  It remarks, "We're not in Kansas
Floyd | anymore"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                   0/27
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow hop-steps into the air to follow you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest UL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads east.  Another
Floyd | path leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow flies in after you.  It says, "It\s Groundhog Day, all over
Floyd | again"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put lamp on rock" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                   0/28
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LAMP ON ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UL                                                   1/29
Floyd | Exits: south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
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 future,
Floyd | type
Floyd | NOTIFY OFF.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UC                                                   1/30
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow trails faithfully along behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest UC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  There are narrow paths leading east,
Floyd | west,
Floyd | and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow takes a quick look around.  It moans, "We're going to die
Floyd | here"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UC                                                   2/31
Floyd | Exits: south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UR                                                   2/32
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow comes with you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest UR
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads west.  Another
Floyd | path leads
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow alights on the ground in front of you.  It says, "This looks
Floyd | familiar"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest UR                                                   3/33
Floyd | Exits: south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CR                                                   3/34
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow flies along beside you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CR
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead west, north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow flies in after you.  It remarks, "We're not in Kansas
Floyd | anymore"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CR                                                   4/35
Floyd | Exits: north   south   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CC                                                   4/36
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, west, north
Floyd | and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow alights on the ground in front of you.  Quoth the bird,
Floyd | "Nevermore"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CC                                                   5/37
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CL                                                   5/38
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow follows you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest CL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, north and
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow looks at you expectantly.  It croaks, "Houston, we have a
Floyd | problem"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest CL                                                   6/39
Floyd | Exits: north   south   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LL                                                   6/40
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow hop-steps into the air to follow you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LL
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  A narrow path leads east and another
Floyd | leads
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow takes a quick look around.  It mutters, "Use the force, Luke"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LL                                                   7/41
Floyd | Exits: north   east
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LC                                                   7/42
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow trails faithfully along behind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LC
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  Narrow paths lead east, west and
Floyd | north.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow perches on your shoulder.  It says, "It\s Groundhog Day, all
Floyd | over
Floyd | again"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LC                                                   8/43
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, the small oil lamp is now on.
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LR                                                   8/44
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow accompanies you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dark Forest LR
Floyd | You are standing in a small clearing in a large and impenetrably dark
Floyd | forest.
Floyd | There is a large flat rock here.  There are breaks in the foliage that
Floyd | suggest
Floyd | paths that may lead north, east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the large flat rock is a small oil lamp.
Floyd |
Floyd | The crow looks at you expectantly.  It says, "This looks familiar"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light lamp" 		

Floyd | Dark Forest LR                                                   9/45
Floyd | Exits: north   east   west
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Aren't you smart!  You lit all the lamps!
Floyd |
Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.)
Floyd |
Floyd | *** YOU HAVE WON ***
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the
Floyd | story, RESTART the
Floyd | story, or QUIT?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I am underwhelmed."
		wordsmith says, "fah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Eh."
		DavidW says, "okay, there may be reasons why games that aren't played much aren't played much."
		wordsmith says, "The IFDB entry says it was an orientation level."
		DavidW asks, "For who, the author?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not much orientation to do here."
		wordsmith says, "For a player... who has never played IF before, I think."
		DavidW says, "There are much better first games to play than this, surely."
		wordsmith says, "This is the other work it links to. Codetopia - [LINK]"
		DavidW asks, "There's two glulx files on that page? Are they the same game?"
		wordsmith asks, "The other game starts off similarly."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Cave by William Scott
As played on ifMUD on September 29, 2019

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 Cave written by William Scott. It is not a complete game, but proof-of-concept for adding pictures and sounds to an Inform 6 game. 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
		

		DavidW says, "Should we try Cave? That's by the guy who did that child-like Dragon Adventure one."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		wordsmith says, "That works for me."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's hope there isn't another troll that eagerly jumps into our weapon while dead again, though."
		DavidW says, "hold on. I need to find out why there's 38 files or so."
		DavidW says, "oh, help and graphics. We won't need those."
		wordsmith asks, "Is there 'cave.blb' in the zip file?"
		DavidW says, "yup"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load cave" 		

Floyd | Welcome to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A small game file showing one way to use pictures and sounds in games.
Floyd | (Type INFO at any time for more information.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave
Floyd | by William Stott
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 040606 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/11 S
Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. There is a little path winding between dense trees
Floyd | towards the south.
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds and a large iron key here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | You are wearing the traditional clothing of an adventurer.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x reeds" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You see a mass of reeds that sway gently in the shallow water.
Floyd | Looking in the reeds, you find a sack. There is something inside...
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sack" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd | You see a large, dull iron key that must be for an ancient door.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open sack" 		

Floyd | You see a hessian sack.
Floyd | Inside is a reed flute...
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flute" 		

Floyd | The flute is made of elaborately-carved wood.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "How strange. His other game also had a flute... in a sack... hidden in reeds."
		Knight_Otu says, "This is sounding kind of familiar so far."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "South?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be hollow
Floyd | in the centre.
Floyd | You can go north (along a path to a lake) or east (further into the
Floyd | forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump here.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "We found matches in a stump in the other game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stump" 		

Floyd | You look carefully in the hollow tree stump and. find a box of
Floyd | matches...
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x matches" 		

Floyd | You see a box of matches. It's nearly full.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take matches" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I get the feeling that the author is retreading his own material."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd | OK... squeeeak...
Floyd | (You don't know how to play it properly - perhaps you need an
Floyd | instruction booklet...)
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "yeah, that's the same too."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's not quite the same map according to my recollection, but..."
		DavidW says, "It's a different map, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness, and the path
Floyd | winds west into the forest.
Floyd | You can go west (to the forest) or east (into the dark cave).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small candle stub (unlit) and an ancient silver coin
Floyd | here.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "A cut-down version, perhaps?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "info" 		

Floyd | Cave (a short demo using sounds and pictures in Glulx)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inform Glulx example here illustrates a way I've found to get
Floyd | pictures and sounds into games -  hopefully, it might help anyone
Floyd | wanting to experiment for themselves. Two good places to start are Adam
Floyd | Cadre's Gull guide ([LINK]), and the Glulx
Floyd | section at Roger Firth's site ([LINK]). It's
Floyd | a good idea to read both of these first.
Floyd |
Floyd | I've put comments in the accompanying source code to help explain
Floyd | what's going on. Please feel free to borrow any ideas. All the trickier
Floyd | stuff is taken straight from the examples in the Gull documentation,
Floyd | where it's explained fully.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pictures and sounds used here have been borrowed from the
Floyd | children's game Dragon Adventure (also in the IF Archive). The game was
Floyd | originally written in BASIC for RISC OS computers, and I wanted to use
Floyd | the same pictures and sound files in the Glulx version. The various
Floyd | picture sizes were chosen to fit the 640 x 480 VGA screen of the
Floyd | original version. At higher screen resolutions the pictures appear
Floyd | smaller, and remain with a fixed offset from the left side of the main
Floyd | window. I haven't found a way round this with Glulx.
Floyd |
Floyd | PD sound effects can be found on the internet -
Floyd | [LINK] is a search site specifically for sound
Floyd | effect samples. This gives links to thousands of AU, AIFF and (mostly)
Floyd | WAV samples (I found 106 elephant sounds, for instance), though you
Floyd | need to check the copyright status before using anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll probably also need an editor for trimming and changing the
Floyd | volume of sound samples. One good one is Audacity, a freeware open
Floyd | source editor for Windows, Linux and the Mac (from
Floyd | [LINK]). This can convert samples between a
Floyd | range of formats (including to AIFF) with different sample rate and
Floyd | quality settings. Other utilies (such as the PC shareware Easy CD-DA
Floyd | Extractor from [LINK]) may also be of help for file
Floyd | conversion to AIFF. 8-bit mono at 11 or 16KHz seems to be about the
Floyd | best compromise between file length and quality for basic game sound
Floyd | effects.
Floyd |
Floyd | For pictures, the freeware open source GIMP graphics editor (from
Floyd | [LINK]) is capable and comprehensive, with facilities to
Floyd | rival Photoshop. It's available for Windows, Linux and the Mac, and,
Floyd | once you get the hang of it, is useful for both image creation and
Floyd | manipulation.
Floyd |
Floyd | Like its parent game, this demo has a built-in picture map on screen
Floyd | which shows the places visited (type 'map'). Sound effects can be
Floyd | turned off or on by 'sound off/on'. It's also possible to see briefly
Floyd | inside the dark cave by striking a match, and 'listen' will replay the
Floyd | sound heard by the lake. The demo has no set game ending (in case
Floyd | anyone tries to find one!).
Floyd |
Floyd | William Stott, June 2004
Floyd |
Floyd | (Type LOOK or L to see where you are in the game)
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "We had to fill a birdbath for the candle before. And the coin was in the inn."
		DavidW asks, "So this is more of a demo than a full game?"
		wordsmith says, "It sounds that way to me."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we continue anyway?"
		DavidW says, "It might be shorter than we expect."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd | You need to say which objects you want to take.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stub" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "I mean, why not?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take coin" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x coin" 		

Floyd | The coin is very old and made of silver. On one side you see the
Floyd | portrait of an ancient king, on the other there is a picture of a
Floyd | galloping horse. It looks quite valuable.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light candle" 		

Floyd | OK... you light the candle using the matches...
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | The cave exit is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a mouldy old boot here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boot" 		

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd | You see an old, mouldy boot.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look it in" 		

Floyd | You can't see "it" (the mouldy old boot) at the moment.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in boot" 		

Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty boot" 		

Floyd | The mouldy old boot can't contain things.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear boot" 		

Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake boot" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a mouldy old boot
Floyd |   an ancient silver coin
Floyd |   a small, burning candle stub (providing light)
Floyd |   a box of matches
Floyd |   a large iron key
Floyd |   a brown hessian sack
Floyd |     a reed flute
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "The boot held ... what was it?"
		DavidW says, "hm. I don't remember now. Something."
		Knight_Otu says, "But apparently not in this game, whatever it was."
		DavidW says, "I don't see any exits but the way we entered."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x shadows" 		

Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Damp Tunnel
Floyd | The cave floor is moist from condensation, and your flickering candle
Floyd | casts pools of pallid light which sway and dance through the shadows.
Floyd | The cave exit is to the west.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd | What do you want to dig?
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "floor" 		

Floyd | Digging would achieve nothing here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd | You see nothing unexpected in that direction.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | The opening to a deep cave leads eastwards into darkness, and the path
Floyd | winds west into the forest.
Floyd | You can go west (to the forest) or east (into the dark cave).
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Tree Stump
Floyd | The twisting path leads east deeper into the forest and continues
Floyd | north, winding into the trees. There is an old tree-stump next to the
Floyd | path where once a great oak tree must have stood. It seems to be hollow
Floyd | in the centre.
Floyd | You can go north (along a path to a lake) or east (further into the
Floyd | forest).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a hollow tree stump (which is empty) here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. There is a little path winding between dense trees
Floyd | towards the south.
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd | There's not enough water to swim in.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take reeds" 		

Floyd | They're fixed in place.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lake" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | You see a mass of reeds that sway gently in the shallow water.
Floyd | You see nothing special about the long reeds.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw boot into lake" 		

Floyd | Those can't contain things.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick boot" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop boot" 		

Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd |
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. There is a little path winding between dense trees
Floyd | towards the south.
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a mouldy old boot and some long reeds here.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick boot" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear boot" 		

Floyd | (first taking the mouldy old boot)
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "flip coin" 		

Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I didn't see any exits that we didn't try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "map" 		

Floyd | (Type LOOK or L, or enter any instruction to leave the map)
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Lake in the Forest
Floyd | Dragonflies hum and hover, and you hear the occasional splash of
Floyd | feeding fish. There is a little path winding between dense trees
Floyd | towards the south.
Floyd | You can go south (further into the trees).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some long reeds here.
Floyd |

		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I think we've seen the demo."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I suspect that's it."
		DavidW says, "That's disappointing."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd | You hear the occasional splash of fish feeding near the surface.
Floyd |

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play flute" 		

Floyd | OK... squeeeak...
Floyd | (You don't know how to play it properly - perhaps you need an
Floyd | instruction booklet...)
Floyd |




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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Sugarlawn by Mike Spivey
As played on ifMUD on November 24, 2019

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 Sugarlawn written by Mike Spivey. It won 4th Place in the 2019 IFComp, and won 1st place for IFComp Miss Congeniality as well. 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
		

DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask sugarlawn" 		

Floyd | > ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | With a loud click, the door closes behind you.  Finally!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are locked inside an antebellum Southern mansion, alone, wearing
Floyd | only a chicken costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've fantasized about this moment for years.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [Please press any key to continue.]

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		wordsmith says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Shades of Foggywood Hijinks."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         0:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | [Please press any key to continue.]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sugarlawn
Floyd | Or: A Fowl Forever Foraging, by Mike Spivey
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 190918 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Checksum DC76662C
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Welcome to Antique Escapes!" you hear from a hidden speaker
Floyd | nearby.  "I'm your host, Terri Boz.  Our contestant for this episode
Floyd | will be collecting valuables in Sugarlawn Plantation on the banks of
Floyd | Bayou Lafourche in southern Louisiana.
Floyd |
Floyd | "To our contestant: Have fun!  And good luck!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, while doorways lie to
Floyd | the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A large sack has been left by the front door.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sugarlawn, as its name indicates, was one of the largest sugar cane
Floyd | plantations of the antebellum South," you hear Terri say.  "The
Floyd | mansion was built in 1840, in the Greek Revival style.  It fell into
Floyd | decay in the decades after the Civil War, but it was purchased and
Floyd | restored by Nash and Molly Pendry in the mid-1950s.  The current owner
Floyd | is their grandson.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have made a few cosmetic changes to the mansion for the recording
Floyd | of this episode, and we have temporarily removed many of the
Floyd | furnishings as well.  If you would like to see Sugarlawn at its
Floyd | unaltered finest, the mansion and grounds are open for visitors from
Floyd | 9-12 every Tuesday morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, and before I forget: At any time the contestant may ask ABOUT the
Floyd | rules for this episode."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Sounds like the kind of intro that might result from a dare."
Roger has disconnected. 		
Roger has connected. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         0:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have hidden fifty valuables around the house and grounds of
Floyd | Sugarlawn Plantation," says Terri.  "Most of these will be easy to
Floyd | find, but some may prove to be a bit more challenging.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have thirty minutes to explore the plantation, collecting these
Floyd | valuables.  Your collected valuables will be sold at auction, and you
Floyd | will receive prize money equal to their total sale price.  The easiest
Floyd | way to collect a valuable is to bring it to Sugarlawn's foyer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In addition, each valuable has a specific target location - a room or
Floyd | outdoor space - around the house and grounds.  Leaving a valuable in
Floyd | its target location will not only count as collecting that valuable,
Floyd | it will also earn you a cash bonus.  These cash bonuses will increase
Floyd | as you place more objects in their target locations.  You will not
Floyd | explicitly be told the target locations; however, for each object its
Floyd | target location will be somehow associated with that object.  For
Floyd | example, the target location for a Yemeni jambiya dagger might be an
Floyd | armory.  In addition, each time you come through the foyer I will tell
Floyd | you how many valuables you have correctly placed so far.  Note that
Floyd | multiple objects may have the same target location.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There are two other major cash bonuses that may also be earned.  As
Floyd | always on Antique Escapes, one of these is for escaping the
Floyd | mansion through the front door.  The other is for you to discover.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We have provided a sack in the foyer for you to transport your
Floyd | valuables.  However, if you choose not to use the sack, cash bonuses
Floyd | (but not the money earned at auction for collected valuables) will be
Floyd | doubled.  On the other hand, forgoing the sack means that you will be
Floyd | limited in the number of items you are able to carry at any one time.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As a reminder, certain actions effectively take no time.  These
Floyd | include looking, examining, and taking inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Finally, you may ask ABOUT these rules again at any time."
Floyd |
Floyd | [In addition... COMMANDS gives a list of some common commands in
Floyd | parser-based interactive fiction.  HINTS gives some general tips on
Floyd | playing Sugarlawn.  THINK provides a reminder of how you got
Floyd | here.  And CREDITS acknowledges those who helped make this game
Floyd | happen.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So, Escape Room show."
		wordsmith says, "f score"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         0:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is measured in the amount of cash you earn, which will be
Floyd | tallied at the end of the episode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Heh, I am rusty with the ifmud commands."
		Knight_Otu says, "Since we're timed, we should elect a driver."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not it."
		wordsmith says, "Not it."
		DavidW says, "Since we've never played before, I'm going to suggest taking the sack since I doubt we'd know how to max our score from our very first attempt anyway."
		wordsmith says, "Sure, that's fine."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds reasonable."
		DavidW says, "I'll drive, sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sack" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         0:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The contestant has chosen to use the sack!" Terri announces.
Floyd | "Bonuses will not be doubled."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I also like going north first. Objections?"
		wordsmith says, "Nope."
		Knight_Otu says, "(I'm not against driving per se, but I'm still kind of driven out from CM.)"
		DavidW says, "oh, wait, the box here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         0:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | This mahogany box - while attractive - looks too modern for a
Floyd | nineteenth-century home.  In the top of the box is a small, key-sized
Floyd | hole.  The front panel of the box reads, "Give a key; take a key."
Floyd | Underneath is a display that says:
Floyd |   Storage Key
Floyd |   Pantry Key
Floyd |   South Wing Key
Floyd |   North Wing Key
Floyd |
Floyd | "The mahogany box is part of this episode," says Terri.  "It works
Floyd | just like it says: If you want a key from the box you'll need to
Floyd | insert another key first."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No objections to going north."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        0:30                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlor
Floyd | An antique sofa sits against the wall in this stylish parlor.  Near it
Floyd | hangs a life-sized, framed portrait.  The foyer is south, a doorway
Floyd | leads east, and there is a door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strand of red beads is lying on the sofa.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The formal parlor is where guests would be received," says Terri.
Floyd | "After dinner, the women might retreat here or to the small parlor,
Floyd | while the men would usually gather in the library or billiard room.
Floyd | Note the antique sofa; it dates from the nineteenth century."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm gald that examining takes no time."
		DavidW says, "er glad"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beads" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        0:30                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEADS
Floyd |
Floyd | These beads were designed to be worn.  They are made of glass - not
Floyd | plastic - and appear to be rather old.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sofa" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        0:30                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | This severe sofa doesn't really look all that comfortable.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the antique sofa is a strand of red beads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        0:30                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The portrait is of a man in his mid-30s, in early nineteenth-century
Floyd | military dress uniform.  The frame reads "William C. C. Claiborne."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suggest taking the beads, looking under the sofa, looking behind the portrait, and if nothing new found, try the north door."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like a plan."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beads" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        0:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BEADS
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the strand of red beads in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The contestant has picked up a valuable!" Terri says.  "There are
Floyd | fifty total placed throughout the house and grounds.  Remember that to
Floyd | collect a valuable officially you must either bring it through the
Floyd | foyer or leave it in its target location."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sofa" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        1:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing under the sofa - not even dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        1:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing, at least as described.  Or maybe that's
Floyd | just not something you need to refer to in order to earn lots of cash
Floyd | on Antique Escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take portrait" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        1:15                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PORTRAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The framed portrait is firmly attached to the wall.  You can't remove
Floyd | it.  Besides, it's much too large to carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        1:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlor
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        1:15                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd | The door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                        1:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlor
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   1:15                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | Someone has scrawled a message across the mahogany dining table in the
Floyd | center of this room.  The parlor is to the west, and a doorway leads
Floyd | south.  A smaller room lies east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dining table is an orange mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x message" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   1:15                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MESSAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Across the dining table someone has scrawled, in what you hope is some
Floyd | easily-removable marker or ink, "GET DRESSED AND FIND YOUR PLACE FOR A
Floyd | COLORFUL MARDI GRAS."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I can imagine a ROY G BIV outfit."
		wordsmith says, "Ah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mask" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   1:15                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MASK
Floyd |
Floyd | This glittery orange mask is designed to cover only the top half of
Floyd | your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   1:15                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dining table was carved from a rich, dark mahogany.  Across the
Floyd | dining table someone has scrawled, in what you hope is some
Floyd | easily-removable marker or ink, "GET DRESSED AND FIND YOUR PLACE FOR A
Floyd | COLORFUL MARDI GRAS."
Floyd |
Floyd | On the dining table is an orange mask.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "take mask, look under table, east?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mask" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   1:30                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MASK
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the orange mask in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   1:45                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing under the dining room table - not even dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This small room features a sideboard - but little else.  The dining
Floyd | room is to the west, and a door north leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | A peach sparkles from the sideboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | "During meals the butler would likely have stood in this pantry," says
Floyd | Terri, "receiving dishes from the kitchen and serving them to the
Floyd | family."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x peach" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an artificial peach covered with what appear to be diamonds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sideboard" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIDEBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Given how the rest of the mansion looks, the sideboard here is
Floyd | actually rather plain.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the sideboard is a jeweled peach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Isn't that peachy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take peach" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:15                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the jeweled peach in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "north?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		wordsmith says, "Hmm, no announcement about the peach being a valuable."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd | The door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Probably because it's not the first?"
		wordsmith says, "That was on the list for the box in the foyer."
		wordsmith says (to Knight_Otu), "Yeah, maybe."
		DavidW says, "I guess west then south for now."
		Knight_Otu nods.
		DavidW says, "unless we should look under the sideboard. Looking under things hasn't been helpful yet."
		wordsmith says, "Can't hurt."
		DavidW says, "It can hurt if it wastes time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under sideboard" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:45                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SIDEBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                        2:30                Exits: N W
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                   2:45                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | Someone has scrawled a message across the mahogany dining table in the
Floyd | center of this room.  The parlor is to the west, and a doorway leads
Floyd | south.  The pantry lies east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    3:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway to the south.  Finally, what looks
Floyd | like the back door to the mansion is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Classic escape room trope..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    3:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The key is labeled "safe."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lock" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    3:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | This antique lock is made of brass and steel.  To open the lock, it
Floyd | appears you must set it to the right five-digit number.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    3:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The side table is made of polished wood and looks quite old.  A small
Floyd | key is locked to the side table with an antique combination lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I bet breaking the table would be a no-no."
		wordsmith says, "Yep, it's definitely safe there. :)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x staircase" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    3:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAIRCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | This magnificent staircase leads up to the second floor of the
Floyd | mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No mention of a newell."
		Knight_Otu says, "We probably have nothing to break the table."
		DavidW says, "I'd prefer staying on our current floor for now. Try the back door first, see if it's locked, go south if it is."
		Knight_Otu says, "Go for it."
		DavidW says, "We going clockwise on the ground floor where we can and should return to the foyer before heading upstairs, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    3:15                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the back door)
Floyd | The back door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  3:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting Room
Floyd | This cozy room features a writing table and a rocking chair.  There is
Floyd | also a fireplace, with a mantel above it, in the south wall.  A
Floyd | doorway leads north to the stair hall, and another doorway is to the
Floyd | west.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a large Bible lying on the writing table.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The sitting room, as opposed to the more formal parlor, is where an
Floyd | antebellum family would gather in the evenings when they were not
Floyd | entertaining guests," Terri says.  "They would often read or sew to
Floyd | pass the time."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bible" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  3:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a large, leather-bound family Bible.  It looks like it dates
Floyd | from the early 1800s.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  3:45                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the family Bible in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the family Bible and read the first few verses.  It's the
Floyd | King James translation - of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
Floyd | face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
Floyd | waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Bibles often contain keepsakes. I'm surprised not to find one in this one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This elegant writing table has probably had dozens of thank-you notes
Floyd | and other letters penned on it over the course of its existence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocking chair looks quite sturdy, given its age.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | Made of brick, this fireplace doesn't appear to be used by the current
Floyd | owner of the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mantel" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:00                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANTEL
Floyd |
Floyd | This wooden mantel sits above the fireplace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I will assume the mantel is there as a target location for something."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		wordsmith says, "Also some families recorded births, deaths, etc. in the family bible."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm curious whether search and examine are the same."
		wordsmith says, "I was hoping for a combination to try."
		DavidW says, "Anything else to do in here? I hate the time restriction. Makes me want to avoid searching the fireplace or looking under the table as I'd prefer to do."
		wordsmith says, "I suggest ignoring the time constraint, and we try to optimize on another run."
		DavidW says, "Search and examine aren't the same as near as I can tell."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search fireplace" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:15                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FIREPLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fireplace is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                  4:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing under the writing table - not even dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | The walls of this elegant room are lined with built-in bookshelves,
Floyd | although all of the books have been temporarily removed.  A motto of
Floyd | some kind hangs on the wall.  The foyer lies to the north, the sitting
Floyd | room is east, and there is a door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old flag has been tossed in a corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small glass case sits near one of the bookshelves.  In the glass
Floyd | case is a golden catfish statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The library in antebellum times was not just a place to store books,"
Floyd | you hear Terri say.  "Along with the parlor, it was often used as a
Floyd | formal space for entertaining guests, frequently after dinner."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "> SEARCH BIBLE ?"
		DavidW says, "oh, I see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bible" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the family Bible and read the first few verses.  It's the
Floyd | King James translation - of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Floyd |
Floyd | And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
Floyd | face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
Floyd | waters.
Floyd |
Floyd | And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just so you know, you have used up five of your thirty minutes so
Floyd | far," says Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "That was the same as reading."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flag" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLAG
Floyd |
Floyd | This flag features three yellow fleur-de-lis designs on a royal blue
Floyd | field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The glass case is closed, and there is a keyboard attached to it.
Floyd | "Type the ten-letter code to open the case" is written on the case.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the glass case is a golden catfish statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x catfish" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a golden statuette is in the shape of a catfish.  The fish is
Floyd | portrayed in mid-leap, as if it had just jumped from its river home
Floyd | into the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "antebellum ?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Either post-war or pre-war."
		DavidW says, "I've never bothered to learn what antebellum means. It's always associated with the American south, though."
		DavidW says, "I have difficulty believing anyone would render a catfish in gold."
		wordsmith says, "I meant that is a 10-letter word. Probably not a code, but maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Sorry."
		wordsmith says, "np"
		Roger says, "ante- is before, like antechamber, antipasto, antediluvian"
		wordsmith says, "Yup."
		DavidW says, "The code doesn't even need to be a word, although it probably is."
		DavidW says, "I'd suggest being on the lookout for an acrostic clue."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bookshelves" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKSHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing is on the bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Should we try putting the Bible on a bookshelf?"
		DavidW says, "like, maybe it belongs in a chapel instead."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sounds reasonable, at least."
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure if the Bible counts as a treasure, but I expect it counts."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large sack, containing
Floyd |     a family Bible
Floyd |     a jeweled peach
Floyd |     an orange mask
Floyd |     a strand of red beads
Floyd |   a chicken costume (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x costume" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       4:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COSTUME
Floyd |
Floyd | The chicken costume is large, yellow, and fluffy.  Unfortunately, it
Floyd | also hampers your movement somewhat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. That 'hampers' bit is probably relevant later."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bible on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BIBLE ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the family Bible)
Floyd | You put the family Bible on the bookshelves.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just so you know, you have used up five of your thirty minutes so
Floyd | far," says Terri.

		Knight_Otu says, "Quite possibly. Not that we can take it off on camera."

Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x motto" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOTTO
Floyd |
Floyd | The motto says, "READING UNLOCKS WORLDS UNKNOWN."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your score is measured in the amount of cash you earn, which will be
Floyd | tallied at the end of the episode.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I imagine the south door is locked, and north will return us to the foyer for an update on our progress."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:15                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd | The door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         5:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, the parlor is north, and
Floyd | the library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Congratulations!" Terri says.  "Now the strand of red beads, the
Floyd | orange mask, and the jeweled peach count as collected."
Floyd |
Floyd | "However," she adds, "you have not placed any valuables in their
Floyd | target locations - yet.  Remember that placing a valuable in its
Floyd | target location will earn you a cash bonus.  Not only that, the more
Floyd | valuables you place in their target locations, the larger the bonuses
Floyd | become."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, so the bible is *not* correctly placed."
		Knight_Otu says, "So the bible's wrong in the ... right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:15                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large sack, containing
Floyd |     a jeweled peach
Floyd |     an orange mask
Floyd |     a strand of red beads
Floyd |   a chicken costume (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large sack, containing
Floyd |     a jeweled peach
Floyd |     an orange mask
Floyd |     a strand of red beads
Floyd |   a chicken costume (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bible" 		

Floyd ]  Library                       5:15                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                         5:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, the parlor is north, and
Floyd | the library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Congratulations!" Terri says.  "Now the strand of red beads, the
Floyd | family Bible, the orange mask, and the jeweled peach count as
Floyd | collected."
Floyd |
Floyd | "However," she adds, "you have not placed any valuables in their
Floyd | target locations - yet.  Remember that placing a valuable in its
Floyd | target location will earn you a cash bonus.  Not only that, the more
Floyd | valuables you place in their target locations, the larger the bonuses
Floyd | become."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I see no options but to go upstairs now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Agreed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                    5:45                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, what looks like the back door to the mansion is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall       6:00                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  There are
Floyd | rooms to the north and south, and the hallway continues west.  A
Floyd | closed door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "MANY options. I prefer north, as always."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:15                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bayou Room
Floyd | Late afternoon light, filtering through cypress trees hung with
Floyd | Spanish moss, glances off the water in the mural that covers the walls
Floyd | and ceiling of this room.  A narrow bed in the shape of a canoe seems
Floyd | almost to float on the bayou.  Exits are south to the second floor
Floyd | stair hall, as well as west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old sword is propped against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Much of southeastern Louisiana is bayou country," Terri says.  "It's
Floyd | the Mississippi River Delta, after all.  However, bayous can be found
Floyd | in other parts of the state, even up north by the Arkansas border.
Floyd | This bedroom honors this important feature of Louisiana's geography.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Incidentally," she continues, "the bed is in the shape of what south
Floyd | Louisiana natives call a 'pirogue.'"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Sword on the mantel?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sword" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:15                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword is slightly curved and so was probably a cavalry officer's
Floyd | saber.  The date of manufacture is on the hilt: 1810.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the cavalry saber in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The pirogue bed doesn't look particularly comfortable, but it
Floyd | certainly fits the room's theme.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a lovely mural, with its cypress trees and Spanish moss, plus
Floyd | sunlight glinting off the water.  It almost makes you feel like you're
Floyd | there, in the middle of the bayou.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moss" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MOSS
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spanish moss hangs down into the water in places.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The cypress trees in the mural are covered with Spanish moss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x water" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunlight glints off the water in the mural.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glint" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GLINT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing, at least as described.  Or maybe that's
Floyd | just not something you need to refer to in order to earn lots of cash
Floyd | on Antique Escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "West? Unless we want to try out the bed."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		wordsmith asks, "Search it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                    6:45                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing in the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "west?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Jackson Bedroom
Floyd | A mural depicting Andrew Jackson leading his troops during battle
Floyd | extends around all four sides of this room.   A king-sized bed
Floyd | features prominently here as well.  A doorway leads south, and another
Floyd | leads east to the bayou room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A copy of The Awakening is lying on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This was the first bedroom to be decorated in a theme after Sugarlawn
Floyd | was restored in the 1950s," Terri says.  "Andrew Jackson had actually
Floyd | slept in this room once, and the new owners wanted to commemorate
Floyd | that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The mural shows the Battle of New Orleans in January of 1815, in
Floyd | which Jackson handily defeated a much larger British force," continues
Floyd | Terri.  "Ironically, the peace treaty ending the War of 1812 had been
Floyd | signed less than a month before, but the news hadn't reached New
Floyd | Orleans yet.  With the exception of the British capture of a fort
Floyd | outside of Mobile a few weeks later, the Battle of New Orleans was the
Floyd | last time American and British forces faced each other on opposite
Floyd | sides of a military conflict."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I question the choices of bedroom murals."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The mural depicts Jackson leading American soldiers during the Battle
Floyd | of New Orleans.  Jackson is riding a horse and brandishing a sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jackson" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKSON
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Jackson mural)
Floyd | The mural depicts Jackson leading American soldiers during the Battle
Floyd | of New Orleans.  Jackson is riding a horse and brandishing a sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is Andrew Jackson's mount in the mural.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jackson's sword" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACKSON'S SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | The sword in the mural looks like an early nineteenth-century sword.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a king-sized bed; it's almost as wide as it is long.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the king-sized bed is The Awakening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x awakening" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AWAKENING
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a rare first edition of Kate Chopin's novel The
Floyd | Awakening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:15                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place The Awakening in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:30                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the book and read the first couple of paragraphs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door,
Floyd | kept repeating over and over: 'Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi!
Floyd | That's all right!'
Floyd |
Floyd | "He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody
Floyd | understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side
Floyd | of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with
Floyd | maddening persistence."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pretty faint, but the first "l" and the "w" in "yellow" have been
Floyd | lightly circled with a pencil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Any idea why LW would be circled?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Parts of the Gold Catfish word?"
		DavidW says, "Doubtful unless there's some instruction on how to assemble the word from parts."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:45                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing underneath the bed - not even dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom               7:30                Exits: S E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Jackson Bedroom
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I think we're done here. South?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Hall             7:45                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Hall
Floyd | This is the west end of the second floor hallway.  A closed door is to
Floyd | the west, while the Jackson bedroom beckons to the north, and another
Floyd | room lies south.  In addition, the hallway continues east, back toward
Floyd | the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old voodoo doll is lying on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The Power of Voodoo."
		wordsmith asks, "A thought... if you read a book again, does it read more paragraphs/verses?"
		DavidW says, "who do? you do."
		DavidW says (to wordsmith), "Tried that with the Bible."
		Knight_Otu says, "Do what? Remind me of the girl."
		DavidW asks, "The girl?"
		wordsmith says, "OK."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x doll" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Hall             7:45                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOLL
Floyd |
Floyd | This old voodoo doll depicts what appears to be an antebellum
Floyd | plantation owner.  It's made out of rags.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Quote from the movie labyrinth."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take doll" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Hall             8:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOLL
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the old voodoo doll in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Front Balcony                 8:15                Exits: E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Front Balcony
Floyd | This balcony overlooks the beautifully-maintained front lawn, which
Floyd | slopes down to Bayou Lafourche off to the west.  An open door leads
Floyd | east, back to the second floor hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd | A jeweled duck figurine has been left on the balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well, here's our second way out, I suppose."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe, though I'm sceptical."
		DavidW says, "Assuming people in chicken costumes can jump off balconies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x duck" 		

Floyd ]  Front Balcony                 8:15                Exits: E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty sure the duck figurine is supposed to be a mallard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take duck" 		

Floyd ]  Front Balcony                 8:30                Exits: E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the jeweled duck figurine in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lawn" 		

Floyd ]  Front Balcony                 8:30                Exits: E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAWN
Floyd |
Floyd | The front lawn is, unsurprisingly, immaculately-kept.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No secret message in the lawn that's only visible at this angle."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bayou" 		

Floyd ]  Front Balcony                 8:30                Exits: E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAYOU
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, you can't see much of Bayou Lafourche from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Front Balcony                 8:30                Exits: E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door stands wide open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Doug arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Hall             8:45                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Hall
Floyd | This is the west end of the second floor hallway.  An open door leads
Floyd | west to the front balcony, while the Jackson bedroom beckons to the
Floyd | north, and another room lies south.  In addition, the hallway
Floyd | continues east, back toward the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Magnolia Room
Floyd | Graceful magnolia trees have been painted on all four walls of this
Floyd | room, their branches entertwining on the ceiling.  A large,
Floyd | cream-colored bed occupies much of the room.  One doorway leads north
Floyd | to the second floor hallway, while another leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old model of a steamboat has been left on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This room honors Louisiana's state flower, the Southern magnolia.
Floyd | The magnolia is Mississippi's state flower as well," says Terri.
Floyd | "Magnolia blossoms are known for their rich fragrance, and the trees
Floyd | themselves can be lots of fun for kids to climb."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Taleslinger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Taleslinger has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | These are lovely depictions of magnolia trees in full blossom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The cream-colored bed is the same shade as the magnolia blossoms on
Floyd | the walls.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the cream-colored bed is a model steamboat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a detailed model of an old paddle-wheel steamboat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take boat" 		

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:15                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the model steamboat in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:30                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing underneath the bed - not even dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Magnolia Room                 9:15                Exits: N E
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Magnolia Room
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "east?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | River Room
Floyd | A white paddle steamer chugs its way down the middle of the
Floyd | Mississippi River in the mural that covers one wall of this room.  A
Floyd | deep blue bed sits against the opposite wall.  One exit is north to
Floyd | the second floor stair hall, while another leads west to the magnolia
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A belt is lying on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Mississippi River dominates Louisiana, both historically and
Floyd | geographically," says Terri.  "This bedroom honors the 'The Father of
Floyd | Waters.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "The color of the bed is either ironic or wishful thinking," Terri
Floyd | adds, "since much of the Mississippi is actually a muddy brown."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mural" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MURAL
Floyd |
Floyd | This mural depicts a curve of the Mississippi River as it winds its
Floyd | way past a high bluff and a bank of pine trees.  In the foreground, a
Floyd | paddle steamboat chugs its way down the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x steamboat" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STEAMBOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a detailed model of an old paddle-wheel steamboat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | This bed is a deep blue.  It looks quite inviting.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the blue bed is a belt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x belt" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BELT
Floyd |
Floyd | This belt appears to be made from alligator skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Steamboat goes here, belt to bayou, sword to general room?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, maybe. I hadn't quite worked it out, but it seems likely."
		wordsmith says, "I like that logic."
		DavidW asks, "The alligator belt wouldn't go in the canoe, though, right?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Not sure now."
wordsmith goes home. 		DavidW asks, "And would the sword go on Jackson's bed or just in Jackson's room? Or does it matter?"
		Knight_Otu says, "The about said that the target locations are rooms or outside spaces, so I guess it doesn't matter."
		DavidW asks, "hm. Also, how long should we wait for wordsmith to return?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "A few minutes?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
DavidW clears the save counter. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | > SAVE"I've noted this spot on the film," Terri says.  "If you want to
Floyd | retape from this location just RESTORE."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Part of me likes that the meta commands are flavored as filming tricks. The other part of me feels like a cheater through that."
		DavidW says, "hm. There's also an east exit from Second Floor Stair Hall. Should see if there's a duck pond in there."
		DavidW says, "I'll go visit the bathroom. If wordsmith isn't here when I get back, we'll continue."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
wordsmith arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		wordsmith says, "Sorry, lost connectivity."
		Knight_Otu says, "It happens. David's taking a break right now."
		Roger says, "recap a few"
		wordsmith says, "Last I saw, we were musing over potential target locations."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | River Room
Floyd | A white paddle steamer chugs its way down the middle of the
Floyd | Mississippi River in the mural that covers one wall of this room.  A
Floyd | deep blue bed sits against the opposite wall.  One exit is north to
Floyd | the second floor stair hall, while another leads west to the magnolia
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A belt is lying on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a family Bible
Floyd |   a large sack, containing
Floyd |     a model steamboat
Floyd |     a jeweled duck figurine
Floyd |     an old voodoo doll
Floyd |     The Awakening
Floyd |     a cavalry saber
Floyd |     a jeweled peach
Floyd |     an orange mask
Floyd |     a strand of red beads
Floyd |   a chicken costume (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "So it seems like the Mardi Gras outfit is likely the way to get the second cash prize (the first being leaving via the front door)."
		DavidW says, "ah, yay, you're back"
		DavidW says, "okay, the plan was to drop the boat model here, check out the east end of the hall, put the belt in the bayou room and the saber in Jackson's."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, internet went out, had to restart my router. It's been flaky lately."
		DavidW says, "Then pop down to the foyer to see if we did a good thing or not."
		wordsmith says, "That all sounds good to me. I like the logic of alligator belongs in the bayou."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop boat" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                    9:45                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (the model steamboat)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall      10:00                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  The bayou
Floyd | and river rooms lie to the north and south, respectively, while the
Floyd | hallway continues west.  A closed door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Twenty minutes left!" says Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear Balcony
Floyd | From the mansion's rear balcony you have a view of the lawn to the
Floyd | east, where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  An open door
Floyd | is to the west, leading to the second floor stair hall, and some
Floyd | stairs lead down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stuffed armadillo is here, keeping watch over the back lawn.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small glass case sits next to the armadillo.  In the glass case is a
Floyd | diamond ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Maybe duck belongs outside?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "I didn't expect a second stairway here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ring" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RING
Floyd |
Floyd | The diamond ring looks old and is clearly quite valuable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The glass case is closed.  However, "Speak the five door codes to
Floyd | unlock the case" is written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the glass case is a diamond ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I haven't been examining the doors much."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x armadillo" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARMADILLO
Floyd |
Floyd | A fine specimen of Louisiana taxidermy, this stuffed armadillo looks
Floyd | at you almost insolently, as if daring you to run over it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oak" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OAK
Floyd |
Floyd | The live oak's size and age give it a kind of majesty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gazebo" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAZEBO
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to see much of the gazebo from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stairs" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:15                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | These steps lead down to the back porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take armadillo" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 10:30                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ARMADILLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the stuffed armadillo in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall      10:45                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  The bayou
Floyd | and river rooms lie to the north and south, respectively, while the
Floyd | hallway continues west.  An open door leads east, to the rear balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                   11:00                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bayou Room
Floyd | Late afternoon light, filtering through cypress trees hung with
Floyd | Spanish moss, glances off the water in the mural that covers the walls
Floyd | and ceiling of this room.  A narrow bed in the shape of a pirogue
Floyd | seems almost to float on the bayou.  Exits are south to the second
Floyd | floor stair hall, as well as west to the Jackson bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop belt" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                   11:00                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BELT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing, at least as described.  Or maybe that's
Floyd | just not something you need to refer to in order to earn lots of cash
Floyd | on Antique Escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. I guess we failed to get the belt."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall      11:15                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  The bayou
Floyd | and river rooms lie to the north and south, respectively, while the
Floyd | hallway continues west.  An open door leads east, to the rear balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                   11:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | River Room
Floyd | A white paddle steamer chugs its way down the middle of the
Floyd | Mississippi River in the mural that covers one wall of this room.  A
Floyd | deep blue bed sits against the opposite wall.  One exit is north to
Floyd | the second floor stair hall, while another leads west to the magnolia
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A belt is lying on the bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a model steamboat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take belt" 		

Floyd ]  River Room                   11:45                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BELT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the alligator-skin belt in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall      12:00                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  The bayou
Floyd | and river rooms lie to the north and south, respectively, while the
Floyd | hallway continues west.  An open door leads east, to the rear balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                   12:15                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bayou Room
Floyd | Late afternoon light, filtering through cypress trees hung with
Floyd | Spanish moss, glances off the water in the mural that covers the walls
Floyd | and ceiling of this room.  A narrow bed in the shape of a pirogue
Floyd | seems almost to float on the bayou.  Exits are south to the second
Floyd | floor stair hall, as well as west to the Jackson bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop belt" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                   12:30                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BELT
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom              12:45                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Jackson Bedroom
Floyd | A mural depicting Andrew Jackson leading his troops during battle
Floyd | extends around all four sides of this room.   A king-sized bed
Floyd | features prominently here as well.  A doorway leads south to the
Floyd | second floor hallway, and another leads east to the bayou room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop sword" 		

Floyd ]  Jackson Bedroom              13:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SWORD
Floyd |
Floyd | (the cavalry saber)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bayou Room                   13:15                Exits: S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bayou Room
Floyd | Late afternoon light, filtering through cypress trees hung with
Floyd | Spanish moss, glances off the water in the mural that covers the walls
Floyd | and ceiling of this room.  A narrow bed in the shape of a pirogue
Floyd | seems almost to float on the bayou.  Exits are south to the second
Floyd | floor stair hall, as well as west to the Jackson bedroom.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an alligator-skin belt here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall      13:30                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  The bayou
Floyd | and river rooms lie to the north and south, respectively, while the
Floyd | hallway continues west.  An open door leads east, to the rear balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                   13:45                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, what looks like the back door to the mansion is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        14:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, the parlor is north, and
Floyd | the library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Congratulations!" Terri says.  "Now the stuffed armadillo, The
Floyd | Awakening, the jeweled duck figurine, and the old voodoo doll
Floyd | count as collected."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have also placed three valuables in their target locations so
Floyd | far," she adds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nice."
		DavidW says, "So we were right about the boat model, saber, and belt."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Foyer                        14:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | > SAVE"I've noted this spot on the film," Terri says.  "If you want to
Floyd | retape from this location just RESTORE."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We have a choice: see the back porch and yard ... or go up to the third floor?"
		wordsmith says, "I vote porch and yard and gazebo."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "agreed"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                   14:15                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, what looks like the back door to the mansion is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Second Floor Stair Hall      14:30                Exits: N S E W U D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Second Floor Stair Hall
Floyd | The grand staircase coming up from the main floor ends here, while a
Floyd | smaller staircase allows access to the third floor above.  The bayou
Floyd | and river rooms lie to the north and south, respectively, while the
Floyd | hallway continues west.  An open door leads east, to the rear balcony.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 14:45                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear Balcony
Floyd | From the mansion's rear balcony you have a view of the lawn to the
Floyd | east, where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  An open door
Floyd | is to the west, leading to the second floor stair hall, and some
Floyd | stairs lead down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small glass case sits on the floor here.  In the glass case is a
Floyd | diamond ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   15:00                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Porch
Floyd | The back porch of the mansion looks out over the lawn to the east,
Floyd | where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  The rear door leads
Floyd | west to the downstairs hall, and a set of wooden stairs will take you
Floyd | to the rear balcony.  A gravel path leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue feather boa is lying on the porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You've used up half of your thirty minutes!" says Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Another part of our colourful Mardi Gras outfit, I bet."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x boa" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   15:00                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOA
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be made from actual ostrich feathers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   15:15                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the blue feather boa in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   15:15                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The back door appears to be locked.  It looks like it could be
Floyd | unlocked with either a voice code or a key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Voice code. Okay."
		DavidW says, "I should be looking at doors more often."
		DavidW says, "I was wondering if we could unlock it from this side without a key, but I guess not."
		DavidW asks, "South or east?"
		DavidW says, "I vote east."
Knight_Otu East first? 		Knight_Otu asks, "East first?"
		wordsmith exclaims, "Check!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gazebo
Floyd | An ancient live oak spreads over much of this part of the back lawn,
Floyd | providing shade for a ruined gazebo.  Some of the oak's branches are
Floyd | low enough that you might be able to climb partway up it.  Immediately
Floyd | east of the gazebo is a wooden fence, effectively forming the boundary
Floyd | of the back lawn.  The mansion lies across the lawn to the west, while
Floyd | a gate in the fence allows access to the sugar cane fields beyond and
Floyd | another, much smaller, building.
Floyd |
Floyd | A brass trumpet has been left in the gazebo.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see an old iron key and a note here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sugarlawn's mansion and gazebo were partially burned by Union
Floyd | soldiers during the Civil War.  When the twentieth-century owners
Floyd | restored the mansion they decided to leave the gazebo as it was, as a
Floyd | reminder of the damage and costs of the war," says Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Yea, a key!"
		wordsmith says, "Here is where the chicken costume will hamper us: "...you might be able to climb...""
		DavidW says, "heh. We'll see."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | The trumpet looks quite tarnished.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, maybe, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x key" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | The old iron key is labeled "back door."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | The note reads, "Speak two of the voice codes to unlock the back
Floyd | gate."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oak" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OAK
Floyd |
Floyd | This majestic oak must be nearly two centuries old.  You might be able
Floyd | to climb partway up the oak, if you weren't wearing the chicken
Floyd | costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gate" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | The gate has no keyhole.  It appears to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see much of it from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gazebo" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:30                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAZEBO
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden gazebo has been partially burnt and left to fall into ruin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take trumpet and key" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       15:45                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TRUMPET AND KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | brass trumpet: You place the brass trumpet in the sack.
Floyd | back door key: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "x up"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x up" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       16:00                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The gazebo's ceiling is falling into ruin, but there's enough left to
Floyd | keep the gazebo dry on rainy days.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "interesting. I wasn't sure if that would work."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I was surprised..."
		DavidW asks, "Should we attempt going up? Or try removing the costume?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Considering how rare ceilings are in IF, yeah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Both?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       16:15                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Some of the oak's branches may be low to the ground, but you'll never
Floyd | manage the climb while wearing that chicken costume.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       16:00                Exits: E W U
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Gazebo
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove costume" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       16:15                Exits: E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE COSTUME
Floyd |
Floyd | You start to, but then you remind yourself that (a) you're not wearing
Floyd | much underneath the chicken costume, and (b) Terri and the entire
Floyd | technical crew are watching you via video camera.  Best not.
Floyd |
Floyd | Besides, your reputation doesn't need another hit - not after the
Floyd | unfortunate incident with the pistachio pudding that went viral last
Floyd | year.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Gazebo                       16:00                Exits: E W U
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Gazebo
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "It was worth a try."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we need our mardi gras costume first."
		wordsmith says, "Right."
		DavidW says, "oh, maybe there's a changing room too."
		DavidW says, "and yeah, that sounds good."
		DavidW says, "Still want to know about the pudding incident."
		wordsmith says, "After we are done exploring outdoors, we can unlock the back door, then put the iron key in the mahogany box in the foyer. And hopefully get another key."
		DavidW says, "yes"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   16:15                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Porch
Floyd | The back porch of the mansion looks out over the lawn to the east,
Floyd | where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  The rear door leads
Floyd | west to the downstairs hall, and a set of wooden stairs will take you
Floyd | to the rear balcony.  A gravel path leads south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  16:30                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravel path here is fairly long, although you soon find yourself
Floyd | in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Iris Garden
Floyd | A gravel path meanders between flower beds filled with delicate purple
Floyd | irises here.  The path extends north to the back porch, as well as
Floyd | west.  A door to the south leads into the manor proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The flowers here are Louisiana irises.  They're the official state
Floyd | wildflower," says Terri.  "As you can see, though, they don't just
Floyd | grow wild; they can also be cultivated in gardens like this one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x irises" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  16:30                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IRISES
Floyd |
Floyd | There must be hundreds of these gorgeous purple irises in the flower
Floyd | beds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gravel" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  16:30                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The path leads north to the back porch, as well as west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "West or south?"
		DavidW asks, "Also, search irises?"
		wordsmith says, "Sure. Then south."
		Knight_Otu says, "We could search, I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search irises" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  16:45                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IRISES
Floyd |
Floyd | A cursory glance turns up nothing hidden among the irises.  A more
Floyd | careful search, though, would probably damage them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmph."
		DavidW asks, "Do we need a metal detector, then?"
		DavidW says, "(or a lawn mower)"
		Knight_Otu says, "I wouldn't count on getting one."
		wordsmith says, "I just think it's an elegant way to say, 'You've found what you can.'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  17:00                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd | The door is locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  17:00                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door appears to be locked.  It looks like it could be unlocked
Floyd | with either a voice code or a key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  17:00                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing, at least as described.  Or maybe that's
Floyd | just not something you need to refer to in order to earn lots of cash
Floyd | on Antique Escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x manor" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  17:00                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing, at least as described.  Or maybe that's
Floyd | just not something you need to refer to in order to earn lots of cash
Floyd | on Antique Escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  South Courtyard              17:15                Exits: E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Courtyard
Floyd | This small, cement courtyard lies between the main part of the mansion
Floyd | and its south wing.  A path east leads to the iris garden, while a
Floyd | door west leads into the mansion.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old cathedral-style radio is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Mhm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  South Courtyard              17:15                Exits: E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door appears to be locked.  It looks like it could be unlocked
Floyd | with either a voice code or a key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x radio" 		

Floyd ]  South Courtyard              17:15                Exits: E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | This is one of those cathedral-style radios, with a rectangular base
Floyd | and a rounded top.  It looks like you could turn it on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" 		

Floyd ]  South Courtyard              17:30                Exits: E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn on the radio.  An accordion/bagpipe duet is being played.
Floyd | Very badly.  And at a shockingly-high decibel level.  Cringing at the
Floyd | sound, and fearing a subsequent loss of hearing, you turn the radio
Floyd | off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		DavidW says, "That might be helpful to break a glass wall somewhere."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, true."
		Knight_Otu says, "Like the glass case on the balcony."
		wordsmith says, "Good idea."
		DavidW says, "oh, I doubt it's that, but it's worth trying"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take radio" 		

Floyd ]  South Courtyard              17:45                Exits: E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the cathedral radio in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  18:00                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Iris Garden
Floyd | A gravel path meanders between flower beds filled with delicate purple
Floyd | irises here.  The path extends north to the back porch, as well as
Floyd | west to the south courtyard.  A door to the south leads into the manor
Floyd | proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   18:15                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravel path here is fairly long, although you soon find yourself
Floyd | back at the...
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Porch
Floyd | The back porch of the mansion looks out over the lawn to the east,
Floyd | where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  The rear door leads
Floyd | west to the downstairs hall, and a set of wooden stairs will take you
Floyd | to the rear balcony.  A gravel path leads south to the iris garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   18:30                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the back door manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 18:45                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear Balcony
Floyd | From the mansion's rear balcony you have a view of the lawn to the
Floyd | east, where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  An open door
Floyd | is to the west, leading to the second floor stair hall, and some
Floyd | stairs will take you down to the back porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small glass case sits on the floor here.  In the glass case is a
Floyd | diamond ring.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on radio" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 19:00                Exits: W D
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON RADIO
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn on the radio.  The awful accordion/bagpipe duet is still
Floyd | being played at an ear-splitting volume.  You turn the radio off once
Floyd | more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Rear Balcony                 18:45                Exits: W D
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rear Balcony
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Not this one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   18:30                Exits: S E W U
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Porch
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                   18:45                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the back door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, the door to the east leads to the back porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        19:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, the parlor is north, and
Floyd | the library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Congratulations!" Terri says.  "Now the blue feather boa, the brass
Floyd | trumpet, and the cathedral radio count as collected."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have also placed three valuables in their target locations so
Floyd | far," she adds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        19:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | This mahogany box - while attractive - looks too modern for a
Floyd | nineteenth-century home.  In the top of the box is a small, key-sized
Floyd | hole.  The front panel of the box reads, "Give a key; take a key."
Floyd | Underneath is a display that says:
Floyd |   Storage Key
Floyd |   Pantry Key
Floyd |   South Wing Key
Floyd |   North Wing Key
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A pretty huge place for a 30 minute escape."
		DavidW asks, "Which key do we want to trade this one for? I assume one of the wing keys?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably, yes."
		wordsmith says, "Seems like it's impossible to get all the points, but it's an optimization problem."
		Knight_Otu says, "Like Verdeterre's Plunder."
		DavidW says, "yeah, it's like Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, that way."
		wordsmith says, "Yep."
		DavidW asks, "Terri, are you a rat?"
		wordsmith says, "hee hee"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Verde-Terri?"
		DavidW says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put key in box" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        19:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the back door key into the keyhole.  There is a whirring
Floyd | noise from inside the box, the display changes, and out pops the
Floyd | storage key.  You take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw man."
		DavidW says, "oh. We don't get to pick."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        19:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | This mahogany box - while attractive - looks too modern for a
Floyd | nineteenth-century home.  In the top of the box is a small, key-sized
Floyd | hole.  The front panel of the box reads, "Give a key; take a key."
Floyd | Underneath is a display that says:
Floyd |   Pantry Key
Floyd |   South Wing Key
Floyd |   North Wing Key
Floyd |   Back Door Key
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, we kind of do, but have to take a turn for each."
		wordsmith exclaims, "It seems like you get the keys in order. But can cycle through!"
		wordsmith says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "oh I see. We can put this key in to get the next."
		DavidW says, "I have no idea where the storage room is."
		wordsmith says, "I don't, either."
		DavidW says, "We did see the pantry, though."
		wordsmith says, "True."
		Knight_Otu says, "Neither do I. I really should have followed my instinct to map."
		DavidW says, "I've been mapping"
		wordsmith says, "So, exchange for the pantry key and try it? Then I think pop up to the third floor."
		DavidW says, "I'm wondering if we start fiddling with keys, we might never get to the third floor."
		DavidW says, "But I want a key too."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put key in box" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        19:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the storage key into the keyhole.  There is a whirring
Floyd | noise from inside the box, the display changes, and out pops the
Floyd | pantry key.  You take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Parlor                       19:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parlor
Floyd | An antique sofa sits against the wall in this stylish parlor.  Near it
Floyd | hangs a life-sized, framed portrait.  The foyer is south, a doorway
Floyd | leads east to the dining room, and there is a door to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                  20:00                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | Someone has scrawled a message across the mahogany dining table in the
Floyd | center of this room.  Doorways lead west to the parlor and south to
Floyd | the stair hall.  The pantry lies east.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have ten minutes remaining!" says Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "At least it's a key we can use."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                       20:15                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This small room features a sideboard - but little else.  The dining
Floyd | room is to the west, and a door north leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Pantry                       20:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the door manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Breezeway                    20:45                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Breezeway
Floyd | You are standing in a long, open-air breezeway that runs from a brick
Floyd | courtyard to the west to a small, detached building to the east.  In
Floyd | addition, doors to the north and south grant access to the north wing
Floyd | and the pantry, respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "which way?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "East first?"
		wordsmith says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:00                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Sugarlawn's kitchen features a large butcher block and a brick oven.
Floyd | The exit is west, back to the breezeway.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small embroidery sampler is lying on the butcher block.
Floyd |
Floyd | "As with many antebellum Southern homes, the kitchen here at Sugarlawn
Floyd | was in a detached building," says Terri.  "You didn't want a large
Floyd | source of heat and odors too close to the main house, especially
Floyd | during a sweltering Louisiana summer."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sampler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:00                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAMPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | This sampler depicts a woman sewing while rocking in a chair.  The
Floyd | sampler looks quite old.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Did we see a rocking chair?"
		DavidW says, "We saw a rocking chair, yes."
		wordsmith says, "Cool."
		DavidW says, "Sitting Room, I think"
		Roger says, "that's not how samplers work </morbo>"
		DavidW asks, "Samplers are usually alphabets, right?"
		Roger says, "very often, or (essentially) wingdings"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sampler" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:15                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SAMPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the embroidery sampler in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:15                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Gazing at this sizable brick oven, it's easy to imagine the day's soup
Floyd | cooking over a roaring fire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:15                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The large number of marks on this butcher block indicate that it must
Floyd | have been used for a variety of food preparation activities, not just
Floyd | chopping meat and cutting vegetables.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:30                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | In a sense the brick oven is already open.  At any rate, you're not
Floyd | going to be able to open it further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:15                Exits: W
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take block" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:30                Exits: W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can just carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                      21:15                Exits: W
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Back to breezeway? This kitchen has no other exits."
		wordsmith says, "Time check... I need to drop off soon. And I will miss next Sunday's session due to travel."
		wordsmith says, "I am fine with y'all continuing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Understood."
		DavidW says, "okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Breezeway                    21:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Breezeway
Floyd | You are standing in a long, open-air breezeway that runs from a brick
Floyd | courtyard to the west to the kitchen to the east.  In addition, doors
Floyd | to the north and south grant access to the north wing and the pantry,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North Courtyard              21:45                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Courtyard
Floyd | This small, brick courtyard lies between the main part of the mansion
Floyd | and its north wing.  There is a breezeway to the east, and a closed
Floyd | door leads north into the north wing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A golden iris has been left here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess Breezeway and then... right."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, the iris is an obvious one."
Iria arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		DavidW says, "Yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take iris" 		

Floyd ]  North Courtyard              22:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the golden iris in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x iris" 		

Floyd ]  North Courtyard              22:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | The details on the iris are exquisite.  If it's not a real iris dipped
Floyd | in gold then it must have been crafted by a very talented goldsmith.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hi Iria. Just in time for a golden iris."
		Roger says, "just the sort of thing to throw into a sack"
		DavidW asks, "We have so little time on the clock. Iris to Iris Garden, Sampler to Sitting Room, back to the foyer for north wing key?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Breezeway                    22:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Breezeway
Floyd | You are standing in a long, open-air breezeway that runs from a brick
Floyd | courtyard to the west to the kitchen to the east.  In addition, doors
Floyd | to the north and south grant access to the north wing and the pantry,
Floyd | respectively.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pantry                       22:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pantry
Floyd | This small room features a sideboard - but little else.  The dining
Floyd | room is to the west, and a door north leads to the breezeway outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room                  22:45                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | Someone has scrawled a message across the mahogany dining table in the
Floyd | center of this room.  Doorways lead west to the parlor and south to
Floyd | the stair hall.  The pantry lies east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                   23:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, the door to the east leads to the back porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                 23:15                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting Room
Floyd | This cozy room features a writing table and a rocking chair.  There is
Floyd | also a fireplace, with a mantel above it, in the south wall.  A
Floyd | doorway leads north to the stair hall, and another doorway allows
Floyd | access to the library to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop sampler" 		

Floyd ]  Sitting Room                 23:30                Exits: N W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP SAMPLER
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                   23:45                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, the door to the east leads to the back porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   24:00                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Porch
Floyd | The back porch of the mansion looks out over the lawn to the east,
Floyd | where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  The rear door leads
Floyd | west to the downstairs hall, and a set of wooden stairs will take you
Floyd | to the rear balcony.  A gravel path leads south to the iris garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  24:15                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravel path here is fairly long, although you soon find yourself
Floyd | back in...
Floyd |
Floyd | Iris Garden
Floyd | A gravel path meanders between flower beds filled with delicate purple
Floyd | irises here.  The path extends north to the back porch, as well as
Floyd | west to the south courtyard.  A door to the south leads into the manor
Floyd | proper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop iris" 		

Floyd ]  Iris Garden                  24:30                Exits: N S W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP IRIS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the golden iris)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back Porch                   24:45                Exits: S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The gravel path here is fairly long, although you soon find yourself
Floyd | back at the...
Floyd |
Floyd | Back Porch
Floyd | The back porch of the mansion looks out over the lawn to the east,
Floyd | where you can see a live oak sheltering a gazebo.  The rear door leads
Floyd | west to the downstairs hall, and a set of wooden stairs will take you
Floyd | to the rear balcony.  A gravel path leads south to the iris garden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Stair Hall                   25:00                Exits: N S E W U
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stair Hall
Floyd | The most notable feature of this end of the main hall of Sugarlawn is
Floyd | the grand staircase ascending to the second floor.  Almost as an
Floyd | afterthought, there is a side table standing against the wall.  The
Floyd | hall continues west to the foyer, a doorway leads north to the dining
Floyd | room, and there is a second doorway south to the sitting room.
Floyd | Finally, the door to the east leads to the back porch.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small key is locked to the side table with an antique combination
Floyd | lock.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only five minutes left!" says Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        25:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, the parlor is north, and
Floyd | the library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So far, you have placed five valuables in their target locations,"
Floyd | notes Terri.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So we got those right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put key in box" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        25:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT KEY IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You insert the pantry key into the keyhole.  There is a whirring noise
Floyd | from inside the box, the display changes, and out pops the south wing
Floyd | key.  You take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Library                      25:45                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | The walls of this elegant room are lined with built-in bookshelves,
Floyd | although all of the books have been temporarily removed.  A motto
Floyd | hangs on the wall.  The foyer lies to the north, the sitting room is
Floyd | east, and there is a door to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old flag has been tossed in a corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small glass case sits near one of the bookshelves.  In the glass
Floyd | case is a golden catfish statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Library                      26:00                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the door manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                26:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door)
Floyd |
Floyd | South Passage
Floyd | This passage connects the south wing to the central portion of the
Floyd | mansion.  The library is to the north, and a doorway leads west.  The
Floyd | passage continues south, and a second door east leads outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock east door with key" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                26:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK EAST DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the east door manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x east door" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                26:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EAST DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The east door is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x library door" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                26:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIBRARY DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing, at least as described.  Or maybe that's
Floyd | just not something you need to refer to in order to earn lots of cash
Floyd | on Antique Escapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x north door" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                26:30                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NORTH DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The north door stands wide open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "West or south?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd say west."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Colonial Room                26:45                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Colonial Room
Floyd | This room appears to be dedicated to Louisiana's colonial period and
Floyd | is dominated by a large map hanging on the wall.  A doorway leads east
Floyd | to the south passage, while another doorway lies to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a glass bottle on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We're not entirely certain of the original purpose of this room,"
Floyd | Terri says, "although, given the family chapel to the south, it may
Floyd | have served some sort of religious function.  However, as you can see,
Floyd | the current owner has dedicated the room to showcasing Louisiana's
Floyd | colonial period.  Louisiana, of course, was founded by the French, but
Floyd | Spain controlled it for many years.  Parts of Louisiana were even
Floyd | owned - for a time - by Great Britain.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The map on the wall shows French Louisiana as it was in 1763, just
Floyd | before France was forced to cede Louisiana to Spain as a result of its
Floyd | defeat during the Seven Years' War."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Chapel must be where the Bible goes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x map" 		

Floyd ]  Colonial Room                26:45                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAP
Floyd |
Floyd | This old map of Louisiana is dated 1763 and features several towns and
Floyd | settlements from that era.  The map is firmly attached to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Colonial Room                26:45                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an old wine bottle.  The glass is an interesting dark green
Floyd | color.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Part of me is seriously wondering if that bottle is part of the mardi gras costume."
		Knight_Otu says, "It would be odd... but who knows."
		DavidW says, "I also wonder if we can look up places on this map. I haven't been paying serious attention to the history recitations."
		DavidW asks, "Anyone know any place names in Louisiana off the top of their head?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nope."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Colonial Room                27:00                Exits: S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the glass bottle in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       27:15                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Chapel
Floyd | A marble altar stands near the west end of this small chapel.  A
Floyd | doorway leads north to the colonial room, while a second doorway lies
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the altar is Interview with a Vampire.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was fairly common for plantation homes in the antebellum South to
Floyd | have their own chapel," says Terri, "although Sugarlawn is unusual in
Floyd | that its chapel is inside the main house rather than a separate
Floyd | structure on the grounds.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Another distinctive feature of this chapel is that it was originally
Floyd | Roman Catholic," Terri continues.  "While most churchgoing antebellum
Floyd | Southerners were Protestants, French and Spanish ownership of
Floyd | Louisiana during nearly all of its colonial period meant that there
Floyd | were a large number of Catholics in south Louisiana by the time of the
Floyd | Civil War.  That remains true even today."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We do need enough time to get back to the foyer, of course."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x vampire" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       27:15                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VAMPIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a signed first edition of Interview with a Vampire,
Floyd | the first book in Anne Rice's acclaimed Vampire Chronicles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Interview with a vampire, in the chapel."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       27:30                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the book and read the first paragraph.
Floyd |
Floyd | "‘I see...' said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked
Floyd | across
Floyd | the room towards the window.  For a long time he stood there against
Floyd | the dim light from Divisadero Street and the passing beams of traffic.
Floyd | The boy could see the furnishings of the room more clearly now, the
Floyd | round oak table, the chairs.  A wash basin hung on one wall with a
Floyd | mirror.  He set his brief case on the table and waited."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pretty faint, but the "a" and the "r" in "vampire" have been
Floyd | lightly circled with a pencil.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That's of a piece with the LW in yellow from the newspaper."
		DavidW says, "or whatever it was."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       27:30                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a south wing key
Floyd |   a family Bible
Floyd |   a large sack, containing
Floyd |     a glass bottle
Floyd |     a cathedral radio
Floyd |     a brass trumpet
Floyd |     a blue feather boa
Floyd |     a stuffed armadillo
Floyd |     a jeweled duck figurine
Floyd |     an old voodoo doll
Floyd |     The Awakening
Floyd |     a jeweled peach
Floyd |     an orange mask
Floyd |     a strand of red beads
Floyd |   a chicken costume (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The awakening."
		DavidW says, "ah, right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bible" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       27:45                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take vampire" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       28:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE VAMPIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place Interview with a Vampire in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just two minutes left!" says Terri.  "Make sure you take any
Floyd | uncollected items to their target locations or to the foyer!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]  Chapel                       28:00                Exits: N E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | This marble altar is plain, yet tasteful.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage at Corner      28:15                Exits: N E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Passage at Corner
Floyd | The passage turns a corner here, extending both north and east.  A
Floyd | doorway leads west to the chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden abacus has been left here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x abacus" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage at Corner      28:15                Exits: N E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ABACUS
Floyd |
Floyd | The abacus is made of a rich, red wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage at Corner      28:30                Exits: N E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the wooden abacus in the sack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                28:45                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Passage
Floyd | This passage connects the south wing to the central portion of the
Floyd | mansion.  The library is to the north, and a doorway leads west to the
Floyd | colonial room.  The passage continues south, and a second door east
Floyd | leads to a courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh wait. Never went east from that corner."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage at Corner      28:30                Exits: N E W
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | South Passage at Corner
Floyd | "All right," says Terri.  "We'll just record over that last thing you
Floyd | did."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  South Hall                   28:45                Exits: S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Hall
Floyd | The hallway here extends east and west.  There is a doorway to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ack. more decisions."
		Knight_Otu asks, "South seems more likely to be fruitful?"
		DavidW asks, "Should we just head back to the foyer with the abacus, bottle, and interview?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess. Time is short."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage at Corner      29:00                Exits: N E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Passage at Corner
Floyd | The passage turns a corner here, extending both north and east.  A
Floyd | doorway leads west to the chapel.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have only one minute left!" says Terri.  "Make sure your last few
Floyd | actions count!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South Passage                29:15                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Passage
Floyd | This passage connects the south wing to the central portion of the
Floyd | mansion.  The library is to the north, and a doorway leads west to the
Floyd | colonial room.  The passage continues south, and a second door east
Floyd | leads to a courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Library                      29:30                Exits: N S E
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | The walls of this elegant room are lined with built-in bookshelves,
Floyd | although all of the books have been temporarily removed.  A motto
Floyd | hangs on the wall.  The foyer lies to the north, the sitting room is
Floyd | east, and a door south leads to the south passage.
Floyd |
Floyd | An old flag has been tossed in a corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small glass case sits near one of the bookshelves.  In the glass
Floyd | case is a golden catfish statuette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        29:45                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | This is the foyer of Sugarlawn Plantation.  Most of the
Floyd | nineteenth-century furniture and decorations have been removed, but
Floyd | the gorgeous walnut floor and elaborate cornices testify to the
Floyd | mansion's opulence.  The front door of Sugarlawn is to the west.  The
Floyd | main hall on the ground floor continues east, the parlor is north, and
Floyd | the library is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A mahogany box sits somewhat incongruously on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Congratulations!" Terri says.  "Now the wooden abacus, the glass
Floyd | bottle, and Interview with a Vampire count as collected."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have also placed six valuables in their target locations so far,"
Floyd | she adds.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        30:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Time's up!" says Terri.  "Let's see how much you money you earned!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Your collected treasures were sold at a New Orleans auction, for a
Floyd | total of $5936:
Floyd | wooden abacus: bought by a math teacher from Coushatta, for $314,
Floyd | stuffed armadillo: sportsmen into taxidermy generally prefer their own
Floyd | kills; still, thanks to its high quality and general pulchritude, it
Floyd | sold for $301,
Floyd | The Awakening: purchased by Tulane University for its
Floyd | library's special collection, for $1899,
Floyd | strand of red beads: they turn out to be Mardi Gras beads dating from
Floyd | the 1930s; unfortunately, even vintage Mardi Gras beads are not that
Floyd | valuable, and they only bring $19,
Floyd | alligator-skin belt: made from genuine alligator leather, the belt
Floyd | goes to a man from Point a la Hache for $225,
Floyd | family Bible: they're surprisingly common, even ones as old as this;
Floyd | however, a collector did purchase it for $305,
Floyd | blue feather boa: after a brief bidding war between rival Cher
Floyd | impersonators, it eventually sold for $49,
Floyd | glass bottle: handcrafted and dating from the nineteenth century, it
Floyd | still only went for $34,
Floyd | brass trumpet: bought by a young man from Houma, as his first trumpet,
Floyd | for $239,
Floyd | jeweled duck figurine: sold to an avid duck hunter from West Monroe,
Floyd | for $215,
Floyd | embroidery sampler: after an expert dates it to the 1840s, it's bought
Floyd | by a retired woman from Winnsboro for $348,
Floyd | Interview with a Vampire: purchased by an agent of Faulkner
Floyd | House Books in New Orleans, for $666,
Floyd | golden iris: bought as a decoration by the LSU AgCenter Botanic
Floyd | Gardens, for $543,
Floyd | orange mask: sold to a young woman from Gross Tete, for $14,
Floyd | jeweled peach: it's covered in small cubic zirconia stones rather than
Floyd | diamonds, and it was bought by a Ruston man for only $25,
Floyd | cathedral radio: the radio dates from the 1930s, and it sold for $140,
Floyd | cavalry saber: after determining that it was used by a cavalry officer
Floyd | - but not Andrew Jackson - during the War of 1812, it was bought by
Floyd | the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport, for $415,
Floyd | model steamboat: purchased by the Mississippi Welcome Center in
Floyd | Vicksburg, for $139,
Floyd | old voodoo doll: it's not as old as it appears; still, Marie Laveau's
Floyd | apparently thought it had some resale value, as they bought it for
Floyd | $46.
Floyd |
Floyd | You also placed the following treasures in their target locations, for
Floyd | a total bonus of $2100:
Floyd | alligator-skin belt: Bayou Room, for $100,
Floyd | family Bible: Chapel, for $200,
Floyd | embroidery sampler: Sitting Room, for $300,
Floyd | golden iris: Iris Garden, for $400,
Floyd | cavalry saber: Jackson Bedroom, for $500,
Floyd | model steamboat: River Room, for $600.
Floyd |
Floyd | You picked up the following treasures but did not leave them in their
Floyd | target locations: the wooden abacus, the stuffed armadillo, The
Floyd | Awakening, the strand of red beads, the blue feather boa, the
Floyd | glass bottle, the brass trumpet, the jeweled duck figurine,
Floyd | Interview with a Vampire, the orange mask, the jeweled peach,
Floyd | the cathedral radio, and the old voodoo doll.
Floyd |
Floyd | You did not earn the secret bonus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You did not earn the escape bonus.
Floyd |
Floyd | *** Congratulations!  You took home $8036 from the "Sugarlawn"
Floyd | episode of Antique Escapes. *** 
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you want to try again, using what you've learned so far?" asks
Floyd | Terri.  "I bet you could do better than $8036; at least $10000
Floyd | wouldn't be too hard.  Besides, we get higher ratings the more cash we
Floyd | give away."  As you look at her questioningly, she laughs.  "Does it
Floyd | bother you that I'm letting you try again?  Don't tell me you believe
Floyd | that reality TV is actually real!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, UNDO the last command, check your HIGH
Floyd | SCORE so far, or see the extended CREDITS?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusing" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        30:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AMUSING
Floyd |
Floyd | Have you tried...
Floyd |  Dancing?
Floyd |  Singing?
Floyd |  Jumping?
Floyd |  Eating something?  Several times?
Floyd |  Climbing the fireplace?
Floyd |  Quacking?
Floyd |  Waking up?
Floyd |  Sleeping?
Floyd |  Flying?
Floyd |  Talking to an inanimate object?
Floyd |  Kissing an inanimate object?
Floyd |  Taking yourself?
Floyd |  Breaking a valuable?
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, UNDO the last command, check your HIGH
Floyd | SCORE so far, or see the extended CREDITS?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I thought of quacking, but didn't want to waste time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                        30:00                Exits: N S E W
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Sugarlawn is Copyright (c) 2019 by Michael Z. Spivey.  It may
Floyd | be distributed for free, but not sold or included in any for-profit
Floyd | collection without written permission from the author.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cover art: Madewood Plantation House photo by MSMcCarthy
Floyd | Photography.  Used with permission.
Floyd |
Floyd | Testing: Greg Frost, Bill Lindsay, Brian Rushton, Andrew
Floyd | Schultz, Daniel Spivey, Dannii Willis
Floyd |
Floyd | Technical assistance: Dannii Willis
Floyd |
Floyd | Inform 7: Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | Extensions to Inform 7: Eric Eve, Andrew Plotkin, Emily Short,
Floyd | Dannii Willis
Floyd |
Floyd | Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, by Ryan Veeder, was the direct
Floyd | inspiration for Sugarlawn's primary goal of collecting
Floyd | valuables under a time constraint.  Six Silver Bullets, by
Floyd | William Dooling, was also an inspiration in how it encourages players
Floyd | to gather information that can be used in subsequent playthroughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | The mansion in Sugarlawn is closely modeled on Woodlawn
Floyd | Plantation's mansion, which was also located in Napoleonville,
Floyd | Louisiana.  Woodlawn's mansion burned to the ground in 1962, but
Floyd | detailed floor plans can easily be found online.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you've enjoyed Sugarlawn, please let me know at
Floyd | mike.z.spivey@gmail.com.  I love hearing from players!  Bug reports
Floyd | are also greatly appreciated.  For hints, please ask at
Floyd | intfiction.org.
Floyd |
Floyd | I will also be maintaining a high score list.  If you would like to be
Floyd | included, please email me a transcript for verification purposes.  I
Floyd | will post the high score list after IFComp is over.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, see some suggestions
Floyd | for AMUSING things to do, QUIT, UNDO the last command, check your HIGH
Floyd | SCORE so far, or see the extended CREDITS?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hey, Verdeterre *was* inspiration for this game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Indeed."
		Knight_Otu says, "About two hours thirty. I'm not sure I have time for an optimized run."
		DavidW says, "It wouldn't be optimized. It'd be more exploration. We never saw all the south wing, none of the north wing, found none of the voice codes, never got fully upstairs."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Knight_Otu says, "Which only makes the time problem worse."
		DavidW says, "so, yeah, I think we should stop here for now. I haven't eaten anything and I should probably get food."
		Knight_Otu says, "You should do that, not just probably."
		Iria says, "I played this one during the IF Comp. Rather interesting."
		DavidW says, "I think I like this one better than Verdeterre, to be honest."
		DavidW says, "Less destructive, at any rate, so far."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not that we really tried to be destructive, but yeah, we probably can't be."
		DavidW says, "Except with that radio in the hall of fragile china, maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Secret of Vegibal Island by Ralf Tauscher
As played on ifMUD on December 8, 2019

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 Secret of Vegibal Island written by Ralf Tauscher. It won 77th place in the 2019 IFComp. 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 tsovi" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Interactor, please type "transcript" inside the game after it
Floyd | starts. It will then create a logfile, which I would like to receive
Floyd | afterwards. Lectrote is automatically doing savegames. And you will
Floyd | find the "cheat sheet" for common commands inside the help-menu (only
Floyd | available in the electron version, otherwise go to
Floyd | [LINK] and paper for
Floyd | mapping your journey will help. (start in the lower left)Deep in the
Floyd | west indies. The island of boredom. Just coming from the boat without
Floyd | puking, but still in a bad feeling. Your holidays starting for you to                                   1
Floyd | reach the state of total boredomness. (ver sept2019 ifcomp)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  The Secret of Vegibal Island
Floyd |
Floyd | First Act - "Slipped into Adventure"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | You arrived at a nice beach, sandy, sunny. Overwhelming, but even
Floyd | better to the west behind a fence with a gate seems to be the holiday
Floyd | resort. The bold fence is against the poor natives maybe. But no
Floyd | offence you are just imagining yourself there, at the bar, in the
Floyd | pool, on the beach. You even feel the taste of cocktails on your
Floyd | tongue. Mouthwatering it is. So you tend to go west. Into the
Floyd | northern directions it looks dark and full of ugly insects. Thats the
Floyd | reason you booked your kind of active-holidays to stay in your save
Floyd | resorts. Not too much contact to natives or even nature.  There is a
Floyd | guy behind a sewing machine. He seems to be focused at his work.
Floyd | Behind him is a wooden infoboard. To the south it opens right into the
Floyd | sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this a guy working here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "'There is this a guy'?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not a good start."
		DavidW says, "yeah, the English is really odd."
		DavidW says, "'To the south it opens right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Shiny. On your wrist you can see zero wristbands. You are wearing the
Floyd | rucksack and trousers and holding the towel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rucksack" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUCKSACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, a czech one. You can put all your stuff in it. It seems to have
Floyd | infinite space inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I like infinite pocket space."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trousers" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TROUSERS
Floyd |
Floyd | worn out, but extremly comfortable. Your holiday trousers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess they have bells on or something."
		DavidW says, "I have never heard of holiday trousers."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x towel" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | This is, what every adventurer needs. Further needed: A brass lantern.
Floyd | and maybe a rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think they mean christmas."
		DavidW asks, "oh, summer holidays, that sort of thing?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guy" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUY
Floyd |
Floyd | This beardy man with curly hair is sitting behind a sewing machine,
Floyd | stitching some cloth. He wears a name plate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x name plate" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAME PLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tim" is written on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x infoboard" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INFOBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is mostly manatee related stuff on this wooden panel and their
Floyd | bad situation of being nearly extinct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lounger" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Made out of bambus and looks comfy. It has a built in sunshade.
Floyd |
Floyd | MEANWHILE ...
Floyd |
Floyd |   far away a ship, a black freighter takes course to jamaika
Floyd | after escaping from madagaskar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Uh. A meanwhile?"
		DavidW says, "We might still be the tourist."
		Knight_Otu says, "Are we in that meanwhile now or... yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess the room is still "boring beach"."
		DavidW says, "I don't know. I could try going west to see if I find cocktails or the pirate ship's wheel."
		Knight_Otu says, "You could."
		DavidW says, "ah, good spotting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | On this gate is written "For three wristbanded only" It seems to be
Floyd | opened only by Tim here watching the gate. Now he approaches you. So
Floyd | you stay here and await what he wants to tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahoj, what do ya want here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I am Buyshrug Bridgeman and you?
Floyd | [2] I want to go into the holiday resort to find my way to total
Floyd | boredomness
Floyd | [3] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [4] Hello, I'm new in town.
Floyd | [5] What about the manatees?
Floyd | [6] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I suppose 2 is the most honest."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrgh. Show me the three wristbands.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Which wristbands do you mean?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Every _real_ adventurer and or tourist has to get the three
Floyd | wristbands first, before going into the resort. We offer them here for
Floyd | achieving pirate actions. This island was a pirates nest before. So we
Floyd | support traditional pirate actions. You can always see your
Floyd | achievements if you examine your wrist.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I am Buyshrug Bridgeman and you?
Floyd | [2] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [3] Hello, I'm new in town.
Floyd | [4] What about the manatees?
Floyd | [5] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [6] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | The pirate actions are prepared by us, you have to take one or
Floyd | more and afterwards come back and I will give you the appropriate
Floyd | wristband for achieving the actions goal. So you have to do all three
Floyd | of them. For now choose which pirate-action do you want to start. This
Floyd | week we have "treasure hunt", "getting marooned." and  "barbacue."
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Treasure hunt.
Floyd | [2] Getting marooned.
Floyd | [3] Barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems to be trying hard to be a Monkey Island parody."
		DavidW asks, "Any preference for our first wristband quest?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess in order?"
		DavidW says, "okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrrgh. classic. So let me tell you. We make the real life version
Floyd | of it, which means burrowing a treasure instead of looking for it.
Floyd | Thats the reason that your task is to hide this treasure I will give
Floyd | you. Its just about the chest, the content is yours if you want.
Floyd |
Floyd | He hands over a treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I am Buyshrug Bridgeman and you?
Floyd | [2] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [3] Hello, I'm new in town.
Floyd | [4] What about the manatees?
Floyd | [5] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [6] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, I suspect we would be the barbecue."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, the manatees. Such nice and friendly animals. But rarely seen
Floyd | on this island nowadays. My self-stitched ones seem to be the only
Floyd | manatees left on this island.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see that he is thinking of better times long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I am Buyshrug Bridgeman and you?
Floyd | [2] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [3] Hello, I'm new in town.
Floyd | [4] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [5] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm Tim and thats all you must know at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Hello, I'm new in town.
Floyd | [3] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [4] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold just the treasure and the towel in your hands. Do you
Floyd | think, you have any chance to survive here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Sure, i'm not only a tourist, I'm a real adventurer.
Floyd | [2] No. I will stay. End of discussion.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I'm confused."
		DavidW asks, "2?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | "So we have to deal with you and You want me to tolerate your
Floyd | face, everytime you come along?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "That would seem to say we can't survive?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x treasure" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREASURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Its made out of plastic and has a really cheap look and feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | MEANWHILE ...
Floyd |
Floyd |    far away in a ship of 46 canons two angry looking guys are
Floyd | talking and planning an attack on a wealthy tourist camp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "46 canons? I didn't realize we were dealing with religious pirates."
		DavidW asks, "I guess we should go north or northwest now? Find a hiding spot for our treasure?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
		DavidW says, "er north or northEAST"
		DavidW says, "let's try north"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you can't imagine any reason to put even a baby step into the
Floyd | jungle. The guy with the Tim name plate watches interested as you
Floyd | hesitate to go north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to That guys helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | That guy stands here and seems to wait for something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A mighty tourist indeed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to That guy" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO THAT GUY
Floyd |
Floyd | That guy opens the visor of his diving helmet, so he is able to
Floyd | communicate with you. "Whats up?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ahoj, my brain just told me that you have to be Dave. Are you?
Floyd | [2] Are you waiting for something specific?
Floyd | [3] I'm an adventurer, spending my holidays on this island.
Floyd | [4] Hey, I like the lanterns matching your helmet.
Floyd | [5] Do you keep any wristbands for pirate actions?
Floyd | [6] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | No, this isn't me. I live from the fruits in the jungle and I'm
Floyd | still trying to find my way out of the complete boredomness. So my
Floyd | hope is to either find the secret of that island or to start a
Floyd | business in blue hole diving.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ahoj, my brain just told me that you have to be Dave. Are you?
Floyd | [2] Are you waiting for something specific?
Floyd | [3] I'm an adventurer, spending my holidays on this island.
Floyd | [4] Hey, I like the lanterns matching your helmet.
Floyd | [5] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure. I'm planning my next dive. There is a horizontal passage
Floyd | down there. I assume it leads into a "Blue Hole".
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What is a Blue Hole?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | It is very deep vertical cave with a special flora and fauna. They
Floyd | can be that deep so that fresh and salty water are mixing in them.
Floyd | They can have long horizontal arms. When I'm right and one of them is
Floyd | ending here, we could sell diving trips into it. 
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ahoj, my brain just told me that you have to be Dave. Are you?
Floyd | [2] I'm an adventurer, spending my holidays on this island.
Floyd | [3] Hey, I like the lanterns matching your helmet.
Floyd | [4] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes thats me.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I'm an adventurer, spending my holidays on this island.
Floyd | [2] Hey, I like the lanterns matching your helmet.
Floyd | [3] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Really? Would be great to talk to a guy with many wristbands. Show
Floyd | me yours.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hey, I like the lanterns matching your helmet.
Floyd | [2] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Can you please go, I have some serious work going on. And yes, I'm
Floyd | not an interested member of the steampunk society.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What kind of serious work do you mean?
Floyd | [2] Are you diving for something special?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | We are diving for the secret you shouldn't know anything
Floyd | about.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | MEANWHILE ...
Floyd |
Floyd |   party noise from direction of the holiday resort.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "This wasn't proofread at all, was it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "No, no it wasn't."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plants" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | flower bed
Floyd | flowers. Yellow flowers all around. They look familiar. Not that
Floyd | you've seen them in real life. Something special is about this flower.
Floyd | In a way there seems to be a relationship with your first
Floyd | kind-of-beard. There are two passages one to the southwest and one to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flowers" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell flowers" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | From flowers you smell Strong, uncomfortable, like wanting to vomit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Beer flowers?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We need a bath then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell me" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL ME
Floyd |
Floyd | From yourself you smell nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flower" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | No, you don't want to nearly-kill puppies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uhhh"
		Knight_Otu says, "That was random."
		DavidW asks, "Do you think we should go back to south of Tim?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I don't think so?"
		DavidW says, "Then I'll press onwards."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | bambus fields
Floyd | You find yourself trapped in a well made bambus field labyrinth. Green
Floyd | bambus all around.  You hear the strong currents breaking against the
Floyd | shore far down the hill. You remember you can leave trying to go west.
Floyd |
Floyd | MEANWHILE ...
Floyd |
Floyd |   You think to yourself that a fresh white russian would be the
Floyd | right thing in your mouth now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wasn't expecting a maze."
		Knight_Otu says, "..Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bambus" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAMBUS
Floyd |
Floyd | Green, sturdy and no chance to move them away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb bambus" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB BAMBUS
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You hate mazes, but no chance to workaround you have to find an exit.
Floyd | But here wasn't one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Also this try leads not back to a trail or something.
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | ...Hours of labyrinth-running later...
Floyd |
Floyd | view around
Floyd | It ends here to creep up and you can have a wide view over the sea
Floyd | because you're just standing right on the tip of a cliff. A fresh wind
Floyd | blows against your face. Really small at the horizon you notice a ship
Floyd | with eight sails. Right. Sails. A ship seeming to be a ghost from
Floyd | another time. Maybe its a museums sail. You will later have a look if
Floyd | its coming nearer or not. You can go down to the south back to the
Floyd | bambus field.
Floyd |
Floyd | That ship at the horizon lets you ponder about its purpose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange it looks like escaped from a pirates movie film set. It seems
Floyd | to be black, including the sails.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | You dig your first hole in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put treasure in hole" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TREASURE IN HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the treasure into the first hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cover hole" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COVER HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the hole with some dirt. You stamped hard on it. Nobody
Floyd | should find its location. Its even hard for yourself.
Floyd | Yes, you're sure that you achieved the goal because the treasure is
Floyd | now perfectly hidden in a hole not even you are able to find it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | MEANWHILE ...
Floyd |
Floyd |    Suddenly you hear far away an explosion maybe from a canon
Floyd | on the black freighter?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm heading back to Tim"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | bambus fields
Floyd | You find yourself trapped in a well made bambus field labyrinth. Green
Floyd | bambus all around.  You hear the strong currents breaking against the
Floyd | shore far down the hill.  You know the path to the west right into the
Floyd | flower bed.   You know a path to the north, to have a nice view
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | flower bed
Floyd | flowers. Yellow flowers all around. They look familiar. Not that
Floyd | you've seen them in real life. Something special is about this flower.
Floyd | In a way there seems to be a relationship with your first
Floyd | kind-of-beard. There are two passages one to the southwest and one to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | "I see, your treasure is well hidden somewhere you can't even find
Floyd | yourself." and Tim puts the wristband for the treasure hunt over your
Floyd | wrist.
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I feel so accomplished."
		Knight_Otu says, "(Can you really call mission accomplished on losing treasure in the ground?)"
		DavidW says, "This time we can."
		DavidW says, "It was only a plastic replica anyway. No big loss."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to tim" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahoj, what do ya want here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] About that pirate ship at the horizon...
Floyd | [4] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Outch, thanks. I have to inform Dave and Ron about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Great, now we're litterers to boot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | The pirate actions are prepared by us, you have to take one or
Floyd | more and afterwards come back and I will give you the appropriate
Floyd | wristband for achieving the actions goal. So you have to do all three
Floyd | of them. For now choose which pirate-action do you want to start. This
Floyd | week we have "treasure hunt", "getting marooned." and  "barbacue."
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Treasure hunt.
Floyd | [2] Getting marooned.
Floyd | [3] Barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure that you want to be put alone on another island right
Floyd | now?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Yes, want it. Now. I wanna have as much boredomness afterwards as
Floyd | possible.
Floyd | [2] No way. I don't want your silly pirate stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Yes?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Well played junior adventurer.
Floyd |
Floyd | He blindfolds you, some hands grapping you. You feel abducted deep
Floyd | into the jungle.
Floyd |
Floyd | bambus fields
Floyd | You find yourself trapped in a well made bambus field labyrinth. Green
Floyd | bambus all around. But contrary to your imagination of marooning, it
Floyd | seems quite un-dangerous and you don't even received a gun. You hear
Floyd | the strong currents breaking against the shore far down the hill.  You
Floyd | know the path to the west right into the flower bed.   You know a path
Floyd | to the north, to have a nice view around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | flower bed
Floyd | flowers. Yellow flowers all around. They look familiar. Not that
Floyd | you've seen them in real life. Something special is about this flower.
Floyd | In a way there seems to be a relationship with your first
Floyd | kind-of-beard. There are two passages one to the southwest and one to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "That counts as marooning?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim waves at you and presents you the achieved wristband for surviving
Floyd | the marooning pirate action. He puts around your wrist. Proudly and in
Floyd | hope to get into the ressort soon, you're awaiting your total
Floyd | boredomness.
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Shiny. On your wrist you can see two wristbands. You are wearing
Floyd | marooned wristband, treasure-wristband, the rucksack and trousers and
Floyd | holding the towel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Or a another island?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, it doesn't add up."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to tim" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahoj, what do ya want here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | The pirate actions are prepared by us, you have to take one or
Floyd | more and afterwards come back and I will give you the appropriate
Floyd | wristband for achieving the actions goal. So you have to do all three
Floyd | of them. For now choose which pirate-action do you want to start. This
Floyd | week we have "treasure hunt", "getting marooned." and  "barbacue."
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Treasure hunt.
Floyd | [2] Getting marooned.
Floyd | [3] Barbecue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | Listen. It's all about manatees in this task. You will get the
Floyd | manatee-wristband, if you catch one with a fishing rod and appropriate
Floyd | bait. You can get your tools from Ron in the small market as you see
Floyd | to the east at the river mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We haven't seen Ron yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You go a few steps into the water. Its warmer than expected. Maybe you
Floyd | would go for a swim. But in sight of this beach, so you will have it
Floyd | easy to find your way back. So you choosed to stay at the beach
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see right there the shortest connection to the river mouth and
Floyd | the small market. But caused by the coast line you have to go to the
Floyd | northeast and then southeast afterwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table (on which are a durian and a fishing
Floyd | rod) and pile of meat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x durian" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DURIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | This looks like a durian. Wonderful. For such a long time you wanted
Floyd | to take a nose and taste it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Thats a strong looking fishing rod with a fishhook. You're not quiet
Floyd | sure, if its believable to catch such a big animal like a manatee with
Floyd | this tiny rod. And what about the bait?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ron" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RON
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks like a pirate that stood for a long time at the same place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x meat" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Not appetizing, but its really a big pile of meat. It goes up to the
Floyd | height of your hip. Stitched together it would be large enough to
Floyd | cover a human.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Didn't Tim mention toy manatees?"
		DavidW says, "I think so, yes."
		DavidW says, "So we'll probably just capture a toy manatee somewhere."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to ron" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RON
Floyd |
Floyd |  Ahoj.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hi. I'm Buyshrug, who are you?
Floyd | [2] Nice fishing rod, exactly the one I need.
Floyd | [3] Can I get this fruit?
Floyd | [4] About that pirate ship at the horizon...
Floyd | [5] What about those people already inside the holiday resort?
Floyd | [6] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm watching the coast line carefully.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hi. I'm Buyshrug, who are you?
Floyd | [2] Nice fishing rod, exactly the one I need.
Floyd | [3] Can I get this fruit?
Floyd | [4] What about those people already inside the holiday resort?
Floyd | [5] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure. I heard you are on the manatee hunt. Good luck. And yes, you
Floyd | can have this fishing rod. Someone forgot it here or maybe its just
Floyd | floatsam.
Floyd |
Floyd |  He hands over the fishing rod and you add it to your
Floyd | inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hi. I'm Buyshrug, who are you?
Floyd | [2] Can I get this fruit?
Floyd | [3] What about those people already inside the holiday resort?
Floyd | [4] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | They are from yensid, the company that bought ours.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hi. I'm Buyshrug, who are you?
Floyd | [2] Can I get this fruit?
Floyd | [3] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Disney backwards."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | I am an electronic story teller. Or better: I was.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What happened?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Our big boss was following his own plan.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Who was your boss?
Floyd | [2] Which plan, do you know it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | It was all about an old pirate secret that's still unrevealed. L.
Floyd | the boss of Sacul Film. The famous maker of "Planet Peace" does
Floyd | anything to get it.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Do you know what this secret is?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Not really. But it seems, we discovered important hints to reveal
Floyd | it during research for our project.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Can I get this fruit?
Floyd | [2] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, take a bite.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table and pile of meat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Lucas, and Star Wars, obviously."
		DavidW says, "uh-huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take meat" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ron behind the table squeezes his eyes shut, he doesn't want you to
Floyd | just pick up the meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear meat" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking pile of meat)
Floyd | Ron behind the table squeezes his eyes shut, he doesn't want you to
Floyd | just pick up the meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put meat in rucksack" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MEAT IN RUCKSACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (You open the rucksack first.)
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking pile of meat)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ron behind the table squeezes his eyes shut, he doesn't want you to
Floyd | just pick up the meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table and pile of meat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cableway" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CABLEWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to fish?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sea" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "'me'?"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna try going upstream"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | the fact that a creek is flowing doesnt mean you want to get in the
Floyd | water and swim against the stream. Don't forget you are here to get
Floyd | total boredomnes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to fish?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "creek" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREEK
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dave" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave opens the visor of his diving helmet, so he is able to
Floyd | communicate with you. "Whats up?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] About that pirate ship at the horizon...
Floyd | [2] Hey whats your relation to the people of yensid down inside the
Floyd | resort?
Floyd | [3] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we really *want* to get total boredomness?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Not my problem, but I want to be part of the revenge. Hopefully
Floyd | getting rich afterwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] About that pirate ship at the horizon...
Floyd | [2] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Now time counts, we have to get earlier to the secret.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | As you were evaluating to go or not to go into the bush, the guy with
Floyd | the Tim name plate approaches you and begins to speak.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahoj, what do ya want here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Can you tell me something about the people of yensid inside the
Floyd | resort?
Floyd | [4] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "3" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 3
Floyd |
Floyd | They conquered, what was ours once and with their money. They
Floyd | support L.´s quest for the secret of ... But I better keep my mouth
Floyd | shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Watch out. I'm a mighty tourist
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Arrgh. Show me the three wristbands.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Which wristbands do you mean?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Every _real_ adventurer and or tourist has to get the three
Floyd | wristbands first, before going into the resort. We offer them here for
Floyd | achieving pirate actions. This island was a pirates nest before. So we
Floyd | support traditional pirate actions. You can always see your
Floyd | achievements if you examine your wrist.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [2] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an original singer. One of these original foot-driven ones. Not
Floyd | one of the current generation with the plastic crapability for a
Floyd | shorter device life.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sewing machine is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on machine" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to do anything with that machine. These machines were
Floyd | introduced in your life as extremely dangerous by your grandma.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we read the infoboard, or is read the same as examine here?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRIDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Its stable as a rock and it is made out of, you guessed it already..
Floyd | wooden rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x infoboard" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INFOBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is mostly manatee related stuff on this wooden panel and their
Floyd | bad situation of being nearly extinct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read infoboard" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ INFOBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is mostly manatee related stuff on this wooden panel and their
Floyd | bad situation of being nearly extinct.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |     sustainable food
Floyd |   a towel
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cd" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CD
Floyd |
Floyd | This one is left from your famous ordering of 80 ubuntu cds with free
Floyd | shipping.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bait rod" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BAIT ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put durian on rod" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT DURIAN ON ROD
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the fishing rod would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "FISH MANATEE?"
		DavidW says, "I guess search out the places we've been to already or try to use that ..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish manatee" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish sea" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          101
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          102
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Diving apparatus is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on machine" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          103
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Without wearing that shiny brass helmet you will not dive here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x helmet" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          104
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HELMET
Floyd |
Floyd | Thats what you call a perfect costume for every steampunk party.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          105
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to fish?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "manatee" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   106
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           107
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | flower bed
Floyd | flowers. Yellow flowers all around. They look familiar. Not that
Floyd | you've seen them in real life. Something special is about this flower.
Floyd | In a way there seems to be a relationship with your first
Floyd | kind-of-beard. There are two passages one to the southwest and one to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish flowers" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           108
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search flowers" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           109
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH FLOWERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        110
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | bambus fields
Floyd | You find yourself trapped in a well made bambus field labyrinth. Green
Floyd | bambus all around.  You hear the strong currents breaking against the
Floyd | shore far down the hill.  You know the path to the west right into the
Floyd | flower bed.   You know a path to the north, to have a nice view
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish bambus" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        111
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH BAMBUS
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          112
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | view around
Floyd | It ends here to creep up and you can have a wide view over the sea
Floyd | because you're just standing right on the tip of a cliff. A fresh wind
Floyd | blows against your face. Really small at the horizon you notice a ship
Floyd | with eight sails. Right. Sails. A ship seeming to be a ghost from
Floyd | another time. Maybe its a museums sail. You will later have a look if
Floyd | its coming nearer or not. You can go down to the south back to the
Floyd | bambus field.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish sea" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          113
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sail" 		

Floyd ]  view around                                          114
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | Strange it looks like escaped from a pirates movie film set. It seems
Floyd | to be black, including the sails.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe there are other paths out of the bamboo?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        115
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | bambus fields
Floyd | You find yourself trapped in a well made bambus field labyrinth. Green
Floyd | bambus all around.  You hear the strong currents breaking against the
Floyd | shore far down the hill.  You know the path to the west right into the
Floyd | flower bed.   You know a path to the north, to have a nice view
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        116
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        117
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        118
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        119
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        120
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        121
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  bambus fields                                        122
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | That was a nice try to jump over your shadow into the bushes, but it
Floyd | leads nowhere. So you went back into the bambus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           123
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | flower bed
Floyd | flowers. Yellow flowers all around. They look familiar. Not that
Floyd | you've seen them in real life. Something special is about this flower.
Floyd | In a way there seems to be a relationship with your first
Floyd | kind-of-beard. There are two passages one to the southwest and one to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to get out of flower bed first.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           124
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't feeling especially drowsy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "there was that cablecar thing or whatever it was near Ron."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   125
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          126
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table and pile of meat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cable" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          127
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cableway" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          128
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CABLEWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | The cableway basket is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter basket" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          129
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The cableway basket is out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish basket" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          130
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The cableway basket is out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull basket" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          131
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL BASKET
Floyd |
Floyd | The cableway basket is out of reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "The bullwheel?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Its a wooden bullwheel to lead a long rope around it. Its a bit
Floyd | rotten, but looks sturdy enough to be still trustworthy. Someone
Floyd | carved "steps" into the mast to make it easy to climb on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xlimb wheel" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          132
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XLIMB WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb wheel" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          133
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, you are right. You could climb up this mast and get into that
Floyd | cableway. But there are not yet enough reasons for you to do so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hem."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          134
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, you are right. You could climb up this mast and get into that
Floyd | cableway. But there are not yet enough reasons for you to do so.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or rather, hrm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          135
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          136
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         137
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x manatee" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         138
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | Its an unnameable patchwork at the moment, but you guess it will
Floyd | become a manatee or gorilla or whatsoever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         139
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not a good idea to dig here in the presence of yourself and Tim.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "(Also, at first I though the description said "carved the word 'steps'")"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         140
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes you want it and time is enough. You go deeper up to you hips into
Floyd | the sea water. Its still clear, you are able to see the ground. After
Floyd | some minutes walk you get back to the beach. You dry fast in the hot
Floyd | sun.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on lounger" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         141
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON LOUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | Without your towel on it?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put towel on lounger" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         142
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TOWEL ON LOUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the towel on the lounger.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove trousers" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         143
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE TROUSERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off trousers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on towel" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         144
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON TOWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can sit down on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on lounger" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         145
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON LOUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | You lay down and try to relax, but too much is to be done. So you get
Floyd | off the lounger soon. Your adventure is waiting. And crack!
Floyd | as you tried to get up again, the lounger broke under your weight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear towel" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         146
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR TOWEL
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the towel)
Floyd | You put on the towel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Trousers off? Scandal!"
		DavidW says, "I'm a mighty tourist! I do what I want! Arr."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lounger" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         147
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOUNGER
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken pieces of the once comfy looking lounger are looking at you
Floyd | searching for revenge.
Floyd |
Floyd | the towel is dropping from your hips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         148
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Shiny. On your wrist you can see two wristbands. You are wearing the
Floyd | towel, marooned wristband, treasure-wristband and the rucksack and
Floyd | holding the durian, the fishing rod and trousers.
Floyd |
Floyd | the towel is dropped from your hips.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I can wear a towel more secure than that."
		DavidW says, "I do a flat wrap then fold down the upper edge twice so it's like a belt."
		Knight_Otu says, "Mighty adventurer, lousy wearer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear trousers" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         149
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR TROUSERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on trousers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I've run out of ideas."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         150
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get manatee" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         151
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The manatee here is tbe one that Tim is sewing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x manatee" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          152
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dave" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          153
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave opens the visor of his diving helmet, so he is able to
Floyd | communicate with you. "Whats up?"
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Do you keep any wristbands for pirate actions?
Floyd | [2] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          154
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | No, this isn't me. I live from the fruits in the jungle and I'm
Floyd | still trying to find my way out of the complete boredomness. So my
Floyd | hope is to either find the secret of that island or to start a
Floyd | business in blue hole diving.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          155
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dive" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          156
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | No. You don't want to dive into that water. The first thing you want
Floyd | is to get into that holiday resort even if you have to earn those
Floyd | three wristbands in the first place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          157
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          158
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          159
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          160
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | the fact that a creek is flowing doesnt mean you want to get in the
Floyd | water and swim against the stream. Don't forget you are here to get
Floyd | total boredomnes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We are such an adventurer."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          161
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   162
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   163
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | No.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leaves" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEAVES
Floyd |
Floyd | Barely penetrable jungle. Not only because its physical impossible.
Floyd | Also because of you not wanting to go inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x snakes" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SNAKES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   164
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave durian" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE DURIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You look ridiculous waving the durian.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x manatee" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   165
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           166
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | flower bed
Floyd | flowers. Yellow flowers all around. They look familiar. Not that
Floyd | you've seen them in real life. Something special is about this flower.
Floyd | In a way there seems to be a relationship with your first
Floyd | kind-of-beard. There are two passages one to the southwest and one to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flower" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           167
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | Yellow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat flower" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking flowers)
Floyd | No, you don't want to nearly-kill puppies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet flower" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET FLOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x puppies" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           168
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUPPIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | No way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x poppies" 		

Floyd ]  flower bed                                           169
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POPPIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Poppies are normally red."
		DavidW says, "I've never heard of yellow ones."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm no botanist, and I doubt our protagonist is one."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's just that completely random "nearly-kill puppies" line."
		DavidW asks, "maybe we should fish the meat?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That, or another try to go in the sea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  deep in the jungle                                   170
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | deep in the jungle
Floyd | Jungle. You're in it. Deeper than you expected. suddenly green plants
Floyd | all around you and really near. Leaves tickeling your neck. It
Floyd | remembers you to tv documentaries about these little poisenous green
Floyd | snakes. You freeze your steps, so you are really able to turn around
Floyd | rather quickly and step back. Its the path southwest a bit more near
Floyd | to the sea that you know and you could walk there fast. now. There is
Floyd | also a passage to northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          171
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          172
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table and pile of meat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish meat" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          173
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          174
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The special function of a fruit table seems that there are dents to
Floyd | place the fruits on the table and they can't roll away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          175
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish river" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          176
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | No, there is a better purpose. Trust me.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          177
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          178
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | No way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dive" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          179
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | No way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to ron" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          180
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO RON
Floyd |
Floyd |  Ahoj.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] aehm.. what about this pile of meat over here?
Floyd | [2] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          181
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Get your fingers off it! Good meals are rare in these times.
Floyd | Except you can give me a good alternative, maybe a bit more
Floyd | sustaining? 
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] about... that meat again..
Floyd | [2] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "More sustaining than meat?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          182
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Get your fingers off it! Good meals are rare in these times.
Floyd | Except you can give me a good alternative, maybe a bit more
Floyd | sustaining? 
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] about... that meat again..
Floyd | [2] I have to go. Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          183
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table and pile of meat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "That food in our backpack?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          184
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |     sustainable food
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x food" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          185
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to eat it, until you're in peril of your nearly starved
Floyd | away life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show food to ron" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          186
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW FOOD TO RON
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking sustainable food)
Floyd | Ron is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give food to ron" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          187
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE FOOD TO RON
Floyd |
Floyd | Ron looks thankfully and quickly pocket the sustainable food from you.
Floyd | He adds that for his sake you can take the meat pile. But under one
Floyd | condition, if you promise to create something really special out of
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put meat in sack" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          188
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT MEAT IN SACK
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking pile of meat)
Floyd |
Floyd | Now it's okay for him, so you are allowed to take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grunting and holding your breath you are now carrying the whole pile
Floyd | of meat.
Floyd |
Floyd | You put pile of meat into the rucksack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think we should sew the meat."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          189
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          190
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken lounger stands before you, reminding yourself of your
Floyd | little overweight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate and a towel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sew meat" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         191
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEW MEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to tim" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         192
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahoj, what do ya want here?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I know you like stitching manatees. My question is, are you also
Floyd | able to create one just out of this pile of meat?
Floyd | [2] What about the manatees?
Floyd | [3] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [4] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         193
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure it seems to be big enough to make a suit out of it. 
Floyd |
Floyd |  and he takes it, stitches and stitches...
Floyd |
Floyd | ..and hours later... 
Floyd |
Floyd | ... it is a manatee suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | He gives you the manatee suit.
Floyd | [1] What about the manatees?
Floyd | [2] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [3] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         194
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Ah, the manatees. Such nice and friendly animals. But rarely seen
Floyd | on this island nowadays. My self-stitched ones seem to be the only
Floyd | manatees left on this island.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see that he is thinking of better times long ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Tell me more about the pirate actions.
Floyd | [2] Nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "2" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         195
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 2
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort. There is Tim behind a sewing machine. He seems to be
Floyd | focused at his work. Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard.
Floyd | A path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken lounger stands before you, reminding yourself of your
Floyd | little overweight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tim is sitting here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate and a towel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x suit" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         196
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Its heavy but there must be a better purpose for it
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear suit" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         197
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the manatee suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         198
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Shiny. On your wrist you can see two wristbands. You are wearing the
Floyd | manatee suit, marooned wristband, treasure-wristband, the rucksack and
Floyd | trousers and holding the durian and the fishing rod.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So... I guess we lure a manatee with this suit going south?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         199
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to go again into the water for now, because you still
Floyd | remember how it feels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         200
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | No.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          201
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube. Its connected to Daves helmet to provide oxygen.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave stands here and seems to wait for something he doesn't want to
Floyd | tell you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dave" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DAVE
Floyd |
Floyd |  Ahhh, oh fuck...a talking manatee. Is that you?
Floyd |
Floyd | Dave opens the visor of his diving helmet, so he is able to
Floyd | communicate with you. Ahhh, help! Oh its you. You frightened me
Floyd | wearing that manatee suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ey. About my great idea. I want to offer you a deal. If you dive
Floyd | into that creek wearing this manatee suit, I'll fish you near the
Floyd | river mouth, so ron is able to see it and I'm getting the wristband.
Floyd | wouldn't it be great?
Floyd | [2] I'll leave you... sitting around doing nothing
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          202
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you think i'm completely dull? But... hmm. No, not without a
Floyd | cause.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What about a durian as your fishing bait?
Floyd | [2] I can't imagine anything to wake your interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          203
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | That sounds like a fair deal. So give me the suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't believe your eyes as Dave wears the manatee suit, coming
Floyd | near the water and plouf, out of sight and within a blink of an eye he
Floyd | vanishes between the plants under water. You fairly see him, when he
Floyd | leaves into the direction of river mouth to the southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          204
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | river mouth
Floyd | The fresh water delutes itself into the salty sea. The way back
Floyd | follows upstream to northwest. There is also a cableway leading from a
Floyd | bullwheel here to somewhere over the sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking a bit awkward, the fake manatee swims here.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands Ron like he wants to sell some stuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a fruit table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish manatee" 		

Floyd ]  river mouth                                          205
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FISH MANATEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | After putting the fishhook into the water it was all Daves show. He
Floyd | grabbed the hook. Rons big eyes were able to see this giant, wet and
Floyd | shiny meat-man manatee getting out of the water. Not shivering but
Floyd | with a nod that meant respect he came over to you and put the manatee
Floyd | wristband around your wrist.
Floyd |
Floyd | Smelling on himself Dave goes back to northwest to his diving
Floyd | apparatus.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly the guys where shouting at each other that it is 
Floyd | e-v-e-r-y time  and they ran into the bush. Vanishing until you
Floyd | lose sight of any of them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we made it."
		DavidW asks, "so, back to the gate?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  jungle path                                          206
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | jungle path
Floyd | There is a creek flowing from northwest down to southeast, where it
Floyd | ends in a river mouth. a path along the creek's bank follows the same
Floyd | direction. A wooden bridge leads northeast deeper into the jungle and
Floyd | exits also to southwest back to the boring beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | There stands a machine with lots of brass elements and a flexible
Floyd | tube.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         207
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | This sandy spot is hot, really hot. Besides that there is only the
Floyd | bush around the beach and it opens to the sea and a far away horizon.
Floyd | It makes you feel undrunken, thirsty, wanting to go west into the
Floyd | holiday resort.  Behind the sewing machine is an wooden infoboard. A
Floyd | path leads north to a jungle spot and northeast to a jungle path. A
Floyd | narrow trail follows the fence to northwest. To the south it opens
Floyd | right into the sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken lounger stands before you, reminding yourself of your
Floyd | little overweight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate and a towel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  holiday resort                                       208
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gate)
Floyd | Slowly you try to open that gate and it really moves. So you put you
Floyd | first step into the resort ready to go west. Finally.
Floyd |
Floyd | holiday resort
Floyd | You are right in the middle between the bar, the pool,the swimming
Floyd | spot and even the theater stage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a gate, a bar (on which are white russian and vodka), a
Floyd | red lounger (on which is a bath robe), a comfy seat and a bottle of
Floyd | rum here.
Floyd |
Floyd | PART II --- The Escape
Floyd |
Floyd |   You noticed that something is going on on this Island. Your
Floyd | wish to get boredomness is blown away. You smell salty air and your
Floyd | taste for adventure awakes...
Floyd |
Floyd | holiday resort
Floyd | You are right in the middle between the bar, the pool,the swimming
Floyd | spot and even the theater stage.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a gate, a bar (on which are white russian and vodka), a
Floyd | red lounger (on which is a bath robe), a comfy seat and a bottle of
Floyd | rum here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  holiday resort                                       209
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   manatee wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | The people are seated. Its getting quieter. The people are looking at
Floyd | the stage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. We still have the durian."
		Knight_Otu says, "Did't we.. right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear bath robe" 		

Floyd ]  holiday resort                                       210
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR BATH ROBE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bath robe)
Floyd | You put on the bath robe.
Floyd |
Floyd | The play begins. The first actors in pirate costumes are beginning to
Floyd | sing. It hurts your brain. But hey, its your holidays.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  holiday resort                                       211
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a woman as the main act singing pirate jenny. Singing of the
Floyd | ship the black freighter and with eight sails coming to kill the whole
Floyd | village. It remembers you of the ship you watched yourself during your
Floyd | journey over this very island.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take russian" 		

Floyd ]  holiday resort                                       212
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUSSIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly you hear an explosion from behind. Immediatly you turn your
Floyd | head to the sea. And the black ship with eight sails appeared. A
Floyd | pillar of smoke arises over a cannon. In that second, a next cannon is
Floyd | fired and you are able to follow the canon ball with your own eyes.
Floyd | You have to turn your head and half believing what you see, the
Floyd | cannonball goes down in the middle of the stage and breaks the wodden
Floyd | planks.
Floyd |
Floyd | Should you stay or should you go?
Floyd | 1 - I should stay.
Floyd | 2 - I should go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Please select a number between 1 and 2 >

		Knight_Otu says, "1.43"
		DavidW says, "I haven't even had a chance to sit down on the red lounger yet!"
		DavidW asks (of Knight), "hm? Do you need to go?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Er, as a number between 1 and 2."
		DavidW says, "oh. ha."
		DavidW says, "I'm going to vote stay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                213
Floyd | Please select a number between 1 and 2 >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You decided to stay here, enjoying the show. What breaks out is:
Floyd |
Floyd | Panic
Floyd |
Floyd |  The bunch of tourists is that frightened, that they are
Floyd | fleeing in different directions. But they are trapped within the
Floyd | massive bold fence.
Floyd | A next canonball goes down and an awful smell is streaming out of it.
Floyd | your stomach wants to return the windbeutel. You bend over and ...
Floyd |
Floyd |  ... a hard smack... you lose consciousness
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  After recovering you found yourself in an unknown place.
Floyd |
Floyd | A place thats moving. Up and down. You guessed right... the small
Floyd | porthole on one side assured it to you that you are on a ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | cabin
Floyd | A wooden room inside a ship. You feel the waves. There is just a
Floyd | four-poster bed and a pot of water in it and a porthole to the north
Floyd | shows the way onto the sea. A single cabin door is to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a four-poster bed (on which is an inflated deflatable
Floyd | mattress) and pot (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Though I really should cut back on jokes like that. The author clearly isn't a native English speaker, and if they read the transcript, I don't want to discourage them from improving their grasp of the language."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "That mattress could be used as a raft to escape from the ship, I guess?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                214
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   white russian
Floyd |   a bottle of rum
Floyd |   a bath robe (being worn)
Floyd |   manatee wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "And we kept all our stuff."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pot" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                215
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POT
Floyd |
Floyd | No pot inside this pot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mattress" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                216
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | It has a plug ready to be pulled and it seems to be full of water
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "It could be. And yeah, how often do we just keep our stuff when captured?"
		DavidW says, "Never."
		DavidW says, "I suggest pulling the plug on this mattress. Or we could explore first."
		Knight_Otu says, "If we can explore. But sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pot" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                217
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE POT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull plug" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                218
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL PLUG
Floyd |
Floyd | A flush of water flows to the floor and vanishes under the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mattress" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                219
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x porthole" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                220
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTHOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking through the porthole, you see a beautiful island spread at the
Floyd | horizon. To far to swim without any support, but close enough to reach
Floyd | it by your own muscular strength. In its frame its written "Carlos II"
Floyd | but someone scratched over it and now you can read "Fancy" instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                221
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cabin door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open porthole" 		

Floyd ]  cabin                                                222
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PORTHOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the porthole.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter porthole" 		

Floyd ]  ocean                                                223
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PORTHOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | (together with the empty mattress)
Floyd | ocean
Floyd | Its still far away to the coast line to the north. Directly behind
Floyd | your back is the sloop or ketch you just used to call them boats. To
Floyd | the other directions is just open sea and you don't want to explore
Floyd | that any further.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "inflate mattress" 		

Floyd ]  ocean                                                224
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INFLATE MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and you blow your breath into the mattress
Floyd | until its filled. As fast as possible, you put the plug back in so the
Floyd | mattress stays full.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         225
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | With the support of your air filled mattress you reached nearly that
Floyd | island. But near enough to achieve it by swimming, the mattress itself
Floyd | decided to sink into the deeper parts of the ocean as you where riding
Floyd | it. Together with a curious feeling to explore that new place you
Floyd | reached it after noticing it was more far away than you thought and
Floyd | your body was not really easy in managing swimming to the island.
Floyd |
Floyd | ...but...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  *** THE END (of this act) ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  ### NEXT ACT - "Discovering the Secret of Monkey Island" ###
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | banana beach
Floyd | ... sand in your ears, sand in your mouth, between your teeth. You
Floyd | even feel like you're breathing sand. And you try to take a look
Floyd | around. the sun is shining and burnt your back. But hey, you're still
Floyd | wearing your trousers. You see lots of footprints, like a very big
Floyd | group of people was here and leaving into the jungle to the north
Floyd | where you can see a big rock high above the tallest trees. In the
Floyd | middle of this beach is a lonely banana tree. Making you think, it was
Floyd | escaping the jungle behind him to the north. Far away to the northwest
Floyd | it leads halfway up to a volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is water, just water and the ship, the black freighter,
Floyd | you remember from the pirate opera on the other island.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig and an uhuru here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "The secret of WHERE?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "We literally do visit a Monkey Island, huh?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pig" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         226
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Its really skinny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uhuru" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         227
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UHURU
Floyd |
Floyd | Impressive, that very rare parrot is a black uhuru and it has a fleety
Floyd | foot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         228
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Three times taller than you and at the top there are some bananas.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x volcano" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         229
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VOLCANO
Floyd |
Floyd | The Volcano rises very steeply to the northwest from here. It seems
Floyd | not to be active anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         230
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   pot
Floyd |   white russian
Floyd |   a bottle of rum
Floyd |   a bath robe (being worn)
Floyd |   manatee wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | brass lantern: Taken.
Floyd | ubuntu cd: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         230
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | banana beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Chances it'll be active again at the end of the game?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         231
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take uhuru" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         232
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE UHURU
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't suppose the uhuru would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss pig" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         233
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         234
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | After surving the sea, there is no need to die by the tree.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bananas" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BANANAS
Floyd |
Floyd | This is not a low hanging fruit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shake tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         235
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHAKE TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         236
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull and push the tree back and forth and...
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         237
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | ...  and nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         238
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |  Really, thats it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         239
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | banana beach
Floyd | Hot light sand all around. In the middle of this beach is a lonely
Floyd | banana tree. Making you think, it was escaping the jungle behind him
Floyd | to the north. Far away to the northwest it leads halfway up to a
Floyd | volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is water, just water and the ship, the black freighter,
Floyd | you remember from the pirate opera on the other island.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an uhuru here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well."
		DavidW asks, "North?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  canyon edge                                          240
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | slowly feeling your way forward..
Floyd |
Floyd | "Beware the three-headed monkey!!!" says a nicely painted sign.
Floyd |
Floyd | canyon edge
Floyd | You can look deep down a dried out canyon edge. Its dark down there. A
Floyd | trail leads back south to the banana tree and north into the direction
Floyd | of the big rock. You can also go northeast . The sign about the
Floyd | three-headed monkey makes you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a rope here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rope" 		

Floyd ]  canyon edge                                          241
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rope" 		

Floyd ]  canyon edge                                          242
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | A quite robust kind of rope.
Floyd |
Floyd | You noticed a large animal vanishing into the bush. Had it really
Floyd | three heads??
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I was closer than I expected when I said "parody of Monkey Island.""
		DavidW asks, "Would you believe I've never played Monkey Island?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think I had my own computer or I had the wrong one or was too broke to get it at the time."
		Knight_Otu says, "I really only played part of the first game myself, and picked up most of it otherwise."
		DavidW says, "I think I've played a free demo of one of the MI games and that was it."
		Knight_Otu says, "*Most of the lore that is."
		Knight_Otu says, "But yeah, I believe that."
		DavidW asks, "Continue north toward the big rock?"
		Knight_Otu says, "There is always someone who didn't play/read/watch popular/not so popular piece of media."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  243
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west and a way to the east. To the south leads the way back into
Floyd | the direction of the banana tree beach or you just climb up this big
Floyd | rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I want the view."
		DavidW says, "Show me the postcard, daddy."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stream bed
Floyd | The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded
Floyd | (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "oh. I think I was supposed to > climb rock"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rock" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           244
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  245
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west and a way to the east. To the south leads the way back into
Floyd | the direction of the banana tree beach or you just climb up this big
Floyd | rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Is this three-headed gorilla sized monkey following you?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rock" 		

Floyd ]  halfway up                                           246
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | halfway up
Floyd | You are halfway up this rock. You can go further up to the top or down
Floyd | to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a maybe catapult here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x catapult" 		

Floyd ]  halfway up                                           247
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CATAPULT
Floyd |
Floyd | Its not operating with electricity. Its somekind of catapult and big
Floyd | chunks of stone can be thrown with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  plateau                                              248
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | plateau
Floyd | You have a great view in every direction of this little island. In the
Floyd | north you can see a small village made of straw huts. Looking really
Floyd | na(t)ive. Beneath your feet you can see the strange device directly,
Floyd | so you could throw stuff on it. You can only go down from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Far away, you could bet you have seen a three-headed gorilla.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x village" 		

Floyd ]  plateau                                              249
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VILLAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | In the north you can see a small village made of straw huts. Looking
Floyd | really na(t)ive. You can't see it clearly, so you better go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  halfway up                                           250
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | halfway up
Floyd | You are halfway up this rock. You can go further up to the top or down
Floyd | to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a maybe catapult here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  251
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west and a way to the east. To the south leads the way back into
Floyd | the direction of the banana tree beach or you just climb up this big
Floyd | rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stream bed
Floyd | The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded
Floyd | (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rocks" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stone" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           252
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          253
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | the village of the vegibals
Floyd | In the middle stands a very fine and comfy looking straw hut. It looks
Floyd | like a museum showing the former life of natives, but it still seems
Floyd | to be used.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hut" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          254
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside that little hut you can see something like a veeery big q-tip
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x q-tip" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          254
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X Q-TIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          255
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | No sign of any ape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hut" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          256
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tip" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          256
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hut" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside that little hut you can see something like a veeery big q-tip
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bone" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          257
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in hut" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          258
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see inside, since straw hut is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open hut" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          259
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Interesting, you see no way to open that in any normal way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb hut" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          260
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't think much is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | Still no sign of any ape. Where could it be?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm getting the feeling we'll catapult ourself into the hut."
		DavidW says, "maybe."
		DavidW says, "We can also go west and east from the dam and there was ne from the tree and where we got the rope."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we should explore some more."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          261
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          262
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          263
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           264
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stream bed
Floyd | The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded
Floyd | (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           265
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  266
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west and a way to the east. To the south leads the way back into
Floyd | the direction of the banana tree beach or you just climb up this big
Floyd | rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              267
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". There is an old man sleeping
Floyd | here. You guessed thats Herman. Two paths lead out of here. One to the
Floyd | east and one to southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (closed) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Right, we got that pig."
		DavidW asks, "The volcano was to the northeast, right?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pigsty" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              268
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN PIGSTY
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuuuuck, there is pig number one, pig number two, pig number three,
Floyd | pig number four, pig number five, pig number six, pig number seven,
Floyd | pig number eight, pig number nine and pig number ten running out of
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the pigsty, revealing a pig magnet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take magnet" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              269
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE MAGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, disgusting but you managed to take it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x magnet" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | Its a big gooey bunch of unnameable foods bound together to let all
Floyd | those pigs "stick" to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I lost my inner map when we got captured."
		DavidW says, "I stopped mapping when we got past the gate."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pig" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pig" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              270
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, pig number ten, pig number nine, pig number eight,
Floyd | pig number six, pig number four, pig number three, pig number one, the
Floyd | pig magnet or skinny pig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig one" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig two" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG TWO
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, pig number ten, pig number nine, pig number eight,
Floyd | pig number six, pig number four, pig number three, pig number one, the
Floyd | pig magnet or skinny pig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all pig" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              271
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh my."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig three" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              272
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig four" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              273
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG FOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig five" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              273
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG FIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, pig number ten, pig number nine, pig number eight,
Floyd | pig number six, pig number four, pig number three, pig number one, the
Floyd | pig magnet or skinny pig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "six" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              274
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIX
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig eight" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              275
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG EIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig nine" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              276
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG NINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig ten" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              277
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG TEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              278
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   pig number ten
Floyd |   pig number nine
Floyd |   pig number eight
Floyd |   pig number six
Floyd |   pig number four
Floyd |   pig number three
Floyd |   pig number one
Floyd |   a pig magnet
Floyd |   a rope
Floyd |   skinny pig
Floyd |   pot
Floyd |   white russian
Floyd |   a bottle of rum
Floyd |   a bath robe (being worn)
Floyd |   manatee wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is a thing that tourist adventurers do, right."
		DavidW asks, "Where's that sewing machine and Tim?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we are one, we're doing it, checks out."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              279
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". This Human shaped floatsam is
Floyd | still alive and pretends to sleep here. Two paths lead out of here.
Floyd | One to the east and one to southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see pig number five, herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I may have phrased that badly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig five" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              280
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG FIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              281
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be impossible for a shipwrecked castaway to die in the
Floyd | silence that he deserves. Do you carry anything drinkable?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] ahoj
Floyd | [2] What's the secret of this island?
Floyd | [3] Do you have a banana picker?
Floyd | [4] Ahem, is this stuff all earwax that is coming out of your head?
Floyd | [5] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              282
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be impossible for a shipwrecked castaway to die in the
Floyd | silence that he deserves. Do you carry anything drinkable?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What's the secret of this island?
Floyd | [2] Do you have a banana picker?
Floyd | [3] Ahem, is this stuff all earwax that is coming out of your head?
Floyd | [4] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              282
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure, I know it very well. Its in a cave beneath that island. I
Floyd | can't go there anymore. So i will be pleased if you bring me some of
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] And where is the entrance of that cave?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              283
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't want to kill the tension right away. You should find your
Floyd | own way.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Do you have a banana picker?
Floyd | [2] Ahem, is this stuff all earwax that is coming out of your head?
Floyd | [3] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              284
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | No, its broken. The Vegibals broke my famous banana picker.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Ahem, is this stuff all earwax that is coming out of your head?
Floyd | [2] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              285
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Earwax? I have all sorts of scumm(tm) in any hole of my body.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              286
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". Herman pretends to sleep
Floyd | here. Two paths lead out of here. One to the east and one to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "FAMOUS banana picker."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              287
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Scumm was the adventure engine or something like that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         288
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | banana beach
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ship is gone !!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hot light sand all around. In the middle of this beach is a lonely
Floyd | banana tree. Making you think, it was escaping the jungle behind him
Floyd | to the north. Far away to the northwest it leads halfway up to a
Floyd | volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is water, just water.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see tiny pig and an uhuru here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tiny big" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         288
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TINY BIG
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take tiny pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         289
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | (tiny pig)
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  canyon edge                                          290
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | slowly feeling your way forward..
Floyd |
Floyd | canyon edge
Floyd | You can look deep down a dried out canyon edge. Its dark down there. A
Floyd | trail leads back south to the banana tree and north to the dam into
Floyd | the direction of the big rock. You can also go northeast . The sign
Floyd | about the three-headed monkey makes you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 291
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | There is a pond with water and in the middle is a swimming hut.
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see pink pig here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 291
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, fat pig, pink pig, tiny pig, pig number five, pig
Floyd | number ten, pig number nine, pig number eight, pig number six, pig
Floyd | number four, pig number three, pig number one, the pig magnet or
Floyd | skinny pig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pink" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 292
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hut" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 293
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | How cool is that. A swimming hut. Nailed together out of floatsam
Floyd | wood, definitely a work of art. So still looking like a house of
Floyd | mojo....but now focusing on homoe-something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hut" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 294
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | church of homoepathy
Floyd | Still looking like a house of mojo....but now focusing on
Floyd | homoe-something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to the backroom, fat pig, huge pig and ex-voodoo
Floyd | lady here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fat pig" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 295
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FAT PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take huge pig" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 296
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HUGE PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lady" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 297
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | Grey hair, red glasses. With this look to be some steps above you.
Floyd | Even if there are no stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "er what"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that means she's floating."
		DavidW says, "okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to lady" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 298
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO LADY
Floyd |
Floyd | You look so deluted, can I be of any help?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] Hi, why is it about homoepathy now, I thought this place is about
Floyd | voodoo.
Floyd | [2] What's the secret of this island?
Floyd | [3] What about the Giant Q-Tip?
Floyd | [4] Do you have anything against earwax?
Floyd | [5] I am more into knowledge than believes, bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 299
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Voodoo is some esoteric non-working nonsene, I needed to help and
Floyd | establish something proven. Sorry,  I have to complete bashing this
Floyd | bottle on this leather bound book.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What's the secret of this island?
Floyd | [2] What about the Giant Q-Tip?
Floyd | [3] Do you have anything against earwax?
Floyd | [4] I am more into knowledge than believes, bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 300
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | I will always respect their deities.
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] What about the Giant Q-Tip?
Floyd | [2] Do you have anything against earwax?
Floyd | [3] I am more into knowledge than believes, bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 301
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask me for some university medicine? I have something better,
Floyd | which means homoepathic, for you. I will rattle it 4 days, then you
Floyd | can come back and its strong enough to help.
Floyd |
Floyd | She went into the backroom and gets a big glass full of earwax!?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I am more into knowledge than believes, bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 302
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | church of homoepathy
Floyd | Still looking like a house of mojo....but now focusing on
Floyd | homoe-something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see earwax, the door to the backroom and ex-voodoo lady here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x earwax" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 303
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EARWAX
Floyd |
Floyd | Ugly would be too nice to describe this unnameable mass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I have no idea where this game is going? Three-headed ape? Earwax homeopathy? Pig magnet?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | There is a pond with water and in the middle is a swimming hut.
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stopper" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 304
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "The three-headed ape at least is a reference to the Monkey Island games."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          305
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump right inside the dark water depths of the pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | inside-pond
Floyd | You are under water (again) and you try your best to see things in
Floyd | that murky water. You can exit swimming up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the big stopper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          306
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stopper" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 307
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't hold your breath for 10 minutes like others do, so you get
Floyd | up and out of the water immediatly.
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | There is a pond with water and in the middle is a swimming hut.
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  308
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the pond. To the
Floyd | south leads the way back into the direction of the banana tree beach
Floyd | or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". Herman pretends to sleep
Floyd | here. Two paths lead out of here. One to the east and one to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter volcano" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              309
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER VOLCANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              310
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be impossible for a shipwrecked castaway to die in the
Floyd | silence that he deserves. Do you carry anything drinkable?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". Herman pretends to sleep
Floyd | here. Two paths lead out of here. One to the east and one to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give earwax to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              311
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE EARWAX TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              312
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   huge pig
Floyd |   fat pig
Floyd |   pink pig
Floyd |   tiny pig
Floyd |   pig number five
Floyd |   pig number ten
Floyd |   pig number nine
Floyd |   pig number eight
Floyd |   pig number six
Floyd |   pig number four
Floyd |   pig number three
Floyd |   pig number one
Floyd |   a pig magnet
Floyd |   a rope
Floyd |   skinny pig
Floyd |   pot
Floyd |   white russian
Floyd |   a bottle of rum
Floyd |   a bath robe (being worn)
Floyd |   manatee wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, maybe I need to pick the earwax up."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask herman about pigs" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              313
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HERMAN ABOUT PIGS
Floyd |
Floyd | [Use TALK TO to interact with characters.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  314
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the pond. To the
Floyd | south leads the way back into the direction of the banana tree beach
Floyd | or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is one pig trying to cloggin it up again and restoring a working
Floyd | dam. The water is flowing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see pig number seven here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig seven" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  315
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG SEVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "wait. Should we drop the magnet and all the pigs here to block the water so we can pull the stopper?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop magnet" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  316
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP MAGNET
Floyd |
Floyd | You dropped the pig magnet in the once exploded part of the dam. Now
Floyd | it lures in hungry pigs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we can try?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop all pig" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  317
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALL PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | pig number seven: Dropped.
Floyd | huge pig: Dropped.
Floyd | fat pig: Dropped.
Floyd | pink pig: Dropped.
Floyd | tiny pig: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number five: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number ten: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number nine: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number eight: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number six: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number four: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number three: Dropped.
Floyd | pig number one: Dropped.
Floyd | skinny pig: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  318
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Weird."
		DavidW says, "GOOD LORD I WAS RIGHT"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 319
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | FUUUCK, the water flowing into the pond is all gone... so it's empty
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter hut" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 320
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER HUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | church of homoepathy
Floyd | Still looking like a house of mojo....but now focusing on
Floyd | homoe-something.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to the backroom, earwax and ex-voodoo lady here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take earwax" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 321
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EARWAX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  church of homoepathy                                 322
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You dont want try to unlock that door during the presence of the
Floyd | homoepathic lady.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 323
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | FUUUCK, the water flowing into the pond is all gone... so it's empty
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          324
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump right into the waterless the depths of the dried out pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | inside-pond
Floyd | You are under water (again) and you try your best to see things in
Floyd | that murky water. You can exit swimming up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the big stopper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          325
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          326
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie rope to stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE ROPE TO STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You would achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wax stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          327
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAX STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wax on stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          328
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT WAX ON STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the big stopper would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, I don't quite know what to do here just yet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 329
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | FUUUCK, the water flowing into the pond is all gone... so it's empty
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  330
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              331
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". Herman pretends to sleep
Floyd | here. Two paths lead out of here. One to the east and one to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give earwax to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              332
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE EARWAX TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Herman doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show earwax to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW EARWAX TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Herman is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "use earwax" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              333
Floyd | >
Floyd | > USE EARWAX
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  334
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           335
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stream bed
Floyd | The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded
Floyd | (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  336
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  halfway up                                           337
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | halfway up
Floyd | You are halfway up this rock. You can go further up to the top or down
Floyd | to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a maybe catapult here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  plateau                                              338
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | plateau
Floyd | You have a great view in every direction of this little island. In the
Floyd | north you can see a small village made of straw huts. Looking really
Floyd | na(t)ive. Beneath your feet you can see the strange device directly,
Floyd | so you could throw stuff on it. You can only go down from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see pig number two here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig two" 		

Floyd ]  plateau                                              339
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG TWO
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw pig two at catapult" 		

Floyd ]  plateau                                              340
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW PIG TWO AT CATAPULT
Floyd |
Floyd | You drop the pig directly onto the catapult...
Floyd |
Floyd | ... You can now see a flying pig into the north of the island. Even
Floyd | to your ear came a very loud and smashing sound afterwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  halfway up                                           341
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | halfway up
Floyd | You are halfway up this rock. You can go further up to the top or down
Floyd | to the dam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a maybe catapult here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  342
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That poor, poor pig."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           343
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stream bed
Floyd | The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded
Floyd | (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          344
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | the village of the vegibals
Floyd | Yes, you smashed the vegibals hut into pieces, using a living pig! A
Floyd | bunch of straw and wooden pieces are the only remains of this kind of
Floyd | native architecture.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a giant q-tip here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take q-tip" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          345
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE Q-TIP
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems okay to take it
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  the village of the vegibals                          346
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like the ones you know for human ears, but this one is giant.
Floyd | Larger than your legs. But you notice the cotton tip is long gone on
Floyd | this one, so its basically a really large and heavy stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so... a lever? A baseball bat? something to make a famous banana picker with?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "A stick to hit trees with?"
		DavidW says, "sure we can try that"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  stream bed                                           347
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | stream bed
Floyd | The bed of this stream is armored with rocks, some very rounded
Floyd | (having had a longer life in the stream) and some not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  348
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  canyon edge                                          349
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | canyon edge
Floyd | You can look deep down a dried out canyon edge. Its dark down there. A
Floyd | trail leads back south to the banana tree and north to the dam into
Floyd | the direction of the big rock. You can also go northeast to the pond.
Floyd | The sign about the three-headed monkey makes you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         350
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | banana beach
Floyd | Hot light sand all around. In the middle of this beach is a lonely
Floyd | banana tree. Making you think, it was escaping the jungle behind him
Floyd | to the north. Far away to the northwest it leads halfway up to a
Floyd | volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the south is water, just water and still not a trace of the black
Floyd | freighter.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an uhuru here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to uhuru" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         351
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO UHURU
Floyd |
Floyd | He talks. No joke. he talks and its: "push the tree, quuoak, push the
Floyd | tree."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         352
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |  editors note: you will not be able to get the bananas this way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         353
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, what a surprise. A single one was falling to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push tree" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         354
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH TREE
Floyd |
Floyd |  Ok, one was falling down and that seems to be enough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take banana" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         355
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | (the banana)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x banana" 		

Floyd ]  banana beach                                         356
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | (the banana)
Floyd | You see nothing special about the banana.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              357
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". Herman pretends to sleep
Floyd | here. Two paths lead out of here. One to the east and one to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give q-tip to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              358
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE Q-TIP TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Herman doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put earwax on q-tip" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              359
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT EARWAX ON Q-TIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the giant q-tip would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put q-tip in earwax" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              360
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT Q-TIP IN EARWAX
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              361
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be impossible for a shipwrecked castaway to die in the
Floyd | silence that he deserves. Do you carry anything drinkable?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              362
Floyd | >
Floyd | > 1
Floyd |
Floyd | Bye.
Floyd |
Floyd | volcano
Floyd | On a banner is written "Hermans Lounge". Herman pretends to sleep
Floyd | here. Two paths lead out of here. One to the east and one to
Floyd | southeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see herman and a pigsty (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, he wants a drink"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give russian to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              363
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE RUSSIAN TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, thats a welcoming gesture."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              364
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be impossible for a shipwrecked castaway to die in the
Floyd | silence that he deserves. Do you carry anything drinkable?
Floyd |
Floyd | [1] I better go.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bottle to herman" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              365
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BOTTLE TO HERMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He seems not to be interested in empty bottles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              366
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bottle of rum is still filled up
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              367
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a banana
Floyd |   a giant q-tip
Floyd |   earwax
Floyd |   a rope
Floyd |   pot
Floyd |   white russian
Floyd |   a bottle of rum
Floyd |   a bath robe (being worn)
Floyd |   manatee wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a durian
Floyd |   a fishing rod
Floyd |   marooned wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   treasure-wristband (being worn)
Floyd |   a rucksack (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a brass lantern
Floyd |     an ubuntu cd
Floyd |   trousers (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. We kept the russian too."
		Knight_Otu says, "Weird."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry" 		

Floyd ]  volcano                                              367
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRY
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  368
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 369
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | FUUUCK, the water flowing into the pond is all gone... so it's empty
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump right into the waterless the depths of the dried out pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | inside-pond
Floyd | You are under water (again) and you try your best to see things in
Floyd | that murky water. You can exit swimming up.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the big stopper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry stopper with stick" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRY STOPPER WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRY STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pry stopper with q-tip" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          370
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRY STOPPER WITH Q-TIP
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open stopper" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          371
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN STOPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          372
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Its full of brown sugar cane globules for homoepathic use. You can't
Floyd | go down as long as those sweeteners are blocking your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I have to get to a bathroom. Gimme a second or three."
		DavidW says, "back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take globules" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          372
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE GLOBULES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          373
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Its full of brown sugar cane globules for homoepathic use. You can't
Floyd | go down as long as those sweeteners are blocking your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cane" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          373
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CANE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "So, I guess break up the pig dam to dissolve the globules?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "I can't think of any other idea, really." 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          373
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER IDEA, REALLY.
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          374
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 375
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | FUUUCK, the water flowing into the pond is all gone... so it's empty
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  376
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  fourteen pigs clogging it up, so it now works
Floyd | as a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see skinny pig, pig number one, pig number three, pig number
Floyd | four, pig number six, pig number eight, pig number nine, pig number
Floyd | ten, pig number five, tiny pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig
Floyd | number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take skinny" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  377
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SKINNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take one" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  378
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take three" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  379
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE THREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take four" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  380
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FOUR
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take six" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  381
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SIX
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take eight" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  382
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE EIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  383
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and not anymore to the east. There
Floyd | are the remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.
Floyd | These pigs are so concentrated licking this pig magnet, the dam works
Floyd | again One way to the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the
Floyd | pond. To the south leads the way back into the direction of the banana
Floyd | tree beach or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this
Floyd | island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a good damn of  eight pigs clogging it up, so it now works as
Floyd | a dam again. The flow of water is stopped.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see pig number nine, pig number ten, pig number five, tiny
Floyd | pig, pink pig, fat pig, huge pig, pig number seven and a pig magnet
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take nine" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  384
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE NINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ten" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  385
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take five" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  386
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pink" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  387
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PINK
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fat" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  388
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE FAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take huge" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  389
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HUGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pig" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  389
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, tiny pig, pig number seven, the pig magnet, huge
Floyd | pig, fat pig, pink pig, pig number five, pig number ten, pig number
Floyd | nine, pig number eight, pig number six, pig number four, pig number
Floyd | three, pig number one or skinny pig?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tiny" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  390
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TINY
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes you surprise yourself. You just managed to pick up a pig.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  dam                                                  391
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | dam
Floyd | You are standing in front of a big rock. You see a stream bed flowing
Floyd | through its streambed to the north and to the east. There are the
Floyd | remains of a dam that stopped the flow to the east before.  One way to
Floyd | the west to hermans fort and a way to the east to the pond. To the
Floyd | south leads the way back into the direction of the banana tree beach
Floyd | or you just climb up this big rock to get an view over this island.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is one pig trying to cloggin it up again and restoring a working
Floyd | dam. The water is flowing.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see pig number seven and a pig magnet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  pond                                                 392
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | pond
Floyd | The water is flowing from the direction of the dam and is vanishing
Floyd | throough the open stopper.
Floyd | You can enter the hut or leave this place to the west or east or
Floyd | southwest to the canyon edge. A sign on top of the huts entrance says
Floyd | "homoepathy" it hangs on top of an older one saying "voodoo". Or you
Floyd | can go down right into the water, where you see something that looks
Floyd | like a big stopper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          393
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump right into the waterless the depths of the dried out pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | inside-pond
Floyd | You are in a wet and empty pond. The water is vanishing somewhere. You
Floyd | can exit going up..
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the big stopper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Its really sticky down there, but the amount of water was enough to
Floyd | made the sugar to dissolve.
Floyd | As you enter finally this room you meet there a three headed gorilla.
Floyd | Or better, one gorilla costume. Inside of it seem to be three people.
Floyd | Each one having his face in one of the three heads of this costume.
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Oh, you guys again?" 
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Yes, here we are and we were first."
Floyd |
Floyd |   You look around and see yourself between lots of whisky
Floyd | barrels. And they look very old. So you ask "Whats so special
Floyd | about those barrels?" 
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Fancy, fancy barrels. These barrels are coming from a ship
Floyd | called fancy. We were treasure hunting for a long time after this. The
Floyd | arch pirate himself was hiding them here. Cpt. Henry Avery. We just
Floyd | arrived here, so we need to drink a lot. You can join us, if you want.
Floyd | 
Floyd |
Floyd | You look for a place where you can stay for a long time, drinking
Floyd | rare whisky from 1690. Not listening what the other guys are talking
Floyd | you reach the state of total boredomness.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |  *** THE END ***

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  No animals where harmed during writing of that game

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |  You can now turn off your interactive fiction device

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |  the author can still not believe someone finished this story

		Knight_Otu says, "Well that was abrupt."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |  You have requests and bug reports?

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | So please go to [LINK] and you are
Floyd | free to fork and create pull requests.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  Special thanks to Nikola, Thomas and Oliver for Testing this story.

		DavidW says, "oh, there was testing"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |  I will leave you now alone...

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |  "Free Software, Free Society!!

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  inside-pond                                          393
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 | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have mixed feelings."
		DavidW asks, "So what was the earwax and the q-tip and the homeopathy back door for?"
		DavidW asks, "Or the banana?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I wonder if we accidentally skipped a few steps."
		DavidW says, "maybe we did. I can believe that."
		DavidW says, "I can sometimes be too genre savvy."
		DavidW says, "but yeah, that was an odd one."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dear Interactor, please type "transcript" inside the game after it
Floyd | starts. It will then create a logfile, which I would like to receive
Floyd | afterwards. Lectrote is automatically doing savegames. And you will
Floyd | find the "cheat sheet" for common commands inside the help-menu (only
Floyd | available in the electron version, otherwise go to
Floyd | [LINK] and paper for

		DavidW says, "I was expecting a vegibal vegetable pun."

Floyd | mapping your journey will help. (start in the lower left)Deep in the
Floyd | west indies. The island of boredom. Just coming from the boat without
Floyd | puking, but still in a bad feeling. Your holidays starting for you to
Floyd | reach the state of total boredomness. (ver sept2019 ifcomp)
Floyd ]  boring beach                                         1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  The Secret of Vegibal Island
Floyd |
Floyd | First Act - "Slipped into Adventure"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | boring beach
Floyd | You arrived at a nice beach, sandy, sunny. Overwhelming, but even
Floyd | better to the west behind a fence with a gate seems to be the holiday
Floyd | resort. The bold fence is against the poor natives maybe. But no
Floyd | offence you are just imagining yourself there, at the bar, in the
Floyd | pool, on the beach. You even feel the taste of cocktails on your
Floyd | tongue. Mouthwatering it is. So you tend to go west. Into the
Floyd | northern directions it looks dark and full of ugly insects. Thats the
Floyd | reason you booked your kind of active-holidays to stay in your save
Floyd | resorts. Not too much contact to natives or even nature.  There is a
Floyd | guy behind a sewing machine. He seems to be focused at his work.
Floyd | Behind him is a wooden infoboard. To the south it opens right into the
Floyd | sea inviting to go south to take a bath.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an inviting lounger in front of you, ready for you to get on
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is this a guy working here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a gate here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No author name here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  The Secret of Vegibal Island
Floyd |
Floyd | First Act - "Slipped into Adventure"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |  Identification number: //265F902A-3B4E-11E4-9A67-00216A06A456//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Quip-Based Conversation version 5 by Michael Martin
Floyd | epistemology version 6 by eric eve
Floyd | Secret Doors by Andrew Owen
Floyd | Far Away version 5 by Jon Ingold
Floyd | Questions version 5 by Michael Callaghan
Floyd | Rideable Vehicles version 3 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Smiley island version 1 by stereo
Floyd | Reactable Quips version 10 by Michael Martin
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  boring beach                                         1
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ralf tauscher according to the comp results."
		Knight_Otu says, "German or Austrian I would presume from the name. I do recall an instance of Windbeutel, too."
		DavidW asks, "what's that?"
		Knight_Otu says, "A "bun" filled with cream. Cream puff, I think I've seen as a translation."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Various Wintry Games by Various Authors
As played on ifMUD on December 22, 2019

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 Santa's Sleigh Ride written by Molly Geene, The World Turned Upside Down written by Bruno Dias, Dead of Winter written by Gunther Schmidl (as Christina Pagniacci), and Post-Christmas Letdown written by E. Joyce. You can learn more about the games, including how to download them, by visiting the IFDB pages: Dead of Winter, The World Turned Upside Down, Santa's Sleigh Ride, and Post-Christmas Letdown.

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:

Santa's Sleigh Ride by Molly Geene
The World Turned Upside Down by Bruno Dias
Dead of Winter by Gunther Schmidl (as Christina Pagniacci)
Post-Christmas Letdown by E. Joyce
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DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask santassleighride" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Every Christmas it's been a joy to give presents to all the good
Floyd | little girls and boys. Hauling presents, climbing down chimneys: it's
Floyd | no easy job being the guy who lives to bring joy throughout the world
Floyd | on Christmas, but you, Santa, are up to the challenge. Now you've made
Floyd | almost all your gift-giving rounds, and the only thing between you and
Floyd | a good eleven months of well-deserved rest is the last house, the
Floyd | Madisons'.
Floyd |
Floyd | Before you land your sleigh, you double-check your gift list in your
Floyd | magic book to make sure you have all the Madisons' gifts: A Barbie for
Floyd | Kelly Madison, a Batman action figure for Justin Madison, a Wii for
Floyd | the whole family, a bone for their dog, Tina, and two bags full of
Floyd | candy and toys for the kids' stockings. Yep, that's everything! You
Floyd | park your sleigh on the Madisons' rooftop, and exit the sleigh.
Floyd | (Note that new players should type ABOUT.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Santa's Sleigh Ride
Floyd | A moment in the life of Santa Claus by Molly Geene
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 081227 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Rooftop
Floyd | Newly fallen snow sits gently on the roof. Nearby, you spot a chimney
Floyd | you can climb down.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleigh sits nearby, right where you parked it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leading the sleigh is your trusty Reindeer Brigade, without which you
Floyd | couldn't make a single Christmas delivery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/1
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Welcome to Santa's Sleigh Ride! This is a very small game, meaning it
Floyd | should be beatable in only a few turns if you know what you're doing.
Floyd | If you don't know what you're doing, or are otherwise new to
Floyd | interactive fiction (IF for short), then this section is for you!
Floyd |
Floyd | First, you need to know the commands of IF. A good one to know is
Floyd | LOOK, which prints out a description of your surroundings. LOOK can be
Floyd | shortened to just "L", so if you're a slow typer that's helpful. The
Floyd | next useful command is EXAMINE, which you use to look at specific
Floyd | objects more closely in the game, such as EXAMINE BATMAN ACTION
Floyd | FIGURE. This can, in turn, be shortened to LOOK AT BATMAN  or L AT
Floyd | BATMAN or even X BATMAN. This can be very helpful, as there are many
Floyd | times when the description of a specific object gives helpful advice,
Floyd | or at least something amusing. Other IF useful commands tend to vary,
Floyd | but you can easily guess most of these from the context (e.g., a
Floyd | description of a scene telling you that you can CLIMB DOWN CHIMNEY, or
Floyd | a tree to put Christmas presents under). Note that the game can't
Floyd | understand everything you type, but I've tried to make it
Floyd | understand a fair bit. One last tip: if your hands are cramping up
Floyd | from typing all the commands, know that things that belong to someone
Floyd | specific (like the two bags of candy) can be shortened to just the
Floyd | first letter of that particular person's name, as in J CANDY BAG  for
Floyd | Justin's candy bag. Also, if you want to know more about the people
Floyd | who helped write this game, type CREDITS, and if you need more help,
Floyd | type HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/1
Floyd |
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | The main writer of this IF is Molly Geene. She wrote the code for this
Floyd | game with Inform 7, a program written by Graham Nelson, with David
Floyd | Kinder's Windows front-end. She used the extensions "Bulk Limiter" and
Floyd | "Underside" by Eric Eve and "Plurality" by Emily Short. She drew the
Floyd | cover art with an anonymous internet reference. She'd like to thank
Floyd | all the posters who have helped her over the years at the Usenet group
Floyd | rec.arts.int-fiction, including David Kinder and Jim Aiken. She'd also
Floyd | like to thank her beta-testers Kevin Cogger and Philip Armstrong, and
Floyd | the people at the two forums she shared an early build with, The
Floyd | Return of Talking Time and Truth and Beauty Bombs. Finally, she'd like
Floyd | to thank Santa Claus, because without him this game wouldn't be
Floyd | possible. For bug reports or any other reason she can be reached at
Floyd | rosygirl5657@yahoo.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Who names their dog 'Tina'? I always find human names weird on animals."
		DavidW says, "I assume Underside lets us put presents under trees."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Maybe it's short for Rin-tin-tina."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're wearing a dapper red hat and suit combo made specially for this
Floyd | outing by Mrs. Claus, and you've trimmed your beard just right. You
Floyd | look smashing!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dasher shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   the magic bag
Floyd |     Wrapped Wii (for the family)
Floyd |     Wrapped Barbie (for Kelly)
Floyd |     Wrapped Batman Action Figure (for Justin)
Floyd |     Doggy bone (for Tina)
Floyd |     Kelly's candy bag
Floyd |     Justin's candy bag
Floyd |
Floyd | Cupid champs at his bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So is it just straightforward ENTER CHIMNEY?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A warm, cozy chimney. There's just enough room there for you to climb
Floyd | down it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dasher paws the ground with his hoof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You pinch your nose and jump down the chimney.
Floyd |
Floyd | But halfway through, you bump into some nasty junk in the chimney.
Floyd | Oof! You jump rght back up the chimney. Looks like you have to find
Floyd | something to help you clean up the junk.
Floyd |
Floyd | Donner champs at his bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That, or down, I would assume."
		Jacqueline says, "Another game that will fail to explain the physics of how he makes it down chimneys."
		Peregrine says, "It's magic."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure sure"
		DavidW says, "Okay, so we need something to clean our junk with."
		Peregrine says, "Defunk that junk"
		Knight_Otu says, "The game already doesn't explain how he does it in one night."
		DavidW says, "Maybe Comet has some cleanser."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x comet" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMET
Floyd |
Floyd | Comet has antlers, red fur, cloven feet, and in most respects looks
Floyd | like your average reindeer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dasher shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x junk" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JUNK
Floyd |
Floyd | Some nasty, awful junk is clogging up the chimney.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dancer champs at his bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, DW, I've missed you."
		DavidW says, "heh heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roof" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROOF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sleigh" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SLEIGH
Floyd |
Floyd | Your sleigh is full of the things you need to make your rounds. It's
Floyd | almost empty now, though, since you've made almost all of your
Floyd | deliveries. The only things left in it are the magic book, the warm
Floyd | blanket, the cocoa mug and the sweeper stick.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vixen paws the ground with his hoof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "STICK!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take stick" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Donner shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean junk with stick" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              1/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN JUNK WITH STICK
Floyd |
Floyd | You clear out all the junk with the chimney sweeper. Whoo! That was
Floyd | some hard work, but now you can go down the chimney.
Floyd |
Floyd | Vixen champs at his bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "THE magic book?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x magic book" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              1/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAGIC BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a magic book that updates itself automatically with all the names
Floyd | of the good little girls and boys. You don't know what you'd do
Floyd | without it.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the last page of the book, it lists the Madisons' gifts: a Batman
Floyd | action figure for Justin, a Barbie doll for Kelly, a Wii for the whole
Floyd | family, a bone for their dog, Tina, and two bags full of small toys
Floyd | and candy to serve as stocking stuffers for both of the kids.
Floyd |
Floyd | Donner paws the ground with his hoof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "The naughty and nice book?"
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blanket" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              1/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLANKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A warm, cuddly blanket.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dancer shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mug" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              1/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUG
Floyd |
Floyd | A mug with a merry scene of young boys sledding imprinted on it. It's
Floyd | empty, of course. You may as well just bring the whole pot with you
Floyd | next time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Donner paws the ground with his hoof.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put stick in sleigh" 		

Floyd ]  Rooftop                                              1/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT STICK IN SLEIGH
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the sweeper stick into Santa's sleigh.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dancer shakes his head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          1/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You pinch your nose and jump down the chimney.
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | The living room is lit only by the lights on the Christmas tree. The
Floyd | red brick walls give the living room a storybook feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Christmas tree is dazzling, with pretty colored lights and
Floyd | ornaments a glitter.
Floyd |
Floyd | A dog by the tree is growling cautiously at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spy a little boy sleeping on an old worn couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nearby, you can see the fireplace for the chimney you went down.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the fireplace are Justin's Christmas stocking (empty) and Kelly's
Floyd | Christmas stocking (empty).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pet dog" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          1/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline sips from her 22 oz coffee cup while reading the description of Santa's sad empty mug.
		Knight_Otu says, "Someone wanted to see us."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bone to dog" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          2/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BONE TO DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking Doggy bone (for Tina))
Floyd | You give the dog her bone. Suddenly her mood lights up instantly and
Floyd | she plays with it as if she were a frisky little puppy. Ho ho ho! What
Floyd | a jolly dog!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put wii under tree" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          3/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT WII UNDER TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the family's Wii under the tree. Ho ho ho! Giving presents
Floyd | makes you feel good.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put batman in j stocking" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          3/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BATMAN IN J STOCKING
Floyd |
Floyd | Ho ho ho! Wrapped Batman Action Figure (for Justin) doesn't go there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put batman under tree" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          4/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BATMAN UNDER TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place Justin's Batman action figure under the tree. Ho ho ho!
Floyd | Giving presents makes you feel good!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          4/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   the magic bag
Floyd |     Wrapped Barbie (for Kelly)
Floyd |     Kelly's candy bag
Floyd |     Justin's candy bag
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put barbie under tree" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          5/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT BARBIE UNDER TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | You place Kelly's Holiday Barbie under the tree. Ho ho ho! Giving
Floyd | presents makes you feel good.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put k bag in k stocking" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          6/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT K BAG IN K STOCKING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put Kelly's bag of candy and toys into her Christmas stocking. Ho
Floyd | ho ho! Giving presents makes you feel good!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put j bag in j stocking" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          7/23
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT J BAG IN J STOCKING
Floyd |
Floyd | You put Justin's bag of candy and toys into his Christmas stocking. Ho
Floyd | ho ho! Giving presents makes you feel good.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, the little boy awakes at the sound of putting away the last
Floyd | present. You face the boy and put your finger to your lips. The boy
Floyd | nods and dives into the couch front first, pretending to be asleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps I should have looked around more."
		DavidW says, "I feel once we go up, the game's over."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          7/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Yeah, a magic teleporting spell would be pretty nice to have, wouldn't
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But I doubt there's much else here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          7/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 7 out of a possible 7, in 24 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room                                          7/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You pinch your nose and jump up the chimney.
Floyd |
Floyd | However, just before you disappear up the chute you hear the little
Floyd | boy dashing out of the living room, banging and bashing into many
Floyd | things along the way. After you climb into your sleigh and urge on
Floyd | your reindeer, you see the little boy with his sister outside the
Floyd | house. They are both waving at you, and as you fly through the air
Floyd | like a bird in the sky, you shout  to them "Merry Christmas to all,
Floyd | and to all a good night!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** Merry Christmas! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 7 out of a possible 7, in 24 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game or QUIT?
Floyd | >

		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Roger has connected. 		DavidW says, "That was short."
		Knight_Otu says, "But cute."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "So next game? Or re-run that one again and try to break it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Nah, just next game, in my opinion."
		DavidW says, "okay"
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 worldturnedupsidedown" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     Our Lords and Knights, and Gentry too, doe mean old fashions
Floyd | to forgoe:
Floyd |     They set a porter at the gate, that none must enter in
Floyd | thereat.
Floyd |     They count it a sin, when poor people come in.
Floyd |     Hospitality it selfe is drown'd.
Floyd |     Yet let's be content, and the times lament, you see the world
Floyd | turn'd upside down.
Floyd |
Floyd |     -- Anonymous English Civil War tract
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | The World Turned Upside Down
Floyd | A Cape side story by Bruno Dias
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 151224 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Closing Time (behind the bar)
Floyd | It's five to three on the last Saturday before Christmas; the green
Floyd | glass light fixtures hanging over the bar have been dimmed, dirty
Floyd | frost speckles the windows, and the hazy scent of alcoholic vomit
Floyd | emanating from the toilets has subdued to a minor note in the far
Floyd | background of the olfactory panoply that fills Herrig's.
Floyd |
Floyd | The last few regulars left in the place have coalesced into a single
Floyd | group, huddled around the corner table.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can complete this story with only the verbs EXAMINE, WAIT,
Floyd | and INTERJECT when prompted; type NOTES at any time to read the
Floyd | author's note.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You don't have to go home, but you can't. Stay. Here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x regulars" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X REGULARS
Floyd |
Floyd | There's Skóa, of course, with the hat; and Jamessin smoking sullenly
Floyd | in the corner. Chow reads quietly in her wide chair, silently enjoying
Floyd | the presence of her friends Ramos (with the centipede familiar) and
Floyd | Grin (with the oversized scarf).
Floyd |
Floyd | The table of regulars laughs together; except, of course, for Grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grin" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRIN
Floyd |
Floyd | So named because he doesn't. Grin likes to hang around, listen, figure
Floyd | out where the wind is blowing. He has a tendency to disappear for
Floyd | weeks at a time. Other than that, all you know about him is that he's
Floyd | from someplace warmer than Yeats; right now, in the middle of winter,
Floyd | his head barely pokes out of the enormous scarf wrapped several times
Floyd | around his neck and face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jamessin blows a smoke ring, though it comes out weirdly deformed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Man, having a centipede familiar would stress me out."
		Jacqueline says, "I'd always be freaked out about it potentially being smushed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x smoke ring" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMOKE RING
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jamessin" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JAMESSIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Jamessin is the youngest one in this crowd, though she's eager to make
Floyd | it clear at all times that she's nobody's apprentice. Tonight,
Floyd | something has her nervous; she's on her third cigarette now, still
Floyd | fiddling with the flame she produces from a slightly singed fingertip.
Floyd | Plenty going around to make someone rattled, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone's phone squawks with a notification; nobody looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "What, we're not busting a smoke ring? What's the point of fighting crime then?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skoa" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKOA
Floyd |
Floyd | She is built much like the human version of an ancient birch tree:
Floyd | pale, tall, and slightly ominous-looking. This isn't helped by her
Floyd | propensity for a sort of post-post businesspunk wardrobe, though
Floyd | tonight she chose to break her somber figure by wearing a curious
Floyd | fascinator that you can't quite resolve with your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The floorboards crack and pop underfoot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door swings open to let someone in from the outside; given the
Floyd | hour, and the events of the last few days, you can't help but set your
Floyd | fingers behind the bar into an unpleasant pattern, readying some curse
Floyd | or another. But then you see the man's face and your apprehension is
Floyd | replaced by mild annoyance.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We're closed," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't come here to drink," he replies, giving you the look that
Floyd | tells you he's about to rope you into something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Do we... fight crime?"
		Peregrine says, "I don't know, was just joking because it's a Cape side story"
		Peregrine says, "(which incidentally sounds like it should be a musical)"
		DavidW asks, "I guess we're the barkeep in this story?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it would seem."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (Ainsley)
Floyd | Ainsley is one of those people who always looks like he's lost weight,
Floyd | skin hanging slightly too loose off his bones like there used to be
Floyd | more of him; but you've never seem him any thicker. Maybe he puffs up
Floyd | when he's back across the ocean where he's from. Wears a
Floyd | professorial-looking argyle sweater vest and a calculated two-day
Floyd | nonbeard. Though you've never seen him do actual magic, of all the
Floyd | joints in all the cities in the world he likes to roll into yours,
Floyd | once every few months, when he's in town.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skóa gives Ainsley a curious look from the corner table
Floyd | You fail to contain a sigh. "Why are you even here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, just having a look at the old place. Didn't know that I would
Floyd | still find it." He talks with an odd lilt that you've been told is
Floyd | Welsh.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's that supposed to mean?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Aha, so we watch superheroes trash our bar and look on disapprovingly"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | "Didn't half the wizards in this city get killed or worse last year?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrug. "They weren't my customers."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Still. Must have been some trouble."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could INTERJECT here)
Floyd |
Floyd | Ramos nods silently in response to some unseen signal or message from
Floyd | his familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "One sec, changing clothes into something warmer, which is almost never a thing in Hawaii."
		Peregrine asks, "We could interject. Should we?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know. Conversational games are NOT may field of expertise."
		DavidW says, "er my"
		Jacqueline says, "Back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "interject" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > INTERJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | You look askance for a moment, but decide to spill anyway: "So maybe
Floyd | there was an attack. So maybe a bunch of rich assholes are in the
Floyd | ground or in hospice care now. Maybe some of the people responsible
Floyd | were my customers. They're not any more."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You're only telling me this because you know I know."
Floyd |
Floyd | You give him a practiced glare.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the random flickering of the lights outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This feels like a Bruno game."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ramos" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RAMOS
Floyd |
Floyd | Gruff-looking and punkish, but ultimately good natured. Of course,
Floyd | then there's the chihuahua-sized centipede clinging to his neck and
Floyd | shoulder like a suckling infant. You still remember a time before
Floyd | familiars turned into a sort of shock fashion competition, though
Floyd | Ramos seems to have put an end to that; nobody cared to try harder
Floyd | than the giant centipede.
Floyd |
Floyd | The table of regulars laughs together; except, of course, for Grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on, Ainsley," you say, getting plainly frustrated now. "Just
Floyd | tell me what this is about."
Floyd |
Floyd | He cocks his head and stares you down curiously, for a moment. And
Floyd | then he pulls out a slightly oversized phone. He flips through
Floyd | pictures of what looks like a blur smeared against the night sky;
Floyd | after a few of them, though, it resolves itself in your mind as a
Floyd | vaguely human figure, leaping across rooftops; or maybe flying. You
Floyd | can't quite tell.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You wouldn't happen to know anything about this, would you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could INTERJECT here)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I know you know I know... er wait."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pictures" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PICTURES
Floyd |
Floyd | (That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this
Floyd | story.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "interject" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > INTERJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, okay. There's some rumors going around. A lot of them. The
Floyd | incident with the keener left a bit of a power vacuum. What was left
Floyd | of the cabal is now wrestling to see who comes out on top. Let's just
Floyd | say I don't cross the bridges no more."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can imagine."
Floyd |
Floyd | "So there's this person going around Blaise sending people to the
Floyd | hospital. Some people think it's just a weird mundane in a costume,
Floyd | some people think it's a player. Fucked if I know how to get in touch,
Floyd | though."
Floyd |
Floyd | He purses his lips; the smell of Jamessin's cigarette must be giving
Floyd | him cravings.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Better than nothing, at least. Thanks."
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice the random flickering of the lights outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's your real angle here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Trouble back home. I'm putting a team together. Figured whoever's
Floyd | been beating up drug dealers is the kind of person who can help."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes leap into the back of your skull faster than you can stop
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You flew all the way to Yeats to recruit a latex fetishist to go fix
Floyd | one of your fuck-ups."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's serious. Scary shit I hoped I'd never see again."
Floyd |
Floyd | (You could INTERJECT here)
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone's phone squawks with a notification; nobody looks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "interject" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > INTERJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head, more at yourself than at him. "Fine. If it gets
Floyd | you off my back. You see the one in the corner with the old book?
Floyd | That's Chow. She might know what's up."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't suppose you might serve me a drink, now?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't push your luck. And I hope you don't plan on staying in town
Floyd | for more than a couple days."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Wouldn't dream of it."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** an ending ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I have such vague memories of Cape"
		DavidW asks, "Is this a sequel to an earlier game?"
		Peregrine says, "it's a sort of DVD extras thing"
		Peregrine says, "(I think)"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Closing Time
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | You give him one last shrug. "Maybe try someone else's bar for once."
Floyd |
Floyd | He doesn't respond; there's no other bar and he knows that. He just
Floyd | walks out dejectedly. You give the countertop one last wipe down,
Floyd | sighing. "We're closing," you announce to the people at the corner
Floyd | table.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** an ending ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Closing Time
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "notes" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > NOTES
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a very short story written very quickly on occasion of
Floyd | December 2015, as a brief thank-you note to everyone who's read,
Floyd | supported, or helped my IF work over the course of the preceding year.
Floyd | It is small and wholly self-indulgent; as always, you can reach me on
Floyd | Twitter @notbrunoagain.
Floyd |
Floyd | Special thanks in no particular order to Jason McIntosh, Doug
Floyd | Orleans, Caleb Wilson, Tory Hoke, Etienne Vouga, Emily Short, David
Floyd | Cornelson, Carolyn van Eseltine, Aaron Reed, Neil Butters, Cat
Floyd | Manning, Kerstin Hall, and surely many others who have read, played,
Floyd | contributed, and helped me in 2015.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bruno Dias
Floyd | December 24th, 2015
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "'self-indulgent', yup, DVD extras"
		Peregrine says, "Cape is a non-parser game"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, I retract my comment about the centipede familiar, since it's a giant centipede."
		DavidW says, "This game was shorter than I expected."
		Jacqueline says, "Way"
		Jacqueline says, "We've played two games in 29 minutes."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure was."
		DavidW says, "I think we need another game."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I thought two would be enough."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh."
		DavidW says, "So did I."
		Peregrine says, "Maybe Santa's elves can write us a third game."
		Jacqueline says, "I've found something."
		Jacqueline says, "One sec."
		DavidW asks, "Post-Christmas Letdown ?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Possibly. It's winter themed!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "quit" 		

Floyd ]       Behind a bar, after midnight, one week from Christmas
Floyd |
Floyd | > QUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd | Are you sure you want to quit?
Floyd | > Y
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

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

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses some special effects that can cause problems on older
Floyd | interpreters, and especially on interpreters for handhelds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Answer 'no' if your interpreter doesn't support color or timed input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to play the enhanced version?

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have made it, finally, to her cave. A week ago, she kidnapped your
Floyd | boyfriend from your bed, while you were sleeping. When you awoke, he
Floyd | was gone, a beautiful snowflake in his place. That was when you knew
Floyd | she had taken him.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I see you have found me,' says the Ice Queen amusedly. 'So you want
Floyd | your boy back, my dear? Come, follow me inside.'
Floyd |
Floyd | She bows mockingly, then disappears inside the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | DEAD OF WINTER
Floyd | SmoochieComp 2001 Entry
Floyd | (c) Copyright 2000 Christina Pagniacci
Floyd | Please type ABOUT.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 010104 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | This is it. The dread Ice Queen's home lies to the north, the dark
Floyd | cave mouth beckoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | DEAD OF WINTER uses no conversation verbs in the common
Floyd | sense.If you want to talk to someone, use 'TALK TO person'. 'TALK TO'
Floyd | can be abbreviated to 'T'.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are tightly wrapped in cold-protective clothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So we're nameless ambiguously-gendered adventure person."
		Jacqueline asks, "N?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | The inside of the cave consists solely of ice. It is mostly empty, the
Floyd | most striking feature being the gigantic ice throne the Queen is
Floyd | sitting on. Prominently displayed in the middle of the cave is a
Floyd | large, clear block of ice inside which Saul has been frozen.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the throne is the Ice Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x saul" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | He is just as you last remember him. Light brown skin, shaved head,
Floyd | that short goatee you asked him not to shave off... but he's frozen
Floyd | into a block of ice, his eyes are closed, he is not breathing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Our boyfriend, "Saul.""
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen is as black as a moonless midnight, except for her cold
Floyd | blue eyes. She stands at least twice as tall as you, wearing a dress
Floyd | of black ice that constantly melts and reforms around her body.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "He was the Saul of every party."
		Jacqueline says, "So, this was for a smoochie speed. I sense names chosen specifically for their Romance value."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick ice block" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK ICE BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break block" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You won't get him out this way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "t" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > T
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to t?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You want him back? Then bring me the Heart of Winter. It is guarded
Floyd | by the Dragon, but since you have found me, I am sure you are not
Floyd | going to have a problem convincing him to give it to you.'
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen gestures, and an exit opens towards the north of the
Floyd | cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect the author meant the character to be female, but didn't specify. So we're free to choose."
		Peregrine says, ">LICK BLOCK"
		DavidW says, "This game feels familiar to me."
		DavidW says, "I seem to remember lava."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gorge of Despair
Floyd | A wide, deep gorge splits the land in half. There is no way across. On
Floyd | the other side, in the distance, you can make out a castle. You can
Floyd | also walk along the gorge to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An annoying little demon is fluttering around your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x demon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DEMON
Floyd |
Floyd | A tiny red creature about the size of your palm, with wings and goat
Floyd | hooves and yellow eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to demon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DEMON
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You want across this gorge? I can get you there, baby. Just give me
Floyd | what you're holding!'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not..." you start, then realize you are holding something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blue crystal
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crystal" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | A blue snowflake, glowing slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, you're not getting this buddy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Ungrateful wench!' screams the demon, suddenly growing in size. 'You
Floyd | do not want my help? Fine! Then try to get out of this mess yourself!'
Floyd |
Floyd | He turns around, whipping you with his tail. You lose your balance and
Floyd | fall...
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ...fall, until a large branch stops your descent rather abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Halfway down the Gorge (on the branch)
Floyd | Even from here, you still can't see the bottom of the gorge, but you
Floyd | can hear water rushing below. The top seems miles away; the walls are
Floyd | mostly bare, except for the branch that miraculously broke your fall
Floyd | without injuring you too much in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x branch" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BRANCH
Floyd |
Floyd | A large, bare branch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wall" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall, the south wall, the east wall, the
Floyd | west wall, the northeast wall, the northwest wall, the southeast wall
Floyd | or the southwest wall?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Why do I suspect the same would have happened with giving up he vrystal?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x south wall" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOUTH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Woot"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ouch my spelling."
		DavidW says, "I suspect the crystal has Saul's soul or lifeforce in it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear crystal" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CRYSTAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "rub it" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RUB IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You achieve nothing by this.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch it" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh wow. You're prolly right, DW>"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Mustering all your courage, you jump off the branch. Just like you
Floyd | hoped, there is a river down there, but it isn't quite what you
Floyd | expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Though it is easy to maneuver on the winds, you would crash into the
Floyd | canyon wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You drift along with the winds...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | Though it is easy to maneuver on the winds, you would crash into the
Floyd | canyon wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The canyon walls give way to an ice bank to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You swiftly steer towards the ice bank and the currents drop you
Floyd | softly onto it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Bank
Floyd | A tiny bank of ice is all that separates the River of Storms from a
Floyd | rough path leading up a mountain to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | After a long trip, you arrive at...
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Courtyard
Floyd | This may have been an impressive castle once, and seemed to be intact
Floyd | from the distance, but the courtyard is all that remains; no walls
Floyd | remain standing. Strange.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the Dragon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "HI, DRAGON!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dragon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon is a handsome man with incredibly white skin and piercing
Floyd | black eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dragon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You have come for the Heart of Winter.'
Floyd |
Floyd | You shudder at the sound of his voice. It is... old and
Floyd | otherwordly, yet beautiful. "Y... yes," you manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I will give it to you, under one condition. Give yourself to me, this
Floyd | night. Then you shall have the Heart of Winter. What do you say?'
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline exclaims, "HelLO, Dragon!"
		Jacqueline wiggles her eyebrows.
		Peregrine says, "How scandalous"
		Jacqueline says, "I say heck yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon smiles sadly. 'Come with me, child.'
Floyd |
Floyd | Afterwards, he leads you into a small chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Chamber
Floyd | This very small chamber is empty except for a large mirror hanging on
Floyd | one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself in the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I only see myself!" you shout, "where is the Heart of Winter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon smiles again. 'You are.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am? But..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hushes you with a movement of his hand. 'I think you have someone
Floyd | to go back to, do you not?'
Floyd |
Floyd | At the mention of Saul, shame flushes your face. Yes, you betrayed him
Floyd | to save him.
Floyd |
Floyd | With another wave of the Dragon's hand, you are gone and find
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | This is it. The dread Ice Queen's home lies to the north, the dark
Floyd | cave mouth beckoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | The inside of the cave consists solely of ice. It is mostly empty, the
Floyd | most striking feature being the gigantic ice throne the Queen is
Floyd | sitting on. Prominently displayed in the middle of the cave is a
Floyd | large, clear block of ice inside which Saul has been frozen.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the throne is the Ice Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That was surprisingly tasteful"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Well,' asks the Ice Queen, 'have you brought me the Heart of Winter?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | 'So,' she continues eagerly, 'where is it?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am the Heart of Winter."
Floyd |
Floyd | 'What? It cannot be!' Her eyes alight with anger, she raises her arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Heart of Winter, eh? You will be dead of Winter!'
Floyd |
Floyd | Glistening magic leaves her fingertips, engulfing you...
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel cold for a second, but nothing else happens. The Queen looks
Floyd | at you, her countenance shattered.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the magic leaves you and strikes her full force. She screams a
Floyd | high-pitched, bloodcurdling scream, then explodes into thousands of
Floyd | tiny ice splinters. You close your eyes and crouch to shield your body
Floyd | from the shrapnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next thing you know is Saul holding you in a tight embrace,
Floyd | kissing you passionately.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then, you walk out of the cave, and make your way home.
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TWO DEAD IN SNOW CHAOS
Floyd |
Floyd | The recent snow chaos has caused two more deaths. A young couple, Saul
Floyd | O. (23) and an unidentified female, were caught in the storm.
Floyd | Apparently, O. lost control of the car and crashed it into a tree. The
Floyd | couple froze to death while trying to reach civilisation. It seems
Floyd | they knew what was coming; they were found in a tight embrace, lips
Floyd | frozen together in a final kiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Knight_Otu says, "Yikes."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps that's not the best ending."
		Jacqueline says, "Damn"
		Peregrine says, "No dragon romance. Only true romance."
		Jacqueline says, "I wish y'all could see my face right now"
		DavidW asks, "Try again and tell the dragon no?"
		Peregrine says (to Jacqueline), "I can *read* your disappointment"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, now is probably a good time to share that the author of this game is logged onto the mud right now."
		Peregrine exclaims, "Not that we were about to say anything mean!"
		Jacqueline says, "No, my face is more... slightly bemused, slightly a-mused, slightly something unexplainable."
		Peregrine asks, "it struck a chord... a *banjo* chord?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I do note that the ending does mention does assign a gender to us."
		Jacqueline says (to P), "No, I just mean that Christina Pagniacci is a nom-de-plume."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask deadofwinter" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses some special effects that can cause problems on older
Floyd | interpreters, and especially on interpreters for handhelds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Answer 'no' if your interpreter doesn't support color or timed input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to play the enhanced version?

		Peregrine says, "oooh la laa"
		Jacqueline says, "Christina Pagniacci is, in face, Gunther."
		Peregrine exclaims, "!!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have made it, finally, to her cave. A week ago, she kidnapped your
Floyd | boyfriend from your bed, while you were sleeping. When you awoke, he
Floyd | was gone, a beautiful snowflake in his place. That was when you knew
Floyd | she had taken him.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I see you have found me,' says the Ice Queen amusedly. 'So you want
Floyd | your boy back, my dear? Come, follow me inside.'
Floyd |
Floyd | She bows mockingly, then disappears inside the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | DEAD OF WINTER
Floyd | SmoochieComp 2001 Entry
Floyd | (c) Copyright 2000 Christina Pagniacci
Floyd | Please type ABOUT.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 010104 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | This is it. The dread Ice Queen's home lies to the north, the dark
Floyd | cave mouth beckoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "wow"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "IKR?!"
		Jacqueline says, "In fact, even"
		DavidW asks, "Really? GUNTHER?"
		Peregrine says, "he is a force of nature, after all"
		Jacqueline says, "According to this, anyway:"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | The inside of the cave consists solely of ice. It is mostly empty, the
Floyd | most striking feature being the gigantic ice throne the Queen is
Floyd | sitting on. Prominently displayed in the middle of the cave is a
Floyd | large, clear block of ice inside which Saul has been frozen.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the throne is the Ice Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | [LINK]
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kill queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KILL QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That doesn't seem like a good idea. She could kill you in a
Floyd | split-second; and you're not even sure why she hasn't done that yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss saul" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS SAUL
Floyd |
Floyd | You wish you could, but the ice block is in the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take block" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You won't get him out this way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push block south" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BLOCK SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Lick ice in front of Saul's face, tastelessly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lick block" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You want him back? Then bring me the Heart of Winter. It is guarded
Floyd | by the Dragon, but since you have found me, I am sure you are not
Floyd | going to have a problem convincing him to give it to you.'
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen gestures, and an exit opens towards the north of the
Floyd | cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gorge of Despair
Floyd | A wide, deep gorge splits the land in half. There is no way across. On
Floyd | the other side, in the distance, you can make out a castle. You can
Floyd | also walk along the gorge to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An annoying little demon is fluttering around your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you turn to go, the demon suddenly speaks up...
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You want across this gorge? I can get you there, baby. Just give me
Floyd | what you're holding!'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not..." you start, then realize you are holding something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blue crystal
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Ungrateful wench!' screams the demon, suddenly growing in size. 'You
Floyd | do not want my help? Fine! Then try to get out of this mess yourself!'
Floyd |
Floyd | He turns around, whipping you with his tail. You lose your balance and
Floyd | fall...
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		Jacqueline asks, "Give it this time?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or not"
		Knight_Otu says, "I can't read. I read that KISS SAUL as KILL SAUL and the response just threw me."
		Peregrine says, "haha"
		DavidW says, "I want to say no to the dragon this time."
		Jacqueline says, "ok"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ...fall, until a large branch stops your descent rather abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Halfway down the Gorge (on the branch)
Floyd | Even from here, you still can't see the bottom of the gorge, but you
Floyd | can hear water rushing below. The top seems miles away; the walls are
Floyd | mostly bare, except for the branch that miraculously broke your fall
Floyd | without injuring you too much in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Mustering all your courage, you jump off the branch. Just like you
Floyd | hoped, there is a river down there, but it isn't quite what you
Floyd | expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Just say no to dragons."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The currents drag you along...
Floyd |
Floyd | River of Storms
Floyd | Strong wind currents carry you along, as if you were floating on
Floyd | water; instead, you are floating in mid-air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The canyon walls give way to an ice bank to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You swiftly steer towards the ice bank and the currents drop you
Floyd | softly onto it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Bank
Floyd | A tiny bank of ice is all that separates the River of Storms from a
Floyd | rough path leading up a mountain to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | After a long trip, you arrive at...
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Courtyard
Floyd | This may have been an impressive castle once, and seemed to be intact
Floyd | from the distance, but the courtyard is all that remains; no walls
Floyd | remain standing. Strange.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the Dragon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dragon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You have come for the Heart of Winter.'
Floyd |
Floyd | You shudder at the sound of his voice. It is... old and
Floyd | otherwordly, yet beautiful. "Y... yes," you manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I will give it to you, under one condition. Give yourself to me, this
Floyd | night. Then you shall have the Heart of Winter. What do you say?'
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon smiles. 'Come with me, child.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? I said no!"
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I know. I will still give you the Heart of Winter. In fact, I could
Floyd | not withhold it from you even if I wanted.'
Floyd |
Floyd | He leads you into a small chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Chamber
Floyd | This very small chamber is empty except for a large mirror hanging on
Floyd | one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself in the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I only see myself!" you shout, "where is the Heart of Winter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon smiles again. 'You are.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am? But..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hushes you with a movement of his hand. 'I think you have someone
Floyd | to go back to, do you not?'
Floyd |
Floyd | With another wave of the Dragon's hand, you are gone and find
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | This is it. The dread Ice Queen's home lies to the north, the dark
Floyd | cave mouth beckoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | The inside of the cave consists solely of ice. It is mostly empty, the
Floyd | most striking feature being the gigantic ice throne the Queen is
Floyd | sitting on. Prominently displayed in the middle of the cave is a
Floyd | large, clear block of ice inside which Saul has been frozen.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the throne is the Ice Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Well,' asks the Ice Queen, 'have you brought me the Heart of Winter?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | 'So,' she continues eagerly, 'where is it?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am the Heart of Winter."
Floyd |
Floyd | 'What? It cannot be!' Her eyes alight with anger, she raises her arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Heart of Winter, eh? You will be dead of Winter!'
Floyd |
Floyd | Glistening magic leaves her fingertips, engulfing you...
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel cold for a second, but nothing else happens. The Queen looks
Floyd | at you, her countenance shattered.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the magic leaves you and strikes her full force. She screams a
Floyd | high-pitched, bloodcurdling scream, then explodes into thousands of
Floyd | tiny ice splinters. You close your eyes and crouch to shield your body
Floyd | from the shrapnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The next thing you know is Saul holding you in a tight embrace,
Floyd | kissing you passionately.
Floyd |
Floyd | And then, you walk out of the cave, and make your way home.
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TWO DEAD IN SNOW CHAOS
Floyd |
Floyd | The recent snow chaos has caused two more deaths. A young couple, Saul
Floyd | O. (23) and an unidentified female, were caught in the storm.
Floyd | Apparently, O. lost control of the car and crashed it into a tree. The
Floyd | couple froze to death while trying to reach civilisation. It seems
Floyd | they knew what was coming; they were found in a tight embrace, lips
Floyd | frozen together in a final kiss.
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Peregrine says, "seems like the demon is key here"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Aww. No happy ending?"
		Peregrine says, "give him the crystal"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "The game is called Dead of Winter."
		Jacqueline says, "Seems the only other turning point"
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah, the title."
		DavidW says, "But okay"
		Knight_Otu says, "Tru, tru."
		Peregrine says, "We died... OF WINTER"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask deadofwinter" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses some special effects that can cause problems on older
Floyd | interpreters, and especially on interpreters for handhelds.
Floyd |
Floyd | Answer 'no' if your interpreter doesn't support color or timed input.
Floyd |
Floyd | Do you want to play the enhanced version?

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You have made it, finally, to her cave. A week ago, she kidnapped your
Floyd | boyfriend from your bed, while you were sleeping. When you awoke, he
Floyd | was gone, a beautiful snowflake in his place. That was when you knew
Floyd | she had taken him.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I see you have found me,' says the Ice Queen amusedly. 'So you want
Floyd | your boy back, my dear? Come, follow me inside.'
Floyd |
Floyd | She bows mockingly, then disappears inside the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | DEAD OF WINTER
Floyd | SmoochieComp 2001 Entry
Floyd | (c) Copyright 2000 Christina Pagniacci
Floyd | Please type ABOUT.
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 010104 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | This is it. The dread Ice Queen's home lies to the north, the dark
Floyd | cave mouth beckoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | The inside of the cave consists solely of ice. It is mostly empty, the
Floyd | most striking feature being the gigantic ice throne the Queen is
Floyd | sitting on. Prominently displayed in the middle of the cave is a
Floyd | large, clear block of ice inside which Saul has been frozen.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the throne is the Ice Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "*true, twice."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You want him back? Then bring me the Heart of Winter. It is guarded
Floyd | by the Dragon, but since you have found me, I am sure you are not
Floyd | going to have a problem convincing him to give it to you.'
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen gestures, and an exit opens towards the north of the
Floyd | cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Come back when you have the Heart of Winter! And hurry!'
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Gorge of Despair
Floyd | A wide, deep gorge splits the land in half. There is no way across. On
Floyd | the other side, in the distance, you can make out a castle. You can
Floyd | also walk along the gorge to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | An annoying little demon is fluttering around your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to demon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DEMON
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You want across this gorge? I can get you there, baby. Just give me
Floyd | what you're holding!'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not..." you start, then realize you are holding something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blue crystal
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be suicide.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Ungrateful wench!' screams the demon, suddenly growing in size. 'You
Floyd | do not want my help? Fine! Then try to get out of this mess yourself!'
Floyd |
Floyd | He turns around, whipping you with his tail. You lose your balance and
Floyd | fall...
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | ...fall, until a large branch stops your descent rather abruptly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Halfway down the Gorge (on the branch)
Floyd | Even from here, you still can't see the bottom of the gorge, but you
Floyd | can hear water rushing below. The top seems miles away; the walls are
Floyd | mostly bare, except for the branch that miraculously broke your fall
Floyd | without injuring you too much in the process.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd | Gorge of Despair
Floyd |
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give crystal to demon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CRYSTAL TO DEMON
Floyd |
Floyd | The demon accepts the crystal, giggling maniacally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A second later, you find yourself on an...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ice Bank
Floyd | A tiny bank of ice is all that separates the River of Storms from a
Floyd | rough path leading up a mountain to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | After a long trip, you arrive at...
Floyd |
Floyd | Castle Courtyard
Floyd | This may have been an impressive castle once, and seemed to be intact
Floyd | from the distance, but the courtyard is all that remains; no walls
Floyd | remain standing. Strange.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the Dragon here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to dragon" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO DRAGON
Floyd |
Floyd | 'You have come for the Heart of Winter.'
Floyd |
Floyd | You shudder at the sound of his voice. It is... old and
Floyd | otherwordly, yet beautiful. "Y... yes," you manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I will give it to you, under one condition. Give yourself to me, this
Floyd | night. Then you shall have the Heart of Winter. What do you say?'
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Oddly helpful demon."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd | >>
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon smiles. 'Come with me, child.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "What? I said no!"
Floyd |
Floyd | 'I know. I will still give you the Heart of Winter. In fact, I could
Floyd | not withhold it from you even if I wanted.'
Floyd |
Floyd | He leads you into a small chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | Small Chamber
Floyd | This very small chamber is empty except for a large mirror hanging on
Floyd | one wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIRROR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see yourself in the mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I only see myself!" you shout, "where is the Heart of Winter?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dragon smiles again. 'You are.'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am? But..."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hushes you with a movement of his hand. 'I think you have someone
Floyd | to go back to, do you not?'
Floyd |
Floyd | With another wave of the Dragon's hand, you are gone and find
Floyd | yourself...
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | This is it. The dread Ice Queen's home lies to the north, the dark
Floyd | cave mouth beckoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not abandoning Saul to her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Ice Queen's Cave
Floyd | The inside of the cave consists solely of ice. It is mostly empty, the
Floyd | most striking feature being the gigantic ice throne the Queen is
Floyd | sitting on. Prominently displayed in the middle of the cave is a
Floyd | large, clear block of ice inside which Saul has been frozen.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the throne is the Ice Queen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "so this just saves us time? IFDB seems to hint at a second ending"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to queen" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO QUEEN
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Well,' asks the Ice Queen, 'have you brought me the Heart of Winter?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes."
Floyd |
Floyd | 'So,' she continues eagerly, 'where is it?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am the Heart of Winter."
Floyd |
Floyd | 'What? It cannot be!' Her eyes alight with anger, she raises her arms.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Heart of Winter, eh? You will be dead of Winter!'
Floyd |
Floyd | Glistening magic leaves her fingertips, engulfing you...
Floyd |
Floyd | The cold freezes you to the core, turning you into an ice statue. You
Floyd | cannot breathe, but you cannot die either. Helplessly, you watch as
Floyd | the Ice Queen unfreezes Saul and kisses him passionately -- and he
Floyd | returns her kiss!
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's this?" he asks when she releases him, pointing at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | 'Oh, just an ugly statue. Could you break it for me?'
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure, my love." He walks up to you and pushes you over.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the laughter of the ice queen before you shatter.
Floyd |
Floyd | [=>]

		Peregrine says, "oh, that's new"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd |
Floyd | debugcheapnitfol quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Peregrine says, "This looks like the bad ending"
		Peregrine says, "Poor us, hoping for a happier one"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, worse than the other bad ending."
		Peregrine says, "Only Gunther would taunt us with the inevitability of death"
		Jacqueline says, "wowsa, yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess there is still the option of saying yeś to demon and dragon."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not that I expect much change."
		Jacqueline says, "That's hilarious how we got the good ending and we were all like, "Nah, let's find the BETTER bad ending.""
DavidW says (to Floyd), "list p" 		
Floyd says (to DavidW), "packrat pad paint palebluelight paperchase parade parasites parasitesfinal parrot parrots partyfoul patanoir pathway pathway2 paxapoptosis paxbored paxbrain paxdelusions paxdigging paxfoodmagic paxhelpfulman paxless paxlobster paxmango paxmerk paxmidairmad paxqueuelty paxrighttool paxsafehouse paxscurvy paxvohii paxvortex paxvwspeedif paxwizshop pcontest pcu peelinglucky pegasus penandpaint pentari pepper perditionsflames permagic pesach petalthrone petalthrone-java14 petalthrone-java16 pets pfrank phlegm phoenix photograph photopia piece_v3 pigpancake pinched pintown piracy_2 pirate pizza planetfall planmind plant plundered poet ponderances pots ppocket praser5 prelude2night primrose princesse prodly profesee progressive1 promoted psibeingtheending psibirthofmind psidansenocturne psidashslapney psidayisavedelvis psimammothvacuum psiparty psipostchristmas psiragnarok psisilenceofgods psistupidcreek psithreemor pspy5 pumping punkpnts pytho" 		Peregrine says, "That's probably deliberate game design"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna add Post-Christmas Letdown."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh, that's a game?"
		Peregrine says, "Didn't we just play Pre-Christmas Letdown :-D"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought you were accusing me of uploading a game that was a post-Christmas game letdown."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "So yeah, what Peregrine said!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask postchristmasletdown" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/1
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's December 26th. Your family has all gone home. Your apartment is a
Floyd | disaster. You have an eggnog hangover. You need to get ready for work.
Floyd | Too bad the Mouse King has parked himself in front of your closet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Post-Christmas Letdown
Floyd | A Holiday Headache by E. Joyce
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 111231 / Inform 7 build 6F95 (I6/v6.31 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The room is small, but serviceable. The walls are devoid of any
Floyd | posters or pictures - you keep meaning to put some up, but you never
Floyd | get around to it. It still looks lived-in, though, which is a polite
Floyd | way of saying it's a mess. The door of your closet doesn't quite open
Floyd | all the way because of the way the bed is positioned, but what can you
Floyd | do? There was nowhere else to put it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the living room and kitchen area is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Mouse King stands at the foot of your bed, in front of the closet,
Floyd | with his sword raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see your mother's shoes and a gift box (in which are some
Floyd | expensive headphones) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That seems familiar."
		Peregrine says, "Yeah, that happens every year, amirite"
		DavidW says, "We might've played it before. It's from one of Tale's speed-ifs."
		DavidW says, "I don't remember it though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x king" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/2
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KING
Floyd |
Floyd | Some stupid giant rodent that stands on its - or rather, his - hind
Floyd | legs and has a tiny golden crown perched on his head. He brandishes a
Floyd | sword, and his beady eyes glitter unpleasantly. You wonder if he's the
Floyd | one who's been getting into your kitchen cabinets and chewing on the
Floyd | contents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I'll just stay back just in case."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shoes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHOES
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mother subscribes to the "clean out closet; gift-wrap what you
Floyd | find" school of gift-giving. These shoes are the latest result of
Floyd | that. They are bright red, rhinestone-encrusted, and very heavy, with
Floyd | pointy heels that must be at least five inches high. More weapon than
Floyd | shoe, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "gift box" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/3
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIFT BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/4
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A nice box patterned with pine trees and snowflakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the gift box are some expensive headphones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x headphones" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/5
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEADPHONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brother bought them for you, little knowing that you sold your
Floyd | MP3 player in order to buy him some fancy peripheral for his game
Floyd | console. (Come to think of it, he seemed less enthused about that than
Floyd | you expected. Funny.)  So you've got no use for them now. They are
Floyd | very nice headphones, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shoes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/6
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SHOES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear shoes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SHOES
Floyd |
Floyd | They don't look comfortable, and besides, you're pretty sure that old
Floyd | Mrs. Sedutto downstairs will flip out if you start clunking around in
Floyd | these things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "click heels" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/7
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLICK HEELS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put shoes in box" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/8
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SHOES IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put your mother's shoes into the gift box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw. Our brother sold his game console to pay for our headphones."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yep."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take headphones" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/9
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE HEADPHONES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/10
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close box" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/11
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can close.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/12
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing your underwear, and you have a gift box, some
Floyd | expensive headphones, and a splitting headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x underwear" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/13
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNDERWEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clean, mostly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "mostly"
		DavidW says, "The look on my face."
		Peregrine says, "TMI"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give box to king" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/14
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOX TO KING
Floyd |
Floyd | He eyes the gift box beadily for a moment, then goes for his sword.
Floyd | You snatch your hand away before he cuts it off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, ">DROP HEADACHE"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x headache" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/15
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEADACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of, you know, intangible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop headache" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/16
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP HEADACHE
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't you wish you could.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give headache to king" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/17
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HEADACHE TO KING
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmm. You can't give him your headache, of course, but maybe
Floyd | you could give him a headache...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put headache in box" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              0/18
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HEADACHE IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of, you know, intangible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Where did this Mouse King come from?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit king with shoes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              1/19
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIT KING WITH SHOES
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking your mother's shoes)
Floyd | With power and precision borne of years of weekend amateur softball
Floyd | games (or at least as much of that power and precision as you can
Floyd | muster right now), you hurl your mother's shoes at the Mouse King.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shoes hit the Mouse King square in the head. He screeches
Floyd | horribly, then flees out the bedroom window.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shoes" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              1/20
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SHOES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              1/21
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | The room is small, but serviceable. The walls are devoid of any
Floyd | posters or pictures - you keep meaning to put some up, but you never
Floyd | get around to it. It still looks lived-in, though, which is a polite
Floyd | way of saying it's a mess. The door of your closet doesn't quite open
Floyd | all the way because of the way the bed is positioned, but what can you
Floyd | do? There was nowhere else to put it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the living room and kitchen area is to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open closet" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              1/22
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN CLOSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the closet, revealing a t-shirt and a pair of jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x t-shirt. x jeans." 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              1/24
Floyd |
Floyd | > X T-SHIRT. X JEANS.
Floyd |
Floyd | It reads, "I Killed My Father And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt".
Floyd | It's the only thing around that's clean. Lucky you work in a call
Floyd | center and they don't bother so much about dress code.
Floyd |
Floyd | They're practically prehistoric - did you buy these things in high
Floyd | school? Oh well, they still fit and they don't have any holes in them.
Floyd | Good enough for government work, as your mother would probably say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear t-shirt. wear jeans." 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom                                              2/26
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR T-SHIRT. WEAR JEANS.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the t-shirt)
Floyd | You put on the t-shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the pair of jeans)
Floyd | You put on the pair of jeans.
Floyd |
Floyd | There, now you look... well, semi-presentable. You still feel like
Floyd | shit, though. You could use some coffee.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That shirt... man."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Not something to own."
		DavidW says, "Must be a family heirloom that dad got when he killed gran'dad."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		DavidW asks, "Anyway, game us wants coffee and kitchen is west?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              2/27
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room and Kitchen
Floyd | A waist-high counter separates the kitchen at the north end of the
Floyd | room from what you charitably think of as the living room. In the
Floyd | living room part is a blue couch, a battered old coffee table, and a
Floyd | small Christmas tree which leans drunkenly to one side; the only other
Floyd | decoration is a calendar hanging on one wall. The kitchen, meanwhile,
Floyd | contains all the usual kitchen stuff, of which the only thing that
Floyd | interests you right now is the coffee maker.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the door to your bedroom; your bathroom is west, and
Floyd | the front door is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sprig of mistletoe hangs overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sweater lies on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Norse God Baldr is in your kitchen using your coffee machine. And
Floyd | it looks like he's only making enough for one person. How rude -
Floyd | though it's nothing to using someone else's kitchen without asking in
Floyd | the first place. Point is, you can't get your coffee fix while he's
Floyd | hogging the machine, dammit. You'll have to make him go away somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | Baldr frowns impatiently at the coffee-maker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "Baldr lives!"
		DavidW says, "I'm gonna throw mistletoe at 'im."
		DavidW says, "That's the usual way to kill Balder."
		Peregrine says, "the mytho*logical* course of action"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take mistletoe" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              2/28
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MISTLETOE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a little too high for you to reach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Baldr frowns impatiently at the coffee-maker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              2/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | A Christmas present from your aunt. It is a color you can only
Floyd | describe as chartreuse (well, or "bright yellowy-green" but
Floyd | "chartreuse" is snappier). Furthermore, it is about five sizes too big
Floyd | for you, which you can't help wondering whether your aunt is trying to
Floyd | tell you something. Like that you're fat. Which you're not. Point is,
Floyd | it's a hideous sweater.
Floyd |
Floyd | Baldr frowns impatiently at the coffee-maker.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              2/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Baldr goes through your cabinets, apparently looking for the mugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw sweater at mistletoe" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              3/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW SWEATER AT MISTLETOE
Floyd |
Floyd | You throw (the missile) at the mistletoe with deadly perfect aim and
Floyd | knock it to the ground, then scoop it up and pocket it. There was
Floyd | probably an easier way to do that, but whatever.
Floyd |
Floyd | Baldr goes through your cabinets, apparently looking for the mugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw mistletoe at baldr" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              4/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW MISTLETOE AT BALDR
Floyd |
Floyd | Remembering your Ragnarok prophecies (you knew that all those books of
Floyd | mythology weren't a waste of time!), you wave the mistletoe menacingly
Floyd | in Baldr's face. He goes pale - well, paler than he was to begin with
Floyd | - and flinches away from it, then shimmers and vanishes. Probably some
Floyd | kind of god teleportation thing. Oh well, you have access to the
Floyd | coffee machine now, and that's what really matters here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              4/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAKE COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drink coffee" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > DRINK COFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You down the coffee like you're dying of thirst in a desert.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel much more human now. Your mouth still tastes like something
Floyd | died in it, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and your underwear, and
Floyd | you have a sprig of mistletoe, a sweater, your mother's shoes, a gift
Floyd | box, some expensive headphones, and a splitting headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the sweater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/36
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room and Kitchen
Floyd | A waist-high counter separates the kitchen at the north end of the
Floyd | room from what you charitably think of as the living room. In the
Floyd | living room part is a blue couch, a battered old coffee table, and a
Floyd | small Christmas tree which leans drunkenly to one side; the only other
Floyd | decoration is a calendar hanging on one wall. The kitchen, meanwhile,
Floyd | contains all the usual kitchen stuff, of which the only thing that
Floyd | interests you right now is the coffee maker.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the door to your bedroom; your bathroom is west, and
Floyd | the front door is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x underwear" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/37
Floyd |
Floyd | > X UNDERWEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clean, mostly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I just wanted to put that out there again."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x calendar" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/38
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | It was a Christmas present from your aunt last year. It has pictures
Floyd | of adorable puppies on it, because pictures of adorable puppies are
Floyd | one of the few interests that you and your aunt actually share. You
Floyd | were sort of hoping she'd give you another calendar this year, but
Floyd | instead she gave you that sweater that's like five sizes too big. Oh
Floyd | well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/39
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's definitely seen better days, but at least you vacuumed it before
Floyd | your family came over and no one's even thrown up on it in almost a
Floyd | year.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I was about to ask, when did you expect it to have become fully clean?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/40
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | A certain someone who used to live here took the coffee table with him
Floyd | when he moved out (adding insult to injury, although you guess it
Floyd | was his coffee table), so you got this one off Craigslist as
Floyd | a replacement. It was only $20, and, well, you get what you pay for.
Floyd | Works well enough for putting things on, though. Like coffee.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/41
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Decorated with candy canes and cheap yet shiny plastic ornaments, the
Floyd | tree is listing badly, looking like it's about to fall over.  It's
Floyd | looked like that ever since you put it in the stand, though, so you're
Floyd | not too worried. It's like the goddamn Leaning Tower of Pisa or
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > REMOVE SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the sweater.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wrap tree with sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/42
Floyd |
Floyd | > WRAP TREE WITH SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Part of me *was* secretly hoping that it would provide a new status update on the cleanliness of the underwear, KO, but I wasn't expecting them to be *more* clean, fwiw."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put sweater on tree" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SWEATER ON TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the Christmas tree would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Eww."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stand" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/43
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room and Kitchen                              5/44
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room and Kitchen
Floyd | A waist-high counter separates the kitchen at the north end of the
Floyd | room from what you charitably think of as the living room. In the
Floyd | living room part is a blue couch, a battered old coffee table, and a
Floyd | small Christmas tree which leans drunkenly to one side; the only other
Floyd | decoration is a calendar hanging on one wall. The kitchen, meanwhile,
Floyd | contains all the usual kitchen stuff, of which the only thing that
Floyd | interests you right now is the coffee maker.
Floyd |
Floyd | To the east is the door to your bedroom; your bathroom is west, and
Floyd | the front door is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Leave the house?"
		Peregrine exclaims, "Coffee maker!"
		DavidW asks, "Or was there a bathroom where we might find an aspirin or breath mint?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Bathroom?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, west."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/45
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | All this shiny white tile under fluorescent lighting kind of hurts
Floyd | your eyes and makes your headache worse. Anyway, this bathroom is
Floyd | equipped with all the normal bathroom stuff - toilet, sink, mirror,
Floyd | shower.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny Tim sits on your sink, looking up at you with big, soulful eyes.
Floyd | "Happy Christmas, and God bless you," he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'd like to brush my teeth," you say wearily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course," says Tiny Tim, "only..."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only what?" you say. "Come on, get on with it."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Only, you see, I haven't any Christmas presents for my dear family,
Floyd | and while of course the true spirit of the season requires no present,
Floyd | only love and-"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I said get on with it," you snap. You have no patience right now for
Floyd | the ramblings of characters written by authors who were paid by the
Floyd | word.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, all right, I'd like a present," he says. You have the feeling
Floyd | he's not going to leave until you find him something.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the sink is your toothbrush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Go west, young man"
		Peregrine says, "Oh, nice Dickens burn"
		Jacqueline says, "This is so weird."
		Peregrine says, "#WilkieCollinsFanboy"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put headphones in box" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/46
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT HEADPHONES IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the expensive headphones into the gift box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | In the gift box are some expensive headphones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give box to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             6/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOX TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand Tiny Tim the empty gift box that your brother's present came
Floyd | in. Tiny Tim smiles brightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, but how wonderful!" he says, in the most saccharine of tones. "A
Floyd | useful box to put things in! It's really too kind of you to give this
Floyd | to me!" You really cannot tell if he's being sarcastic or not.
Floyd |
Floyd | He hops off the sink and hobbles away to wherever Dickens characters
Floyd | go when they're not needed. You breathe a sigh of relief and get on
Floyd | with your tooth-brushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of your morning routine proves uneventful, and you even
Floyd | manage to get to work on time - if only just. Which is great, because
Floyd | you're really, really not sure how you'd explain why you were late.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You didn't even regift, you Scrooge, you ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 6 out of a possible 7, in 47 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "That's not right"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give headphones to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             7/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HEADPHONES TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the expensive headphones)
Floyd | You hand Tiny Tim the expensive headphones that your brother gave you.
Floyd | It's a bit of a wrench to part with them, but, well, what use have you
Floyd | got for them now?
Floyd |
Floyd | Tiny Tim turns them over in his little hands a few times. "Er, they're
Floyd | very nice, but... may I ask what exactly they are for?" he says,
Floyd | sounding faintly puzzled.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh, they're a sort of hat," you say, not feeling up to explaining the
Floyd | concept of portable music players to Victorians this morning. You take
Floyd | them from him and put them over your ears. "See? Fashion statement."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand the headphones back to him, and he hops off the sink and
Floyd | hobbles away to wherever Dickens characters go when they're not
Floyd | needed. You breathe a sigh of relief and get on with your
Floyd | tooth-brushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of your morning routine proves uneventful, and you even
Floyd | manage to get to work on time - if only just. Which is great, because
Floyd | you're really, really not sure how you'd explain why you were late.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have regifted ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 7 out of a possible 7, in 47 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "llp"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sweater to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             7/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SWEATER TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand Tiny Tim the ugly sweater from your aunt; he regards it
Floyd | dubiously. "Well," he says, "I suppose my dear mother will like it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hops off the sink and hobbles away to wherever Dickens characters
Floyd | go when they're not needed. You breathe a sigh of relief and get on
Floyd | with your tooth-brushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of your morning routine proves uneventful, and you even
Floyd | manage to get to work on time - if only just. Which is great, because
Floyd | you're really, really not sure how you'd explain why you were late.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have regifted ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 7 out of a possible 7, in 47 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/47
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give underwear to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/48
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE UNDERWEAR TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking your underwear off)
Floyd | What would be the point of that? You don't have time to shower,
Floyd | anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give headache to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE HEADACHE TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | It's kind of, you know, intangible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Really, DW? The underpants?"
		Jacqueline shakes her head.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "Some men would love to have them. (crosses arms smugly)" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOME MEN WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM. (CROSSES ARMS SMUGLY)
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now imagine if it had worked, to boot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give shoes to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             7/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE SHOES TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand Tiny Tim your mother's shoes; he regards them dubiously.
Floyd | "Well," he says, "I suppose my dear mother will like it."
Floyd |
Floyd | He hops off the sink and hobbles away to wherever Dickens characters
Floyd | go when they're not needed. You breathe a sigh of relief and get on
Floyd | with your tooth-brushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of your morning routine proves uneventful, and you even
Floyd | manage to get to work on time - if only just. Which is great, because
Floyd | you're really, really not sure how you'd explain why you were late.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You have regifted ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 7 out of a possible 7, in 49 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/49
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | bathroom
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/50
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are wearing a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and your underwear, and
Floyd | you have a sprig of mistletoe, a sweater, your mother's shoes, a gift
Floyd | box, and a splitting headache.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give jeans to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/51
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE JEANS TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You kinda need to wear those. Your workplace may have a lax dress
Floyd | code, but they frown on people showing up to work in their underwear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             5/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > KISS TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Keep your mind on the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I guess we've figured out how to get the high score: regift"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give mistletoe to tim" 		

Floyd ]  bathroom                                             6/52
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MISTLETOE TO TIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand Tiny Tim the sprig of mistletoe that was hanging in your
Floyd | living room. Not like you really wanted the stuff in the first place,
Floyd | after all.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, but how wonderful!" he says, in the most saccharine of tones.
Floyd | "Mistletoe! This is sure to bring Christmas cheer to my family!" You
Floyd | really cannot tell if he's being sarcastic or not.
Floyd |
Floyd | He hops off the sink and hobbles away to wherever Dickens characters
Floyd | go when they're not needed. You breathe a sigh of relief and get on
Floyd | with your tooth-brushing.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of your morning routine proves uneventful, and you even
Floyd | manage to get to work on time - if only just. Which is great, because
Floyd | you're really, really not sure how you'd explain why you were late.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You didn't even regift, you Scrooge, you ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 6 out of a possible 7, in 52 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, regifting seems to be the way to go here."
		Peregrine says, "a game with a moral"
		DavidW says, "I just wish we got rid of our headache."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Don't we all wish that when we have one?"
		Peregrine says, "Made me think of this [LINK]"
		Peregrine says, "(the headache discussion, I mean)"
		DavidW asks, "So, have we played four games now?"
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "In less than an hour and a half."
		Jacqueline says, "Pretty wild."
		DavidW asks, "Remember when games were larger?"
		Peregrine has Zork PTSD
		Jacqueline says, "Still, fun."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not everything can be Cragne Manor."
		DavidW says, "True"
		Jacqueline says, ";ha"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Meeting Robb Sherwin by Jizaboz
As played on ifMUD on December 15, 2019

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 Meeting Robb Sherwin written by Jizaboz. It took 71st place in IF Comp 2019. 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 meetingrobbsherwin" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting Robb Sherwin
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Jizaboz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 190928 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a train platform where people are boarding the RTD
Floyd | rail line in order to leave the airport. According to your online
Floyd | research before your trip, you gather this is your best bet to get out
Floyd | of this area quickly and onto your ultimate destination for the day;
Floyd | the La Quinta hotel near downtown Denver, Colorado. You have flown
Floyd | here because a month later you received an invitation from Robb
Floyd | Sherwin to attend his wedding. Your friend Jack "Jonathan" Flack with
Floyd | be there and you'd really like to see him again. Also, this is your
Floyd | first opportunity to finally meet Robb Sherwin.
Floyd |
Floyd | A few random people are waiting for the next train. Some tourists are
Floyd | staring at what looks like a mall directory. A train pulls up and
Floyd | stops at the end of the track. People begin to board the train to the
Floyd | east. There is what looks to be a small ticket booth building here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiosk here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mall directory" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MALL DIRECTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | This seems to be an automated ticket terminal. There is a large LED
Floyd | square in the middle of which displays "$9.00".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Plover arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hard for you properly without a mirror around, but for a moment
Floyd | you stare down at your black khaki pants with matching black Vans
Floyd | brand shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a wallet (closed)
Floyd |   a phone
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Plover says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a train platform where people are boarding the RTD
Floyd | rail line to the east in order to leave the airport.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiosk here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall I push the square?"
Plover says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Meeting Robb Sherwin
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Jizaboz
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 190928 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //84EBF7A1-99AE-4C71-A6A2-F8C2F1B30572//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push square" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH SQUARE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the square. The kiosk begins blinking and prompting you to
Floyd | insert a credit card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open wallet" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the wallet, revealing a credit card and a drivers license.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put credit card in terminal" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CREDIT CARD IN TERMINAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Plover runs out of the room, with a smile on his face. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put credit card in directory" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CREDIT CARD IN DIRECTORY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the credit card)
Floyd | You insert your VISA card into the kiosk. A few seconds later, the
Floyd | kiosk quits blinking. After a mechanical clicking sound, it dispences
Floyd | your credit card and a ticket; both of which are sticking out of the
Floyd | machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take credit card and ticket" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CREDIT CARD AND TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | credit card: Taken.
Floyd | ticket: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ticket" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | This ticket provides transportation on the A Line for the day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put credit card in wallet" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CREDIT CARD IN WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the credit card into the wallet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x license" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LICENSE
Floyd |
Floyd | A North Carolina drivers license. Your picture looks pretty bad
Floyd | because you slept on the floor of the DMV office for three hours
Floyd | before having it taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), ";" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > ;
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Platform
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Platform
Floyd | You are standing on a train platform where people are boarding the RTD
Floyd | rail line to the east in order to leave the airport.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiosk here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, what next? Board the train?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd say so, yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Train
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Train
Floyd | You board the train and moments later it begins to move. It's very
Floyd | plain inside; mostly white with blue seating. The other passengers
Floyd | start looking at the scenery through the window, talking amongst
Floyd | themselves or glancing at their cell phones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on seating" 		

Floyd ]  Train
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT ON SEATING
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit" 		

Floyd ]  Train
Floyd |
Floyd | > SIT
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to sit on?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "seat" 		

Floyd ]  Train
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess we don't get to sit like other passengers do"
		Knight_Otu asks, "We might be implied to already be sitting?"
		DavidW says, "hm, maybe"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x passengers" 		

Floyd ]  Train
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PASSENGERS
Floyd |
Floyd | These passengers are fairly non-desciptive. The few that are here are
Floyd | either talking to themselves or looking at their phones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Several typos in this game so far."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Union Station
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Along this route you mainly see dry scrubland. Since it is June, there
Floyd | is no snow on the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man in a uniform with some sort of scanner on his belt walks up to
Floyd | your seat and addresses you. "Ticket, sir."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Okay. Here you go." you say while handing him the ticket. He thanks
Floyd | you and heads down to the next row. About 20 minutes later, you arrive
Floyd | at your destination.
Floyd |
Floyd | Union Station
Floyd | You admire the city for the first time. There are kids playing in an
Floyd | area with water spouts popping out of the sidewalk. It feels
Floyd | comfortable to you here despite the temperature. The humidity level is
Floyd | much lower than back home! You take a deep breath of the dry air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Streets lead off in many directions. You looked at this area in Google
Floyd | Maps a few times before you got here; just enough to know it's not
Floyd | practical to walk to your hotel from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You should probably "call Robb" to let him know you have arrived in
Floyd | Denver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I hadn't noticed."
		DavidW says, "I didn't notice a phone in our inventory, but maybe it's like the seat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call Robb" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL ROBB
Floyd |
Floyd | Robb answers the phone. "Hello?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey Robb! I just landed, man! Now how do I get out of here?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's awesome. Do you need me to get you a ride? I'll get you a
Floyd | ride. Can't wait to see you buddy! Oh. Wait. What should I call you
Floyd | when I introduce you to my parents and stuff? I mean.. other than
Floyd | Jiz?" Robb replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | After talking a little longer, a black SUV promptly pulls up across
Floyd | the street. You cancel the call after muttering "Think he's here.
Floyd | Bye." A while man in it spots you in a red Neo Geo MVS shirt you told
Floyd | Robb that you would be wearing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Robb?" he says as you approach the vehicle. Failure to communicate
Floyd | something here, but close enough. You enter the vehicle which takes
Floyd | you to..
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | Here you have arrived at the parking lot of the La Quinta hotel. There
Floyd | is a pool here on the other side of a gate which a father and his two
Floyd | kids in swimming trunks are skipping along their way to take a dip in.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you stand around taking in the loud sound of trains idling on the
Floyd | two or three tracks wihin about one hundred yards of the hotel and
Floyd | notice a little area with a picnic table and trashcan by the fence,
Floyd | you hear the sound of the two young boys crying as you notice them
Floyd | walk back into their room. The father slams one of the doors to the
Floyd | west behind them.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hotel lobby is to the northeast and the street is to the east..
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to room 302 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now I see one - non-descRiptive."
		Knight_Otu says, "We did have a phone."
		DavidW asks, "hm. Now where? Or call Robb again?"
		DavidW asks, "Or maybe go in the lobby and ask at the desk?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd guess desk."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hotel Lobby
Floyd | This bare lobby has two features; a desk and a woman covered in
Floyd | tattoos behind it. The only exit is to the door to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | The receptionist addresses you and asks for your reservation
Floyd | information. After she punches a few things into a computer, she hands
Floyd | you your keycard and informs you that checkout time is eleven in the
Floyd | morning.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a receptionist here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to receptionist" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO RECEPTIONIST
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keycard" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEYCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The keycard has the number "302" on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Our room was back where we arrived."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about robb" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK RECEPTIONIST ABOUT ROBB
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about hotel" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK RECEPTIONIST ABOUT HOTEL
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Seems a bit odd."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about pool" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK RECEPTIONIST ABOUT POOL
Floyd |
Floyd | "We're waiting on someone to come fix it. Sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | You are standing between the fence blocking the pool and the picnic
Floyd | area in the La Quinta parking lot. The loud hum of trains idling
Floyd | nearby fills the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hotel lobby is to the northeast and the street is to the east and
Floyd | opposite to the west are all the hotel room doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to room 302 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter door" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to room 302)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock door" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the door to room 302 with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keycard" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > KEYCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the door to room 302.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter door" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to room 302)
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | You walk into your room and look around. It looks pretty clean at
Floyd | first glance, but when you peel back the blanket on the first of your
Floyd | two beds closest to the window, you notice a hair in the bed and a
Floyd | stain on the pillow. That won't do. The second bed near the bathroom
Floyd | looks cleaner and you lay down on it for a bit to relax after the
Floyd | trip. Due to the excitement of your new surroundings, you can't sleep
Floyd | it all, but you feel better after about twenty minutes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly, your phone rings and you answer it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey man!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You recognize that voice. It's your friend; Mr. "Jonathan" Jack Flack!
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's up, Flack?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "What's up dude? Looks like everyone is headed over to the Hipster
Floyd | Draft House soon. You need a ride?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nah, I'll just walk." you reply. "I wanna walk around and check out
Floyd | the area a little bit on the way."
Floyd |
Floyd | "You sure? That's cool. See you there. Later!" says Flack as he ends
Floyd | the call.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to the parking lot here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "you don't see a semi-colon splice very often"
		DavidW asks, "I don't see it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It#s in "your friend; Mr "Johnathan"""
		DavidW says, "oh. That should really be a comma there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your little Android phone you bought from Walmart for 40$. It isn't
Floyd | great, but it gets you by.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door to the parking lot slowly closes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It's really weird that room 302 is on the parking lot, rather than the third floor."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to the parking lot)
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | You are standing between the fence blocking the pool and the picnic
Floyd | area in the La Quinta parking lot. The loud hum of trains idling
Floyd | nearby fills the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hotel lobby is to the northeast and the street is to the east and
Floyd | opposite to the west are all the hotel room doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to room 302 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the door to room 302.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "lock door" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOCK DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to lock the door to room 302 with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "keycard" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > KEYCARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock the door to room 302.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Not how keycards work, but y'know."
		DavidW asks, "I assume we go east?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd | This large bridge has plenty of sidewalk on each side for pedestrians
Floyd | and an excellent view of the Rocky Mountains. Downtown Denver is to
Floyd | the south. Up the street to the northeast you see a large box-shaped
Floyd | building with a plain sign next to it. The La Quinta hotel is to the
Floyd | west. In the far distance to the east, you see the peaks of the Rocky
Floyd | Mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" 		

Floyd ]  Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a large, square, white sign with a large green medical cross on
Floyd | it. Underneath is the word "PURE Marijuana Dispensary".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Pres... right."
		DavidW asks, "um. Are we expected to buy some maryjane now?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "... maybe?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Pure
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pure
Floyd | You walk into what looks like a waiting room for a dental practice
Floyd | office, but there are no patients sitting here. A friendly merchant
Floyd | behind the counter greets you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, how's it going? Never been here before? I will need you to give
Floyd | me some identification to let you through to see the merchandise." she
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the merchant here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open wallet" 		

Floyd ]  Pure
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show license to merchant" 		

Floyd ]  Pure
Floyd |
Floyd | > SHOW LICENSE TO MERCHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the drivers license)
Floyd | You will need to actually give it to her. Showing it to her from the
Floyd | other side of the counter is not going to cut it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give license to merchant" 		

Floyd ]  Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE LICENSE TO MERCHANT
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand your ID to the merchant. She enters a few things into a
Floyd | computer and hands it back to. Then, you hear a buzz coming from a
Floyd | door near the counter. "Please come on in." the merchant says.
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk into a room containing many glass jars filled with different
Floyd | types of marijuana. The clean-shaven man behind the counter greets you
Floyd | and asks "So, what are you looking for? Would you consider yourself a
Floyd | light user?"
Floyd |
Floyd | He probably wouldn't assume that if you didn't just get a haircut for
Floyd | this trip you think to yourself. "Actually, no. I'm uh.. pretty heavy
Floyd | duty if you know what I mean." You respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh. Well.. okay. This here is over 25% percent THC. It's called Dead
Floyd | Head and..
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll take that." you respond.
Floyd |
Floyd | And so, after a quick walk to the back of the building to use the ATM
Floyd | (They don't accept credit cards, apparently.) and 10 minutes later,
Floyd | you walk out with your product in a medicine bottle, something to
Floyd | smoke it with, and something to burn it with. You pocket your new
Floyd | stash and head back out to the street.
Floyd |
Floyd | Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd | This large bridge has plenty of sidewalk on each side for pedestrians
Floyd | and an excellent view of the Rocky Mountains. Downtown Denver is to
Floyd | the south. Up the street to the northeast you see a large box-shaped
Floyd | building with a plain sign next to it. The La Quinta hotel is to the
Floyd | west. In the far distance to the east, you see the peaks of the Rocky
Floyd | Mountains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a stash
Floyd |   a drivers license
Floyd |   a keycard
Floyd |   a wallet (open)
Floyd |     a credit card
Floyd |   a phone
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stash" 		

Floyd ]  Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STASH
Floyd |
Floyd | Your weed stash. You can "smoke stash" at any time when you are
Floyd | carrying it, but you probably want to refrain from doing so in public.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put license and keycard in wallet" 		

Floyd ]  Park Avenue Bridge
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT LICENSE AND KEYCARD IN WALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | drivers license: Done.
Floyd | keycard: Done.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I assume south next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Downtown
Floyd | This is just one small section of the rest of downtown Denver, but at
Floyd | the moment your destination is the Hipster Draft House to the west.
Floyd | Artistic graffiti marks most of the sides of the buildings down the
Floyd | nearby alleyways. People are strolling about everywhere around you.
Floyd | The Park Avenue Bridge is back to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x graffiti" 		

Floyd ]  Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRAFFITI
Floyd |
Floyd | You usually don't like seeing graffiti, as you think it just looks
Floyd | tacky. However, this is some really cool artwork featuring
Floyd | multi-colored geometric shapes and letters with extreme detail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read graffiti" 		

Floyd ]  Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ GRAFFITI
Floyd |
Floyd | You usually don't like seeing graffiti, as you think it just looks
Floyd | tacky. However, this is some really cool artwork featuring
Floyd | multi-colored geometric shapes and letters with extreme detail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  Downtown
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | This area seems to attract a fairly young crowd. They all look quite
Floyd | common with exception to noticing a few people dresses as Marvel
Floyd | superheroes. There must have been a local comic book convention or
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hipster Draft House
Floyd | You stroll into the large, open doors into a bar with very minimal
Floyd | decor. The main point of interest is one wall is filled with beer
Floyd | taps. You look around a while for someone you know. There are not many
Floyd | people here yet. Quickly, you notice Flack waving at you from a nearby
Floyd | table. Plain, wooden tables and benches on the concrete floor fill the
Floyd | room; slightly resembling a German beer hall. Maybe I should "ask
Floyd | Flack about beer".
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Flack here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask Flack about beer" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FLACK ABOUT BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to Flack and say "What's up, Flack? Good to see you
Floyd | again!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good to see you, man." he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So hey, how do you get beer around here anyway? I see beer taps on
Floyd | the wall that people are just helping themselves to. This place is
Floyd | high tech!" you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah man. Check it out.." he replies as he explains how the tap
Floyd | system works. At this point, all you have to do is "take beer" if you
Floyd | want another one. Or three.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick what seems to be the strongest lager they have on tap and
Floyd | drink it down while talking with Flack about Denver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beer" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour a large glass of beer and drink it down over the course of a
Floyd | few minutes. It's very excellent beer and you could certainly go for
Floyd | another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flack asks you about your flight. You explain that it was one of the
Floyd | roughest you had ever ridden. There was a lot of turbulence or
Floyd | something because the plane hopped in the air more often that smoothly
Floyd | flying through it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh man. That sucks." he replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flack" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Jack "Jonathan" Flack. You've met only once before in person, but
Floyd | have always had a sort of strange "friend you always knew but hadn't
Floyd | met" connection. If you had met when you were much younger, you
Floyd | probably would have spent a lot of time riding skateboards and messing
Floyd | with Commodore 64 computers together.
Floyd |
Floyd | He has wizard-like facial features and is built like a bouncer at a
Floyd | Slayer concert. This is not a man to be messed with.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some dude with a shaved head a weird, skinny, braided little beard
Floyd | introduces himself to you as John and starts talking. And talking.
Floyd | Mostly about himself and females in the room. You distance yourself as
Floyd | far away from him as quickly as possible
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x john" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JOHN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's some distancing."
		DavidW asks, "So now what? Wait. Take more beer? Ask Jack about topics?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess ask about Robb?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask Jack about Robb" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JACK ABOUT ROBB
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear some cheering as someone walks in. It's Robb Sherwin! He's
Floyd | surrounded by people, but maybe you could manage to "ask robb about
Floyd | tomorrow" and finally meet in person for the first time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask Robb about tomorrow" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ROBB ABOUT TOMORROW
Floyd |
Floyd | You wade through a few people to get to Robb Sherwin. "Robb!" you
Floyd | exclaim. "Really nice to finally meet you in person."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake his hand and ask "Nervous about tomorrow?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know.. surprisingly, not at all!" He responds.
Floyd |
Floyd | You talk some about each others arcade games, and he mentions you
Floyd | should join the others going to his house later to check out his
Floyd | basement arcade. Flack enters the conversation for a while and the
Floyd | three of you are all in agreement that you wish that your mutual
Floyd | friend Roody Yogurt could have made an appearance this weekend.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beer" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour a large glass of beer and drink it down over the course of a
Floyd | few minutes. It's very excellent beer and you could certainly go for
Floyd | another.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear an eruption of laughter at a nearby table. Food is offered by
Floyd | a passing staff member, and you grab a hamburger slider which you
Floyd | gobble down in four bites.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beer" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour a large glass of beer and drink it down over the course of a
Floyd | few minutes. It's very excellent beer and you could certainly go for
Floyd | another.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jack about tomorrow" 		

Floyd ]  Hipster Draft House
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JACK ABOUT TOMORROW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robb" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROBB
Floyd |
Floyd | The guy who invited you here in the first place! A person you would
Floyd | consider to be a good friend despite never meeting in person. While
Floyd | you've talking to him via the Internet and played his games such as
Floyd | Cryptozookeeper for years, the only real picture of him you've
Floyd | visualized in your head is the Robb Sherwin starring in the "Get Lamp"
Floyd | documentary. The Robb Sherwin before you today is a fit dude with a
Floyd | much slimmer head than you expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | He also has a slight, bright aura to him.. perhaps because he's about
Floyd | to get married? Or perhaps merely because he is Robb Sherwin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of your party announces they are leaving and headed to Robb's
Floyd | house. You tag along, but his basement arcade is filled with kids and
Floyd | there are so many people in the rest of the house that you spend more
Floyd | time on his back porch smoking cigarettes (a habit you finally gave up
Floyd | a little over a year later) and talking to the people that come
Floyd | outside rather than hang out inside. However, Robb and the bride to be
Floyd | are among those people, and you get to spend about half an hour
Floyd | talking with them.
Floyd |
Floyd | A local friend of Robb offers to give you a ride back to your hotel
Floyd | once things wind down. He hasn't been drinking and you have never
Floyd | called an "Uber" like people always suggest to do when you need a
Floyd | ride, so you take him up on the offer.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ride takes ten minutes or less, and it sure beats walking back as
Floyd | worn out as you currently are. Soon after turning on the television to
Floyd | watch some Ancient Aliens, you fall asleep in your bed..
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | You are in your room at the La Quinta. There's not much here and it's
Floyd | certainly not very fancy, but that's fine. You won't be here long. It
Floyd | just seems rather run down for one hundred and thirty dollars a night
Floyd | even if it is this close to the Coors baseball field. The door out is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to the parking lot here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You wake up at almost lunchtime the next day. You should probably
Floyd | "take shower" so you don't offend the others in the car when Flack
Floyd | picks you up a little later. You're pretty sure you recall him saying
Floyd | he was going to give you a ride to the wedding anyway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shower" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SHOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | What the hell? There's no soap in here! Guess I need to go to the
Floyd | hotel lobby and "ask receptionist about soap". Ridiculous.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the door to the parking lot)
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | You are standing between the fence blocking the pool and the picnic
Floyd | area in the La Quinta parking lot. The loud hum of trains idling
Floyd | nearby fills the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hotel lobby is to the northeast and the street is to the east and
Floyd | opposite to the west are all the hotel room doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to room 302 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hotel Lobby
Floyd | This bare lobby has two features; a desk and a woman covered in
Floyd | tattoos behind it. The only exit is to the door to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a receptionist here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask receptionist about soap" 		

Floyd ]  Hotel Lobby
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK RECEPTIONIST ABOUT SOAP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Um.. do you have soap? There's not any in my shower." you ask the
Floyd | receptionist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sure. Here you go." she says as she hands you a small bar of soap
Floyd | wrapped in paper.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks." you reply as you pocket the soap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Parking Lot
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Parking Lot
Floyd | You are standing between the fence blocking the pool and the picnic
Floyd | area in the La Quinta parking lot. The loud hum of trains idling
Floyd | nearby fills the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | The hotel lobby is to the northeast and the street is to the east and
Floyd | opposite to the west are all the hotel room doors.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to room 302 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Your Room
Floyd | You are in your room at the La Quinta. There's not much here and it's
Floyd | certainly not very fancy, but that's fine. You won't be here long. It
Floyd | just seems rather run down for one hundred and thirty dollars a night
Floyd | even if it is this close to the Coors baseball field. The door out is
Floyd | to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the door to the parking lot here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the door to the parking lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x soap" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOAP
Floyd |
Floyd | A very small bar of plain soap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take shower" 		

Floyd ]  Your Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SHOWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump in the beige shower and get cleaned up. After drying off and
Floyd | putting on clean clothes, you feel refreshed.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm. Where is your ride? You should probably "call Flack". You were
Floyd | afraid the phone would ring or the phone would ring during the soap
Floyd | fiasco, but neither have occurred.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call flack" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL FLACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You call Flack. After a few rings he answers. "What's up man?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey man! Are you on your way to pick you up?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | Long, silent pause. "Uh.. I thought you were going to take an Uber or
Floyd | something. Why don't you do that? We're like almost there. Sorry man!"
Floyd | Flack replies before letting you go.
Floyd |
Floyd | Damn it! This is not good. You don't know where to begin to get
Floyd | yourself a ride. You look up how far it is to walk. Over an hour and
Floyd | the directions look a bit confusing, even on paper. The last thing you
Floyd | want to be doing is walking around like an idiot for a few hours in
Floyd | Denver while missing what you came here for in the first place. You
Floyd | download the Uber app. The account creation process, your phone, or
Floyd | both is going way slow. Your heart starts pounding as panic sets in.
Floyd |
Floyd | After about ten minutes of this frantic moment, Flack dials your phone
Floyd | again. Maybe he's curious as to if you got a ride or not.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey man!" Flack says. "I guess you didn't get a ride yet. Look, we
Floyd | just left Walmart and my wife checked the GPS and says we've got time
Floyd | to get you."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Are you sure? I won't make you late?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We won't miss anything man. We've got time." he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Dude, I really appreciate this! I was really starting to panic
Floyd | there!" you reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | After getting off the phone, you grab a collared shirt with a tie you
Floyd | already put a windsor knot in, you briefly wait in the parking lot to
Floyd | wait for your ride. It arrives within minutes to take you to a large
Floyd | park where the wedding is being held.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wedding
Floyd | You march along with Mr. and Mrs. Flack across a long field of grass
Floyd | up a low hill towards a lone fancy-looking structure. Surely this is
Floyd | the right place. Otherwise, there is going to be a lot more trekking
Floyd | across this park and you are running out of time.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once you reach the top of the hill, it's obvious you are finally here.
Floyd | Many people are here talking and laughing. Flack and his wife go their
Floyd | seperate way for a while to mingle with others.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Jason and Flack here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jason" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JASON
Floyd |
Floyd | Mr. Jason "Textfiles" Scott. You had heard he was going to be here,
Floyd | but actually seeing him here feels a bit surreal. Aside from reading
Floyd | textfiles.com in the late nineties, a short misunderstanding on a MUD
Floyd | many years later, and a few Twitter exchanges, you don't really have
Floyd | any affiliation with him.
Floyd |
Floyd | He is roughly your height and has a very happy air about him. This guy
Floyd | looks as glad to be alive and here at this wedding as you are. He's
Floyd | wearing a black hat and a very fancy red blazer.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a young, male voice exclaim "That's WONDERFUL!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice Jason Scott walking away from the pizza line. Maybe you
Floyd | should "ask Jason about Durham" because that's the only topic you can
Floyd | think of to bring up to him. You think he was there recently, and
Floyd | that's about a forty minute drive from where your house is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask jason about durham" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK JASON ABOUT DURHAM
Floyd |
Floyd | ""You walk up to Jason and introduce yourself by your real name and
Floyd | tell him that it's great to meet him.
Floyd |
Floyd | He stares directly into your eyes and asks "I'm sorry. Who are you?
Floyd | How would I know you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh.. I'm Jizaboz on.." you begin to say as he cuts you off.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ohhh you! Right, Right. I think Robb mentioned you were coming." he
Floyd | replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yeah, I flew in from North Carolina. This is my first time in Denver.
Floyd | Weren't you in Durham, North Carolina not that long ago?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | You end up having a short but good conversation. You learn that both
Floyd | of you had relatives that were treated at the main hospital in Durham.
Floyd |
Floyd | After he walks off, someone offers you a Miller Lite. Not your
Floyd | favorite beer by any means, but it's hot out here and you are thirsty.
Floyd | You drink it quickly and deposit the can in a recycling bin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some random, sweaty jogger dude jogs up to your area, looks around,
Floyd | then jogs off around the pond.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x structure" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STRUCTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hill" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hill" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wedding
Floyd | You are standing by a large pond at the wedding. There is a huge line
Floyd | to a pizza truck nearby. Many people are standing around talking and
Floyd | drinking, most of them are outside where you are instead of where
Floyd | tables are.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Jason and Flack here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some awful jackass helps himself to a piece of the uncut wedding cake,
Floyd | then disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pond" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POND
Floyd |
Floyd | This large pond is so symmetrically rounded that you assume it is man
Floyd | made rather than natural. There is a fountain way out in the center of
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fountain" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOUNTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The simple fountain shoots water straight into the air about ten feet
Floyd | high.
Floyd |
Floyd | People start making their way near a platform by the pond. You follow
Floyd | them over as it's obvious things are getting started. Flack's wife
Floyd | reserves a seat for you and you wait for things to begin.
Floyd |
Floyd | Robb Sherwin emerges, and stands at the platform. The bride appears
Floyd | and walks up to the platform to join him; looking happy and vibrant.
Floyd | Everything is silent with exception to light music playing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're GETTING MARRIED! That's WONDERFUL!" you hear the now slightly
Floyd | familiar young voice. You glance back and see a very happy teenage boy
Floyd | who is the obvious culprit of this outburst due to all the other
Floyd | people you see also glancing at him. It's apparent this kid has a
Floyd | learning disability or something, but you much more annoyed at the old
Floyd | woman nearby scowling at him and his parents than you are with him.
Floyd | Robb and the bride are completely oblivious.
Floyd |
Floyd | The bride and groom read their vows they had written themselves,
Floyd | producing a few chuckles from the crowd at certain moments. Shortly
Floyd | after, they are pronounced man and wife. As everyone begins to rise
Floyd | and clap, a small flock of doves that is released behind you that
Floyd | flies over your head and towards the lake. You hear that familiar
Floyd | voice once again: "And now back to SISTER SISTER ON THE DISNEY
Floyd | CHANNEL!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You couldn't have said it better yourself. Things happen, but life
Floyd | moves on. Much like by lunchtime tomorrow, you will be boarding a
Floyd | flight back to North Carolina and saying goodbye to friends both old
Floyd | and new.
Floyd |
Floyd | You talk with Robb briefly as he notices you starting to leave before
Floyd | saying goodbye. You go looking for Flack for yet another ride back to
Floyd | your hotel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is a weird game."
		Knight_Otu says, "It is."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The Wedding
Floyd | You are standing by a large pond at the wedding. There is a huge line
Floyd | to a pizza truck nearby. Many people are standing around talking and
Floyd | drinking, most of them are outside where you are instead of where
Floyd | tables are.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Jason and Flack here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask flack about ride" 		

Floyd ]  The Wedding
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FLACK ABOUT RIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | You have had a great time on this trip. You got to talk to many
Floyd | interesting people and have formed closer friendships. Most
Floyd | importantly, you met Robb Sherwin!
Floyd |
Floyd | On the way out, Robb invites you back to his place early tomorrow
Floyd | morning before your flight and offers to give you a ride to the
Floyd | nearest train terminal. You gladly accept.
Floyd |
Floyd | Once there, you get to play his various arcade games alone for a bit.
Floyd | At least, you think you are alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a dark corner behind you, there lies a ball of fur! Upon closer
Floyd | examination, you see it is a long-haired cat. This must be the
Floyd | legendary cat "Frobozz".
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hello friend. I'm Robb's friend too. You look like a sleepy cat. Ok,
Floyd | friend. I'll let you be. Nice meeting you." you say to the cat as you
Floyd | go return to playing games.
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 | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, seems we win."
		DavidW says, "huh. Didn't even use the stash at all."
		Knight_Otu says, "Optional."
		DavidW says, "Well Robb won. He got a new bride."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Ocean Beach by James Banks
As played on ifMUD on December 15, 2019

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 Ocean Beach written by James Banks. It took 68th place in IF Comp 2019. You can learn more about this game, including how to download it, by visiting the IFDB.

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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask oceanbeach" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You are here on a slow day.
Floyd | Ocean Beach
Floyd | An Interactive Landscape by James Banks
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 190927 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | (type HELP (then press key) for more information)
Floyd |
Floyd | (pauses are part of the game)
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. Pauses could be a problem with Floyd."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | Type in your command at the > prompt, then press the  key.
Floyd | Keep it as simple as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | VERB NOUN (e.g. "examine boardwalk") or just VERB (e.g. "fidget") is a
Floyd | good bet.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can examine with "examine THING" or "x THING".  You can "go north"
Floyd | or just "north" or "n" -- likewise with south, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can "get", "give", and "drop" things.  What you have is accessible
Floyd | with "inventory" or "i".  You can "look" or "l" -- try it and see what
Floyd | it does.  "Watch sunset" works, at the right time of day.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't "talk" to people, but you can "ask PERSON about NOUN" or
Floyd | "tell PERSON about NOUN" or "show NOUN to PERSON".  You can "smell",
Floyd | "listen", and "touch".
Floyd |
Floyd | You can learn a little more about this game by typing "about".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to say, hopefully push spaces pauses rather than real time."
		Peregrine says, "Fake time is indubitably superior to real time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Two people ride past in a pedicab.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sandwich
Floyd |   clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   shoes (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man takes his bearings and then moves on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You see on yourself a grey short-sleeved shirt, brown slacks, and
Floyd | black socks.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A shirtless man walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | A sandwich in a wrapper.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman walks a dog down the boardwalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "gee, I wanted to know what kind of sandwich."
		Peregrine says, "ooo shirtless scene"
		Peregrine says, "didn't know this game had fanservice"
		DavidW asks, "Shall I... take off our shirt too?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Try, at least."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep your clothes on.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman and man on their bikes ride past -- the man has a long beach
Floyd | umbrella to manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Not a clothes-optional game, then."
		DavidW says, "I get the impression that we're just going to be watching a lot of disjointed atmospheric messages in this location."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's possible."
		DavidW says, "We should try north or south or west. Maybe even east."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shoes" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHOES
Floyd |
Floyd | Sneakers.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman roller-skates by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Sure-"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man sitting on a quickly-moving power skateboard motors past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A girl roller-skates by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Where it is, it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A contemplative young man passes carrying a skateboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Why is the The getting italized?"
		DavidW says, "<i>I</i> have no idea."
		DavidW says, "I was surprised to find a palace here. It seems very out of place."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A way in, and a way out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "The door is no doubt a VIP: Very Important Passage"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ahhhh" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > AHHHH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He is bare-headed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The woman and man say "Sit with us a while." "Here's a chair."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But not out of palace."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on guest chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON GUEST CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now seated on the guest chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You look far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about palace" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT PALACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | You look west, toward where you've been.
Floyd |
Floyd | The man and woman sit beside you.  You can feel the door and the cliff
Floyd | behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I feel like this player character is not being cooperative."
		Knight_Otu says, "The game is being contrary.-"
		DavidW asks, "Should we close the door?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain seated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not sleep, but you enter the flow of the afternoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel full.
Floyd | You get off the guest chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "What on earth was that?"
		Peregrine says, "There's a timer here, I think"
		Knight_Otu says, "Weird is what it was, I'd say."
		Peregrine says, "which makes you get off the chair after a few turns"
		Peregrine says, "But 'You feel full' is a weird explanation"
		DavidW asks, "Are we a robot that needed a power refill?"
		Peregrine says, "Also, the sound of the ocean seems important somehow."
		DavidW says, "Now I really want these clothes off to see if I've got nipples or spinning dials under the shirt."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about ocean" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You prefer the silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sandwich
Floyd |   clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   shoes (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Three people ride past in a pedicab.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is sand.  There are rocks half as big as
Floyd | you are and the beach thins to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect we wouldn't have a sandwich if we were a robot."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sand" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Grit between your finger and thumb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search sand" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SAND
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make sandcastle" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE SANDCASTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Some are wet, some have puddles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the north, the rocky headland is impassable because of the waves.
Floyd | You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ocean" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Wherever you are, the ocean roars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are as close as you want to be to the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to try to climb the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cliff" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The cliff curves out of sight ahead of
Floyd |     you and you
Floyd | can see the ocean.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is sand.  There are rocks half as big as
Floyd | you are and the beach thins to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are as close as you want to be to the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man walks a dog down the boardwalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man sitting on a quickly-moving power skateboard motors past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN TO OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Where it is, it roars.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman roller-blades by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x opening" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OPENING
Floyd |
Floyd | It shines in the light.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman wearing a beach dress walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman pushes a stroller by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are as close as you want to be to the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A group of people kicking a soccer ball
Floyd | drifts by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar ignores you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | He has not shaved and his eyes are bloodshot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar says "I'm HUNGRY."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sandwich to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SANDWICH TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar grabs the sandwich out of your hands and eats it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he goes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm OUTTA here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Easy peasy puzzle"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "'Hovel Antechamber'?"
		Peregrine says, "he's an aristocratic hobo"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. Odd."
		DavidW says, "Hovels don't have antechambers!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I automatically read it as hoTel because of that."
		DavidW asks, "hm. Which was to go?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "North first?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vending Machine Room
Floyd | You are in a blank sandstone room, lit by little lights.  Two vending
Floyd | machines are here, one on the left, the other on the right.  South
Floyd | leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal mixing bowl here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Okay, this must be a typo"
		Knight_Otu says, "Er er um..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x left machine" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEFT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Candy-apple green.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "or just a weird place"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x right machine" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIGHT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire-engine red.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, this is no hovel at all."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Nothing says how to use the machines. No mentions of buttons or slots."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bowl in left machine" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BOWL IN LEFT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on left machine" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON LEFT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the button to push
Floyd | but don't think it would work
Floyd | because it's not plugged in
Floyd | and there's no outlet in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on right machine" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON RIGHT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You look for an ON switch but then realize it's not plugged in,
Floyd | and there are no outlets in this room.
Floyd | And then realize it has no plug, is a mechanical vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take left machine" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LEFT MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't, and don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Weird."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push left machine south" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LEFT MACHINE SOUTH
Floyd |
Floyd | The vending machine on the left cannot be pushed from place to place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Very weird"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library Room
Floyd | A sandstone room with a clump of lights making a chandelier.  North
Floyd | leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a paper bag here with books in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chandelier" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHANDELIER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a ball of lights on a string.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a double bag, a bag supporting a bag.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the paper bag are Gravity and Grace by Weil, Romeo and
Floyd | Juliet by Shakespeare, Dracula by Stoker, The Gay
Floyd | Science by Nietzsche, Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard,
Floyd | The Closers by Pickens, Ficciones by Borges and
Floyd | More-with-Less Cookbook by Longacre.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar yells at you, "Hey, it's getting late.  I NEED this place.
Floyd | Outta here.  NOW."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, drop that stuff!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You obey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Er?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trash" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a car battery with wires leading into the hovel.  There are
Floyd | many objects-or-non-objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Another timer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   shoes (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We did drop the mixing bowl"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		Peregrine asks, "How many sandwiches must we feed him?"
		DavidW says, "We didn't go as far east as we could in there."
		DavidW says, "But I think we should explore elsewhere first."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wires" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | Green with metal inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "I'm just wondering if we've made the game unwinnable?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x non-objects" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NON-OBJECTS
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eye does not rest on any of the trash.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "eh, too soon to tell"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man walks a dog down the boardwalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beach" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | There are some people on the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "we don't know the player character's motivation at all"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dig" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DIG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's assuming there's a win condition, rather than just a landscape."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | River Edge
Floyd | The beach ends at the mouth of a river.  You can see across the
Floyd | mile-wide river mouth
Floyd | with second sight
Floyd | people selling fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep looking and with second sight see people selling fruit.
Floyd |
Floyd |       (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So if we cross this mile-wide river, we can get fruit and fish?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | It yawns.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Second sight? A second look, or psychic ability?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to get into the river.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe, but how to cross?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are as close as you want to be to the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fruit" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see what it looks like
Floyd |   but all you can see is that it is fruit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Esrom slides into the Toyshop from an unseen hole. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fish" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see what it looks like
Floyd |   but all you can see is that it is fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see what they look like
Floyd |   but all you can see is that they are people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "bizarre"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fruit" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | From now on, the days will get shorter.
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman roller-skates by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "looks like a custom default response"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sandwich
Floyd |   clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   shoes (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman takes her bearings and then moves on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Weirder and weirder and weirder."
		Peregrine says, "the sandwich is back"
		DavidW asks, "Try the hovel again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Dawn of the Second day."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman wearing a beach dress walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sandwich to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SANDWICH TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar grabs the sandwich out of your hands and eats it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he goes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm OUTTA here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal mixing bowl here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "'Hovel Split Level Antechamber' is not a place name I've EVER seen before."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen Room
Floyd | A sandstone room.  It has a granite-topped counter and a shelf
Floyd | attached to the wall.  South leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | On the granite-topped counter are a fancy blender, a pair of stainless
Floyd | steel tongs, a well-put-together juicer and a tall juicer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that's..."
		DavidW says, "ok, if we ever get fruit, here's where to make a smoothie."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Special Room
Floyd | The room is bare sandstone.  North leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a pot of rubies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a Persian rug spread out on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu nods in disbelief.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubies" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUBIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The rubies glitter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move rug" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | It is intricate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on rug" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rug" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Bug?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Special Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Empty Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Empty Room
Floyd | A bare sandstone room.  Exit west.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I have no idea."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library Room
Floyd | A sandstone room with a clump of lights making a chandelier.  North
Floyd | leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a paper bag here with books in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Gravity and Grace by Weil, Romeo and
Floyd | Juliet by Shakespeare, Dracula by Stoker, The Gay
Floyd | Science by Nietzsche, Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard,
Floyd | The Closers by Pickens, Ficciones by Borges or
Floyd | More-with-Less Cookbook by Longacre?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "science" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCIENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel clever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel other and same.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read fear" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel stretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You came into the hovel with nothing, so you should go out with
Floyd | nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "how zen"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | You set it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		Knight_Otu says, "I'm all out of weirds."

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kids and a dad and a mom race past, the kids wearing helmets except
Floyd | one wearing a hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | River Edge
Floyd | The beach ends at the mouth of a river.  You can see across the
Floyd | mile-wide river mouth
Floyd | with second sight
Floyd | people selling fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep looking and with second sight see people selling fruit.
Floyd |
Floyd |       (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The river's still a mile-wide."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We could go west from Middle Boardwalk, right?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man pushes a stroller by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A group of people kicking a soccer ball
Floyd | drifts by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You are as close as you want to be to the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman pushes a stroller by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "see?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, could have sworn it read as that. Oh well."
		DavidW says, "We could visit the palace again, I suppose."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		DavidW says, "Maybe they can tell us why a beggar has rubies and books and vending machines and their palace only has a few chairs."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Two people ride past in a pedicab.
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunset soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on guest chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON GUEST CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now seated on the guest chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about hovel" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT HOVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Esrom says, "One of those 'minimalist' works of IF, I preseme..." 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "If the door is closed, is it not the opening?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain seated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x opening" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OPENING
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain seated.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel full.
Floyd | You get off the guest chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on man" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Are we somehow feasting on their life force like a ghost?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Interior
Floyd | The palace is made out of rough wood arranged in straight lines.
Floyd | There is only a table and a chair for furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a silver crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seated at the table is a chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "I mean, vampire"
		Peregrine says, "oh, shiny"
		DavidW says, "ah, the door isn't the opening."
		Peregrine says, "I am imagining a chair with another chair on top"
		Knight_Otu says, "And still the palace is smaller than the hovel."
Esrom says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Ocean Beach
Floyd | An Interactive Landscape by James Banks
Floyd | Release 4 / Serial number 190927 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //D70E962E-B415-11E9-A41D-724018C4CC61//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Real-Time Delays version 1/100607 by Erik Temple
Floyd | Object Response Tests version 7 by Juhana Leinonen
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, wear the crown, sit on the chair?"
		Peregrine says, "why not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear crown" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the silver crown)
Floyd | It is not for you to touch the crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | Incredibly detailed: a tiny but faithful scene of fish and wine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Finished wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfinished oak planks in a plane, resting on thick legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a silver crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now seated on the wooden chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't take that position on the wooden chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | (first getting off the wooden chair)
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Sunset begins.
Floyd |
Floyd | You sit down in the guest chair and have a conversation with the man
Floyd | and the woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | MAN: You are here at sunset.
Floyd | YOU: Yes.
Floyd | MAN: Is this the best time of day?
Floyd | YOU: I don't know.
Floyd | MAN: I don't know what the best time of day is,
Floyd | myself.
Floyd | WOMAN: I like sunset best.
Floyd | YOU: Why is that?
Floyd | WOMAN: At sunset, I feel like the day is letting itself not be a day.
Floyd | YOU: And that's when things are their best?
Floyd | WOMAN: When they let themselves
Floyd | not be themselves.
Floyd | YOU <to the man>: What do you think?
Floyd | MAN: I think it's good when a day is a day.  I think that the day is
Floyd | always a day, even at night.
Floyd | WOMAN: I agree.
Floyd | YOU: How do you agree with him?
Floyd | WOMAN: I don't know.
Floyd | MAN: She agrees with me.
Floyd | You consider how this could be true.
Floyd | You watch the sea and the distant people one by one leaving the
Floyd | boardwalk and moving onto the beach.
Floyd | MAN: I remember one time, I was riding in a car on the way to the
Floyd | historical district.  We were talking about how to pronounce German
Floyd | words.
Floyd | WOMAN: I remember one time, I rode on a jet ski with a man and fell
Floyd | off into the reservoir.
Floyd | MAN: I remember one time, I was reading a book and it took me 15
Floyd | minutes to read each page.
Floyd | WOMAN: I remember one time, I wrote a short story but it didn't go
Floyd | anywhere.
Floyd | YOU: I don't remember anything.
Floyd | MAN: You are living in the moment.
Floyd | Silence.
Floyd | WOMAN: I would like to sing an evening hymn.
Floyd | MAN <to you>: Would you like to sing?
Floyd | YOU: I don't know.
Floyd | MAN: We'll choose a song.
Floyd | The woman says a number and the man agrees.  They pick up hymn books
Floyd | and set the pitch for each other with a note.
Floyd | (they're about to sing, and it could get loud, so adjust the volume on
Floyd | your computer if needed.) (press ENTER when ready)

		Peregrine says, "aahhahaha"
		Peregrine says, "this is so pretentious"
		Peregrine says, "or surreal"
		Peregrine says, "I don't know which."
		Knight_Otu blinks.
DavidW presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man in a swimsuit walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Next day, I assume."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probablyy, yes."
Esrom abruptly vanishes. 		DavidW says, "Does anyone else want to drive? I'm not sure what to do next."
		Knight_Otu says, "I have no idea what to do, either."
		DavidW says, "All I can think of is putting a ruby in a blender."
		Peregrine says, "I guess there's wine and fish."
		Peregrine says, "(as depicted on the crown)"
		DavidW asks, "You think we need a wine and fish smoothie?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "remember" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter and return from a reverie.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman jogs past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "It's not any weirder than the rest of this game"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a sea chantey.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman and man on their bikes ride past -- the man has a long beach
Floyd | umbrella to manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "If we wave at the people on the other side of the river, would they be able to see us?"
		Peregrine says, "worth a try"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Maybe."
		DavidW asks, "Also, if sunset is a thing, what other times might be? Does the ocean have tides?"
		Knight_Otu says, "A good question. I have no answers though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sandwich
Floyd |   clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   shoes (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A pushcart snack vendor wheels past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wave at vendor" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE AT VENDOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "wave" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "No waving. Bah."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "shout" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You go over things in your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A contemplative young man passes carrying a skateboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb cliff" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You think of yourself slipping and falling and do not want to try.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man walks a dog down the boardwalk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman passes in an off-road wheelchair with enormous tires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Where are all these people coming from anyway?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Other, invisible, cliff dwellings?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch cliff" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | It's over there.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A boy in a swimsuit walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter cliff" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER CLIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall sandstone.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman passes in an off-road wheelchair with enormous tires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clouds coming in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Kids on kid-sized bikes wobble-and-lunge by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So, shall I try to put a ruby in a blender?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A contemplative young woman passes carrying a skateboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sandwich to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SANDWICH TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar grabs the sandwich out of your hands and eats it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he goes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm OUTTA here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a metal mixing bowl here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Beggar begone"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bowl" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOWL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Special Room
Floyd | The room is bare sandstone.  North leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a pot of rubies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a Persian rug spread out on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take ruby" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUBY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rubies" 		

Floyd ]  Special Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE RUBIES
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen Room
Floyd | A sandstone room.  It has a granite-topped counter and a shelf
Floyd | attached to the wall.  South leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | On the granite-topped counter are a fancy blender, a pair of stainless
Floyd | steel tongs, a well-put-together juicer and a tall juicer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rubies in blender" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RUBIES IN BLENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rubies in juicer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RUBIES IN JUICER
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the well-put-together juicer or the tall juicer?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "well" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rublies in well-put-together juicer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RUBLIES IN WELL-PUT-TOGETHER JUICER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "oops rubies" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OOPS RUBIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put rubies in tall juicer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT RUBIES IN TALL JUICER
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rubies" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH RUBIES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tongs" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | It shines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tall" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's orange.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | It is wooden.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen Room
Floyd | A sandstone room.  It has a granite-topped counter and a shelf
Floyd | attached to the wall.  South leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | On the granite-topped counter are a fancy blender, a well-put-together
Floyd | juicer and a tall juicer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on tall juicer" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON TALL JUICER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the button.  But
Floyd | it isn't plugged in, and
Floyd | there's nothing to plug it into, and
Floyd | nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on blender" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON BLENDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the button.  But
Floyd | it isn't plugged in, and
Floyd | there's nothing to plug it into, and
Floyd | nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on well-put-together" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON WELL-PUT-TOGETHER
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the button.  But
Floyd | it isn't plugged in, and
Floyd | there's nothing to plug it into, and
Floyd | nothing happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says (to Floyd), "juice rubies" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUICE RUBIES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat rubies" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT RUBIES
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty pot" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EMPTY POT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Those things are supposed to be mechanical... but how does one operate them?"
		Peregrine asks, "Where's the crank?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Split Level Antechamber
Floyd | Down four steps from the hallway to the west, you stand in an
Floyd | antechamber with openings to the north, south, and east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Vending Machine Room
Floyd | You are in a blank sandstone room, lit by little lights.  Two vending
Floyd | machines are here, one on the left, the other on the right.  South
Floyd | leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on right" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You look for an ON switch but then realize it's not plugged in,
Floyd | and there are no outlets in this room.
Floyd | And then realize it has no plug, is a mechanical vending machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "right" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x right" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Fire-engine red.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick right" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push right" 		

Floyd ]  Vending Machine Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit right" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT RIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar yells at you, "Hey, it's getting late.  I NEED this place.
Floyd | Outta here.  NOW."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, drop that stuff!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You obey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "darnit, timer"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull wires" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL WIRES
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't interested in interacting with the wires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take battery" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BATTERY
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't interested in interacting with the battery.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "is the pile of trash relevant?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar is blocking the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pile" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | You see a car battery with wires leading into the hovel.  There are
Floyd | many objects-or-non-objects.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | He glowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask beggar about sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BEGGAR ABOUT SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | He glowers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar might not like that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Wait until sunset here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait until sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT UNTIL SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman takes her bearings and then moves on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Nothing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW says, "I'm at a loss."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Get on the guest chair as quikly as possible?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "That may count as sunrise?"
		DavidW says, "I can do that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman wearing a beach dress walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on guest chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON GUEST CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now seated on the guest chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently not."
		DavidW asks, "You expected something new?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not quite expected, but hoped."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x guest chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GUEST CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You look far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm going to take a quick bathroom break."
		Knight_Otu says, "I could use a break as well."
		DavidW says, "back"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about wine" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT WINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT BEACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You remain silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel full.
Floyd | You get off the guest chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man wearing a backpack walks by thoughtfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a sandwich
Floyd |   clothes (being worn)
Floyd |   shoes (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A pushcart snack vendor wheels past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Back."
		DavidW says, "I haven't discovered much except that south from the palace couple led back here. Coding error, I assume."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		DavidW asks, "Perhaps read more books? Or eat our own sandwich?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we never did the latter. Sure to both."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman jogs past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sandwich to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SANDWICH TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar grabs the sandwich out of your hands and eats it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he goes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm OUTTA here."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a pair of stainless steel tongs, a pot of rubies and a
Floyd | metal mixing bowl here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | pair of stainless steel tongs: Taken.
Floyd | pot of rubies: Taken.
Floyd | metal mixing bowl: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Hallway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Hallway
Floyd | You stand in the hallway.  There is a room to the north, and a room to
Floyd | the south.  The hallway comes from the west and leads to a few steps
Floyd | down to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can barely hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library Room
Floyd | A sandstone room with a clump of lights making a chandelier.  North
Floyd | leads back.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can't hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a paper bag here with books in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bag" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Gravity and Grace by Weil, Romeo and
Floyd | Juliet by Shakespeare, Dracula by Stoker, The Gay
Floyd | Science by Nietzsche, Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard,
Floyd | The Closers by Pickens, Ficciones by Borges or
Floyd | More-with-Less Cookbook by Longacre?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read gravity" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ GRAVITY
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've done what you ought to have.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read romeo" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ROMEO
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel heart-struck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read dracula" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ DRACULA
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel reached-into.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read fear" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel stretched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read closers" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ CLOSERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel educated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read ficciones" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ FICCIONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel opened up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in me" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read all book" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ ALL BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read books" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, Gravity and Grace by Weil, Romeo and
Floyd | Juliet by Shakespeare, Dracula by Stoker, The Gay
Floyd | Science by Nietzsche, Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard,
Floyd | The Closers by Pickens, Ficciones by Borges or
Floyd | More-with-Less Cookbook by Longacre?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read cookbook" 		

Floyd ]  Library Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ COOKBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel other and same.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gravity" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAVITY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a paperback.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar yells at you, "Hey, it's getting late.  I NEED this place.
Floyd | Outta here.  NOW."
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Antechamber
Floyd | You stand in the hovel antechamber.  Light enters from the west.
Floyd | There are lights on a string to light the interior.  You can go east
Floyd | into an interior hallway.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean, more faintly.)
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, drop that stuff!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You obey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Kids on kid-sized bikes wobble-and-lunge by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man jogs past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's already open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Interior
Floyd | The palace is made out of rough wood arranged in straight lines.
Floyd | There is only a table and a chair for furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a silver crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seated at the table is a chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's something to look at and no more.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take chair" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can sit on it and look at it, and nothing else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask man about crown" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK MAN ABOUT CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You prefer the silence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've been here before, and you'd rather watch the
Floyd | sunset from someplace new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man sitting on a quickly-moving power skateboard motors past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is sand.  There are rocks half as big as
Floyd | you are and the beach thins to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That is something."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the north, the rocky headland is impassable because of the waves.
Floyd | You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the north, the rocky headland is impassable because of the waves.
Floyd | You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clouds coming in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the north, the rocky headland is impassable because of the waves.
Floyd | You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps it meant the river or beggar"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the north, the rocky headland is impassable because of the waves.
Floyd | You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A girl rides a skateboard past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman passes in an off-road wheelchair with enormous tires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe, but the far ends of the map would both make sense."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | River Edge
Floyd | The beach ends at the mouth of a river.  You can see across the
Floyd | mile-wide river mouth
Floyd | with second sight
Floyd | people selling fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep looking and with second sight see people selling fruit.
Floyd |
Floyd |       (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sky" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKY
Floyd |
Floyd | Clouds coming in from the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | It shines.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or you moved too soon. There was a transition to the next day there."
		DavidW says, "was there? I didn't see"
		DavidW says, "darn, that's annoying"
		Knight_Otu says, "We went from rocky shore to middle boardwalk."
		DavidW says, "I'm getting rather tired driving."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want the other sunsets?"
		DavidW says, "And it's really weird that WAIT isn't supported in a game where you want to wait for a sunset."
		Knight_Otu says, "Definitely."
		Knight_Otu says, "A really odd decision."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | River Edge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | River Edge
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if sunset events advance the narrative or timer or something."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman and man on their bikes ride past -- the man has a long beach
Floyd | umbrella to manage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sign" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Well, they did say in >HELP that 'watch sunset' was relevant"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sign" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "it did?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A contemplative young woman passes carrying a skateboard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I just can't type today it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		DavidW says, "I don't even remember typing HELP."

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not late enough to watch the sunset.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A group of people kicking a soccer ball
Floyd | drifts by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman passes carrying a camping chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man takes his bearings and then moves on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "well drat."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a sea chantey.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kids and a dad and a mom race past, the kids wearing helmets except
Floyd | one wearing a hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not late enough to watch the sunset.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man passes in a power wheelchair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman jogs past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a sea chantey.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A pushcart snack vendor wheels past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "When the hermit kicks us out is late enough, I bet."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Did undoing screw up the sunset timing?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd |  Kids on kid-sized bikes wobble-and-lunge by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | It shines.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young woman roller-blades by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Crazy that X SUN and WATCH SUNSET aren't the same action."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, now I see,"
		Knight_Otu says, "I undid up to the Headland, and typed L, and that was the end of the day."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat sandwich" 		DavidW says, "right"

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't need to eat at this time.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A woman wearing a beach dress walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is sand.  There are rocks half as big as
Floyd | you are and the beach thins to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Headland
Floyd | To the north, the rocky headland is impassable because of the waves.
Floyd | You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't want to try to climb the cliff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sign" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I keep doing that."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunset soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Headland
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've been here before, and you'd rather watch the
Floyd | sunset from someplace new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Moop."
		DavidW says, "okay, try the river, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is sand.  There are rocks half as big as
Floyd | you are and the beach thins to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Three people ride past in a pedicab.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kids and a dad and a mom race past, the kids wearing helmets except
Floyd | one wearing a hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Kids on kid-sized bikes wobble-and-lunge by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man roller-blades by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Grr."
		DavidW says, "oops"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A pushcart snack vendor wheels past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk south through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | River Edge
Floyd | The beach ends at the mouth of a river.  You can see across the
Floyd | mile-wide river mouth
Floyd | with second sight
Floyd | people selling fish.
Floyd |
Floyd | You keep looking and with second sight see people selling fruit.
Floyd |
Floyd |       (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunset soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a sea chantey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if there's anywhere to hide in the hermit's hovel."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You move in a simple pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a sea chantey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  River Edge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've been here before, and you'd rather watch the
Floyd | sunset from someplace new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Under the rug, behidn a vending machine, or in the empty room at the far east end."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we were here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Long Beach
Floyd | The beach is long and keeps on going, north and south.  You walk.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Long Beach
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk north through the sand.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is a sandy beach.  You can see to the
Floyd | south of you a long stretch of beach.  You can go north.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A young man rides by on an electric bike with big tires.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've been here before, and you'd rather watch the
Floyd | sunset from someplace new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "give sandwich to beggar" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE SANDWICH TO BEGGAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar grabs the sandwich out of your hands and eats it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "But...?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man sitting on a quickly-moving power skateboard motors past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "He's not OUTTA HERE when the sun is setting."
		DavidW says, "You didn't go east either."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hovel Opening
Floyd | There is a hovel, its opening is a man-made cave.  A pile of trash is
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | A beggar blocks the opening of the hovel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hovel Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The beggar is blocking the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  South Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | South Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  There is a hovel dug into the cliff to the
Floyd | east, and boardwalk to the north.  To the south you can see a long
Floyd | stretch of beach.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Three people ride past in a pedicab.
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Middle Boardwalk
Floyd |
Floyd | Middle Boardwalk
Floyd | Cliff to the east, beach to the west.  Here there is a boardwalk.  You
Floyd | can go north or south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man sitting on a quickly-moving power skateboard motors past.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW asks, "Watch the sunset from the crown room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try."
		DavidW asks, "Or from a transition location?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | Kids and a dad and a mom race past, the kids wearing helmets except
Floyd | one wearing a hat.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Interior
Floyd | The palace is made out of rough wood arranged in straight lines.
Floyd | There is only a table and a chair for furnishings.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table is a silver crown.
Floyd |
Floyd | Seated at the table is a chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a sea chantey.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a wordless tune.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | You sing a verse from an old sailors' song.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunset soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Interior
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd better go outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Palace Opening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Palace Opening
Floyd | The palace opening in the cliff to the east is made of polished
Floyd | bronze and copper.  You can see the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is made out of polished brass and the door frame out
Floyd | of bronze.  There are copper panels on the door and a wooden handle.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door is curved and smooth-edged, and there are straight
Floyd | iron and wooden lintels and posts arranged around to form an angular
Floyd | halo.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a man here, sitting in a chair next to the palace door.
Floyd |
Floyd | And near him in a chair is a woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a guest chair here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Boardwalk
Floyd | You walk on the boardwalk.  In the cliff, to the east, there is a fine
Floyd | and magnificent opening.  To the north you can see a beach and a
Floyd | headland.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd |  A group of people kicking a soccer ball
Floyd | drifts by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  North Boardwalk
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've been here before, and you'd rather watch the
Floyd | sunset from someplace new.
Floyd |
Floyd |  A man in a swimsuit walks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Transition
Floyd | The boardwalk ends and there is sand.  There are rocks half as big as
Floyd | you are and the beach thins to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]  North Transition
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATCH SUNSET
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel like you've been here before, and you'd rather watch the
Floyd | sunset from someplace new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Rocky Shore
Floyd | There is no more beach.  You are walking on rocks half as tall as you
Floyd | are.  A headland looms to the north.  You can go south.
Floyd |
Floyd |     (You can hear the sound of the ocean.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "watch sunset" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Floyd |
Floyd | There is an alien glimmer far out over the water, under the clouds,
Floyd | where the day is ending over the sea.  It is time to go to the beach.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | where the day is ending over the sea.  It is time to go to the beach.
Floyd |
Floyd | Down onto the beach, and down to the waves, and you almost touch the
Floyd | water that runs up onto the sand.  Washed-up piles of kelp and
Floyd | sea-grass, and sandflies and small opened clam shells, and seagull
Floyd | feathers and you will not sleep so close to the waves.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | feathers and you will not sleep so close to the waves.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now you are walking back to the loose sand.  You see people
Floyd | bedding down for the night, taking off their roller-blades, bundling
Floyd | up in their beach towels.  You see people digging themselves into the
Floyd | sand and making blankets of sand and people are embracing their
Floyd | umbrellas for comfort.  Bicycles lie on their sides, no thought of
Floyd | theft, and the riders of wheelchairs are stretched out by others and
Floyd | laid in their beds of sand.  Couples talk to each other and single
Floyd | people are alone.  You find a spot with quiet people and dig out your
Floyd | sand bed, and look up at the parting clouds.  You close your eyes,

		Knight_Otu says, "Single people are alone. Who knew."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | sand bed, and look up at the parting clouds.  You close your eyes,and
Floyd | fall asleep.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Rocky Shore
Floyd | Now you have some options.  If you RESTART, you can try out slow mode,
Floyd | by typing SLOWMODE.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "(Not exactly correct though.)"
		DavidW asks, "Was that the end?"
		Peregrine says, "I'm not so sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "It would seem so."
		Peregrine asks, "What is Slowmode?"
		DavidW asks, "Longer days, I guess?"
		DavidW says, "Which would be sucky."
		DavidW says, "I don't know what to make of this game."
		Peregrine asks, "What was the point?"
		Peregrine says, "Rubies, vending machines... and all that was needed was to watch a sunset when standing in the right place."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd say landscape painting, but I don't feel the writing was up to that."
		DavidW says, "hm, I guess it does have the sense of walking on top of a painting."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if there's an audio clip we missed when the palace couple sang."
		Knight_Otu says, "There definitely was - the game mentioned checking our audio levels."
		Peregrine says, "a bit of research indicates that the audio is in the 'director's cut' of the game"
		Peregrine says, "so it can't be that important? I mean, hopefully not"
		Knight_Otu says, "Also I guess there might be wave sounds when we're outdoors."
		Peregrine says, "I feel like we're missing some deeper meaning"
		DavidW says, "Life it like a wrapped sandwich you can never eat and also life's a beach."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
		DavidW says, "Sorry. I couldn't resist."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hovels are huge palaces, palaces are tiny hovels."
		DavidW says, "well, regardless, I think I'm done for today. I'd like to thank everyone for being here and playing alongside with me."
		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "always a pleasure :)"
		Roger says, "I was lurking, but you did fine work as always"
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we had two games today. Thanks."
		DavidW says, "And hopefully we'll get to see Jacqueline next week, cross fingers."
		Knight_Otu crosses his fingers.
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "'Til next week! Good night!"
Knight_Otu goes home. 		DavidW says, "I should try looking for a game ahead of time to play. Maybe one of Ryan Veeder's newer ones."
Peregrine hops into the DeLorean and heads off to the future. 		DavidW says, "Although if there's a pleasant one, that would be better."
DavidW 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?" 			



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space
by "Two Guys From The Other Bar"
As played on ifMUD on December 29, 2019

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 Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space written by "Two Guys From The Other Bar". Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space is a horror game that was created for an IF event in Munich, Germany and used that event as a background event. 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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask drkong1" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's Saturday night, and it's time to kick out some jams. You've been
Floyd | working your ass off all week, with the radio blaring stories at you
Floyd | about how some stupid prick politician faked his dissertation, and
Floyd | you're in dire need of some bass and some beer. Good thing it's that
Floyd | part of the month again: Department of Volxvergnuegen is throwing one
Floyd | of their action-packed techno parties at Glockenbachwerkstatt!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space (The Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | Adventure)
Floyd | A time travel anomaly by Two Guys From The Other Bar
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110921 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GAME, TYPE "INFO"
Floyd |
Floyd | TO GET SOME HELP FOR PLAYING THIS GAME, TYPE "HELP".
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "info" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > INFO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, and welcome. This is a special little game. It was written for
Floyd | the interactive fiction event in Munich that the culture collective
Floyd | called "department of volxvergnuegen" organized on May 7, 2011. At
Floyd | least parts of the game you're playing right now take place on said
Floyd | event, during which a workshop for writers took place, we screened GET
Floyd | LAMP by Jason Scott and people could play several interactive fiction
Floyd | games on a couple of terminals we provided. Ah yes, and we played the
Floyd | game you're playing right now collectively on the big screen, which
Floyd | was a lot of fun also, in spite of all its bugginess.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now to my apologies. This is by no means a good game, if we take
Floyd | polished and well thought-out games like, well, let's face it, every
Floyd | single game that did well in the past 16 years of the Interactive
Floyd | Fiction Competition and compare them to our game; it was written in
Floyd | just a couple of weeks by me and my friend Anonymeuss (thanks to the
Floyd | rest of the Nerd Kru for making this insane story up, you know who you
Floyd | are!), and neither of us had ever written a piece of interactive
Floyd | fiction before. It's a very railroaded game and probably still pretty
Floyd | buggy, the puzzles aren't too avant-garde and it features long deserts
Floyd | of text that make the opening of Oliver Ullmann's "The Duel That
Floyd | Spanned The Ages" look like a four-line poem. But we still think our
Floyd | crazy little story is pretty funny and we hope you'll give it a spin.
Floyd | If you head over to
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd | ms/258.html,
Floyd | you can find some pictures from the event that could get you in the
Floyd | mood (or if you locate the pictures folder on the disc in your game
Floyd | package). Most of our crew were dressed the way they are described in
Floyd | the game, and Jason Scott played along nicely too. This leads us to
Floyd | our thank you-list:
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to the amazing Jason Scott, who made this wonderful movie, was
Floyd | absolutely hilarious on skype and said the silly things i asked him to
Floyd | say (apart from being generally awesome). Cheers!
Floyd |
Floyd | I cannot thank enough all the members of the volxvergnuegen team who
Floyd | made this day very special. From designing and preparing all those
Floyd | gorgeous visuals to selling the drinks: You were amazing, and this
Floyd | game is dedicated to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to Michael Baltes, Oliver Ullmann, Marius Müller, Ingo
Floyd | Scharmann and Martin Barth for hosting the workshop and exterminating
Floyd | some of the worst bugs, see you soon!
Floyd |
Floyd | A very big thank you to all the good people who are working on Inform
Floyd | 7, without you, this game would not have been possible! Thanks to Eric
Floyd | Eve, whose Exit Lister extension we used.
Floyd |
Floyd | And last but not least: Thank YOU, dear player, for still reading
Floyd | this. I sincerely hope you can at least get a good laugh while playing
Floyd | our game. Comments, suggestions,bug reports, death threats are best
Floyd | sent to colin.djukic@googlemail.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | HAVE FUN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, not quite a speed. Cool."
		Jacqueline says, "I actually really like it when people include little bits of history like this in their games."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "Should we look at the HELP?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, as long as it's not hints directly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For general instructions, please look up the Play IF card that came in
Floyd | your package or your virtual folder. For now, let's just say that TALK
Floyd | TO someone does not work in this game. The only way to verbally
Floyd | interact with people in this lousy little game is to ASK someone ABOUT
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses the exit lister extension by Eric Eve, thank you! You
Floyd | see all the available exits in the status bar. Places you have not yet
Floyd | visited are CAPITALIZED, places you already went to not.
Floyd |
Floyd | At one point in the game, you will encounter a diary written in
Floyd | German. DON'T PANIC! There's a short summary at the bottom of every
Floyd | page you read in the diary. Here's how it works with the diary: READ
Floyd | page IN DIARY, for example you could type "read page 6 in diary" and
Floyd | would get page six. Another possible way is writing "read page 1 in
Floyd | diary" and then "read next page in diary" until you reach the end. So
Floyd | here's the flaw. You cannot READ anything apart from the diary in this
Floyd | game, even though you will encounter writing in several places.
Floyd | EXAMINE it instead, please.
Floyd |
Floyd | At another point in the game, you will have to type a code on a
Floyd | keypad. TYPE number ON KEYPAD will do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          2
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          3
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   some change for cigarettes
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and closed)
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x money" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          4
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's money. It stinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell money" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          5
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x change" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          6
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Some change for buying cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Heh. I was just about to smell the money."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x smartphone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          7
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMARTPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Rottorola.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fartroid smartphone is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          8
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Your trusty old bag. Made of black nylon, it has several little holes
Floyd | and scratches. A button depicting a guy throwing a swastika into a
Floyd | rubbish bin is attached to its flap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bag" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          9
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tattered shoulder-bag, revealing a red flyer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          10
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the flyer for last month's Volxvergnuegen event. A red foil which
Floyd | makes the underlying text readable. (Hint: If you haven't got one, you
Floyd | better get one!) It was some kind of text adventure event. Too bad you
Floyd | couldn't make it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x apple" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          11
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's green.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a sticker on the apple! You pull it off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sticker" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          12
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STICKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It says: "I'm so green".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x technodude" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          13
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TECHNODUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | A quite regular Technodude, smoking, drinking, talking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put sticker on forehead" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          13
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT STICKER ON FOREHEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x electrowoman" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          14
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELECTROWOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | One of those bass-hungry females. At the moment, she's talking to
Floyd | Technodude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We have no head!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, to be fair, one cannot really see one's own forehead."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to technodude" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          14
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO TECHNODUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or, I guess, we can't see it, which.. right."
		DavidW asks, "Should we go north or east? Or is there anything we can do here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we have nothing to ask about."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technodude about flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          15
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TECHNODUDE ABOUT FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | He just asks: "Hey, are you on facebook?" without waiting for your
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask electrowoman about flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          16
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ELECTROWOMAN ABOUT FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | She just asks: "Hey, are you on facebook?" without waiting for your
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on phone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          17
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the fartroid smartphone on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Rottorola.The device depicts the word "FARTROID" and boots up. You
Floyd | haven't installed any apps apart from the preinstalled Facebook app,
Floyd | but you have no clue how to activate the app.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fartroid smartphone is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "activate app" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ACTIVATE APP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x app" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off phone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          19
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the fartroid smartphone off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "North would be inside, so I guess we can go that way?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          20
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You really wanna smoke a cigarette before entering. If you remember
Floyd | correctly, there's a cigarette machine east of the club.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          21
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Side Of Club
Floyd | You're standing east of the club, under the night sky. It's pretty
Floyd | quiet here. Steam rises from a grate in the pavement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go back to the front door by moving south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fag machine here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          22
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your standard fare cigarette machine. You put change in, and usually,
Floyd | cigarettes pop out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Unfortunate translation."
		DavidW asks, "Cig is gonna roll into the sewer grate, isn't it?"
		DavidW says, "no, fag is common slang for cigarette in UK English."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, yeah, but still."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put change in machine" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          23
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CHANGE IN MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The coins drop into the slot. After painfully proving that you are
Floyd | indeed old enough to smoke by sliding several ID and credit cards
Floyd | through a card reader and pressing your thumb onto some biometric
Floyd | device, a pack of your favorite brand of cigarettes lands on the
Floyd | pavement with a "thump".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          24
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuck, you forgot to bring a lighter with you! Whatever. Perhaps you
Floyd | can find a lighter inside the club.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grate" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          25
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Steam is rising up from the grate by the side of the road. You can't
Floyd | see much down there, but the smell is pretty strange. You never
Floyd | noticed this grate before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pack" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          26
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Les Fleurs Du Mal, your favorite brand of death sticks. Every pack
Floyd | contains a poem by your personal Uber-Dandy, Charles Baudelaire!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poem" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          26
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pack" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          27
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the pack of fags, revealing a folded poem and sixteen
Floyd | cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poem" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          28
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | The unfolded poem reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold the sweet evening, friend of the criminal;
Floyd |  It comes like an accomplice, stealthily; the sky
Floyd |  Closes slowly like an immense alcove,
Floyd |  And impatient man turns into a beast of prey.
Floyd |  O evening, kind evening, desired by him
Floyd |  Whose arms can say, without lying: "Today
Floyd |  We labored!" - It is the evening that comforts
Floyd |  Those minds that are consumed by a savage sorrow,
Floyd |  The obstinate scholar whose head bends with fatigue
Floyd |  And the bowed laborer who returns to his bed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meanwhile in the atmosphere malefic demons
Floyd |  Awaken sluggishly, like businessmen,
Floyd |  And take flight, bumping against porch roofs and shutters.
Floyd |  Among the gas flames worried by the wind
Floyd |  Prostitution catches alight in the streets;
Floyd |  Like an ant-hill she lets her workers out;
Floyd |  Everywhere she blazes a secret path,
Floyd |  Like an enemy who plans a surprise attack;
Floyd |  She moves in the heart of the city of mire
Floyd |  Like a worm that steals from Man what he eats.
Floyd |  Here and there one hears food sizzle in the kitchens,
Floyd |  The theaters yell, the orchestras moan;
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The gambling dens, where games of chance delight,
Floyd |  Fill up with whores and cardsharps, their accomplices;
Floyd |  The burglars, who know neither respite nor mercy,
Floyd |  Are soon going to begin their work, they also,
Floyd |  And quietly force open cash-boxes and doors
Floyd |  To enjoy life awhile and dress their mistresses.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meditate, O my soul, in this solemn moment,
Floyd |  And close your ears to this uproar;
Floyd |  It is now that the pains of the sick grow sharper!
Floyd |  Somber Night grabs them by the throat; they reach the end
Floyd |  Of their destinies and go to the common pit;
Floyd |  The hospitals are filled with their sighs. - More than one
Floyd |  Will come no more to get his fragrant soup
Floyd |  By the fireside, in the evening, with a loved one.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | However, most of them have never known
Floyd |  The sweetness of a home, have never lived!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | - William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library
Floyd | Guild, 1954)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm all worried that there's a clue to something buried in that large poem."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's quite a poem for a small pack of cigs."
		DavidW asks, "And in Europe, wouldn't you need poems in four different languages, minimum?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nah, sometimes we can make do with a single one."
		DavidW says, "Using emojis only, I suppose."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We're not ghosts, you know!"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, keep playing. Because I need distraction. Because now I'm trying to translate this poem into emoji and I need to not be doing that."
		DavidW asks, "I guess we look for a lighter or light and if we can't find one anywhere, we enter the sewer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          29
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          30
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technodude for lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          30
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TECHNODUDE FOR LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technodude about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          31
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TECHNODUDE ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | He just asks: "Hey, are you on facebook?" without waiting for your
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, right."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think these guys are just facebooking."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "maybe we can download a lighter app." 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          31
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAYBE WE CAN DOWNLOAD A LIGHTER APP.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              32
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the big green door)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door closes behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | This is the anteroom of the club. The basses are getting more
Floyd | pronounced here. It's usually pretty cramped in here, with people
Floyd | trying to get in towards the bar to the north or out back through the
Floyd | big green door to have a smoke. There is a small table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here are a blue flyer and a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Fabi, Lale and Gothdude here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              33
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Basses. Louder. Inane Chatter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              33
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              34
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here are a blue flyer and a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blue flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              35
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLUE FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the flyer for the next event. It says "Department of
Floyd | Volxvergnuegen präsentiert: Die besten Wiesn-Hits aus den 60ern, 70ern
Floyd | und überhaupt: Super-Gaudi!!!!!". This must be a joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              36
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It just says 14,99. That's odd. Usually, the Volxvergnuegen parties
Floyd | only cost 4 bucks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blue flyer and card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              37
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLUE FLYER AND CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | blue flyer: Taken.
Floyd | card: Fabi grabs the card. "Hey, get your hands off the card, man!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fabi" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              38
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FABI
Floyd |
Floyd | He's always organizing stuff. Right now, he's charging the customers
Floyd | who want to enter the club. He is looking a bit off. His eyes are kind
Floyd | of blood-shot. Too much work and not enough sleep, you guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lale" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LALE
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing yellow tights, short jeans and a yellow top. Her usual
Floyd | smile looks a little frozen, and her right cheek is marred by a
Floyd | bruise. You remember her as the girl that was jumping, singing,
Floyd | chewing her fingernails and drinking beer. At the same time. Now she's
Floyd | just standing there. You wonder what's wrong with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Gothdude is here? I used to have a crush on him when I was younger."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gothdude" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              40
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOTHDUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wearing some kind of trench coat. He's standing in the corner of
Floyd | this corridor like some crooked vulture, eyeing you with his
Floyd | dark-rimmed eyes. What a freak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask fabi about card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              41
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FABI ABOUT CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | He cuts you off: "Hey, you wanna come in or what?!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lale about bruise" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              42
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LALE ABOUT BRUISE
Floyd |
Floyd | She just stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Hi, all."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hey there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lale about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              43
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LALE ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She just stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hi wordsmith"
		Jacqueline says, "Hey there, WS."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask gothdude about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              44
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GOTHDUDE ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Barely audible, he manages to spit out the following:
Floyd | "rrrrrya....Facebook?" He's obviously had too much to drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              45
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing is on sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              46
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Lale pushes you away from the doorway. Fabi looks at you as if he was
Floyd | about to hit you. "You have to pay before you enter!", he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Happy holidays to everyone. What's the game today?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              46
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space (The Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | Adventure)
Floyd | A time travel anomaly by Two Guys From The Other Bar
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110921 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //6663A09F-3DBF-449E-9D5A-578E499788B5//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Exit Lister version 10 by Eric Eve
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Give money to Fabi?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give money to fabi" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              47
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MONEY TO FABI
Floyd |
Floyd | You pay the ridiculous entrance fee to Fabi, who pockets the money. He
Floyd | gives you a ticket and just motions to the doorway to the north. What
Floyd | the fuck, you don't care. Let's roll!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ticket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              48
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A ragged strip of paper torn from a roll. It says "BEZAHLT".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   49
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The music is louder here. Sounds like minimal techno...but wait...like
Floyd | minimal techno with some very cheesy plastic disco samples on
Floyd | top...have the DJs lost their mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan is behind the counter of the Bar, serving cocktails.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's Dr Kong, a game written at a German IF jam."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dan" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   50
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks even more evil than usual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bar" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   51
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A dimly lit counter. People are pushing each other in order to be
Floyd | served first. It seems they only serve one kind of drink tonight, as
Floyd | everybody drinks from a glass with the same deep orange color. Looks
Floyd | like...a Zombie? On the counter is a bowl of white jelly sweets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sweets" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   51
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWEETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sweet" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   52
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks pretty disgusting, like something you might find in the trash
Floyd | can of an operation room. But the people seem to enjoy eating those
Floyd | lumps...perhaps you should give it a try?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sweet" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Reluctantly, you pop a jelly sweet into your mouth and cautiously
Floyd | start chewing on it. Not bad. Not bad at all! While you're munching
Floyd | away on the delicious gelatinous substance, from the corner of your
Floyd | eye you see Dan refilling the bowl. He's grabbing the lumps out of the
Floyd | skull of a dead body! It's that goth guy you saw in the entrance! You
Floyd | pause for a moment pondering whether you should get another one or not
Floyd | before spitting the brain tissue out of your mouth in a wide white
Floyd | arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wish you all could see the face I'm making righ tnow."
		Knight_Otu says, "... what."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spit" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I eat a lot of adventurous things. Brain isn't one of them."
		Jacqueline says, "Judge me if you will."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skull" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKULL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hipster" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x body" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hipster" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   54
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HIPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A hipster wearing  nerdy glasses and sporting only one arm...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hipster about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   55
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIPSTER ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | He grabs you with his remaining arm and screams in your ear: "Man, you
Floyd | gotta try facebook, it's the newest shit! All the groovy
Floyd | volxvergnuegen people are on there!" Great, this weirdo smeared blood
Floyd | over your shirt...why is he bleeding?! What's going on here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline squints at her screen.
		Knight_Otu says, "This party is so dead."
		DavidW asks, "We're in zombie central, aren't we?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I would say so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chick" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   56
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | She's gorgeous...she's wearing a sexy see-through blouse that barely
Floyd | conceals anything...including several deep, still bleeding
Floyd | wounds...was there an accident? Nobody seems to notice anything...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chick about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   57
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CHICK ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She whispers in your ear: "Meet me on facebook, honey..." Her breath
Floyd | is cold and smells like an open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   58
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about sweet" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   59
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT SWEET
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, now my lip is curling."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chick about facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   60
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CHICK ABOUT FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | She whispers in your ear: "Meet me on facebook, honey..." Her breath
Floyd | is cold and smells like an open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, earthy."
		Jacqueline says, "I like me an earthy girl."
		DavidW asks, "do we want to go north, east, or west?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Which is farthest from this room?"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gothdude" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   60
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOTHDUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              61
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow and usually packed corridor with doors to the restroom for
Floyd | women to the east and the restroom to the west. To your confusion,
Floyd | only one pretty fucked up woman sits slumped into a heap in one
Floyd | corner. You can go back to the bar to the south. A door leads to the
Floyd | cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. A down option here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              62
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Her gray and faded hair covers most of her face. She's got a beer
Floyd | bottle in her lap, but it's definitely not beer she's drinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              63
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The label is smeared with a sticky red substance…Jesus, this looks
Floyd | like blood!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              64
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | With a voice from a Venom-song, she says "Check out Facebook. Best
Floyd | thing that's happened to me in ages!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "FAACEEES! FAACEES!"
		DavidW asks, "You get the feeling that Mark Zombieberg is behind all this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Room                                            65
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Room
Floyd | Noone's in here, and I suggest you leave, too. The stench is almost
Floyd | unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Room                                            66
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're almost fainting from an overwhelming wave of ammonia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              67
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow and usually packed corridor with doors to the restroom for
Floyd | women to the east and the restroom to the west. To your confusion,
Floyd | only one pretty fucked up woman sits slumped into a heap in one
Floyd | corner. You can go back to the bar to the south. A door leads to the
Floyd | cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              68
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Not that you'd care about etiquette, you're just scared of female
Floyd | demons ripping your flesh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              69
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cellar door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cellar door" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              70
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CELLAR DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cellar door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Now where's that key?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   71
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan is behind the counter of the Bar, serving cocktails.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   72
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan blocks your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about cocktails" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   73
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT COCKTAILS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy cocktail" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   73
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY COCKTAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dan" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   74
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be less than courteous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But he's a Zombie, game!"
		DavidW says, "oh dear, I must not be discourteous."
		DavidW says (to Dan), "bite me"
		DavidW says, "ilagame"
		Knight_Otu Game says, "Zombies have rights too, you know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dan, bite me" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   75
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > DAN, BITE ME
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       76
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step onto the dance floor, you can hear the music more clearly.
Floyd | It's rough and bassy minimal techno, groovy and kicking, but that's
Floyd | not where it ends...on top of the minimal groove, you're pretty sure
Floyd | there are samples from very cheesy german eighties synth-pop crimes.
Floyd | You suppress an urge to go to the bathroom and throw up or at least to
Floyd | the bar to get another drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, it's true, someone IS singing the words "You're my heart, you're
Floyd | my soul". What the fuck is the DJ thinking?
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people. They're behaving as if they had no brain. Their bodies move in
Floyd | unforeseeable but repeating patterns, without any control, goal or
Floyd | reason. Some seem to reach out with their arms for something in the
Floyd | air, clumsily trying to grab it, repeating their fruitless effort
Floyd | again and again. Others march in circles, their soulless eyes fixed on
Floyd | the floor. You have no idea what they're doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync. You can barely make out the DJ. He seems
Floyd | to be wearing Versace eyeglasses, but apart from that, he looks pretty
Floyd | normal. You need to see this guy, maybe he can help you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x speakers" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPEAKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Huge speakers, pumping bass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dj" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DJ
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x freak" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FREAK
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, Postman or Ugly Naked Freak?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x postman" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       78
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got one of those orange drinks in his hands. He's moving the
Floyd | glass towards his head and spills the beverage over his shoulder,
Floyd | uttering a satisfied grunt and repeats this strange sequence of
Floyd | actions ad nauseam (maybe an ex-alcoholic?).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x orange drink" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       79
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ORANGE DRINK
Floyd |
Floyd | One of those Zombies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x naked" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       80
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NAKED
Floyd |
Floyd | One of his butt cheeks is semi-detached, swinging around in crazy
Floyd | movements as he dances his completely brainless dance. He's wearing a
Floyd | full beard. Drops of blood fall to the dance floor from his hairy
Floyd | chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take butt" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       80
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ew."
		DavidW says, "We might need an asshat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       81
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach her, she suddenly turns around, and you see that she's
Floyd | carrying a severed arm, biting huge chunks of flesh off the bone.
Floyd | Blood runs down her chin in gushes. She flashes you a demonic grin,
Floyd | exposing her rotten teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if that's Hipster's missing arm."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x arm" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | A severed arm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       83
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at you excitedly, ignoring your question: "I met him on
Floyd | Facebook! Really tasty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm really starting to think you guys are onto something about the possibility of zombies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about hipster" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       84
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HIPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at you excitedly, ignoring your question: "I met him on
Floyd | Facebook! Really tasty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nah, maybe we overreacted."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask naked about butt" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       85
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK NAKED ABOUT BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | You really should join the nudist group on Facebook. Free yourself
Floyd | from the oppression by the clothing industry!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask postman about sombrero" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       86
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK POSTMAN ABOUT SOMBRERO
Floyd |
Floyd | He stops spilling his drink and asks you "Do you know that new
Floyd | Facebook game, Breweryville? It's awesome! I produce ten gallons of
Floyd | Weißbier every minute! What's your high score?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "More seriously, I'm wondering if there's a point to the game, a goal... or if it's all just one big running joke about how people who use Facebook are zombies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            87
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cloak Room
Floyd | It's a little quieter in here, although you can still feel the basses
Floyd | pumping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind a dirty wooden table sits a dubious-looking man with a beard
Floyd | and an eye-patch. His left hand is lying on the table, while his right
Floyd | hand is trying to jab a knife at the spaces between his fingers,
Floyd | failing miserably. He's constantly cutting his fingers, obviously not
Floyd | noticing his bruises. There's a colorful parrot sitting on his right
Floyd | shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small table (on which is a dinner jacket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pirate" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            88
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wearing a tricorn hat carrying a huge button that says "Ask me
Floyd | about Facebook".
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parrot" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            89
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PARROT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the parrot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            90
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | An expensive looking dinner jacket the economy students of Munich like
Floyd | to wear. You can see a cartier lighter sticking out from one of its
Floyd | pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            91
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            92
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The cartier lighter is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pirate about facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            93
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK PIRATE ABOUT FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Facebook? Arrrr, a mighty damn fine social network it is, young
Floyd | fella. I surfed the seven seas of the interweb, and i know all about
Floyd | it." He grabs your fartroid smartphone. "Arrrr, a Rrrrrrottorrrrrrola.
Floyd | You don't seem to know how to operate your Facebook app, do ya? Lemme
Floyd | handle that." He plays around with your smartphone for a little while,
Floyd | leaving bloody fingerprints on the display. "Here ya go, landlubber!
Floyd | Now y'arr ready to set sail for the ultimate procrastination!" He
Floyd | gives you your phone back.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Thanks, Mr Pirate?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            93
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I think we need to find the DJ and then have a smoke outside?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       94
Floyd ]  Exits: north EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The Pirate has given us the gift of body fluids that aren't ours and a lack of privacy. So kind."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              95
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | With your smartphone ready for Facebook, the groupies let you through
Floyd | to the DJ booth. Phew!
Floyd |
Floyd | DJ Booth
Floyd | The DJ booth is pretty small and dirty. Behind the mixer, the DJ,
Floyd | ghood, is spinning this crazy music you hear. On CDs...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dj" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              96
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DJ
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach ghood, he notices you. "Hey, Kong! You're alive!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks at you, exhausted. "This is so fucked up man. We started the
Floyd | party as usual. But all of a sudden, a zombie entered the club, who
Floyd | knows from where, and started biting us. We fell, one by one. I'm the
Floyd | only one left alive! They let me live so i could spin these terrible
Floyd | records they gave me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask him, "Who do you mean? Who?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know! They beat me! It was all fuzzy! A girl gave me this bag
Floyd | of CD-Rs and said that if i'd stop playing their music, the zombies
Floyd | would stop dancing and swarm out on the streets! If i stop playing
Floyd | this music, we're all doomed, Kong, do you understand?!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, gravely. What's the purpose of all this? And what now?
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have to do something, Kong. I think all this horror comes from
Floyd | the basement, but you won't get there from the corridor, the door's
Floyd | locked. Maybe there's another way. You know, last month, we had this
Floyd | filmmaker, Jason Scott, on skype to talk about that text adventure
Floyd | movie he made, GET LAMP. And before he switched off, he said we should
Floyd | check out the beer cellar, that there was wisdom to be found there.
Floyd | What if he was right?
Floyd |
Floyd | Please, Dr. Kong, try to get through to the kitchen and see of you can
Floyd | find something there.  Dan will not let you through, but if you ask
Floyd | him about bloody mary, he'll probably leave to find one. All his
Floyd | rotten brain can process is this zombie drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | And by the way, please bring me a beer while you're in the beer
Floyd | cellar. I'm so thirsty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks you in the eye, yearningly, and starts spinning music again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A beep emanates from your smartphone. Looks like you received a
Floyd | Facebook message! You tap on the letter symbol and are faced with the
Floyd | following text from your old pal Mandy95:
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kong!!! Thank the fucking Baal you finally made it to Facebook! You
Floyd | wouldn't believe what happened to me! I was at that Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | event about text adventures. I just wanted to go to the toilet when I
Floyd | heard that weird black metal music coming from the basement. I opened
Floyd | the door leading to the practice rooms, went down a couple of steps
Floyd | and got hit on the head! When I woke up, I was here in this cell!
Floyd | They're taking my blood every day, although I never see anyone. I just
Floyd | hear this metal music from one of the practice rooms. Something very
Floyd | creepy is happening here, dude! I recently saw Rosemary's Baby, and
Floyd | I'm A+ sure there are some demon worshippers planning some sinister
Floyd | fuckup around here! You gotta help me, man! I don't know, you're
Floyd | always reading these science fiction books, do something, please!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause for a moment, terrified.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is not weird anymore, this is slowly staggering towards
Floyd | nightmare. You have to find a way to rescue your friend. There must be
Floyd | a way to get down to the basement. The door to the practice rooms
Floyd | seems blocked, but maybe you can get to a lower level from the
Floyd | kitchen? And what's wrong with all these people? They look like
Floyd | zombies!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Halp!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW asks, "Should we still have a smoke?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We have a new goal, I think."
		DavidW says, "okay"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we gotta collect our thoughts somehow."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       97
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   98
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan is behind the counter of the Bar, serving cocktails.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about bloody mary" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   99
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT BLOODY MARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan disappears somewhere in the kitchen! Seems like ghood was right!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               100
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a bloody mess. There's nothing to be found here. To the
Floyd | north is the beer cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "As long as we don't have to collect our brains."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              101
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "uh-oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           102
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cartier lighter on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (in which is a bottle of beer) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Cigarettes as... or just the lighter."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           103
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           103
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm going to take this beer to the DJ unless someone has a better idea?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           104
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The case of beer is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beer" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           105
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bottle of beer)
Floyd | Augustiner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. There is supposed to be wisdom here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wisdom" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           105
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WISDOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               106
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a bloody mess. There's nothing to be found here. To the
Floyd | north is the beer cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               107
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cartier lighter off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   108
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       109
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              110
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DJ Booth
Floyd | The DJ booth is pretty small and dirty. Behind the mixer, the DJ,
Floyd | ghood, is spinning this crazy music you hear. On CDs...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bottle to dj" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              111
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOTTLE TO DJ
Floyd |
Floyd | Ghood just says "Hey, thanks, I didn't think you'd return. You know,
Floyd | I'm just here to tell you to go to the beer cellar, dude."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		DavidW says, "thanks dude"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              112
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cartier lighter
Floyd |   a ticket
Floyd |   a blue flyer
Floyd |   a pack of fags (open)
Floyd |     a folded poem
Floyd |     sixteen cigarettes
Floyd |   a sticker
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a red flyer
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Any ideas besides getting a smoke and opening the grate?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not really."
		DavidW asks, "Or logging onto Facebook?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm scared."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       113
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       114
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You act like Sheik Yerbouti for some time. Yowzah!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   115
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              116
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | This is the anteroom of the club. The basses are getting more
Floyd | pronounced here. It's usually pretty cramped in here, with people
Floyd | trying to get in towards the bar to the north or out back through the
Floyd | big green door to have a smoke. There is a small table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here is a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Fabi and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          117
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the big green door)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door closes behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          118
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Side Of Club
Floyd | You're standing east of the club, under the night sky. It's pretty
Floyd | quiet here. Steam rises from a grate in the pavement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go back to the front door by moving south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fag machine here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          119
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smoke cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          120
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMOKE CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You smoke a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grate" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          121
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          122
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "Back to the beer cellar?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW asks, "maybe we need to push or move the case itself?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          123
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          124
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              125
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the big green door)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door closes behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | This is the anteroom of the club. The basses are getting more
Floyd | pronounced here. It's usually pretty cramped in here, with people
Floyd | trying to get in towards the bar to the north or out back through the
Floyd | big green door to have a smoke. There is a small table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here is a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Fabi and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   126
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               127
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a bloody mess. There's nothing to be found here. To the
Floyd | north is the beer cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              128
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           129
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cartier lighter on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push case" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           130
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take case" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           131
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the case of beer on the concrete floor. On the wall behind the
Floyd | shelf is some writing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x writing" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WRITING
Floyd |
Floyd | It says "xyzzy: magic word for time traveling"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wisdom?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hoh."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm laughing that we didn't just try it before we found this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           133
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You get all fuzzy and the room seems to circle around you; for a short
Floyd | moment, you are reminded of the last time you took LSD...when you feel
Floyd | normal again....you hear someone's voice from afar:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks everybody for having me, it's been a pleasure. Colin asked me
Floyd | to give you all some advice for your lives, and all I can say is:
Floyd | Don't forget to ask about the banana; and check out the beer cellar.
Floyd | There's wisdom to be found there. Goodbye!"
Floyd |
Floyd |  You open you eyes to see.....
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We usually do."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "For DW's Xyzzy page if nothing else."
		DavidW says, "I updated that page not that long ago."
		DavidW asks, "Who should we ask about the banana?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Good question."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we'll know when we see them."
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing the woman on the dance floor."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               134
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cd" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               135
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CD
Floyd |
Floyd | Best of Dieter Bohlen. Yuck!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               136
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | YOU DO NOT WANT THIS!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "HAH."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   137
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       138
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paula" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       139
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAULA
Floyd |
Floyd | Her gray and faded hair covers most of her face. She's got a beer
Floyd | bottle in her lap, but it's definitely not beer she's drinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beer" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       139
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anonymeuss" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       140
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANONYMEUSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Anonymeuss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "for once that makes sense"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jana" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       141
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JANA
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing dark lilac stockings that go up to her knees, blue puffy
Floyd | trousers and a black pullover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moritz" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       142
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MORITZ
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue-white striped shirt, and 3/4 length pants. Aye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robo" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       143
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROBO
Floyd |
Floyd | A small white robot with glowing red electronic eyes. He's walking
Floyd | around the room, flirting with the girls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lale" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LALE
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing yellow tights, short jeans and a yellow top. One her
Floyd | head is a crown. She's jumping, singing, chewing her fingernails and
Floyd | drinking beer. At the same time. She's funny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            145
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cloak Room
Floyd | A couple of nerds are hunched in front of three laptops displaying
Floyd | only text. They seem very excited.
Floyd |
Floyd | Achim is here. He's wearing a grungy flannel shirt with a banana
Floyd | tucked into the front pocket. He's sporting a neon-yellow key chain
Floyd | that drops to his ankles without a key attached to it. A button that
Floyd | looks like a nipple is fixed to the left side of his shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Laptop #3, Laptop #2 and Laptop #1 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x banana" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            146
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a banana.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask achim about banana" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            147
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ACHIM ABOUT BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | He grabs the banana, peels it and eats it in one go. As he does so, a
Floyd | key drops from his pocket to the floor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            148
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            149
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cellar key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x button" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            149
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Key key key!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laptop #1" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            150
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP #1
Floyd |
Floyd | The text you can make out reads
Floyd |
Floyd | "Another routine day of drudgery aboard the Stellar Patrol Ship
Floyd | Feinstein. This morning's assignment for a certain lowly Ensign
Floyd | Seventh Class: scrubbing the filthy metal deck at the port end of
Floyd | Level Nine. With your Patrol-issue self-contained multi-purpose
Floyd | all-weather scrub brush you shine the floor with a diligence born of
Floyd | the knowledge that at any moment dreaded Ensign First Class Blather,
Floyd | the bane of your shipboard existence, could appear.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deck Nine
Floyd | This is a featureless corridor similar to every other corridor on the
Floyd | ship. It curves away to starboard, and a gangway leads up. To port is
Floyd | the entrance to one of the ship's primary escape pods. The pod
Floyd | bulkhead is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play planetfall" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            150
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PLANETFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laptop #2" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            151
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP #2
Floyd |
Floyd | The text you can make out is
Floyd | "You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at
Floyd | least it would be if you could see it which you can't.
Floyd |  It is pitch black.
Floyd |  >inventory
Floyd |  You have:
Floyd |  a splitting headache
Floyd |  no tea"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play hitchhikers" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            151
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY HITCHHIKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laptop #3" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            152
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP #3
Floyd |
Floyd | The text you can make out is
Floyd |  ">x laptop #3
Floyd |  The text you can make out is
Floyd |  >x laptop #3
Floyd |  The text you can make out is
Floyd |  >x laptop #3
Floyd |  The text you can make out is"
Floyd |
Floyd | seems like your stuck in an infinite loop! You're lucky this is a game
Floyd | and not your life. Carry on, Dr. Kong!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       153
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       154
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The DJ booth is locked during cultural events.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   155
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              156
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Room                                            157
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Room
Floyd | Noone's in here, and I suggest you leave, too. The stench is almost
Floyd | unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              158
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              159
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cellar door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              160
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the cellar door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        161
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cellar door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | You slowly and cautiously descend the steps that lead down to the
Floyd | cellar. With every step you take, your heartbeat accelerates and this
Floyd | unwordly music that was only a faint rumble on the ground floor is
Floyd | getting louder and more threatening. What evils will await you down
Floyd | there?
Floyd |
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        162
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You guess that this is some kind of band poster, but you cannot
Floyd | decipher the name on top of it. It's a logo consisting of oddly
Floyd | distorted and stretched white letters, overgrown with battle axes and
Floyd | thorny vines. Below the logo you can make out the writing "Bloody
Floyd | Fucking Pagan Ritual-Bortnathar's Revenge-Eastern European Tour 2010".
Floyd | This has to be the practice room of this fucked-up black metal band!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keypad" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        163
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the keypad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open rusty door" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        163
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN RUSTY DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        164
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling like the little boy in The Shining, you step through the
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening metal door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             165
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gray door)
Floyd | Terrified, you decide to knock on the door. Instantly, the music stops
Floyd | and you hear footsteps approaching the door. You close your eyes and
Floyd | expect to get decapitated with a battle axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Oh hi! Come in! My name is Anton. Do you want some ginger tea?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You reopen your eyes. A smiling young man with frizzled hair is
Floyd | standing in front of you, beckoning you inside. Too puzzled to think,
Floyd | you step inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | There is fuzzy blue carpet everywhere. On the floor, on the walls,
Floyd | even on the ceiling. Three figures clothes in black are standing in a
Floyd | corner, gazing at their shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton, a hyperactive but very nice young man wearing a shirt
Floyd | brandishing the words "Nazi Industrial Fuck Off", is drinking some
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see pale metal guy, fat metal guy, tattooed metal guy and
Floyd | a black tape recorder (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, how about that ginger tea?" Anton asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anton" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             166
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Anton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pale guy" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             167
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PALE GUY
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy with absurdly white skin dressed in black wearing a t-shirt with
Floyd | an undecipherable logo. He's staring at the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton asks you "Hey, do you want to know anything about this place?
Floyd | We've been here for quite some time, you know. Just ask!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about band" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             168
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about cellar" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             169
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT CELLAR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about place" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             170
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Ask about pentagram?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about practice room" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             171
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PRACTICE ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about pentagram" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             172
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PENTAGRAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton says "Yeah, that's weird, huh? We have no idea who put that
Floyd | there. But it sure looks cool! Maybe those two crazy girls did it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about anton" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             173
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT ANTON
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             174
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about ginger tea" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             175
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT GINGER TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, fuck, I just saw we're out of ginger tea. Sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Darnit Anton."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             176
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about paula" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             177
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PAULA
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Ask about the crazy girls?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about girls" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             178
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT GIRLS
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're pretty fucked-up." Anton pauses to think for a moment. "Have
Floyd | you seen the Shining? They look like those two creepy girls. They rent
Floyd | the practice room north of the room with the pentagram. They never
Floyd | really talk to us. Just keep to themselves and their crazy pop music."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about shining" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             179
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT SHINING
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about keypad" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             180
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | "You wanna know the code of the girls" practice room? That's easy, the
Floyd | door's lock is programmed to use the digit sum of the actual date:
Floyd | Simply add up the digits of today and type in the resulting number.
Floyd | But I would rather not in go in there - not for one million liters of
Floyd | ginger tea! Really scary, these girls!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's an odd security system."
		DavidW asks, "Game date or *our* date?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             181
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | There is fuzzy blue carpet everywhere. On the floor, on the walls,
Floyd | even on the ceiling. Three figures clothes in black are standing in a
Floyd | corner, gazing at their shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton, a hyperactive but very nice young man wearing a shirt
Floyd | brandishing the words "Nazi Industrial Fuck Off", is drinking some
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see pale metal guy, fat metal guy, tattooed metal guy and
Floyd | a black tape recorder (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I suspect game date?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x recorder" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             182
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The black tape recorder is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about date" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             183
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT DATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton looks confused. "Today is Saturday, but the date... Sorry, dude,
Floyd | no idea. I think it's already May... But you might have a look on the
Floyd | flyers lying around here, they should tell you." Arthanprank the
Floyd | Skullbreaker chimes in: "Yeah, these guys here really have cool flyers
Floyd | - although they should work a little bit on their boring fonts. You
Floyd | should check out the Volxvergnuegen flyer, they have some event going
Floyd | on tonight - and you can find todays date on it. You can also find it
Floyd | on the Web, if you are too lazy to walk up again - and if have a
Floyd | Fartroid with you. Just go to [LINK] and search
Floyd | for their May flyer."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we have a flyer."
		DavidW asks, "There was a black one somewhere, wasn't there?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        184
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gray door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        185
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You guess that this is some kind of band poster, but you cannot
Floyd | decipher the name on top of it. It's a logo consisting of oddly
Floyd | distorted and stretched white letters, overgrown with battle axes and
Floyd | thorny vines. Below the logo you can make out the writing "Bloody
Floyd | Fucking Pagan Ritual-Bortnathar's Revenge-Eastern European Tour 2010".
Floyd | This has to be the practice room of this fucked-up black metal band!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, not that one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              186
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   187
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              188
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | It's pretty quiet here. Nobody here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              189
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the big green door and step outside. Sitting on the pavement,
Floyd | with his back to the outer wall of Glockenbachwerkstatt is Okin
Floyd | Cznupolowsky, the world's best solo musician. He's emitting a very
Floyd | unpleasant smell. He looks out of his mind, babbling without any
Floyd | sense. "I mean, if I offended anyone, I'm sorry, but I was just trying
Floyd | to speak the truth about those faggot bitches, knowhaddimsayin? You
Floyd | know, I played this venue last Thursday, and businessmen freaked out
Floyd | over my music, my JAZZ, and drank schnapps, and now those lesbian
Floyd | faggot bitches throw me out of the club! I want to speak to the
Floyd | Geschäftsführer! Not to some bitch-ass woman!" You notice shit
Floyd | running
Floyd | down his pants and into his shoes and retreat back inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeeesh."
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              189
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space (The Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | Adventure)
Floyd | A time travel anomaly by Two Guys From The Other Bar
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110921 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //6663A09F-3DBF-449E-9D5A-578E499788B5//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Exit Lister version 10 by Eric Eve
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu goes home. 		DavidW | Samstag, 7. Mai 2011 - Lektionen in Kultur XVII: Jump in Prosa, Text … Screening “GET LAMP” von Jason
		Jacqueline says, "oh no, we lost KO"
Knight_Otu arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry, not sure what just happened."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Welcome back!"
		DavidW says, "I think the number to type in the keypad is 16 = 5 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm recapped."
		DavidW says, "Or it might be just 14 if we're just doing two-digits per time unit."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   190
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              191
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        192
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 16 on keypad" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        193
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE 16 ON KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal door clicks open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   194
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Temple Of The Diddl
Floyd | This looks more like the room of a teenage girl than a practice room.
Floyd | The walls are plastered with posters of all the exchangable faces the
Floyd | casting shows produce. Apart from a karaoke machine and a pink
Floyd | tapedeck, there's no musical equipment here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a desk and a wooden stand (on which is an old book) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   194
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   195
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's ugly and you have no idea how to operate it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tapedeck" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   196
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAPEDECK
Floyd |
Floyd | In the pink tapedeck is a pink tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   197
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   198
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pink with glittery pentagrams on it. You can read the words
Floyd | "Richwall Music" on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   199
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A school desk. It has a drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   200
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the drawer, revealing a diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "All that glitters is not gold."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   201
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clad in a terrible pink hue. Some strange mouse-like monster is
Floyd | depicted on the cover. It says "Band-Tagebuch".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stand" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   202
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a finely engraved wooden stand. It's only purpose seems to be a
Floyd | supporter for the strange book that sits on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden stand is an old book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x old book" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   203
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OLD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A very scary book. You can make out the name "NECRONOMICON" and a
Floyd | pentagram written in blood on a pretty smelly leather cover. Is this
Floyd | the book from the movie?
Floyd |
Floyd | The tail of a very ugly pink textile mouse is hanging out of the book,
Floyd | seemingly as a bookmark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Let's read the diary first, eh?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   204
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the diary. It's written in an ancient, unholy and not
Floyd | translatable language. But strangely though, it appears to be written
Floyd | by a young girl with a heart full of butterflies and i-dots full of
Floyd | hearts. Why should a modern young girl with a light soul use such an
Floyd | ancient, heavy-weight and slow language? You don't know, but start
Floyd | reading anyway:
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the diary)
Floyd | You flip the pages randomly and arrive at page 8:
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 8 In ein paar Stunden ist es soweit. Wir haben den
Floyd | Deckel jetzt mit einer Schnur an die Schachtel mit den
Floyd | Alraunenmaennchen festgebunden, weil sie dauernd rauskommen. Sie
Floyd | scheinen richtig wuetend zu sein, die Schachtel huepft immer hoch. Die
Floyd | Leute vom Volxvergnuegen bauen gerade auf und schauen aus wie lauter
Floyd | Nerds, aber man muss das genau rausfinden. Einen Fehler duerfen wir
Floyd | nicht machen! Sie werden einen Film zeigen und wir stellen uns beim
Floyd | Klo auf. Wenn wir jemand mit Pickeln sehen, schnappt die Falle zu!
Floyd | Pickelpinkeln macht Superstars! Ich bin schon voll aufgeregt und
Floyd | Vanessa sagt, dass sie gleich in die Hosen macht, hihi."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | This day seems to be the day of the nerd event. The girls are waiting
Floyd | for their big kidnapping show (or in the toilet queue? Or for their
Floyd | pimples to disappear? It's hard to make any sense out of this.).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   205
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages randomly and arrive at page 1:
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 1. Voll cool, wir schreiben jetzt Band-Tagebuch! Das
Floyd | ist der erste Eintrag. Vanessa meinte, dass unser Tagebuch dann in die
Floyd | Bravo kommt, wenn wir DSDS gewinnen. Aber da muessen wir uns richtig
Floyd | anstrengen. Die meisten da sind ja nur so Spacken und Hohlis. Die
Floyd | koennen gar nicht singen und schaun auch voll scheisse aus. Das
Floyd | Schwierige ist halt, da reinzukommen. Wenn wir erst drin sind, dann
Floyd | gewinnen wir! Das sagt Joerg auch und der ist voll cool. Der hat den
Floyd | Dieter (<3<3<3) schon mal getroffen, am Ballermann. Der Joerg verdient
Floyd | schon richtig Geld und fliegt jedes Jahr in Urlaub nach Malle.Voll
Floyd | cool! Und atzt da so richtig ab. Und da hat er den Dieter getroffen
Floyd | und mit ihm Sangria aus nem Eimer getrunken. Und der Joerg sagt, dass
Floyd | unsere Musik voll geil ist. Der hat im Urlaub auch den Juergen Drews
Floyd | kennengelernt, aber Vanessa und ich finden den doof. Wir haben jetzt
Floyd | auch nen eigenen Uebungsraum, voll im Zentrum. In der
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt, da sind lauter Atzen und Hippies. Aber wir reden
Floyd | gar nicht mit denen. So Metaler ueben da auch, neben uns. Die sind
Floyd | voll doof, und die Musik ist soooo scheisse. Wir brauchen ganz viel
Floyd | Leute, die bei DSDS fuer uns stimmen. Das ist schwierig, weil uns
Floyd | keiner kennt. Die aus meiner Klasse stimmen natuerlich alle fuer uns,
Floyd | nur nicht die Karin und ihre Clique. Die Karin ist jetzt Emo und
Floyd | meint, dass sie voll cool ausschaut. Wir haben jetzt schon nen Namen,
Floyd | Postmodern Talking. Der Herr Reihertrog, der Deutschlehrer, hat uns
Floyd | den vorgeschlagen, weil wir den Dieter (<3<3<3) so toll finden.  Und
Floyd | Modern Talking war die beste Band der Welt, bevor der bloede Thomas
Floyd | Anders  sich so wichtig gemacht hat. Und seine Frau, die Nora! Der
Floyd | sieht voll schwul aus und ist jetzt sicher schon tot oder Friseur. Ich
Floyd | find den Namen auch gut, aber der die Franzi meinte, das waer doof,
Floyd | weil die Post nix taugt. Die geht bald pleite, sagt die Franzi, weil
Floyd | alle nur noch Emails schreiben und Facebooken. Uns ist das egal,
Floyd | stimmts, Vanessa? Die Vanessa hat gesagt, dass jetzt immer ich
Floyd | Tagebuch schreiben soll, weil ich so suesse Herzchen als i-Puenktchen
Floyd | mache. Aber jetzt muessen wir ueben, die Vanessa schaut total 80er
Floyd | aus, mit nem Zopf und so lila Socken."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | It seems this German text is a diary written by young girls who have a
Floyd | band covering Modern Talking songs and who want to win a super talent
Floyd | show. They have their practice room in this house next to a black
Floyd | metal band - that's all what you can make out of this confused
Floyd | girly-girly talk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I guess it's random pages unless I specify."
		Jacqueline says, "It said you could specify page 1, then just say next next next"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to read that in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 2. Hurra! Wir sind bei der Abstimmung dabei. Gestern
Floyd | haben wir nen Brief bekommen, mit nem Foto von Dieter (<3<3<3), dass
Floyd | wir bei der Vorauswahl von DSDS dabei sind. Da sind nur Spacken, die
Floyd | da auftreten. Aber wenn die ihre Spackenfreunde mitbringen, dann
Floyd | gewinnen wir nicht, weil die in unserer Klasse uns nicht mehr moegen.
Floyd | Die sind jetzt alle voll Emo und finden uns doof. Nur die Frau
Floyd | Wurstbier sagt, dass wir weitermachen sollen, und dass man positiv
Floyd | denken soll. Und der Herr Reihertrog. Ich glaub, dass der in mich
Floyd | verliebt ist, der schaut mich immer so komisch an. Wenn ich den Dieter
Floyd | (<3<3<3) in echt sehe, dann falle ich glaube ich tot um. Wenn der mit
Floyd | mir sprechen wuerde, dann wuerde ich total rot werden. Ich find den
Floyd | total suess, wie der ausschaut, und wie der auch so voll fies sein
Floyd | kann. You are my heart, you are my soul, Dieter (<3<3<3)! Wenn der zu
Floyd | uns so fies waere, dann muesste ich weinen. Das waere mir egal, ob das
Floyd | im Fernsehen waere. Aber ist er sicher nicht, weil wenn der unsere
Floyd | Version von You are my heart, you are my soul hoert, dann flippt der
Floyd | sicher voll aus. Aber wir brauchen halt echte Fans, die fuer uns
Floyd | stimmen! Am 1. Sonntag im Juni ist die Abstimmung, dann sehe ich
Floyd | Dieter. (<3<3<3)"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | It seems this page of the text says nothing meaningful at all. Lots of
Floyd | hearts though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "help" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For general instructions, please look up the Play IF card that came in
Floyd | your package or your virtual folder. For now, let's just say that TALK
Floyd | TO someone does not work in this game. The only way to verbally
Floyd | interact with people in this lousy little game is to ASK someone ABOUT
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses the exit lister extension by Eric Eve, thank you! You
Floyd | see all the available exits in the status bar. Places you have not yet
Floyd | visited are CAPITALIZED, places you already went to not.
Floyd |
Floyd | At one point in the game, you will encounter a diary written in
Floyd | German. DON'T PANIC! There's a short summary at the bottom of every
Floyd | page you read in the diary. Here's how it works with the diary: READ
Floyd | page IN DIARY, for example you could type "read page 6 in diary" and
Floyd | would get page six. Another possible way is writing "read page 1 in
Floyd | diary" and then "read next page in diary" until you reach the end. So
Floyd | here's the flaw. You cannot READ anything apart from the diary in this
Floyd | game, even though you will encounter writing in several places.
Floyd | EXAMINE it instead, please.
Floyd |
Floyd | At another point in the game, you will have to type a code on a
Floyd | keypad. TYPE number ON KEYPAD will do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That heart and soul business was what the DJ was playing, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 3. Total geil, gestern war Fotoshooting. Der Fotograf
Floyd | war total cool, der hat uns mit so nem grossen BMW abgeholt, voll
Floyd | porno. Die Karin und ihre Clique habens genau gesehen, aber extra
Floyd | weggeguckt. Aber wenn wir dann mit den Fotos in der Bravo sind, dann
Floyd | koennen sie gar nicht weggucken. Der Fotograf hat auch gemeint, dass
Floyd | unsere Musik voll geil waere, und will mal mit mir zum Essen gehen.
Floyd | Die Vanessa hat gestern bei den Super- News so nen Bericht ueber ein
Floyd | Buch gesehen, dass alle gerade lesen. Das heisst Necronomicon, und sie
Floyd | hats gleich beim Weltbild gekauft. Ich finde so alte Buecher bloed,
Floyd | eigentlich les ich eh nie. Aber beim Weltbild gab es letztes Jahr das
Floyd | Superstars-Buch mit total suessen Fotos. Und naechstes Jahr sind
Floyd | unsere Fotos drinnen: Vanessa Nockenpfohl und Baby Beethoven sind
Floyd | Postmodern Talking - die heissesten Fotos der Superstars 2011! (Die
Floyd | Vanessa will keinen Kuenstlernamen, das find ich voll doof. Alle
Floyd | echten Kuenstler haben Kuenstlernamen!) In dem Necronomicon steht
Floyd | naemlich, wie man beruehmt wird. Da gibt's ein Kapitel, das heisst
Floyd | "Von denen Hirnfressern und wie man Macht gewuennet". Das ist total
Floyd | alt das Buch, so ganz komisch geschrieben. Aber da steht, wenn man
Floyd | eine Beschwoerung macht, dann kann man Zombies aufwecken. Und die tun
Floyd | dann, was man will. Die schauen aus wie Menschen, sind aber keine.
Floyd | Aber wenn wir die zur Abstimmung mitnehmen, dann stimmen die alle fuer
Floyd | uns und wir sind Gewinner bei DSDS. Heute ueben wir Cheri, Cheri Lady!
Floyd | Das ist sooooo toll!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | You have the impression these girls are daydreaming without pause.
Floyd | Apart from going on and on about becoming this years' super talents,
Floyd | they claim to have found an old magick tome, "The Necronomicon", which
Floyd | contains a chapter on how to conjure Zombies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 4. Die Karin hat uns jetzt ne Idee gegeben! Wenn die
Floyd | wuesste, dass wir mit ihrer Idee DSDS gewinnen, dann wuerde die voll
Floyd | schwarz werden vor Wut. Aber die ist ja schon schwarz. Gestern in der
Floyd | Schule hatte sie das ganze Gesicht schwarz geschminkt, wie ein Neger.
Floyd | Die Karin hat gesagt, dass unter der Glockenbachwerkstatt ein total
Floyd | alter Indianerfriedhof ist. Die Mutter von der Karin ist naemlich mit
Floyd | Willy Michl und Pierre Briece befreundet, hat die Karin gesagt.
Floyd | Frueher hat die Karin auch immer die Winnetou-Bilder gesammelt. Die
Floyd | Mutter von der Karin findet den Style von der Karin auch voll
Floyd | scheisse. Die Karin schaut aus wie ne fette Koksnutte, sagt sie immer.
Floyd | Dabei ist die Mutter selber voll fett und man sieht immer die
Floyd | Speckfalten, die ihr der BH ins Fleisch schneidet. Ausserdem schauen
Floyd | Koksnutten anders aus, sagt der Joerg auch. Im Necronomicon steht
Floyd | naemlich, dass man die Beschwoerung auf nem Friedhof machen muss. Und
Floyd | jetzt haben wir den Friedhof, direkt unter dem Uebungsraum. Cheri,
Floyd | cheri Lady sitzt noch nicht so richtig, wir versingen uns immer. Am
Floyd | Samstag habe ich so nen Typen in der Disco kennengelernt, der meinte
Floyd | er waer der coolste. Mit Sonnenbrille, voll Porno. Der hat gesagt, er
Floyd | haette ne Plattenfirma, wo wir unsere CD machen koennen, und hat mir
Floyd | dabei immer auf den Hintern gehauen. Aber wenn wir bei den Superstars
Floyd | gewinnen, brauchen wir keine Plattenfirma, das macht dann der Dieter
Floyd | (<3<3<3) alles fuer uns. Ausserdem hatte der Sonnenbrillentyp
Floyd | Turnschuhe von Adidas an. Der lebt hinter dem Mond und denkt, dass er
Floyd | mich mit seiner Plattenfirma rumkriegen kann. Nichtmal die Karin hat
Floyd | Adidas-Turnschuhe! Ich hab dann noch ein bisschen geknutscht mit ihm,
Floyd | aber dann wollte er mir keinen Wodka-Bull mehr kaufen. Jetzt brauchen
Floyd | wir eine Jungfrau! Im Necronomicon steht, dass man bei der
Floyd | Beschwoerung eine nackte Jungfrau braucht. Aber das kann auch ein Mann
Floyd | sein. Also ein Jungmann, haha. Man muss die Jungfrau dann fesseln, auf
Floyd | den Ruecken auf den Boden legen, und den Mund voll mit Alraunen
Floyd | stopfen. Dann die Musik (voll geil, da war gleich son Downloadlink im
Floyd | Necronomicon! Haben wir gleich runtergeladen und auf die pinke
Floyd | Kassette gespielt.) und dann stehen die Zombies auf. Die Karin hat mir
Floyd | gesagt, wo Alraunen wachsen. Das kann ich hier aber nicht
Floyd | hinschreiben, hihihi. Schade, dass hier kein Galgen in der Naehe ist.
Floyd | Die Vanessa hat sich voll geekelt und gesagt, dass sie gleich kotzen
Floyd | muss."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | The two girls want to cast a spell of The Necronomicon in order to
Floyd | summon Zombies (Willy Michl? Pierre Briece? It's all very
Floyd | confusing...), who would vote for the girls' band in the super talent
Floyd | contest. They need a virgin though... And mandragore. And special
Floyd | music, which they already put on the pink tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 5. In den Nachrichten steht, dass der Dieter (<3<3)
Floyd | jetzt verliebt ist. Vanessa und ich glauben das aber nicht. Es war ja
Floyd | auch kein Foto dabei. Und wenn der uns sieht... Wenn ich an den Dieter
Floyd | (<3<3<3) denke, dann kribbelts mir immer so, wie wenn man im Winter
Floyd | draussen pinkeln tut. Ich hab mal seinen Namen in den Schnee
Floyd | gepinkelt, aber dann hab ich mir auch auf die Schuhe gepinkelt. Der
Floyd | Joerg hat mich dann auch ins Krankenhaus begleitet, das war so eine
Floyd | Flatrate-Party. Da hab ich mich schon geschaemt nachher. Die Karin ist
Floyd | voll doof, aber die gibt uns immer total gute Infos. Sie hat jetzt
Floyd | Hausarrest, weil sie mit einer Sicherheitsnadel durch die Nase in die
Floyd | Schule gegangen ist. Ich musste ihr die Hausi bringen, hat der Herr
Floyd | Reihertrog gesagt. Bei ihr daheim ist es total ungemuetlich, ihr
Floyd | Zimmer ist ganz schwarz gestrichen, und auf dem Boden liegen ueberall
Floyd | Reissnaegel. Moebel hat sie gar keine, auch kein Bett, weil sie nie
Floyd | schlafen kann, sagt sie. Aber sie ist jetzt kein Emo mehr, sagt sie,
Floyd | sie macht jetzt beim Volxvergnuegen mit. Da sind total coole Leute,
Floyd | sagt sie, so Kuenstler und politisch, aber voll cool. Ich hab schon
Floyd | gedacht, sie sagt gar nichts Interessantes mehr, aber dann hat sie mir
Floyd | den Flyer von der naechsten Veranstaltung gezeigt. Der ist total doof,
Floyd | und ich haette gar nicht gecheckt, dass das ein Flyer ist. Sie hat
Floyd | gesagt, dass da so Computerspiele gezeigt werden, aber nur mit Text.
Floyd | Ich hab erstmal gar nichts gecheckt, weil Computerspiele nur mit Text,
Floyd | das ist doch wie nen Film auf Englisch anschauen. Also irgendwie
Floyd | langweilig. Aber sie hat gesagt, dass das den Leuten Spass macht, und
Floyd | da kommen lauter so picklige Nerds, das sind Leute, die noch nie Sex
Floyd | gehabt haetten, weil sie so schuechtern sind und immer nur
Floyd | Computerspiele machen. Ich hab zwar nix gecheckt, aber natuerlich
Floyd | gleich ans Necronomicon denken muessen, und die Karin gefragt, ob das
Floyd | wirklich stimmt, dass die noch nie Sex hatten. Ja, hat die Karin
Floyd | gesagt, das weiss sie genau, weil sie wahrscheinlich mit dem Chef vom
Floyd | Volxvergnuegen zusammen ist, und der ist voll cool und hat das auch
Floyd | gesagt. Der ist schon ueber 30 und total schlau, hat die Karin gesagt.
Floyd | Wieso sie wahrscheinlich mit dem zusammen ist, hab ich dann nicht mehr
Floyd | gefragt, weil die Karin dann ploetzlich hat weinen muessen und ich bin
Floyd | dann heimgegangen."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | Boring stories about drunken girly misbehaviour. But these girls now
Floyd | seem to have a bright idea: At the next Volxvergnuegen event a lot of
Floyd | nerds will come, because it is an evening about text computer games.
Floyd | They are sure that they will find a virgin among the audience.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "For the record, nerds do get laid."
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed they do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 6. Wir haben einen Plan. Genauer gesagt, zwei Plaene.
Floyd | Wir spielen naemlich Brother Louie, Louie auch noch. Das ist der eine
Floyd | Plan. Und ausserdem entfuehren wir einen pickligen Nerd. Wir haben
Floyd | schon ganz viele Alraunen gekauft, die gab es beim Lidl im Angebot.
Floyd | Wenn man nicht weiss, wo die wachsen, sind die gar nicht so eklig. Die
Floyd | Vanessa hat sich eine genommen und ganz lange angefasst. Ganz komisch
Floyd | geguckt hat sie dabei und gesagt, dass sie aussieht wie ein kleines
Floyd | Maennchen. Wie ein kleines nacktes Maennchen. Da haben wir total
Floyd | kichern muessen. Ich glaube, wir muessen aufhoeren mit dem Kichern,
Floyd | als Superstar geht das nicht mehr. Aber wenn sie dann auf den kleinen
Floyd | Alraunenpimmel gedrueckt hat, hab ich wieder kichern muessen. Die
Floyd | Alraunen sind jetzt in einer Schachtel bei mir im Zimmer, aber ich hab
Floyd | jetzt einen Deckel drauf gemacht. Weil ich so komische Traeume hatte,
Floyd | dass die kleinen nackten Alraunenmaennchen alle nachts in mein Bett
Floyd | gekrochen sind. Und die waren ganz kalt und rau und haben mit ihren
Floyd | fiepsigen Stimmchen Cheri, Cheri Lady gesungen. Vielleicht ist das ja
Floyd | ein gutes Vorzeichen, aber kuessen wollte ich die nicht, nicht mal im
Floyd | Traum. Uebermorgen ist das Nerd-Event, hat die Karin gesagt. Sie hat
Floyd | jetzt ihre Fingernaegel wegoperiern lassen und sagt, dass der
Floyd | Volxvergnuegenchef total suess ist. Naja, den koennen wir vergessen
Floyd | als Opfer. Wenn wir dann die Zombies haben, muessen wir nochmal eine
Floyd | Beschwoerung machen. Das haben wir am Anfang nicht gecheckt, aber
Floyd | jetzt haben wir das Kapitel nochmal gelesen. Man muss die Zombies
Floyd | trainieren, wie im Fitness-Studio. Die muessen bei einer Beschwoerung
Floyd | alle unsere Lieder hoeren. Aber wo bekommen wir so viele Zombies her?
Floyd | Heute war ein Foto von Dieters (<3) Freundin in den Nachrichten, aber
Floyd | die hat total schiefe Zaehne. Ich glaube nicht, dass der Dieter (<3)
Floyd | die lieben tut. Wenn der mit mir im Studio ist, ganz allein...Aber ich
Floyd | darf jetzt nicht traeumen!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | The girls bought mandragore - looking like little naked men. They need
Floyd | it for the magick spell to summon Zombies. And they will kidnap one of
Floyd | the nerds visiting the next event - because they need a virgin for the
Floyd | spell. Something about Dieter's girlfriend's teeth and hearts sums up
Floyd | this day's diary entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Jeez. At least you guys don't understand the German."
		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "Elaborate?"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "I've been ignoring the German parts."
		Jacqueline says, "Same"
		Jacqueline says, "Though I've been curious."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm trying to, but sometimes I can't."
		DavidW asks, "I'm assuming mandragore is another name for mandrake?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 7. Jeden Tag ein neuer Plan. Und ein neuer Traum,
Floyd | pfuiteufel. In dieser Nacht haben die Alraunenmaennchen ein
Floyd | Zirkuskunstueck gemacht, sie haben sich zu einem Turm augfestellt,
Floyd | eins auf das andere. Aber der Turm war eigentlich ein Galgen und an
Floyd | dem hing Karins Mutter. Sie hat dann ganz komisch gezuckt und aus
Floyd | ihrem Mund ist Schaum gekommen. Am Morgen habe ich den Schaum ganz
Floyd | schnell aufgewischt, bevor Mama ihn sehen konnte. Die Schachtel mit
Floyd | den Alraunenmaennchen habe ich heute in den Uebungsraum gebracht, sie
Floyd | hat die ganze Zeit in meinen Haenden so komisch gezuckt. Ich glaube,
Floyd | dass die echt lebendig sind, und auch Vanessa wollte die gar nicht
Floyd | mehr anfassen. Der Plan ist, dass wir ne Party machen. Aber viel
Floyd | cooler! Die Karin sagt, dass beim Volxvergnuegen auch Parties sind,
Floyd | und dass da die Nerds immer alles aufbauen und abbauen. Und nichtmal
Floyd | Geld dabei verdienen, sagt die Karin. Die Karin hat sich jetzt so
Floyd | komische Loecher in die Backen geschnitten, da blaest sie immer den
Floyd | Zigarrenrauch raus, das schaut total komisch aus. Und wenn sie lacht,
Floyd | dann tut es immer bluten, aber sie lacht ja nie. Genau, die Nerds
Floyd | bauen die Party auf, und wir spielen dann die Musik. Die Karin hat
Floyd | gesagt, dass das geht, weil der Chef vom Volxvergnuegen voll nett ist.
Floyd | Wenn ein Zombie einen Menschen beisst und sein Gehirn frisst, dann
Floyd | wird der Mensch auch ein Zombie, hat die Vanessa im Necronomicon
Floyd | gelesen. Wir machen aus dem Nerd, den wir morgen entfuehren, einen
Floyd | Zombie und halten ihn im Keller gefangen. Er kriegt immer unsere Musik
Floyd | und muss nackt in der Zelle sitzen. Die Vanessa hat schon Chloroform
Floyd | gekauft und die Alraunenmaennchen zischen die ganze Zeit, waehrend ich
Floyd | das schreibe. Vorhin hat die Vanessa den Deckel von der Schachtel
Floyd | aufgemacht und wir haben voll kichern muessen, weil die
Floyd | Alraunenmaennchen total erregt waren. Aber irgendwie ist das auch
Floyd | unheimlich. In einem Monat ist die Party, und dann lassen wir den
Floyd | Zombie raus. Er beisst die Leute und alle werden Zombies, und dann
Floyd | haben wir unseren Auftritt, der eigentlich eine Beschwoerung ist. Und
Floyd | am Tag danach ist die Abstimmung von DSDS! Und dann stimmen alle
Floyd | Zombies fuer uns, und der Dieter (<3<3<3) wird seine Freundin
Floyd | verlassen. Ich hab mir schon ein neues Parfum beim Kick gekauft, das
Floyd | schaut voll Porno aus, so mit so nem Mann und so ner Frau drauf, die
Floyd | es gerade machen. Aber in schwarzweiss, nicht so billig."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | The mandragore men seem to be invading the girls' dreams in a more
Floyd | unpleasant way. A girl named Karin has cut holes in her cheeks,
Floyd | because she loves the boss of Volxvergnuegen (or because she wants to
Floyd | smoke through her cheeks). The plan is to kidnap a nerd, use him as a
Floyd | virgin for the spell to create a Zombie, who will then one month later
Floyd | infect party guests. They, being now Zombies themselves, will vote for
Floyd | the girls in the super talent show. Sounds pretty plausible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Game), "Seriously?"
		DavidW says, "So much effort for so little gain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 8 In ein paar Stunden ist es soweit. Wir haben den
Floyd | Deckel jetzt mit einer Schnur an die Schachtel mit den
Floyd | Alraunenmaennchen festgebunden, weil sie dauernd rauskommen. Sie
Floyd | scheinen richtig wuetend zu sein, die Schachtel huepft immer hoch. Die
Floyd | Leute vom Volxvergnuegen bauen gerade auf und schauen aus wie lauter
Floyd | Nerds, aber man muss das genau rausfinden. Einen Fehler duerfen wir
Floyd | nicht machen! Sie werden einen Film zeigen und wir stellen uns beim
Floyd | Klo auf. Wenn wir jemand mit Pickeln sehen, schnappt die Falle zu!
Floyd | Pickelpinkeln macht Superstars! Ich bin schon voll aufgeregt und
Floyd | Vanessa sagt, dass sie gleich in die Hosen macht, hihi."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | This day seems to be the day of the nerd event. The girls are waiting
Floyd | for their big kidnapping show (or in the toilet queue? Or for their
Floyd | pimples to disappear? It's hard to make any sense out of this.).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, our friend that texted us from the dungeon -- that's their kidnapping victim."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | There are only eight pages in the diary, the rest is blank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x old book" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X OLD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A very scary book. You can make out the name "NECRONOMICON" and a
Floyd | pentagram written in blood on a pretty smelly leather cover. Is this
Floyd | the book from the movie?
Floyd |
Floyd | The tail of a very ugly pink textile mouse is hanging out of the book,
Floyd | seemingly as a bookmark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mouse" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open old book" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OLD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Some otherwordly power is keeping it shut. Tough luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tail" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It won't budge. And you don't want it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we see any obvious way of reversing the zombie stuff?"
		Jacqueline says, "I... I don't think so."
		DavidW asks, "We have a pink tape and the the metal band has a tape player. Try them together?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        217
Floyd ]  Exits: north east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the gray door, you hear muffled voices arguing. As it seems,
Floyd | the black metal band wanted to record a demo tape this evening, but
Floyd | Arthanprank The Skullbreaker, one of the black metal dudes, forgot to
Floyd | bring a tape. He's defending himself: "Look guys, I really wanted to
Floyd | bring the tape, but I forgot my little sister's birthday, so I
Floyd | recorded her a tape from this new black metal band, Princess
Floyd | Lilyfist...I'm really sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             218
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | There is fuzzy blue carpet everywhere. On the floor, on the walls,
Floyd | even on the ceiling. Three figures clothes in black are standing in a
Floyd | corner, gazing at their shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton, a hyperactive but very nice young man wearing a shirt
Floyd | brandishing the words "Nazi Industrial Fuck Off", is drinking some
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see pale metal guy, fat metal guy, tattooed metal guy and
Floyd | a black tape recorder (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, your brain starts to work. Are you really the famous Dr. Kong,
Floyd | known all over the world for his brilliant wit and unrivalled
Floyd | intelligence, or are you just some dumb text adventure geek sitting in
Floyd | front of a computer terminal? Anyhow, your brain came to the following
Floyd | conclusion: Those crazy girls have their ritual music on a pink tape.
Floyd | If you'd manage to record some other music on that tape, the ritual
Floyd | must fail! That's it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pink tape in recorder" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             219
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PINK TAPE IN RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pink tape into the black tape recorder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on recorder" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             220
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton asks you "Hey, do you want to know anything about this place?
Floyd | We've been here for quite some time, you know. Just ask!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pink tape" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             221
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PINK TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give it to anton" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             222
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE IT TO ANTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Just put it in the recorder and ask Anton about it. And no funny stuff
Floyd | with the recorder!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put it in recorder" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             223
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT IN RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pink tape into the black tape recorder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about pink tape" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             224
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PINK TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about recorder" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             225
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about tape" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             226
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tell the guys that you found a tape. "Wow!", says Anton, "Now we
Floyd | can record our demo! Awesome!" Immediately, the band members grab
Floyd | their instruments and start recording a song, from start to finish,
Floyd | first take. At least that's what they say when you come back to the
Floyd | practice room, it was just too loud. You take the tape and promise to
Floyd | make a copy for the band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er, so we put this back in the desk drawer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             227
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pink tape
Floyd |   a diary
Floyd |   a cellar key
Floyd |   a cartier lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a ticket
Floyd |   a pack of fags (open)
Floyd |     a folded poem
Floyd |     sixteen cigarettes
Floyd |   a sticker
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a red flyer
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I would gueess so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pink tape" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             228
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PINK TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pink with glittery pentagrams on it. You can read the words
Floyd | "Richwall Music" on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "or wait. the diary was in the drawer. the tape was just on the desk, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             228
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You freeze in your steps. Two scary looking girls dressed in glittery
Floyd | pink stand before you, their eyes bloodshot and evil. "Thank you for
Floyd | returning that tape, bitch!", the one with the braids and the purple
Floyd | socks says. She must be Vanessa. She takes the pink tape out of your
Floyd | hands and feeds it into the tapedeck the girls have brought here for
Floyd | the occasion. All the candles are lit. The other girl hits you with a
Floyd | karaoke microphone and you stumble to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The time has finally come," Vanessa shouts, "for us to complete the
Floyd | ritual and win DSDS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The other girl removes a huge board from the eastern wall, revealing a
Floyd | black iron door with bars! She unlocks the door with a rusty key,
Floyd | opens it, and out stumbles your internet friend, mandy95, completely
Floyd | naked, looking miserable. Why didn't you see this?!? You could have
Floyd | freed him! The two girls throw him to the floor, tie him up with pink
Floyd | ribbons and feed him with mandrake roots. You feel paralyzed from the
Floyd | stench emanating from those disgusting roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just hope your trick with the black metal music will work,
Floyd | otherwise all is lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now Jennifer takes the Necronomicon, says "Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke",
Floyd | and the evil book opens. She reads some sinister sounding ritualistic
Floyd | poems you don't really understand. All you can discern is "Azatoth
Floyd | Cznupolowski, gulli gulli ramsamsam", which makes the red lamp
Floyd | explode. Only the ritual candles give off light now, light and putrid
Floyd | smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now...the music!", Vanessa says, almost chanting, handing the
Floyd | tape over to her accomplice, who puts it into the tapedeck. You close
Floyd | your eyes. And clench your fists.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the play button on the tapedeck is pressed, hordes of completely
Floyd | braindead nordic emperors invade your ear canals! You hear a hoarse
Floyd | voice screaming "Blashyrk Mighty Ravendark!", and as the nordic riders
Floyd | charge forward to enter the burning castle, the music stops. you open
Floyd | your eyes again...
Floyd |
Floyd | The two girls lie on the floor unconscious. You shake them, and they
Floyd | slowly open their eyes, but they cannot remeber what has just
Floyd | happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you untie your friend and remove the roots from his mouth, he
Floyd | whispers, "Kong...you did it...you have defeated the Diddl Girls...the
Floyd | world is saved..." he stands up, picks up the rusty key from the floor
Floyd | and hands it to you. "But Kong, it's not over yet...You see...if i
Floyd | don't stay locked up in this cellar room for another month, i will not
Floyd | be able to send you that facebook message you received, and you will
Floyd | not be able to travel back in time to save me! So you have to lock me
Floyd | in again...no, Kong, don't look at me that way, you know I'm right.
Floyd | Don't worry about me, i have enough mandrake roots to feed on." He
Floyd | enters his cell.Reluctantly, you close the door and lock it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Goodbye, Kong, we will meet again", mandy95 says, and you wave him
Floyd | goodbye as you cast xyzzy again, which by miraculous ways seems to be
Floyd | working again, and through a maelstrom of lights and smells, are
Floyd | carried back into the future.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now you're back at the party. In the bar. It's 3 am, everybody is
Floyd | having a good time. The music is great, ghood really rocks the crowd.
Floyd |
Floyd | You meet Fabi, who's looking remarkably good, arm in arm with a girl
Floyd | called Karin, although she has no arms anymore, she's had them removed
Floyd | as the ultimate body modification. They both seem very happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dancing all through the night, and when the sun rises, you
Floyd | decide it's time to call it a day.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab a fortune cookie from the bar counter, wave back at Dan, and
Floyd | step outside in the gentle morning sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | You unpack the fortune cookie and eat it. Yes, Dr. Kong, you've done
Floyd | it again. Saved the world from the impending demise AND had a terrific
Floyd | time. But wait....
Floyd |
Floyd | What's written on the strip of paper from the fortune cookie? "Help!
Floyd | I'm locked in a fortune cookie factory! Help me, Dr. Kong!"
Floyd |
Floyd | It's signed by mandy95. That guy is just looking for trouble. Well, it
Floyd | looks like there's a new job for Dr. Kong, hipster, trickster, private
Floyd | eye. But not before you get some sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TO BE CONTINUED...
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 | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
		DavidW says, "I found these games by searching for "fortune cookie" in IFDB."
		Knight_Otu says, "That fortune cookie took its time then."
		DavidW says, "That's in the 2nd game in the series."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, I thought this one was the first?"
		DavidW says, "This is the first game."
		Jacqueline says, "I uploaded the other one, too, but suggest we do it next week."
		DavidW says, "agreed"
		DavidW says, "That was a weird one."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Very!"
		Knight_Otu says, "As long as there are no German teeny diaries."
		Jacqueline says, "It was.. very German, I thouhgt."
		Jacqueline says, "Thought, even."
		DavidW says, "Most of us were spared knowing what the diaries actually said."
		Knight_Otu says, "Be glad. :p"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Tell us!"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, a summary, I mean."
		Roger says, "inquiring minds"
		DavidW says, "Well, first a rose blossomed. Then a famous guy's tattoo was licked off in a fever dream..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Teenager drama, lovedy gushing about Dieter Bohlen (who is a real person, and on the jury panel of DSDS), anger about his then girlfriend, giggling about naked mandrake people..."
		DavidW says, "Fish swam upstream and the cap from a can of whipped cream popped off."
		DavidW says, "oh dear. Writing about real people is always a bit problematic."
		Knight_Otu says, "It *is* common around here to joke about him and his music, but yeah."
		DavidW asks, "I'm guessing the then girlfriend was a Yoko Ono type, then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm honestly not sure. The diary writer obviously didn't like the idea that Bohlen was taken."
		DavidW says, "ah. So it didn't much matter to them who she was, just that she was in the picture."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. There was some talk that her teeth weren't straight in the diary, too, "so obviously it couldn't be love"."
		Knight_Otu says, "Paraphrased, but that is the gist."
		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I'm done summarising the diary."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I think we get it now."
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		Knight_Otu says, "Crazy game."
		DavidW says, "I wonder what would've happened if, once we found the key to the cellar door, we just returned to present day with 'xyzzy' and tried the cellar while there's zombies everywhere."
		Knight_Otu says, "It might be a one-way trip."
		DavidW says, "yeah, that's most likely."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably. Only one way to know."
		DavidW says, "I can't remember where in the game I did the save."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think either before the XYZZY, or the cellar door?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             228
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           133
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cartier lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a ticket
Floyd |   a blue flyer
Floyd |   a pack of fags (open)
Floyd |     a folded poem
Floyd |     sixteen cigarettes
Floyd |   a sticker
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a red flyer
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Never used the apple or sticker anywhere."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           134
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You get all fuzzy and the room seems to circle around you; for a short
Floyd | moment, you are reminded of the last time you took LSD...when you feel
Floyd | normal again....you hear someone's voice from afar:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks everybody for having me, it's been a pleasure. Colin asked me
Floyd | to give you all some advice for your lives, and all I can say is:
Floyd | Don't forget to ask about the banana; and check out the beer cellar.
Floyd | There's wisdom to be found there. Goodbye!"
Floyd |
Floyd |  You open you eyes to see.....
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               135
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   136
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       137
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            138
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cloak Room
Floyd | A couple of nerds are hunched in front of three laptops displaying
Floyd | only text. They seem very excited.
Floyd |
Floyd | Achim is here. He's wearing a grungy flannel shirt with a banana
Floyd | tucked into the front pocket. He's sporting a neon-yellow key chain
Floyd | that drops to his ankles without a key attached to it. A button that
Floyd | looks like a nipple is fixed to the left side of his shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Laptop #3, Laptop #2 and Laptop #1 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask achim about banana" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            139
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ACHIM ABOUT BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | He grabs the banana, peels it and eats it in one go. As he does so, a
Floyd | key drops from his pocket to the floor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            140
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            141
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm...it doesn't seem to work...yet....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       142
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   143
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               145
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           146
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           147
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               148
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, you're right. One-way trip."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, see, I was thinking that there was the possibility that we'd come back but immediately be attacked and killed."
		Knight_Otu says, "So it seems. And the "Not yet" message would then have come up if we tried it beforehand."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, me too"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "I should log off now. Good night!"
Knight_Otu goes home. 		DavidW says, "thanks everyone for the game."
		



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space
by "Two Guys From The Other Bar"
As played on ifMUD on December 29, 2019

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 Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space written by "Two Guys From The Other Bar". Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space is a horror game that was created for an IF event in Munich, Germany and used that event as a background event. 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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask drkong1" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | It's Saturday night, and it's time to kick out some jams. You've been
Floyd | working your ass off all week, with the radio blaring stories at you
Floyd | about how some stupid prick politician faked his dissertation, and
Floyd | you're in dire need of some bass and some beer. Good thing it's that
Floyd | part of the month again: Department of Volxvergnuegen is throwing one
Floyd | of their action-packed techno parties at Glockenbachwerkstatt!
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space (The Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | Adventure)
Floyd | A time travel anomaly by Two Guys From The Other Bar
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110921 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GAME, TYPE "INFO"
Floyd |
Floyd | TO GET SOME HELP FOR PLAYING THIS GAME, TYPE "HELP".
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "info" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > INFO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello, and welcome. This is a special little game. It was written for
Floyd | the interactive fiction event in Munich that the culture collective
Floyd | called "department of volxvergnuegen" organized on May 7, 2011. At
Floyd | least parts of the game you're playing right now take place on said
Floyd | event, during which a workshop for writers took place, we screened GET
Floyd | LAMP by Jason Scott and people could play several interactive fiction
Floyd | games on a couple of terminals we provided. Ah yes, and we played the
Floyd | game you're playing right now collectively on the big screen, which
Floyd | was a lot of fun also, in spite of all its bugginess.
Floyd |
Floyd | But now to my apologies. This is by no means a good game, if we take
Floyd | polished and well thought-out games like, well, let's face it, every
Floyd | single game that did well in the past 16 years of the Interactive
Floyd | Fiction Competition and compare them to our game; it was written in
Floyd | just a couple of weeks by me and my friend Anonymeuss (thanks to the
Floyd | rest of the Nerd Kru for making this insane story up, you know who you
Floyd | are!), and neither of us had ever written a piece of interactive
Floyd | fiction before. It's a very railroaded game and probably still pretty
Floyd | buggy, the puzzles aren't too avant-garde and it features long deserts
Floyd | of text that make the opening of Oliver Ullmann's "The Duel That
Floyd | Spanned The Ages" look like a four-line poem. But we still think our
Floyd | crazy little story is pretty funny and we hope you'll give it a spin.
Floyd | If you head over to
Floyd | [LINK]
Floyd | ms/258.html,
Floyd | you can find some pictures from the event that could get you in the
Floyd | mood (or if you locate the pictures folder on the disc in your game
Floyd | package). Most of our crew were dressed the way they are described in
Floyd | the game, and Jason Scott played along nicely too. This leads us to
Floyd | our thank you-list:
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to the amazing Jason Scott, who made this wonderful movie, was
Floyd | absolutely hilarious on skype and said the silly things i asked him to
Floyd | say (apart from being generally awesome). Cheers!
Floyd |
Floyd | I cannot thank enough all the members of the volxvergnuegen team who
Floyd | made this day very special. From designing and preparing all those
Floyd | gorgeous visuals to selling the drinks: You were amazing, and this
Floyd | game is dedicated to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks to Michael Baltes, Oliver Ullmann, Marius Müller, Ingo
Floyd | Scharmann and Martin Barth for hosting the workshop and exterminating
Floyd | some of the worst bugs, see you soon!
Floyd |
Floyd | A very big thank you to all the good people who are working on Inform
Floyd | 7, without you, this game would not have been possible! Thanks to Eric
Floyd | Eve, whose Exit Lister extension we used.
Floyd |
Floyd | And last but not least: Thank YOU, dear player, for still reading
Floyd | this. I sincerely hope you can at least get a good laugh while playing
Floyd | our game. Comments, suggestions,bug reports, death threats are best
Floyd | sent to colin.djukic@googlemail.com.
Floyd |
Floyd | HAVE FUN.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, not quite a speed. Cool."
		Jacqueline says, "I actually really like it when people include little bits of history like this in their games."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		DavidW asks, "Should we look at the HELP?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, as long as it's not hints directly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          1
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For general instructions, please look up the Play IF card that came in
Floyd | your package or your virtual folder. For now, let's just say that TALK
Floyd | TO someone does not work in this game. The only way to verbally
Floyd | interact with people in this lousy little game is to ASK someone ABOUT
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses the exit lister extension by Eric Eve, thank you! You
Floyd | see all the available exits in the status bar. Places you have not yet
Floyd | visited are CAPITALIZED, places you already went to not.
Floyd |
Floyd | At one point in the game, you will encounter a diary written in
Floyd | German. DON'T PANIC! There's a short summary at the bottom of every
Floyd | page you read in the diary. Here's how it works with the diary: READ
Floyd | page IN DIARY, for example you could type "read page 6 in diary" and
Floyd | would get page six. Another possible way is writing "read page 1 in
Floyd | diary" and then "read next page in diary" until you reach the end. So
Floyd | here's the flaw. You cannot READ anything apart from the diary in this
Floyd | game, even though you will encounter writing in several places.
Floyd | EXAMINE it instead, please.
Floyd |
Floyd | At another point in the game, you will have to type a code on a
Floyd | keypad. TYPE number ON KEYPAD will do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          2
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          3
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   some change for cigarettes
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and closed)
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x money" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          4
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's money. It stinks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell money" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          5
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL MONEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x change" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          6
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHANGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Some change for buying cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Heh. I was just about to smell the money."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x smartphone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          7
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SMARTPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Rottorola.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fartroid smartphone is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bag" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          8
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | Your trusty old bag. Made of black nylon, it has several little holes
Floyd | and scratches. A button depicting a guy throwing a swastika into a
Floyd | rubbish bin is attached to its flap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open bag" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          9
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BAG
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the tattered shoulder-bag, revealing a red flyer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          10
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the flyer for last month's Volxvergnuegen event. A red foil which
Floyd | makes the underlying text readable. (Hint: If you haven't got one, you
Floyd | better get one!) It was some kind of text adventure event. Too bad you
Floyd | couldn't make it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x apple" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          11
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's green.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a sticker on the apple! You pull it off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sticker" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          12
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STICKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It says: "I'm so green".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x technodude" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          13
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TECHNODUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | A quite regular Technodude, smoking, drinking, talking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put sticker on forehead" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          13
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT STICKER ON FOREHEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x electrowoman" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          14
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ELECTROWOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | One of those bass-hungry females. At the moment, she's talking to
Floyd | Technodude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We have no head!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, to be fair, one cannot really see one's own forehead."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to technodude" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          14
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO TECHNODUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or, I guess, we can't see it, which.. right."
		DavidW asks, "Should we go north or east? Or is there anything we can do here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we have nothing to ask about."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technodude about flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          15
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TECHNODUDE ABOUT FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | He just asks: "Hey, are you on facebook?" without waiting for your
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask electrowoman about flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          16
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ELECTROWOMAN ABOUT FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | She just asks: "Hey, are you on facebook?" without waiting for your
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on phone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          17
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the fartroid smartphone on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x phone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | A Rottorola.The device depicts the word "FARTROID" and boots up. You
Floyd | haven't installed any apps apart from the preinstalled Facebook app,
Floyd | but you have no clue how to activate the app.
Floyd |
Floyd | The fartroid smartphone is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "activate app" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ACTIVATE APP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x app" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          18
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off phone" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          19
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF PHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the fartroid smartphone off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "North would be inside, so I guess we can go that way?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          20
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You really wanna smoke a cigarette before entering. If you remember
Floyd | correctly, there's a cigarette machine east of the club.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          21
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Side Of Club
Floyd | You're standing east of the club, under the night sky. It's pretty
Floyd | quiet here. Steam rises from a grate in the pavement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go back to the front door by moving south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fag machine here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          22
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your standard fare cigarette machine. You put change in, and usually,
Floyd | cigarettes pop out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Unfortunate translation."
		DavidW asks, "Cig is gonna roll into the sewer grate, isn't it?"
		DavidW says, "no, fag is common slang for cigarette in UK English."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, yeah, but still."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put change in machine" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          23
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT CHANGE IN MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | The coins drop into the slot. After painfully proving that you are
Floyd | indeed old enough to smoke by sliding several ID and credit cards
Floyd | through a card reader and pressing your thumb onto some biometric
Floyd | device, a pack of your favorite brand of cigarettes lands on the
Floyd | pavement with a "thump".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pack" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          24
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuck, you forgot to bring a lighter with you! Whatever. Perhaps you
Floyd | can find a lighter inside the club.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grate" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          25
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Steam is rising up from the grate by the side of the road. You can't
Floyd | see much down there, but the smell is pretty strange. You never
Floyd | noticed this grate before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pack" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          26
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Les Fleurs Du Mal, your favorite brand of death sticks. Every pack
Floyd | contains a poem by your personal Uber-Dandy, Charles Baudelaire!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poem" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          26
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open pack" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          27
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the pack of fags, revealing a folded poem and sixteen
Floyd | cigarettes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poem" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          28
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POEM
Floyd |
Floyd | The unfolded poem reads:
Floyd |
Floyd | Twilight
Floyd |
Floyd | Behold the sweet evening, friend of the criminal;
Floyd |  It comes like an accomplice, stealthily; the sky
Floyd |  Closes slowly like an immense alcove,
Floyd |  And impatient man turns into a beast of prey.
Floyd |  O evening, kind evening, desired by him
Floyd |  Whose arms can say, without lying: "Today
Floyd |  We labored!" - It is the evening that comforts
Floyd |  Those minds that are consumed by a savage sorrow,
Floyd |  The obstinate scholar whose head bends with fatigue
Floyd |  And the bowed laborer who returns to his bed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meanwhile in the atmosphere malefic demons
Floyd |  Awaken sluggishly, like businessmen,
Floyd |  And take flight, bumping against porch roofs and shutters.
Floyd |  Among the gas flames worried by the wind
Floyd |  Prostitution catches alight in the streets;
Floyd |  Like an ant-hill she lets her workers out;
Floyd |  Everywhere she blazes a secret path,
Floyd |  Like an enemy who plans a surprise attack;
Floyd |  She moves in the heart of the city of mire
Floyd |  Like a worm that steals from Man what he eats.
Floyd |  Here and there one hears food sizzle in the kitchens,
Floyd |  The theaters yell, the orchestras moan;
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The gambling dens, where games of chance delight,
Floyd |  Fill up with whores and cardsharps, their accomplices;
Floyd |  The burglars, who know neither respite nor mercy,
Floyd |  Are soon going to begin their work, they also,
Floyd |  And quietly force open cash-boxes and doors
Floyd |  To enjoy life awhile and dress their mistresses.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Meditate, O my soul, in this solemn moment,
Floyd |  And close your ears to this uproar;
Floyd |  It is now that the pains of the sick grow sharper!
Floyd |  Somber Night grabs them by the throat; they reach the end
Floyd |  Of their destinies and go to the common pit;
Floyd |  The hospitals are filled with their sighs. - More than one
Floyd |  Will come no more to get his fragrant soup
Floyd |  By the fireside, in the evening, with a loved one.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | However, most of them have never known
Floyd |  The sweetness of a home, have never lived!
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | - William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library
Floyd | Guild, 1954)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm all worried that there's a clue to something buried in that large poem."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's quite a poem for a small pack of cigs."
		DavidW asks, "And in Europe, wouldn't you need poems in four different languages, minimum?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nah, sometimes we can make do with a single one."
		DavidW says, "Using emojis only, I suppose."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We're not ghosts, you know!"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, keep playing. Because I need distraction. Because now I'm trying to translate this poem into emoji and I need to not be doing that."
		DavidW asks, "I guess we look for a lighter or light and if we can't find one anywhere, we enter the sewer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          29
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          30
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technodude for lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          30
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TECHNODUDE FOR LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask technodude about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          31
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TECHNODUDE ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | He just asks: "Hey, are you on facebook?" without waiting for your
Floyd | reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, right."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think these guys are just facebooking."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "maybe we can download a lighter app." 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          31
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAYBE WE CAN DOWNLOAD A LIGHTER APP.
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              32
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the big green door)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door closes behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | This is the anteroom of the club. The basses are getting more
Floyd | pronounced here. It's usually pretty cramped in here, with people
Floyd | trying to get in towards the bar to the north or out back through the
Floyd | big green door to have a smoke. There is a small table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here are a blue flyer and a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Fabi, Lale and Gothdude here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              33
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Basses. Louder. Inane Chatter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              33
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              34
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here are a blue flyer and a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x blue flyer" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              35
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BLUE FLYER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's the flyer for the next event. It says "Department of
Floyd | Volxvergnuegen präsentiert: Die besten Wiesn-Hits aus den 60ern, 70ern
Floyd | und überhaupt: Super-Gaudi!!!!!". This must be a joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              36
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It just says 14,99. That's odd. Usually, the Volxvergnuegen parties
Floyd | only cost 4 bucks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take blue flyer and card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              37
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BLUE FLYER AND CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | blue flyer: Taken.
Floyd | card: Fabi grabs the card. "Hey, get your hands off the card, man!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x fabi" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              38
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FABI
Floyd |
Floyd | He's always organizing stuff. Right now, he's charging the customers
Floyd | who want to enter the club. He is looking a bit off. His eyes are kind
Floyd | of blood-shot. Too much work and not enough sleep, you guess.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lale" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              39
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LALE
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing yellow tights, short jeans and a yellow top. Her usual
Floyd | smile looks a little frozen, and her right cheek is marred by a
Floyd | bruise. You remember her as the girl that was jumping, singing,
Floyd | chewing her fingernails and drinking beer. At the same time. Now she's
Floyd | just standing there. You wonder what's wrong with her.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Gothdude is here? I used to have a crush on him when I was younger."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gothdude" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              40
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOTHDUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wearing some kind of trench coat. He's standing in the corner of
Floyd | this corridor like some crooked vulture, eyeing you with his
Floyd | dark-rimmed eyes. What a freak.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask fabi about card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              41
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK FABI ABOUT CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | He cuts you off: "Hey, you wanna come in or what?!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lale about bruise" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              42
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LALE ABOUT BRUISE
Floyd |
Floyd | She just stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Hi, all."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hey there."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask lale about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              43
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK LALE ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She just stares at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hi wordsmith"
		Jacqueline says, "Hey there, WS."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask gothdude about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              44
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GOTHDUDE ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Barely audible, he manages to spit out the following:
Floyd | "rrrrrya....Facebook?" He's obviously had too much to drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy card" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              45
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing is on sale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              46
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Lale pushes you away from the doorway. Fabi looks at you as if he was
Floyd | about to hit you. "You have to pay before you enter!", he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Happy holidays to everyone. What's the game today?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              46
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space (The Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | Adventure)
Floyd | A time travel anomaly by Two Guys From The Other Bar
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110921 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //6663A09F-3DBF-449E-9D5A-578E499788B5//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Exit Lister version 10 by Eric Eve
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Give money to Fabi?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give money to fabi" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              47
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE MONEY TO FABI
Floyd |
Floyd | You pay the ridiculous entrance fee to Fabi, who pockets the money. He
Floyd | gives you a ticket and just motions to the doorway to the north. What
Floyd | the fuck, you don't care. Let's roll!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ticket" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              48
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | A ragged strip of paper torn from a roll. It says "BEZAHLT".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   49
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The music is louder here. Sounds like minimal techno...but wait...like
Floyd | minimal techno with some very cheesy plastic disco samples on
Floyd | top...have the DJs lost their mind?
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan is behind the counter of the Bar, serving cocktails.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's Dr Kong, a game written at a German IF jam."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dan" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   50
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks even more evil than usual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bar" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   51
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A dimly lit counter. People are pushing each other in order to be
Floyd | served first. It seems they only serve one kind of drink tonight, as
Floyd | everybody drinks from a glass with the same deep orange color. Looks
Floyd | like...a Zombie? On the counter is a bowl of white jelly sweets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sweets" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   51
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWEETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't use multiple objects with that verb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sweet" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   52
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Looks pretty disgusting, like something you might find in the trash
Floyd | can of an operation room. But the people seem to enjoy eating those
Floyd | lumps...perhaps you should give it a try?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sweet" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWEET
Floyd |
Floyd | Reluctantly, you pop a jelly sweet into your mouth and cautiously
Floyd | start chewing on it. Not bad. Not bad at all! While you're munching
Floyd | away on the delicious gelatinous substance, from the corner of your
Floyd | eye you see Dan refilling the bowl. He's grabbing the lumps out of the
Floyd | skull of a dead body! It's that goth guy you saw in the entrance! You
Floyd | pause for a moment pondering whether you should get another one or not
Floyd | before spitting the brain tissue out of your mouth in a wide white
Floyd | arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wish you all could see the face I'm making righ tnow."
		Knight_Otu says, "... what."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "spit" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I eat a lot of adventurous things. Brain isn't one of them."
		Jacqueline says, "Judge me if you will."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skull" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SKULL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hipster" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > HIPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x body" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   53
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hipster" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   54
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HIPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A hipster wearing  nerdy glasses and sporting only one arm...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask hipster about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   55
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK HIPSTER ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | He grabs you with his remaining arm and screams in your ear: "Man, you
Floyd | gotta try facebook, it's the newest shit! All the groovy
Floyd | volxvergnuegen people are on there!" Great, this weirdo smeared blood
Floyd | over your shirt...why is he bleeding?! What's going on here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline squints at her screen.
		Knight_Otu says, "This party is so dead."
		DavidW asks, "We're in zombie central, aren't we?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I would say so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chick" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   56
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHICK
Floyd |
Floyd | She's gorgeous...she's wearing a sexy see-through blouse that barely
Floyd | conceals anything...including several deep, still bleeding
Floyd | wounds...was there an accident? Nobody seems to notice anything...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chick about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   57
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CHICK ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She whispers in your ear: "Meet me on facebook, honey..." Her breath
Floyd | is cold and smells like an open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   58
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about sweet" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   59
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT SWEET
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, now my lip is curling."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask chick about facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   60
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK CHICK ABOUT FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | She whispers in your ear: "Meet me on facebook, honey..." Her breath
Floyd | is cold and smells like an open grave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So, earthy."
		Jacqueline says, "I like me an earthy girl."
		DavidW asks, "do we want to go north, east, or west?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Which is farthest from this room?"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gothdude" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   60
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GOTHDUDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              61
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow and usually packed corridor with doors to the restroom for
Floyd | women to the east and the restroom to the west. To your confusion,
Floyd | only one pretty fucked up woman sits slumped into a heap in one
Floyd | corner. You can go back to the bar to the south. A door leads to the
Floyd | cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. A down option here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              62
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Her gray and faded hair covers most of her face. She's got a beer
Floyd | bottle in her lap, but it's definitely not beer she's drinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              63
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The label is smeared with a sticky red substance…Jesus, this looks
Floyd | like blood!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              64
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  WEST  DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT BLOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | With a voice from a Venom-song, she says "Check out Facebook. Best
Floyd | thing that's happened to me in ages!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "FAACEEES! FAACEES!"
		DavidW asks, "You get the feeling that Mark Zombieberg is behind all this?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Room                                            65
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Room
Floyd | Noone's in here, and I suggest you leave, too. The stench is almost
Floyd | unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Room                                            66
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You're almost fainting from an overwhelming wave of ammonia.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              67
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow and usually packed corridor with doors to the restroom for
Floyd | women to the east and the restroom to the west. To your confusion,
Floyd | only one pretty fucked up woman sits slumped into a heap in one
Floyd | corner. You can go back to the bar to the south. A door leads to the
Floyd | cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              68
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Not that you'd care about etiquette, you're just scared of female
Floyd | demons ripping your flesh.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              69
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cellar door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cellar door" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              70
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CELLAR DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cellar door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Now where's that key?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   71
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan is behind the counter of the Bar, serving cocktails.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   72
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan blocks your way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about cocktails" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   73
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT COCKTAILS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy cocktail" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   73
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > BUY COCKTAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dan" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   74
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH DAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That would be less than courteous.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But he's a Zombie, game!"
		DavidW says, "oh dear, I must not be discourteous."
		DavidW says (to Dan), "bite me"
		DavidW says, "ilagame"
		Knight_Otu Game says, "Zombies have rights too, you know."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dan, bite me" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   75
Floyd ]  Exits: north south EAST  WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > DAN, BITE ME
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       76
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step onto the dance floor, you can hear the music more clearly.
Floyd | It's rough and bassy minimal techno, groovy and kicking, but that's
Floyd | not where it ends...on top of the minimal groove, you're pretty sure
Floyd | there are samples from very cheesy german eighties synth-pop crimes.
Floyd | You suppress an urge to go to the bathroom and throw up or at least to
Floyd | the bar to get another drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, it's true, someone IS singing the words "You're my heart, you're
Floyd | my soul". What the fuck is the DJ thinking?
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people. They're behaving as if they had no brain. Their bodies move in
Floyd | unforeseeable but repeating patterns, without any control, goal or
Floyd | reason. Some seem to reach out with their arms for something in the
Floyd | air, clumsily trying to grab it, repeating their fruitless effort
Floyd | again and again. Others march in circles, their soulless eyes fixed on
Floyd | the floor. You have no idea what they're doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync. You can barely make out the DJ. He seems
Floyd | to be wearing Versace eyeglasses, but apart from that, he looks pretty
Floyd | normal. You need to see this guy, maybe he can help you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x speakers" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPEAKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Huge speakers, pumping bass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dj" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DJ
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x people" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PEOPLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x floor" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FLOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x freak" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       77
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FREAK
Floyd |
Floyd | Who do you mean, Postman or Ugly Naked Freak?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x postman" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       78
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's got one of those orange drinks in his hands. He's moving the
Floyd | glass towards his head and spills the beverage over his shoulder,
Floyd | uttering a satisfied grunt and repeats this strange sequence of
Floyd | actions ad nauseam (maybe an ex-alcoholic?).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x orange drink" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       79
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ORANGE DRINK
Floyd |
Floyd | One of those Zombies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x naked" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       80
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NAKED
Floyd |
Floyd | One of his butt cheeks is semi-detached, swinging around in crazy
Floyd | movements as he dances his completely brainless dance. He's wearing a
Floyd | full beard. Drops of blood fall to the dance floor from his hairy
Floyd | chin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take butt" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       80
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ew."
		DavidW says, "We might need an asshat."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       81
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach her, she suddenly turns around, and you see that she's
Floyd | carrying a severed arm, biting huge chunks of flesh off the bone.
Floyd | Blood runs down her chin in gushes. She flashes you a demonic grin,
Floyd | exposing her rotten teeth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I wonder if that's Hipster's missing arm."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x arm" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       82
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | A severed arm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       83
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at you excitedly, ignoring your question: "I met him on
Floyd | Facebook! Really tasty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm really starting to think you guys are onto something about the possibility of zombies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask woman about hipster" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       84
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK WOMAN ABOUT HIPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks at you excitedly, ignoring your question: "I met him on
Floyd | Facebook! Really tasty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Nah, maybe we overreacted."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask naked about butt" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       85
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK NAKED ABOUT BUTT
Floyd |
Floyd | You really should join the nudist group on Facebook. Free yourself
Floyd | from the oppression by the clothing industry!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask postman about sombrero" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       86
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK POSTMAN ABOUT SOMBRERO
Floyd |
Floyd | He stops spilling his drink and asks you "Do you know that new
Floyd | Facebook game, Breweryville? It's awesome! I produce ten gallons of
Floyd | Weißbier every minute! What's your high score?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "More seriously, I'm wondering if there's a point to the game, a goal... or if it's all just one big running joke about how people who use Facebook are zombies."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            87
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cloak Room
Floyd | It's a little quieter in here, although you can still feel the basses
Floyd | pumping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind a dirty wooden table sits a dubious-looking man with a beard
Floyd | and an eye-patch. His left hand is lying on the table, while his right
Floyd | hand is trying to jab a knife at the spaces between his fingers,
Floyd | failing miserably. He's constantly cutting his fingers, obviously not
Floyd | noticing his bruises. There's a colorful parrot sitting on his right
Floyd | shoulder.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a small table (on which is a dinner jacket) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pirate" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            88
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | He's wearing a tricorn hat carrying a huge button that says "Ask me
Floyd | about Facebook".
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parrot" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            89
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PARROT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the parrot.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jacket" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            90
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JACKET
Floyd |
Floyd | An expensive looking dinner jacket the economy students of Munich like
Floyd | to wear. You can see a cartier lighter sticking out from one of its
Floyd | pockets.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            91
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            92
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The cartier lighter is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pirate about facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            93
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK PIRATE ABOUT FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | "Facebook? Arrrr, a mighty damn fine social network it is, young
Floyd | fella. I surfed the seven seas of the interweb, and i know all about
Floyd | it." He grabs your fartroid smartphone. "Arrrr, a Rrrrrrottorrrrrrola.
Floyd | You don't seem to know how to operate your Facebook app, do ya? Lemme
Floyd | handle that." He plays around with your smartphone for a little while,
Floyd | leaving bloody fingerprints on the display. "Here ya go, landlubber!
Floyd | Now y'arr ready to set sail for the ultimate procrastination!" He
Floyd | gives you your phone back.
Floyd |
Floyd | The parrot bawks: "You bloody loser!", laughing at the pirate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Thanks, Mr Pirate?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knife" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            93
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KNIFE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I think we need to find the DJ and then have a smoke outside?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       94
Floyd ]  Exits: north EAST  west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The Pirate has given us the gift of body fluids that aren't ours and a lack of privacy. So kind."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              95
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | With your smartphone ready for Facebook, the groupies let you through
Floyd | to the DJ booth. Phew!
Floyd |
Floyd | DJ Booth
Floyd | The DJ booth is pretty small and dirty. Behind the mixer, the DJ,
Floyd | ghood, is spinning this crazy music you hear. On CDs...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dj" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              96
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DJ
Floyd |
Floyd | As you approach ghood, he notices you. "Hey, Kong! You're alive!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks at you, exhausted. "This is so fucked up man. We started the
Floyd | party as usual. But all of a sudden, a zombie entered the club, who
Floyd | knows from where, and started biting us. We fell, one by one. I'm the
Floyd | only one left alive! They let me live so i could spin these terrible
Floyd | records they gave me!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask him, "Who do you mean? Who?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't know! They beat me! It was all fuzzy! A girl gave me this bag
Floyd | of CD-Rs and said that if i'd stop playing their music, the zombies
Floyd | would stop dancing and swarm out on the streets! If i stop playing
Floyd | this music, we're all doomed, Kong, do you understand?!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod, gravely. What's the purpose of all this? And what now?
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have to do something, Kong. I think all this horror comes from
Floyd | the basement, but you won't get there from the corridor, the door's
Floyd | locked. Maybe there's another way. You know, last month, we had this
Floyd | filmmaker, Jason Scott, on skype to talk about that text adventure
Floyd | movie he made, GET LAMP. And before he switched off, he said we should
Floyd | check out the beer cellar, that there was wisdom to be found there.
Floyd | What if he was right?
Floyd |
Floyd | Please, Dr. Kong, try to get through to the kitchen and see of you can
Floyd | find something there.  Dan will not let you through, but if you ask
Floyd | him about bloody mary, he'll probably leave to find one. All his
Floyd | rotten brain can process is this zombie drink.
Floyd |
Floyd | And by the way, please bring me a beer while you're in the beer
Floyd | cellar. I'm so thirsty!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks you in the eye, yearningly, and starts spinning music again.
Floyd |
Floyd | A beep emanates from your smartphone. Looks like you received a
Floyd | Facebook message! You tap on the letter symbol and are faced with the
Floyd | following text from your old pal Mandy95:
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Kong!!! Thank the fucking Baal you finally made it to Facebook! You
Floyd | wouldn't believe what happened to me! I was at that Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | event about text adventures. I just wanted to go to the toilet when I
Floyd | heard that weird black metal music coming from the basement. I opened
Floyd | the door leading to the practice rooms, went down a couple of steps
Floyd | and got hit on the head! When I woke up, I was here in this cell!
Floyd | They're taking my blood every day, although I never see anyone. I just
Floyd | hear this metal music from one of the practice rooms. Something very
Floyd | creepy is happening here, dude! I recently saw Rosemary's Baby, and
Floyd | I'm A+ sure there are some demon worshippers planning some sinister
Floyd | fuckup around here! You gotta help me, man! I don't know, you're
Floyd | always reading these science fiction books, do something, please!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause for a moment, terrified.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is not weird anymore, this is slowly staggering towards
Floyd | nightmare. You have to find a way to rescue your friend. There must be
Floyd | a way to get down to the basement. The door to the practice rooms
Floyd | seems blocked, but maybe you can get to a lower level from the
Floyd | kitchen? And what's wrong with all these people? They look like
Floyd | zombies!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "whoa"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Halp!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW asks, "Should we still have a smoke?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We have a new goal, I think."
		DavidW says, "okay"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, we gotta collect our thoughts somehow."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, or not."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       97
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   98
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan is behind the counter of the Bar, serving cocktails.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask dan about bloody mary" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   99
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east WEST
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK DAN ABOUT BLOODY MARY
Floyd |
Floyd | Dan disappears somewhere in the kitchen! Seems like ghood was right!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               100
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a bloody mess. There's nothing to be found here. To the
Floyd | north is the beer cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "As long as we don't have to collect our brains."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              101
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "uh-oh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           102
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cartier lighter on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (in which is a bottle of beer) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Cigarettes as... or just the lighter."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           103
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE BOTTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           103
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I'm going to take this beer to the DJ unless someone has a better idea?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x case" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           104
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The case of beer is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beer" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           105
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the bottle of beer)
Floyd | Augustiner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. There is supposed to be wisdom here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wisdom" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           105
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WISDOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               106
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a bloody mess. There's nothing to be found here. To the
Floyd | north is the beer cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               107
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cartier lighter off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   108
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       109
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              110
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | DJ Booth
Floyd | The DJ booth is pretty small and dirty. Behind the mixer, the DJ,
Floyd | ghood, is spinning this crazy music you hear. On CDs...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give bottle to dj" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              111
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE BOTTLE TO DJ
Floyd |
Floyd | Ghood just says "Hey, thanks, I didn't think you'd return. You know,
Floyd | I'm just here to tell you to go to the beer cellar, dude."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		DavidW says, "thanks dude"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  DJ Booth                                              112
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cartier lighter
Floyd |   a ticket
Floyd |   a blue flyer
Floyd |   a pack of fags (open)
Floyd |     a folded poem
Floyd |     sixteen cigarettes
Floyd |   a sticker
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a red flyer
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Any ideas besides getting a smoke and opening the grate?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not really."
		DavidW asks, "Or logging onto Facebook?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm scared."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       113
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | The music is really intense here. Huge speakers pump loud basses into
Floyd | the stomachs of the crowd. The floor is filled with people. Weird
Floyd | people.
Floyd |
Floyd | A cloak room lies to the north. East of here is the DJ booth, guarded
Floyd | by groupies dancing in sync.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to one of the gigantic speakers is a freak in a postman's uniform
Floyd | wearing a  sombrero.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the middle of the dance floor is an ugly naked freak, dancing his
Floyd | butt off. Literally.
Floyd |
Floyd | A pony-tailed woman in an adidas training suit is standing in a corner
Floyd | with her face to the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       114
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | You act like Sheik Yerbouti for some time. Yowzah!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   115
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              116
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | This is the anteroom of the club. The basses are getting more
Floyd | pronounced here. It's usually pretty cramped in here, with people
Floyd | trying to get in towards the bar to the north or out back through the
Floyd | big green door to have a smoke. There is a small table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here is a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Fabi and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          117
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the big green door)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door closes behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          118
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Side Of Club
Floyd | You're standing east of the club, under the night sky. It's pretty
Floyd | quiet here. Steam rises from a grate in the pavement.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can go back to the front door by moving south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a fag machine here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "light cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          119
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > LIGHT CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | This dangerous act would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smoke cigarette" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          120
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMOKE CIGARETTE
Floyd |
Floyd | You smoke a cigarette.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open grate" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          121
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN GRATE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          122
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "Back to the beer cellar?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW asks, "maybe we need to push or move the case itself?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Side Of Club                                          123
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside                          124
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt Outside
Floyd | You are standing outside of the club. Basses are pumping. You can
Floyd | enter the building through a big green door to the north or go east
Floyd | around the corner to the side of the building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Above you is the night sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Technodude and Electrowoman here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              125
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the big green door)
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |  Boom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door closes behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | This is the anteroom of the club. The basses are getting more
Floyd | pronounced here. It's usually pretty cramped in here, with people
Floyd | trying to get in towards the bar to the north or out back through the
Floyd | big green door to have a smoke. There is a small table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table here is a card.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Fabi and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   126
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | This is the bar area of the club. As usual, it's VERY crowded in here.
Floyd | People are trying to get through to the counter on the west side of
Floyd | the room or the toilets to the north. The dance floor is east of here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Hipster and Style-O-Chick here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               127
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | The kitchen is a bloody mess. There's nothing to be found here. To the
Floyd | north is the beer cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                              128
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on lighter" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           129
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON LIGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the cartier lighter on.
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push case" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           130
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take case" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           131
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE CASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the case of beer on the concrete floor. On the wall behind the
Floyd | shelf is some writing!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x writing" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WRITING
Floyd |
Floyd | It says "xyzzy: magic word for time traveling"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Wisdom?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hoh."
DavidW clears the save counter. 		Jacqueline says, "Now I'm laughing that we didn't just try it before we found this."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           133
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You get all fuzzy and the room seems to circle around you; for a short
Floyd | moment, you are reminded of the last time you took LSD...when you feel
Floyd | normal again....you hear someone's voice from afar:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks everybody for having me, it's been a pleasure. Colin asked me
Floyd | to give you all some advice for your lives, and all I can say is:
Floyd | Don't forget to ask about the banana; and check out the beer cellar.
Floyd | There's wisdom to be found there. Goodbye!"
Floyd |
Floyd |  You open you eyes to see.....
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We usually do."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "For DW's Xyzzy page if nothing else."
		DavidW says, "I updated that page not that long ago."
		DavidW asks, "Who should we ask about the banana?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Good question."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we'll know when we see them."
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing the woman on the dance floor."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               134
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cd" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               135
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CD
Floyd |
Floyd | Best of Dieter Bohlen. Yuck!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               136
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | YOU DO NOT WANT THIS!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "HAH."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   137
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       138
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paula" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       139
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAULA
Floyd |
Floyd | Her gray and faded hair covers most of her face. She's got a beer
Floyd | bottle in her lap, but it's definitely not beer she's drinking.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beer" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       139
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anonymeuss" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       140
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANONYMEUSS
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Anonymeuss.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "for once that makes sense"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jana" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       141
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JANA
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing dark lilac stockings that go up to her knees, blue puffy
Floyd | trousers and a black pullover.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x moritz" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       142
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MORITZ
Floyd |
Floyd | Blue-white striped shirt, and 3/4 length pants. Aye.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robo" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       143
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROBO
Floyd |
Floyd | A small white robot with glowing red electronic eyes. He's walking
Floyd | around the room, flirting with the girls.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lale" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LALE
Floyd |
Floyd | She's wearing yellow tights, short jeans and a yellow top. One her
Floyd | head is a crown. She's jumping, singing, chewing her fingernails and
Floyd | drinking beer. At the same time. She's funny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CROWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x screen" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SCREEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            145
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cloak Room
Floyd | A couple of nerds are hunched in front of three laptops displaying
Floyd | only text. They seem very excited.
Floyd |
Floyd | Achim is here. He's wearing a grungy flannel shirt with a banana
Floyd | tucked into the front pocket. He's sporting a neon-yellow key chain
Floyd | that drops to his ankles without a key attached to it. A button that
Floyd | looks like a nipple is fixed to the left side of his shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Laptop #3, Laptop #2 and Laptop #1 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x banana" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            146
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a banana.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask achim about banana" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            147
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ACHIM ABOUT BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | He grabs the banana, peels it and eats it in one go. As he does so, a
Floyd | key drops from his pocket to the floor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            148
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            149
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the cellar key.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x button" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            149
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Key key key!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laptop #1" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            150
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP #1
Floyd |
Floyd | The text you can make out reads
Floyd |
Floyd | "Another routine day of drudgery aboard the Stellar Patrol Ship
Floyd | Feinstein. This morning's assignment for a certain lowly Ensign
Floyd | Seventh Class: scrubbing the filthy metal deck at the port end of
Floyd | Level Nine. With your Patrol-issue self-contained multi-purpose
Floyd | all-weather scrub brush you shine the floor with a diligence born of
Floyd | the knowledge that at any moment dreaded Ensign First Class Blather,
Floyd | the bane of your shipboard existence, could appear.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Deck Nine
Floyd | This is a featureless corridor similar to every other corridor on the
Floyd | ship. It curves away to starboard, and a gangway leads up. To port is
Floyd | the entrance to one of the ship's primary escape pods. The pod
Floyd | bulkhead is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play planetfall" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            150
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PLANETFALL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laptop #2" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            151
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP #2
Floyd |
Floyd | The text you can make out is
Floyd | "You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at
Floyd | least it would be if you could see it which you can't.
Floyd |  It is pitch black.
Floyd |  >inventory
Floyd |  You have:
Floyd |  a splitting headache
Floyd |  no tea"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play hitchhikers" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            151
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY HITCHHIKERS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x laptop #3" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            152
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LAPTOP #3
Floyd |
Floyd | The text you can make out is
Floyd |  ">x laptop #3
Floyd |  The text you can make out is
Floyd |  >x laptop #3
Floyd |  The text you can make out is
Floyd |  >x laptop #3
Floyd |  The text you can make out is"
Floyd |
Floyd | seems like your stuck in an infinite loop! You're lucky this is a game
Floyd | and not your life. Carry on, Dr. Kong!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       153
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       154
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The DJ booth is locked during cultural events.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   155
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              156
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Men's Room                                            157
Floyd ]  Exits: east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Men's Room
Floyd | Noone's in here, and I suggest you leave, too. The stench is almost
Floyd | unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              158
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              159
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cellar door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              160
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the cellar door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        161
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the cellar door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | You slowly and cautiously descend the steps that lead down to the
Floyd | cellar. With every step you take, your heartbeat accelerates and this
Floyd | unwordly music that was only a faint rumble on the ground floor is
Floyd | getting louder and more threatening. What evils will await you down
Floyd | there?
Floyd |
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        162
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You guess that this is some kind of band poster, but you cannot
Floyd | decipher the name on top of it. It's a logo consisting of oddly
Floyd | distorted and stretched white letters, overgrown with battle axes and
Floyd | thorny vines. Below the logo you can make out the writing "Bloody
Floyd | Fucking Pagan Ritual-Bortnathar's Revenge-Eastern European Tour 2010".
Floyd | This has to be the practice room of this fucked-up black metal band!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x keypad" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        163
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the keypad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open rusty door" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        163
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN RUSTY DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        164
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  EAST  up
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling like the little boy in The Shining, you step through the
Floyd | door...
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening metal door)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             165
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gray door)
Floyd | Terrified, you decide to knock on the door. Instantly, the music stops
Floyd | and you hear footsteps approaching the door. You close your eyes and
Floyd | expect to get decapitated with a battle axe.
Floyd |
Floyd |  "Oh hi! Come in! My name is Anton. Do you want some ginger tea?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You reopen your eyes. A smiling young man with frizzled hair is
Floyd | standing in front of you, beckoning you inside. Too puzzled to think,
Floyd | you step inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | There is fuzzy blue carpet everywhere. On the floor, on the walls,
Floyd | even on the ceiling. Three figures clothes in black are standing in a
Floyd | corner, gazing at their shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton, a hyperactive but very nice young man wearing a shirt
Floyd | brandishing the words "Nazi Industrial Fuck Off", is drinking some
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see pale metal guy, fat metal guy, tattooed metal guy and
Floyd | a black tape recorder (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now, how about that ginger tea?" Anton asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x anton" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             166
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ANTON
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about Anton.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pale guy" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             167
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PALE GUY
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy with absurdly white skin dressed in black wearing a t-shirt with
Floyd | an undecipherable logo. He's staring at the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton asks you "Hey, do you want to know anything about this place?
Floyd | We've been here for quite some time, you know. Just ask!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about band" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             168
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT BAND
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about cellar" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             169
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT CELLAR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about place" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             170
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PLACE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Ask about pentagram?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about practice room" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             171
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PRACTICE ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about pentagram" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             172
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PENTAGRAM
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton says "Yeah, that's weird, huh? We have no idea who put that
Floyd | there. But it sure looks cool! Maybe those two crazy girls did it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about anton" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             173
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT ANTON
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about facebook" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             174
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT FACEBOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about ginger tea" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             175
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT GINGER TEA
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, fuck, I just saw we're out of ginger tea. Sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Darnit Anton."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about get lamp" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             176
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT GET LAMP
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about paula" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             177
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PAULA
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Ask about the crazy girls?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about girls" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             178
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT GIRLS
Floyd |
Floyd | "They're pretty fucked-up." Anton pauses to think for a moment. "Have
Floyd | you seen the Shining? They look like those two creepy girls. They rent
Floyd | the practice room north of the room with the pentagram. They never
Floyd | really talk to us. Just keep to themselves and their crazy pop music."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about shining" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             179
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT SHINING
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about keypad" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             180
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | "You wanna know the code of the girls" practice room? That's easy, the
Floyd | door's lock is programmed to use the digit sum of the actual date:
Floyd | Simply add up the digits of today and type in the resulting number.
Floyd | But I would rather not in go in there - not for one million liters of
Floyd | ginger tea! Really scary, these girls!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's an odd security system."
		DavidW asks, "Game date or *our* date?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             181
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | There is fuzzy blue carpet everywhere. On the floor, on the walls,
Floyd | even on the ceiling. Three figures clothes in black are standing in a
Floyd | corner, gazing at their shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton, a hyperactive but very nice young man wearing a shirt
Floyd | brandishing the words "Nazi Industrial Fuck Off", is drinking some
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see pale metal guy, fat metal guy, tattooed metal guy and
Floyd | a black tape recorder (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I suspect game date?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x recorder" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             182
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The black tape recorder is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about date" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             183
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT DATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton looks confused. "Today is Saturday, but the date... Sorry, dude,
Floyd | no idea. I think it's already May... But you might have a look on the
Floyd | flyers lying around here, they should tell you." Arthanprank the
Floyd | Skullbreaker chimes in: "Yeah, these guys here really have cool flyers
Floyd | - although they should work a little bit on their boring fonts. You
Floyd | should check out the Volxvergnuegen flyer, they have some event going
Floyd | on tonight - and you can find todays date on it. You can also find it
Floyd | on the Web, if you are too lazy to walk up again - and if have a
Floyd | Fartroid with you. Just go to [LINK] and search
Floyd | for their May flyer."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we have a flyer."
		DavidW asks, "There was a black one somewhere, wasn't there?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        184
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the gray door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        185
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You guess that this is some kind of band poster, but you cannot
Floyd | decipher the name on top of it. It's a logo consisting of oddly
Floyd | distorted and stretched white letters, overgrown with battle axes and
Floyd | thorny vines. Below the logo you can make out the writing "Bloody
Floyd | Fucking Pagan Ritual-Bortnathar's Revenge-Eastern European Tour 2010".
Floyd | This has to be the practice room of this fucked-up black metal band!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, not that one."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              186
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   187
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              188
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entrance
Floyd | It's pretty quiet here. Nobody here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              189
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the big green door and step outside. Sitting on the pavement,
Floyd | with his back to the outer wall of Glockenbachwerkstatt is Okin
Floyd | Cznupolowsky, the world's best solo musician. He's emitting a very
Floyd | unpleasant smell. He looks out of his mind, babbling without any
Floyd | sense. "I mean, if I offended anyone, I'm sorry, but I was just trying
Floyd | to speak the truth about those faggot bitches, knowhaddimsayin? You
Floyd | know, I played this venue last Thursday, and businessmen freaked out
Floyd | over my music, my JAZZ, and drank schnapps, and now those lesbian
Floyd | faggot bitches throw me out of the club! I want to speak to the
Floyd | Geschäftsführer! Not to some bitch-ass woman!" You notice shit
Floyd | running
Floyd | down his pants and into his shoes and retreat back inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeeesh."
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Entrance                                              189
Floyd ]  Exits: north south
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | Dr. Kong in: Plan DSDS from practice space (The Volxvergnuegen
Floyd | Adventure)
Floyd | A time travel anomaly by Two Guys From The Other Bar
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 110921 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //6663A09F-3DBF-449E-9D5A-578E499788B5//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 2/090402 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Exit Lister version 10 by Eric Eve
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu goes home. 		DavidW | Samstag, 7. Mai 2011 - Lektionen in Kultur XVII: Jump in Prosa, Text … Screening “GET LAMP” von Jason
		Jacqueline says, "oh no, we lost KO"
Knight_Otu arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry, not sure what just happened."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Welcome back!"
		DavidW says, "I think the number to type in the keypad is 16 = 5 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm recapped."
		DavidW says, "Or it might be just 14 if we're just doing two-digits per time unit."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   190
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Corridor                                              191
Floyd ]  Exits: south EAST  west down
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Corridor
Floyd | A narrow corridor with doors to the restroom for women to the east and
Floyd | the restroom to the west. A door leads to the cellar below.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        192
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "type 16 on keypad" 		

Floyd ]  Pentagram Room                                        193
Floyd ]  Exits: NORTH  east up
Floyd |
Floyd | > TYPE 16 ON KEYPAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The metal door clicks open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   194
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Temple Of The Diddl
Floyd | This looks more like the room of a teenage girl than a practice room.
Floyd | The walls are plastered with posters of all the exchangable faces the
Floyd | casting shows produce. Apart from a karaoke machine and a pink
Floyd | tapedeck, there's no musical equipment here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a desk and a wooden stand (on which is an old book) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x posters" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   194
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x machine" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   195
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MACHINE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's ugly and you have no idea how to operate it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tapedeck" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   196
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TAPEDECK
Floyd |
Floyd | In the pink tapedeck is a pink tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tape" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   197
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   198
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pink with glittery pentagrams on it. You can read the words
Floyd | "Richwall Music" on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   199
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A school desk. It has a drawer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   200
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the drawer, revealing a diary.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "All that glitters is not gold."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   201
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's clad in a terrible pink hue. Some strange mouse-like monster is
Floyd | depicted on the cover. It says "Band-Tagebuch".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stand" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   202
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a finely engraved wooden stand. It's only purpose seems to be a
Floyd | supporter for the strange book that sits on top of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden stand is an old book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x old book" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   203
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OLD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A very scary book. You can make out the name "NECRONOMICON" and a
Floyd | pentagram written in blood on a pretty smelly leather cover. Is this
Floyd | the book from the movie?
Floyd |
Floyd | The tail of a very ugly pink textile mouse is hanging out of the book,
Floyd | seemingly as a bookmark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Let's read the diary first, eh?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   204
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the diary. It's written in an ancient, unholy and not
Floyd | translatable language. But strangely though, it appears to be written
Floyd | by a young girl with a heart full of butterflies and i-dots full of
Floyd | hearts. Why should a modern young girl with a light soul use such an
Floyd | ancient, heavy-weight and slow language? You don't know, but start
Floyd | reading anyway:
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the diary)
Floyd | You flip the pages randomly and arrive at page 8:
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 8 In ein paar Stunden ist es soweit. Wir haben den
Floyd | Deckel jetzt mit einer Schnur an die Schachtel mit den
Floyd | Alraunenmaennchen festgebunden, weil sie dauernd rauskommen. Sie
Floyd | scheinen richtig wuetend zu sein, die Schachtel huepft immer hoch. Die
Floyd | Leute vom Volxvergnuegen bauen gerade auf und schauen aus wie lauter
Floyd | Nerds, aber man muss das genau rausfinden. Einen Fehler duerfen wir
Floyd | nicht machen! Sie werden einen Film zeigen und wir stellen uns beim
Floyd | Klo auf. Wenn wir jemand mit Pickeln sehen, schnappt die Falle zu!
Floyd | Pickelpinkeln macht Superstars! Ich bin schon voll aufgeregt und
Floyd | Vanessa sagt, dass sie gleich in die Hosen macht, hihi."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | This day seems to be the day of the nerd event. The girls are waiting
Floyd | for their big kidnapping show (or in the toilet queue? Or for their
Floyd | pimples to disappear? It's hard to make any sense out of this.).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   205
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip the pages randomly and arrive at page 1:
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 1. Voll cool, wir schreiben jetzt Band-Tagebuch! Das
Floyd | ist der erste Eintrag. Vanessa meinte, dass unser Tagebuch dann in die
Floyd | Bravo kommt, wenn wir DSDS gewinnen. Aber da muessen wir uns richtig
Floyd | anstrengen. Die meisten da sind ja nur so Spacken und Hohlis. Die
Floyd | koennen gar nicht singen und schaun auch voll scheisse aus. Das
Floyd | Schwierige ist halt, da reinzukommen. Wenn wir erst drin sind, dann
Floyd | gewinnen wir! Das sagt Joerg auch und der ist voll cool. Der hat den
Floyd | Dieter (<3<3<3) schon mal getroffen, am Ballermann. Der Joerg verdient
Floyd | schon richtig Geld und fliegt jedes Jahr in Urlaub nach Malle.Voll
Floyd | cool! Und atzt da so richtig ab. Und da hat er den Dieter getroffen
Floyd | und mit ihm Sangria aus nem Eimer getrunken. Und der Joerg sagt, dass
Floyd | unsere Musik voll geil ist. Der hat im Urlaub auch den Juergen Drews
Floyd | kennengelernt, aber Vanessa und ich finden den doof. Wir haben jetzt
Floyd | auch nen eigenen Uebungsraum, voll im Zentrum. In der
Floyd | Glockenbachwerkstatt, da sind lauter Atzen und Hippies. Aber wir reden
Floyd | gar nicht mit denen. So Metaler ueben da auch, neben uns. Die sind
Floyd | voll doof, und die Musik ist soooo scheisse. Wir brauchen ganz viel
Floyd | Leute, die bei DSDS fuer uns stimmen. Das ist schwierig, weil uns
Floyd | keiner kennt. Die aus meiner Klasse stimmen natuerlich alle fuer uns,
Floyd | nur nicht die Karin und ihre Clique. Die Karin ist jetzt Emo und
Floyd | meint, dass sie voll cool ausschaut. Wir haben jetzt schon nen Namen,
Floyd | Postmodern Talking. Der Herr Reihertrog, der Deutschlehrer, hat uns
Floyd | den vorgeschlagen, weil wir den Dieter (<3<3<3) so toll finden.  Und
Floyd | Modern Talking war die beste Band der Welt, bevor der bloede Thomas
Floyd | Anders  sich so wichtig gemacht hat. Und seine Frau, die Nora! Der
Floyd | sieht voll schwul aus und ist jetzt sicher schon tot oder Friseur. Ich
Floyd | find den Namen auch gut, aber der die Franzi meinte, das waer doof,
Floyd | weil die Post nix taugt. Die geht bald pleite, sagt die Franzi, weil
Floyd | alle nur noch Emails schreiben und Facebooken. Uns ist das egal,
Floyd | stimmts, Vanessa? Die Vanessa hat gesagt, dass jetzt immer ich
Floyd | Tagebuch schreiben soll, weil ich so suesse Herzchen als i-Puenktchen
Floyd | mache. Aber jetzt muessen wir ueben, die Vanessa schaut total 80er
Floyd | aus, mit nem Zopf und so lila Socken."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | It seems this German text is a diary written by young girls who have a
Floyd | band covering Modern Talking songs and who want to win a super talent
Floyd | show. They have their practice room in this house next to a black
Floyd | metal band - that's all what you can make out of this confused
Floyd | girly-girly talk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I guess it's random pages unless I specify."
		Jacqueline says, "It said you could specify page 1, then just say next next next"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   205
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to read that in?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   206
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 2. Hurra! Wir sind bei der Abstimmung dabei. Gestern
Floyd | haben wir nen Brief bekommen, mit nem Foto von Dieter (<3<3<3), dass
Floyd | wir bei der Vorauswahl von DSDS dabei sind. Da sind nur Spacken, die
Floyd | da auftreten. Aber wenn die ihre Spackenfreunde mitbringen, dann
Floyd | gewinnen wir nicht, weil die in unserer Klasse uns nicht mehr moegen.
Floyd | Die sind jetzt alle voll Emo und finden uns doof. Nur die Frau
Floyd | Wurstbier sagt, dass wir weitermachen sollen, und dass man positiv
Floyd | denken soll. Und der Herr Reihertrog. Ich glaub, dass der in mich
Floyd | verliebt ist, der schaut mich immer so komisch an. Wenn ich den Dieter
Floyd | (<3<3<3) in echt sehe, dann falle ich glaube ich tot um. Wenn der mit
Floyd | mir sprechen wuerde, dann wuerde ich total rot werden. Ich find den
Floyd | total suess, wie der ausschaut, und wie der auch so voll fies sein
Floyd | kann. You are my heart, you are my soul, Dieter (<3<3<3)! Wenn der zu
Floyd | uns so fies waere, dann muesste ich weinen. Das waere mir egal, ob das
Floyd | im Fernsehen waere. Aber ist er sicher nicht, weil wenn der unsere
Floyd | Version von You are my heart, you are my soul hoert, dann flippt der
Floyd | sicher voll aus. Aber wir brauchen halt echte Fans, die fuer uns
Floyd | stimmen! Am 1. Sonntag im Juni ist die Abstimmung, dann sehe ich
Floyd | Dieter. (<3<3<3)"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | It seems this page of the text says nothing meaningful at all. Lots of
Floyd | hearts though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   206
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For general instructions, please look up the Play IF card that came in
Floyd | your package or your virtual folder. For now, let's just say that TALK
Floyd | TO someone does not work in this game. The only way to verbally
Floyd | interact with people in this lousy little game is to ASK someone ABOUT
Floyd | something.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game uses the exit lister extension by Eric Eve, thank you! You
Floyd | see all the available exits in the status bar. Places you have not yet
Floyd | visited are CAPITALIZED, places you already went to not.
Floyd |
Floyd | At one point in the game, you will encounter a diary written in
Floyd | German. DON'T PANIC! There's a short summary at the bottom of every
Floyd | page you read in the diary. Here's how it works with the diary: READ
Floyd | page IN DIARY, for example you could type "read page 6 in diary" and
Floyd | would get page six. Another possible way is writing "read page 1 in
Floyd | diary" and then "read next page in diary" until you reach the end. So
Floyd | here's the flaw. You cannot READ anything apart from the diary in this
Floyd | game, even though you will encounter writing in several places.
Floyd | EXAMINE it instead, please.
Floyd |
Floyd | At another point in the game, you will have to type a code on a
Floyd | keypad. TYPE number ON KEYPAD will do.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cheers!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That heart and soul business was what the DJ was playing, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   207
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 3. Total geil, gestern war Fotoshooting. Der Fotograf
Floyd | war total cool, der hat uns mit so nem grossen BMW abgeholt, voll
Floyd | porno. Die Karin und ihre Clique habens genau gesehen, aber extra
Floyd | weggeguckt. Aber wenn wir dann mit den Fotos in der Bravo sind, dann
Floyd | koennen sie gar nicht weggucken. Der Fotograf hat auch gemeint, dass
Floyd | unsere Musik voll geil waere, und will mal mit mir zum Essen gehen.
Floyd | Die Vanessa hat gestern bei den Super- News so nen Bericht ueber ein
Floyd | Buch gesehen, dass alle gerade lesen. Das heisst Necronomicon, und sie
Floyd | hats gleich beim Weltbild gekauft. Ich finde so alte Buecher bloed,
Floyd | eigentlich les ich eh nie. Aber beim Weltbild gab es letztes Jahr das
Floyd | Superstars-Buch mit total suessen Fotos. Und naechstes Jahr sind
Floyd | unsere Fotos drinnen: Vanessa Nockenpfohl und Baby Beethoven sind
Floyd | Postmodern Talking - die heissesten Fotos der Superstars 2011! (Die
Floyd | Vanessa will keinen Kuenstlernamen, das find ich voll doof. Alle
Floyd | echten Kuenstler haben Kuenstlernamen!) In dem Necronomicon steht
Floyd | naemlich, wie man beruehmt wird. Da gibt's ein Kapitel, das heisst
Floyd | "Von denen Hirnfressern und wie man Macht gewuennet". Das ist total
Floyd | alt das Buch, so ganz komisch geschrieben. Aber da steht, wenn man
Floyd | eine Beschwoerung macht, dann kann man Zombies aufwecken. Und die tun
Floyd | dann, was man will. Die schauen aus wie Menschen, sind aber keine.
Floyd | Aber wenn wir die zur Abstimmung mitnehmen, dann stimmen die alle fuer
Floyd | uns und wir sind Gewinner bei DSDS. Heute ueben wir Cheri, Cheri Lady!
Floyd | Das ist sooooo toll!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | You have the impression these girls are daydreaming without pause.
Floyd | Apart from going on and on about becoming this years' super talents,
Floyd | they claim to have found an old magick tome, "The Necronomicon", which
Floyd | contains a chapter on how to conjure Zombies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

Floyd ]  Temple Of The Diddl                                   208
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 4. Die Karin hat uns jetzt ne Idee gegeben! Wenn die
Floyd | wuesste, dass wir mit ihrer Idee DSDS gewinnen, dann wuerde die voll
Floyd | schwarz werden vor Wut. Aber die ist ja schon schwarz. Gestern in der
Floyd | Schule hatte sie das ganze Gesicht schwarz geschminkt, wie ein Neger.
Floyd | Die Karin hat gesagt, dass unter der Glockenbachwerkstatt ein total
Floyd | alter Indianerfriedhof ist. Die Mutter von der Karin ist naemlich mit
Floyd | Willy Michl und Pierre Briece befreundet, hat die Karin gesagt.
Floyd | Frueher hat die Karin auch immer die Winnetou-Bilder gesammelt. Die
Floyd | Mutter von der Karin findet den Style von der Karin auch voll
Floyd | scheisse. Die Karin schaut aus wie ne fette Koksnutte, sagt sie immer.
Floyd | Dabei ist die Mutter selber voll fett und man sieht immer die
Floyd | Speckfalten, die ihr der BH ins Fleisch schneidet. Ausserdem schauen
Floyd | Koksnutten anders aus, sagt der Joerg auch. Im Necronomicon steht
Floyd | naemlich, dass man die Beschwoerung auf nem Friedhof machen muss. Und
Floyd | jetzt haben wir den Friedhof, direkt unter dem Uebungsraum. Cheri,
Floyd | cheri Lady sitzt noch nicht so richtig, wir versingen uns immer. Am
Floyd | Samstag habe ich so nen Typen in der Disco kennengelernt, der meinte
Floyd | er waer der coolste. Mit Sonnenbrille, voll Porno. Der hat gesagt, er
Floyd | haette ne Plattenfirma, wo wir unsere CD machen koennen, und hat mir
Floyd | dabei immer auf den Hintern gehauen. Aber wenn wir bei den Superstars
Floyd | gewinnen, brauchen wir keine Plattenfirma, das macht dann der Dieter
Floyd | (<3<3<3) alles fuer uns. Ausserdem hatte der Sonnenbrillentyp
Floyd | Turnschuhe von Adidas an. Der lebt hinter dem Mond und denkt, dass er
Floyd | mich mit seiner Plattenfirma rumkriegen kann. Nichtmal die Karin hat
Floyd | Adidas-Turnschuhe! Ich hab dann noch ein bisschen geknutscht mit ihm,
Floyd | aber dann wollte er mir keinen Wodka-Bull mehr kaufen. Jetzt brauchen
Floyd | wir eine Jungfrau! Im Necronomicon steht, dass man bei der
Floyd | Beschwoerung eine nackte Jungfrau braucht. Aber das kann auch ein Mann
Floyd | sein. Also ein Jungmann, haha. Man muss die Jungfrau dann fesseln, auf
Floyd | den Ruecken auf den Boden legen, und den Mund voll mit Alraunen
Floyd | stopfen. Dann die Musik (voll geil, da war gleich son Downloadlink im
Floyd | Necronomicon! Haben wir gleich runtergeladen und auf die pinke
Floyd | Kassette gespielt.) und dann stehen die Zombies auf. Die Karin hat mir
Floyd | gesagt, wo Alraunen wachsen. Das kann ich hier aber nicht
Floyd | hinschreiben, hihihi. Schade, dass hier kein Galgen in der Naehe ist.
Floyd | Die Vanessa hat sich voll geekelt und gesagt, dass sie gleich kotzen
Floyd | muss."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | The two girls want to cast a spell of The Necronomicon in order to
Floyd | summon Zombies (Willy Michl? Pierre Briece? It's all very
Floyd | confusing...), who would vote for the girls' band in the super talent
Floyd | contest. They need a virgin though... And mandragore. And special
Floyd | music, which they already put on the pink tape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 5. In den Nachrichten steht, dass der Dieter (<3<3)
Floyd | jetzt verliebt ist. Vanessa und ich glauben das aber nicht. Es war ja
Floyd | auch kein Foto dabei. Und wenn der uns sieht... Wenn ich an den Dieter
Floyd | (<3<3<3) denke, dann kribbelts mir immer so, wie wenn man im Winter
Floyd | draussen pinkeln tut. Ich hab mal seinen Namen in den Schnee
Floyd | gepinkelt, aber dann hab ich mir auch auf die Schuhe gepinkelt. Der
Floyd | Joerg hat mich dann auch ins Krankenhaus begleitet, das war so eine
Floyd | Flatrate-Party. Da hab ich mich schon geschaemt nachher. Die Karin ist
Floyd | voll doof, aber die gibt uns immer total gute Infos. Sie hat jetzt
Floyd | Hausarrest, weil sie mit einer Sicherheitsnadel durch die Nase in die
Floyd | Schule gegangen ist. Ich musste ihr die Hausi bringen, hat der Herr
Floyd | Reihertrog gesagt. Bei ihr daheim ist es total ungemuetlich, ihr
Floyd | Zimmer ist ganz schwarz gestrichen, und auf dem Boden liegen ueberall
Floyd | Reissnaegel. Moebel hat sie gar keine, auch kein Bett, weil sie nie
Floyd | schlafen kann, sagt sie. Aber sie ist jetzt kein Emo mehr, sagt sie,
Floyd | sie macht jetzt beim Volxvergnuegen mit. Da sind total coole Leute,
Floyd | sagt sie, so Kuenstler und politisch, aber voll cool. Ich hab schon
Floyd | gedacht, sie sagt gar nichts Interessantes mehr, aber dann hat sie mir
Floyd | den Flyer von der naechsten Veranstaltung gezeigt. Der ist total doof,
Floyd | und ich haette gar nicht gecheckt, dass das ein Flyer ist. Sie hat
Floyd | gesagt, dass da so Computerspiele gezeigt werden, aber nur mit Text.
Floyd | Ich hab erstmal gar nichts gecheckt, weil Computerspiele nur mit Text,
Floyd | das ist doch wie nen Film auf Englisch anschauen. Also irgendwie
Floyd | langweilig. Aber sie hat gesagt, dass das den Leuten Spass macht, und
Floyd | da kommen lauter so picklige Nerds, das sind Leute, die noch nie Sex
Floyd | gehabt haetten, weil sie so schuechtern sind und immer nur
Floyd | Computerspiele machen. Ich hab zwar nix gecheckt, aber natuerlich
Floyd | gleich ans Necronomicon denken muessen, und die Karin gefragt, ob das
Floyd | wirklich stimmt, dass die noch nie Sex hatten. Ja, hat die Karin
Floyd | gesagt, das weiss sie genau, weil sie wahrscheinlich mit dem Chef vom
Floyd | Volxvergnuegen zusammen ist, und der ist voll cool und hat das auch
Floyd | gesagt. Der ist schon ueber 30 und total schlau, hat die Karin gesagt.
Floyd | Wieso sie wahrscheinlich mit dem zusammen ist, hab ich dann nicht mehr
Floyd | gefragt, weil die Karin dann ploetzlich hat weinen muessen und ich bin
Floyd | dann heimgegangen."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | Boring stories about drunken girly misbehaviour. But these girls now
Floyd | seem to have a bright idea: At the next Volxvergnuegen event a lot of
Floyd | nerds will come, because it is an evening about text computer games.
Floyd | They are sure that they will find a virgin among the audience.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "For the record, nerds do get laid."
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed they do."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 6. Wir haben einen Plan. Genauer gesagt, zwei Plaene.
Floyd | Wir spielen naemlich Brother Louie, Louie auch noch. Das ist der eine
Floyd | Plan. Und ausserdem entfuehren wir einen pickligen Nerd. Wir haben
Floyd | schon ganz viele Alraunen gekauft, die gab es beim Lidl im Angebot.
Floyd | Wenn man nicht weiss, wo die wachsen, sind die gar nicht so eklig. Die
Floyd | Vanessa hat sich eine genommen und ganz lange angefasst. Ganz komisch
Floyd | geguckt hat sie dabei und gesagt, dass sie aussieht wie ein kleines
Floyd | Maennchen. Wie ein kleines nacktes Maennchen. Da haben wir total
Floyd | kichern muessen. Ich glaube, wir muessen aufhoeren mit dem Kichern,
Floyd | als Superstar geht das nicht mehr. Aber wenn sie dann auf den kleinen
Floyd | Alraunenpimmel gedrueckt hat, hab ich wieder kichern muessen. Die
Floyd | Alraunen sind jetzt in einer Schachtel bei mir im Zimmer, aber ich hab
Floyd | jetzt einen Deckel drauf gemacht. Weil ich so komische Traeume hatte,
Floyd | dass die kleinen nackten Alraunenmaennchen alle nachts in mein Bett
Floyd | gekrochen sind. Und die waren ganz kalt und rau und haben mit ihren
Floyd | fiepsigen Stimmchen Cheri, Cheri Lady gesungen. Vielleicht ist das ja
Floyd | ein gutes Vorzeichen, aber kuessen wollte ich die nicht, nicht mal im
Floyd | Traum. Uebermorgen ist das Nerd-Event, hat die Karin gesagt. Sie hat
Floyd | jetzt ihre Fingernaegel wegoperiern lassen und sagt, dass der
Floyd | Volxvergnuegenchef total suess ist. Naja, den koennen wir vergessen
Floyd | als Opfer. Wenn wir dann die Zombies haben, muessen wir nochmal eine
Floyd | Beschwoerung machen. Das haben wir am Anfang nicht gecheckt, aber
Floyd | jetzt haben wir das Kapitel nochmal gelesen. Man muss die Zombies
Floyd | trainieren, wie im Fitness-Studio. Die muessen bei einer Beschwoerung
Floyd | alle unsere Lieder hoeren. Aber wo bekommen wir so viele Zombies her?
Floyd | Heute war ein Foto von Dieters (<3) Freundin in den Nachrichten, aber
Floyd | die hat total schiefe Zaehne. Ich glaube nicht, dass der Dieter (<3)
Floyd | die lieben tut. Wenn der mit mir im Studio ist, ganz allein...Aber ich
Floyd | darf jetzt nicht traeumen!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | The girls bought mandragore - looking like little naked men. They need
Floyd | it for the magick spell to summon Zombies. And they will kidnap one of
Floyd | the nerds visiting the next event - because they need a virgin for the
Floyd | spell. Something about Dieter's girlfriend's teeth and hearts sums up
Floyd | this day's diary entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Jeez. At least you guys don't understand the German."
		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "Elaborate?"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "I've been ignoring the German parts."
		Jacqueline says, "Same"
		Jacqueline says, "Though I've been curious."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm trying to, but sometimes I can't."
		DavidW asks, "I'm assuming mandragore is another name for mandrake?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 7. Jeden Tag ein neuer Plan. Und ein neuer Traum,
Floyd | pfuiteufel. In dieser Nacht haben die Alraunenmaennchen ein
Floyd | Zirkuskunstueck gemacht, sie haben sich zu einem Turm augfestellt,
Floyd | eins auf das andere. Aber der Turm war eigentlich ein Galgen und an
Floyd | dem hing Karins Mutter. Sie hat dann ganz komisch gezuckt und aus
Floyd | ihrem Mund ist Schaum gekommen. Am Morgen habe ich den Schaum ganz
Floyd | schnell aufgewischt, bevor Mama ihn sehen konnte. Die Schachtel mit
Floyd | den Alraunenmaennchen habe ich heute in den Uebungsraum gebracht, sie
Floyd | hat die ganze Zeit in meinen Haenden so komisch gezuckt. Ich glaube,
Floyd | dass die echt lebendig sind, und auch Vanessa wollte die gar nicht
Floyd | mehr anfassen. Der Plan ist, dass wir ne Party machen. Aber viel
Floyd | cooler! Die Karin sagt, dass beim Volxvergnuegen auch Parties sind,
Floyd | und dass da die Nerds immer alles aufbauen und abbauen. Und nichtmal
Floyd | Geld dabei verdienen, sagt die Karin. Die Karin hat sich jetzt so
Floyd | komische Loecher in die Backen geschnitten, da blaest sie immer den
Floyd | Zigarrenrauch raus, das schaut total komisch aus. Und wenn sie lacht,
Floyd | dann tut es immer bluten, aber sie lacht ja nie. Genau, die Nerds
Floyd | bauen die Party auf, und wir spielen dann die Musik. Die Karin hat
Floyd | gesagt, dass das geht, weil der Chef vom Volxvergnuegen voll nett ist.
Floyd | Wenn ein Zombie einen Menschen beisst und sein Gehirn frisst, dann
Floyd | wird der Mensch auch ein Zombie, hat die Vanessa im Necronomicon
Floyd | gelesen. Wir machen aus dem Nerd, den wir morgen entfuehren, einen
Floyd | Zombie und halten ihn im Keller gefangen. Er kriegt immer unsere Musik
Floyd | und muss nackt in der Zelle sitzen. Die Vanessa hat schon Chloroform
Floyd | gekauft und die Alraunenmaennchen zischen die ganze Zeit, waehrend ich
Floyd | das schreibe. Vorhin hat die Vanessa den Deckel von der Schachtel
Floyd | aufgemacht und wir haben voll kichern muessen, weil die
Floyd | Alraunenmaennchen total erregt waren. Aber irgendwie ist das auch
Floyd | unheimlich. In einem Monat ist die Party, und dann lassen wir den
Floyd | Zombie raus. Er beisst die Leute und alle werden Zombies, und dann
Floyd | haben wir unseren Auftritt, der eigentlich eine Beschwoerung ist. Und
Floyd | am Tag danach ist die Abstimmung von DSDS! Und dann stimmen alle
Floyd | Zombies fuer uns, und der Dieter (<3<3<3) wird seine Freundin
Floyd | verlassen. Ich hab mir schon ein neues Parfum beim Kick gekauft, das
Floyd | schaut voll Porno aus, so mit so nem Mann und so ner Frau drauf, die
Floyd | es gerade machen. Aber in schwarzweiss, nicht so billig."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | The mandragore men seem to be invading the girls' dreams in a more
Floyd | unpleasant way. A girl named Karin has cut holes in her cheeks,
Floyd | because she loves the boss of Volxvergnuegen (or because she wants to
Floyd | smoke through her cheeks). The plan is to kidnap a nerd, use him as a
Floyd | virgin for the spell to create a Zombie, who will then one month later
Floyd | infect party guests. They, being now Zombies themselves, will vote for
Floyd | the girls in the super talent show. Sounds pretty plausible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Game), "Seriously?"
		DavidW says, "So much effort for so little gain."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You read: "Tag 8 In ein paar Stunden ist es soweit. Wir haben den
Floyd | Deckel jetzt mit einer Schnur an die Schachtel mit den
Floyd | Alraunenmaennchen festgebunden, weil sie dauernd rauskommen. Sie
Floyd | scheinen richtig wuetend zu sein, die Schachtel huepft immer hoch. Die
Floyd | Leute vom Volxvergnuegen bauen gerade auf und schauen aus wie lauter
Floyd | Nerds, aber man muss das genau rausfinden. Einen Fehler duerfen wir
Floyd | nicht machen! Sie werden einen Film zeigen und wir stellen uns beim
Floyd | Klo auf. Wenn wir jemand mit Pickeln sehen, schnappt die Falle zu!
Floyd | Pickelpinkeln macht Superstars! Ich bin schon voll aufgeregt und
Floyd | Vanessa sagt, dass sie gleich in die Hosen macht, hihi."
Floyd |
Floyd | Congratulations to your patience in enduring this strange character
Floyd | sequence to the end. This is what you make out it could mean in a
Floyd | civilized language:
Floyd | This day seems to be the day of the nerd event. The girls are waiting
Floyd | for their big kidnapping show (or in the toilet queue? Or for their
Floyd | pimples to disappear? It's hard to make any sense out of this.).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, our friend that texted us from the dungeon -- that's their kidnapping victim."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read next page in diary" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NEXT PAGE IN DIARY
Floyd |
Floyd | There are only eight pages in the diary, the rest is blank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x old book" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X OLD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | A very scary book. You can make out the name "NECRONOMICON" and a
Floyd | pentagram written in blood on a pretty smelly leather cover. Is this
Floyd | the book from the movie?
Floyd |
Floyd | The tail of a very ugly pink textile mouse is hanging out of the book,
Floyd | seemingly as a bookmark.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mouse" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open old book" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OLD BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | Some otherwordly power is keeping it shut. Tough luck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tail" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TAIL
Floyd |
Floyd | It won't budge. And you don't want it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Did we see any obvious way of reversing the zombie stuff?"
		Jacqueline says, "I... I don't think so."
		DavidW asks, "We have a pink tape and the the metal band has a tape player. Try them together?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the gray door, you hear muffled voices arguing. As it seems,
Floyd | the black metal band wanted to record a demo tape this evening, but
Floyd | Arthanprank The Skullbreaker, one of the black metal dudes, forgot to
Floyd | bring a tape. He's defending himself: "Look guys, I really wanted to
Floyd | bring the tape, but I forgot my little sister's birthday, so I
Floyd | recorded her a tape from this new black metal band, Princess
Floyd | Lilyfist...I'm really sorry."
Floyd |
Floyd | Pentagram Room
Floyd | Red light from a worn lamp on the southern wall sheds a bloody glow
Floyd | over this room. A pentagram has been drawn on the floor and candles
Floyd | have been placed wherever two lines meet. A rusty metal door is in the
Floyd | northern wall, with a keypad beside it. A gray door leads east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a black poster here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | There is fuzzy blue carpet everywhere. On the floor, on the walls,
Floyd | even on the ceiling. Three figures clothes in black are standing in a
Floyd | corner, gazing at their shoes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton, a hyperactive but very nice young man wearing a shirt
Floyd | brandishing the words "Nazi Industrial Fuck Off", is drinking some
Floyd | tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see pale metal guy, fat metal guy, tattooed metal guy and
Floyd | a black tape recorder (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Slowly, your brain starts to work. Are you really the famous Dr. Kong,
Floyd | known all over the world for his brilliant wit and unrivalled
Floyd | intelligence, or are you just some dumb text adventure geek sitting in
Floyd | front of a computer terminal? Anyhow, your brain came to the following
Floyd | conclusion: Those crazy girls have their ritual music on a pink tape.
Floyd | If you'd manage to record some other music on that tape, the ritual
Floyd | must fail! That's it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pink tape in recorder" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PINK TAPE IN RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pink tape into the black tape recorder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on recorder" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Anton asks you "Hey, do you want to know anything about this place?
Floyd | We've been here for quite some time, you know. Just ask!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pink tape" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PINK TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give it to anton" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GIVE IT TO ANTON
Floyd |
Floyd | Just put it in the recorder and ask Anton about it. And no funny stuff
Floyd | with the recorder!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put it in recorder" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT IT IN RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pink tape into the black tape recorder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about pink tape" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT PINK TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about recorder" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT RECORDER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask anton about tape" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ANTON ABOUT TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | You tell the guys that you found a tape. "Wow!", says Anton, "Now we
Floyd | can record our demo! Awesome!" Immediately, the band members grab
Floyd | their instruments and start recording a song, from start to finish,
Floyd | first take. At least that's what they say when you come back to the
Floyd | practice room, it was just too loud. You take the tape and promise to
Floyd | make a copy for the band.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "er, so we put this back in the desk drawer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pink tape
Floyd |   a diary
Floyd |   a cellar key
Floyd |   a cartier lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a ticket
Floyd |   a pack of fags (open)
Floyd |     a folded poem
Floyd |     sixteen cigarettes
Floyd |   a sticker
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a red flyer
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I would gueess so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pink tape" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X PINK TAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's pink with glittery pentagrams on it. You can read the words
Floyd | "Richwall Music" on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "or wait. the diary was in the drawer. the tape was just on the desk, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You freeze in your steps. Two scary looking girls dressed in glittery
Floyd | pink stand before you, their eyes bloodshot and evil. "Thank you for
Floyd | returning that tape, bitch!", the one with the braids and the purple
Floyd | socks says. She must be Vanessa. She takes the pink tape out of your
Floyd | hands and feeds it into the tapedeck the girls have brought here for
Floyd | the occasion. All the candles are lit. The other girl hits you with a
Floyd | karaoke microphone and you stumble to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The time has finally come," Vanessa shouts, "for us to complete the
Floyd | ritual and win DSDS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The other girl removes a huge board from the eastern wall, revealing a
Floyd | black iron door with bars! She unlocks the door with a rusty key,
Floyd | opens it, and out stumbles your internet friend, mandy95, completely
Floyd | naked, looking miserable. Why didn't you see this?!? You could have
Floyd | freed him! The two girls throw him to the floor, tie him up with pink
Floyd | ribbons and feed him with mandrake roots. You feel paralyzed from the
Floyd | stench emanating from those disgusting roots.
Floyd |
Floyd | You just hope your trick with the black metal music will work,
Floyd | otherwise all is lost.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now Jennifer takes the Necronomicon, says "Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke",
Floyd | and the evil book opens. She reads some sinister sounding ritualistic
Floyd | poems you don't really understand. All you can discern is "Azatoth
Floyd | Cznupolowski, gulli gulli ramsamsam", which makes the red lamp
Floyd | explode. Only the ritual candles give off light now, light and putrid
Floyd | smoke.
Floyd |
Floyd | "And now...the music!", Vanessa says, almost chanting, handing the
Floyd | tape over to her accomplice, who puts it into the tapedeck. You close
Floyd | your eyes. And clench your fists.
Floyd |
Floyd | As the play button on the tapedeck is pressed, hordes of completely
Floyd | braindead nordic emperors invade your ear canals! You hear a hoarse
Floyd | voice screaming "Blashyrk Mighty Ravendark!", and as the nordic riders
Floyd | charge forward to enter the burning castle, the music stops. you open
Floyd | your eyes again...
Floyd |
Floyd | The two girls lie on the floor unconscious. You shake them, and they
Floyd | slowly open their eyes, but they cannot remeber what has just
Floyd | happened.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you untie your friend and remove the roots from his mouth, he
Floyd | whispers, "Kong...you did it...you have defeated the Diddl Girls...the
Floyd | world is saved..." he stands up, picks up the rusty key from the floor
Floyd | and hands it to you. "But Kong, it's not over yet...You see...if i
Floyd | don't stay locked up in this cellar room for another month, i will not
Floyd | be able to send you that facebook message you received, and you will
Floyd | not be able to travel back in time to save me! So you have to lock me
Floyd | in again...no, Kong, don't look at me that way, you know I'm right.
Floyd | Don't worry about me, i have enough mandrake roots to feed on." He
Floyd | enters his cell.Reluctantly, you close the door and lock it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Goodbye, Kong, we will meet again", mandy95 says, and you wave him
Floyd | goodbye as you cast xyzzy again, which by miraculous ways seems to be
Floyd | working again, and through a maelstrom of lights and smells, are
Floyd | carried back into the future.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now you're back at the party. In the bar. It's 3 am, everybody is
Floyd | having a good time. The music is great, ghood really rocks the crowd.
Floyd |
Floyd | You meet Fabi, who's looking remarkably good, arm in arm with a girl
Floyd | called Karin, although she has no arms anymore, she's had them removed
Floyd | as the ultimate body modification. They both seem very happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're dancing all through the night, and when the sun rises, you
Floyd | decide it's time to call it a day.
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab a fortune cookie from the bar counter, wave back at Dan, and
Floyd | step outside in the gentle morning sun.
Floyd |
Floyd | You unpack the fortune cookie and eat it. Yes, Dr. Kong, you've done
Floyd | it again. Saved the world from the impending demise AND had a terrific
Floyd | time. But wait....
Floyd |
Floyd | What's written on the strip of paper from the fortune cookie? "Help!
Floyd | I'm locked in a fortune cookie factory! Help me, Dr. Kong!"
Floyd |
Floyd | It's signed by mandy95. That guy is just looking for trouble. Well, it
Floyd | looks like there's a new job for Dr. Kong, hipster, trickster, private
Floyd | eye. But not before you get some sleep.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | TO BE CONTINUED...
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 | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well then."
		DavidW says, "I found these games by searching for "fortune cookie" in IFDB."
		Knight_Otu says, "That fortune cookie took its time then."
		DavidW says, "That's in the 2nd game in the series."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, I thought this one was the first?"
		DavidW says, "This is the first game."
		Jacqueline says, "I uploaded the other one, too, but suggest we do it next week."
		DavidW says, "agreed"
		DavidW says, "That was a weird one."
		wordsmith exclaims, "Very!"
		Knight_Otu says, "As long as there are no German teeny diaries."
		Jacqueline says, "It was.. very German, I thouhgt."
		Jacqueline says, "Thought, even."
		DavidW says, "Most of us were spared knowing what the diaries actually said."
		Knight_Otu says, "Be glad. :p"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Tell us!"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, a summary, I mean."
		Roger says, "inquiring minds"
		DavidW says, "Well, first a rose blossomed. Then a famous guy's tattoo was licked off in a fever dream..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Teenager drama, lovedy gushing about Dieter Bohlen (who is a real person, and on the jury panel of DSDS), anger about his then girlfriend, giggling about naked mandrake people..."
		DavidW says, "Fish swam upstream and the cap from a can of whipped cream popped off."
		DavidW says, "oh dear. Writing about real people is always a bit problematic."
		Knight_Otu says, "It *is* common around here to joke about him and his music, but yeah."
		DavidW asks, "I'm guessing the then girlfriend was a Yoko Ono type, then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm honestly not sure. The diary writer obviously didn't like the idea that Bohlen was taken."
		DavidW says, "ah. So it didn't much matter to them who she was, just that she was in the picture."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. There was some talk that her teeth weren't straight in the diary, too, "so obviously it couldn't be love"."
		Knight_Otu says, "Paraphrased, but that is the gist."
		DavidW says, "oh geez"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I'm done summarising the diary."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I think we get it now."
		DavidW says, "thanks"
		Knight_Otu says, "Crazy game."
		DavidW says, "I wonder what would've happened if, once we found the key to the cellar door, we just returned to present day with 'xyzzy' and tried the cellar while there's zombies everywhere."
		Knight_Otu says, "It might be a one-way trip."
		DavidW says, "yeah, that's most likely."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably. Only one way to know."
		DavidW says, "I can't remember where in the game I did the save."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think either before the XYZZY, or the cellar door?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Black Metal Practice Room                             228
Floyd ]  Exits: west
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Metal Practice Room
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > RESTORE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to read:
Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           132
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           133
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a cartier lighter (providing light)
Floyd |   a ticket
Floyd |   a blue flyer
Floyd |   a pack of fags (open)
Floyd |     a folded poem
Floyd |     sixteen cigarettes
Floyd |   a sticker
Floyd |   some money
Floyd |   a fartroid smartphone
Floyd |   a tattered shoulder-bag (being worn and open)
Floyd |     a red flyer
Floyd |   an apple
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. Never used the apple or sticker anywhere."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           134
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You get all fuzzy and the room seems to circle around you; for a short
Floyd | moment, you are reminded of the last time you took LSD...when you feel
Floyd | normal again....you hear someone's voice from afar:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thanks everybody for having me, it's been a pleasure. Colin asked me
Floyd | to give you all some advice for your lives, and all I can say is:
Floyd | Don't forget to ask about the banana; and check out the beer cellar.
Floyd | There's wisdom to be found there. Goodbye!"
Floyd |
Floyd |  You open you eyes to see.....
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               135
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   136
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       137
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            138
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cloak Room
Floyd | A couple of nerds are hunched in front of three laptops displaying
Floyd | only text. They seem very excited.
Floyd |
Floyd | Achim is here. He's wearing a grungy flannel shirt with a banana
Floyd | tucked into the front pocket. He's sporting a neon-yellow key chain
Floyd | that drops to his ankles without a key attached to it. A button that
Floyd | looks like a nipple is fixed to the left side of his shirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Laptop #3, Laptop #2 and Laptop #1 here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask achim about banana" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            139
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK ACHIM ABOUT BANANA
Floyd |
Floyd | He grabs the banana, peels it and eats it in one go. As he does so, a
Floyd | key drops from his pocket to the floor!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            140
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Cloak Room                                            141
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | Hm...it doesn't seem to work...yet....
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  The Dance Floor                                       142
Floyd ]  Exits: north east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Dance Floor
Floyd | Rows of chairs are lined up in front of a projection screen . A video
Floyd | beamer is projecting a skype startup screen. Cool people are hanging
Floyd | out, chatting, laughing. The walls are covered in words scribbled on
Floyd | black paper. You can make out the words "GET LAMP", "WHAT IS A GRUE"
Floyd | and "OH BOY! ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS NOW?".
Floyd |
Floyd | Paula is here. She is wearing a blue wig and black-and-white striped
Floyd | espandrillos.
Floyd |
Floyd | A guy who calls himself Anonymeuss is here. His eyes are hidden behind
Floyd | a black bar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see Jana, Moritz, Robo and Lale here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bar                                                   143
Floyd ]  Exits: north south east west
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bar
Floyd | It's pretty deserted here. You can hear voices from the dance floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               144
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               145
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           146
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Beer Cellar
Floyd | A small room with empty shelves on all sides except to the south,
Floyd | where the room leads back to the kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a case of beer (empty) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Beer Cellar                                           147
Floyd ]  Exits: south
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen                                               148
Floyd ]  Exits: north east
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Everything is neat and tidy here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a CD here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yeah, you're right. One-way trip."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, see, I was thinking that there was the possibility that we'd come back but immediately be attacked and killed."
		Knight_Otu says, "So it seems. And the "Not yet" message would then have come up if we tried it beforehand."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, me too"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "I should log off now. Good night!"
Knight_Otu goes home. 		DavidW says, "thanks everyone for the game."
		



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone by Ryan Veeder
As played on ifMUD on January 12, 2020

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 Additional Tales from Castle Balderstone written by Ryan Veeder. This game is a sequel, another in a series of anthologies of terror by Ryan Veeder, released as part of the 2019 ECTOCOMP, in which it took third place in Le Grand Guignol. 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 (to Floyd), "load sleepmask balderstone2" 		

Floyd | > ]  Lounge
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Good evening. My name is Ryan Veeder. It is my great pleasure, in this
Floyd | festive and frightening season, to welcome you once again to Castle
Floyd | Balderstone: America's legendary hotbed of horror, a treasure trove of
Floyd | the morose, macabre, and monstrous. Its crooked pinnacles continue to
Floyd | slash blasphemously against ever-present clouds; its grim silhouette
Floyd | is still a stain of absolute blackness in the midst of a black sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | This year, as they did last year—as they do every year—the greatest
Floyd | spookcrafters working in the English language have assembled in Castle
Floyd | Balderstone's drafty halls to test their latest material on the only
Floyd | audience possessed of hearts so inured to terror as to withstand the
Floyd | absolute scariest stories—each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tonight, once again, you are my plus-one to this wedding of the weird
Floyd | and the wicked.
Floyd |
Floyd | As we ascend again the winding stairs of Castle Balderstone, the wind
Floyd | outside howls in warning, and the temperature drops until your teeth
Floyd | chatter in the cold—or is it in recollection of the horrors you
Floyd | witnessed here one year ago?
Floyd |
Floyd | We trudge again through antique galleries, across musty hallways, and
Floyd | down forgotten corridors. The occasional window offers no view of a
Floyd | friendly outside world, but of walls, towers, and perilously pitched
Floyd | roofs, confirming what your aching legs and ragged breath have already
Floyd | predicted: that the labyrinthine architecture of Castle Balderstone is
Floyd | one you can never hope to escape. Nevertheless we continue on, through
Floyd | another creaking door...
Floyd |
Floyd | ...And into a warm sitting-room, where velvet couches sit in a circle
Floyd | near a roaring fire. The walls are lined with bookshelves, stacked
Floyd | with titles you recognize as those you have never been brave enough to
Floyd | read. You recognize the occupants of the couches, as well:
Floyd | murder-mongers, evil-experts, ghost-gurus, monster-maestros,
Floyd | vampire-virtuosos, and dread-distributors. These are the infamous
Floyd | authors of Castle Balderstone, and you are their latest victim, again.
Floyd |
Floyd | I really thought that we'd get here on time this year, but just like
Floyd | last time, everyone else is already here and they're all waiting for
Floyd | us, so we take our seats in a conspicuous display of embarrassed
Floyd | hurriedness and loudly-whispered apologies. When the chamber is quiet
Floyd | at last, the first author rises to share with us the first tale of the
Floyd | evening.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is Johanna C. Quinn, an elder stateswoman of the dread-distribution
Floyd | community. Oh, this woman messes with my head.
Floyd |
Floyd | It is common knowledge that Johanna's earliest work was in the field
Floyd | of technical writing. She wrote operation manuals for microwave
Floyd | ovens—but she lost her job when customers started complaining that
Floyd | the
Floyd | instructions were too scary. That's when she realized her destiny and
Floyd | turned her hand to writing horror: Dense, cerebral horror. Stuff that
Floyd | terrifies you on a philosophical level.
Floyd |
Floyd | A younger author assists Johanna in climbing the dais. She leans
Floyd | heavily on the lectern, and pauses a moment before she speaks:
Floyd |
Floyd | "The story I've brought tonight is a true one. It happened to one of
Floyd | my grandchildren. I've changed the superficial details for privacy's
Floyd | sake. And I've changed a few other things for the sake of structure.
Floyd | To align certain symmetries, to tighten up pacing—to eliminate
Floyd | needless repetition, for often, the most important thing is to get to
Floyd | the point. Speaking of which," she says, and she begins to read...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ryan Veeder Presents
Floyd | Where We Can Hear the Whispering Dark
Floyd | A story by Johanna C. Quinn
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 191031 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) SD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You lie on the couch and look up at the stars. A little while later,
Floyd | you fall asleep.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some unmeasured time later you awaken. The stars haven't moved; all is
Floyd | quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | You stand up, stretch, shake your arms and legs a little. The
Floyd | professor disapproves of your sleeping on the couch, so you have to
Floyd | enjoy the opportunity whenever you can get away with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | This was designed to be a cozy hangout spot, with as many amenities as
Floyd | could be crammed into the limited space: a TV, a microwave, a decent
Floyd | couch. You still spend most of your time here, but you stopped
Floyd | actively enjoying it a while ago. Even the skylight has become so much
Floyd | wallpaper for you; the view never changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think it matters if you didn't play the original."
		DavidW says, "wow long text dump"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm gonna need a sec."
		Knight_Otu says, "Lotsa text."
		jlvp says, "I have submitted two walk-throughs one is for Detective by Matt Baringer The other one is Baltimore 24"
		DavidW says, "I sense that the microwave will be important in this story"
		DavidW asks, "Who's driving today?"
		wordsmith says, "I'll take a turn."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. I'm finally done reading."
		DavidW says, "okay"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm done as well."
		jlvp asks, "what game is this?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're not in great shape, but you haven't had much of a reason to
Floyd | take great care of yourself lately.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oooh. Good point about the microwave"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | The microwave is a mess. You really need to clean it up before the
Floyd | professor has a chance to yell at you about it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I was kind of expecting this to be in third person."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "clean it" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, maybe not right this minute.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW says, "We'll make popcorn for a SCARY HOUSE AMULET movie and, well you know the rest"
mcp arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | On the screen is the dim image of a sad battery. You must have left it
Floyd | on while you were sleeping! Now it'll need a few days to recharge.
Floyd | Darn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "hee"
		wordsmith says, "That's a very sad battery, indeed."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think it was the same in the original. But I'm not sure since I wasn't all there that day."
		DavidW asks, "couch, skylight?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a distinctly you-shaped depression in the eidetic foam.
Floyd | Hopefully that'll flatten itself out before the professor notices.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Just for grins..."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look for coins under the cushions" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK FOR COINS UNDER THE CUSHIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jlvp says, "it looks like the TV won't be used anytime soon"
		DavidW says, "> pour experimental fluid on me-shaped depression"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x skylight" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKYLIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | A curtain of a million stars hangs outside the skylight: Always the
Floyd | same stars, never changing position. The view has become just as
Floyd | breathtaking as any cave wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Which direction from here: S, W, or E?"
		DavidW says, "East, since it was listed first."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, east."
		wordsmith says, "Works for me."
		Jacqueline says, "I think I'd still be okay with a view of stars that didn't move."
		Jacqueline says, "Still sounds pretty."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | Your quarters are so small that the professor can't even fit inside,
Floyd | which at least means they afford some privacy. This is the only upside
Floyd | of living in such a tiny little hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since Professor Thezh went to sleep, you've been sleeping exclusively
Floyd | on the couch, so your bed is covered in a pile of clothes and trash.
Floyd | Above the bed, a lenticular poster is glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passages lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "There's some mini-videos I watched where the stars stay still and the Earth rotates."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x poster" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not even that racy, but you can't imagine the professor would
Floyd | approve. Thezh has a low opinion of human anatomy in general, clothed
Floyd | or not.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Weird."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | The bed is flush with the floor; there is no cool hiding place
Floyd | underneath.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I get the feeling Prof isn't human. Or we aren't."
		wordsmith says, "Right. Or both."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sounds like the professor... what David just said."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search bed" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "East again?"
		DavidW says, "Search the clothes, please. Find a coin or lighter or something."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything you haven't felt like dealing with is here: Dirty clothes,
Floyd | mostly, but also a lot of dishes and stuff that you couldn't be
Floyd | bothered to clean or throw away or whatever you're supposed to do with
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search them" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what 'them' refers to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a scary prospect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ew."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search pile" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH PILE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's a scary prospect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x trash" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything you haven't felt like dealing with is here: Dirty clothes,
Floyd | mostly, but also a lot of dishes and stuff that you couldn't be
Floyd | bothered to clean or throw away or whatever you're supposed to do with
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "PC can handle the word lenticular but not dirty laundry. Must be male."
		wordsmith asks, "Other ideas?"
		DavidW says, "East"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | Cramped tunnels worm their way through the asteroid, their paths
Floyd | dictated by the integrity of the surrounding basalt. Why would
Floyd | they put an observatory in such a tiny hunk of rock? Because the
Floyd | astronomy department couldn't afford anything better. But why does
Floyd | it have to be me stuck out here? Well, because of all those
Floyd | decisions you made.
Floyd |
Floyd | From this intersection, the passages go north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Asteroid base, huh?"
		DavidW says, "okay."
		jlvp says, "I wonder if there's anything hidden under the poster"
wordsmith asks (of DavidW), "Are you mapping?" 		DavidW says (to ws), "yes"
		DavidW says, "So far we're going due east each time."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look behind poster" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | Your quarters are so small that the professor can't even fit inside,
Floyd | which at least means they afford some privacy. This is the only upside
Floyd | of living in such a tiny little hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since Professor Thezh went to sleep, you've been sleeping exclusively
Floyd | on the couch, so your bed is covered in a pile of clothes and trash.
Floyd | Above the bed, a lenticular poster is glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passages lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Poster was back a room"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look behind poster" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK BEHIND POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look above poster" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK ABOVE POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "peel poster" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PEEL POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Oh, well."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | Cramped tunnels worm their way through the asteroid, their paths
Floyd | dictated by the integrity of the surrounding basalt. From this
Floyd | intersection, the passages go north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Watch us trade the poster for a Mars bar from the space pirate."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think Inform only implements look under by default."
		wordsmith says, "Ah."
		wordsmith asks, "North now?"
		DavidW says, "no, east"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | This was designed to be a cozy hangout spot, with as many amenities as
Floyd | could be crammed into the limited space: a TV, a microwave, a decent
Floyd | couch. You still spend most of your time here, but you stopped
Floyd | actively enjoying it a while ago. Even the skylight has become so much
Floyd | wallpaper for you; the view never changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Wraps around."
		wordsmith says, "Toroidal."
		DavidW says, "So it does."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | This is where all the work gets done: This is where Professor Thezh
Floyd | analyzes data, tests theories, and mutters bitterly in Sadalbari about
Floyd | you know not what. You had hoped that being a research assistant would
Floyd | involve a lot of sitting in with the professor, bouncing ideas off
Floyd | each other. As it turns out, your assistantship mostly consists of
Floyd | performing chores and staying out of Thezh's way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is situated in front of the chalkboard,
Floyd | taking up most of the space in this little cave. Tunnels lead north,
Floyd | east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Amphisbaena is a two-headed snake, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "Usually yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Might be some kind of alien serpent here."
		DavidW says, "Not a word I'm familiar with"
		wordsmith says, "Sure."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x chalkboard" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHALKBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can understand maybe a third of the material currently on the
Floyd | chalkboard. It's not that you have any trouble reading the professor's
Floyd | writing (which is almost too precise), but certain equations and
Floyd | assumptions are still a mystery to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're enough of an astronomer to understand the basic principles of
Floyd | Thezh's work. For as long as you've been at the observatory, though,
Floyd | you don't feel like you've learned anything new.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x amphisbaena" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X AMPHISBAENA
Floyd |
Floyd | This sprawling piece of furniture is ostensibly the Sadalbari
Floyd | equivalent of an easy chair, but the way the professor "sits" or
Floyd | "reclines" in it has never looked particularly comfortable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh. An alien chair."
		wordsmith asks, "East now?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "look under amphisbaena" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER AMPHISBAENA
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The radio telescope's dish is almost as wide as the asteroid is long,
Floyd | and from outside it looks a lot like a soup bowl strapped to a potato.
Floyd | Inside, the bottom of the dish forms a convex ceiling for the chamber
Floyd | below, forcing you to hunch over and contort yourself to get around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some slightly more comfortable tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x telescope" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELESCOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The dish has various components, but it's primarily a huge metal dome.
Floyd | Your first week at the observatory, you banged your head on it pretty
Floyd | hard, and the professor—who somehow has no trouble getting around in
Floyd | here—spent a few days reminding you that you'd be responsible for
Floyd | repairs if any of the equipment was somehow damaged by the impact of
Floyd | your skull.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | Professor Thezh calls this rat's nest of cables and interfaces "the
Floyd | computer," as if it were a single, discrete, manageable object. The
Floyd | desk is a mess, too; that's partially your fault.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ways out to the north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You lack the willpower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search cables" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CABLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Just examine the desk."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You knew when you signed on for this assistantship that there would be
Floyd | a lot of downtime while Professor Thezh hibernated, so you prepared to
Floyd | embark on several stimulating new hobbies. Here at this desk are your
Floyd | abandoned poems, your abandoned origami, your abandoned watercolors,
Floyd | the first pages of a memoir...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Find that drawer all desks have."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search drawer" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DRAWER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Except this one, I guess."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "read poems" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ POEMS
Floyd |
Floyd | To look at all this stuff too closely would be to invite a surge of
Floyd | emotions that you can't handle right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A rare drawerless desk."
jlvp goes home. 		DavidW says, "It happens."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "read memoir" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MEMOIR
Floyd |
Floyd | To look at all this stuff too closely would be to invite a surge of
Floyd | emotions that you can't handle right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | This is where all the work gets done: This is where Professor Thezh
Floyd | analyzes data, tests theories, and mutters bitterly in Sadalbari about
Floyd | you know not what. The professor's amphisbaena is situated in front of
Floyd | the chalkboard, taking up most of the space in this little cave.
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "That was expected. South next."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hibernation Pod
Floyd | Professor Thezh floats in its tank of viscous sedatives, dreaming its
Floyd | incomprehensible dreams.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the asteroid is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hello there, prof."
		Jacqueline says, "That sounds pretty hygge."
wordsmith says (to Jacqueline), "Or maybe suffocating." 		DavidW says, "x prof. x tank"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x pod" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X POD
Floyd |
Floyd | Numerous pumps and monitors are hooked up to the professor's pod; a
Floyd | large chunk of the observatory's energy budget is devoted to keeping
Floyd | the professor asleep while also keeping it alive.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x professor" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PROFESSOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The Sadalbari life cycle involves the ebb and flow of certain hormones
Floyd | that, at peak concentration, induce "pronounced antisocial
Floyd | tendencies." How they deal with this on the homeworld is beyond you.
Floyd | Professor Thezh's solution was to outfit the observatory with a
Floyd | hibernation pod where it can sleep through the "unfriendly phase" and
Floyd | effectively experience no interruption in its work—as long as there's
Floyd | also a research assistant to handle a few details in the intervening
Floyd | months.
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor stirs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh-oh"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor is still.
Floyd |
Floyd | You must have imagined it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds like we do not want it to wake up."
		Knight_Otu says, "Run away! Oh, right."
		DavidW says, "We didn't examine north from tunnel."
		wordsmith says, "OK."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | This is where all the work gets done: This is where Professor Thezh
Floyd | analyzes data, tests theories, and mutters bitterly in Sadalbari about
Floyd | you know not what. The professor's amphisbaena is situated in front of
Floyd | the chalkboard, taking up most of the space in this little cave.
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "North, West, North."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | This was designed to be a cozy hangout spot, with as many amenities as
Floyd | could be crammed into the limited space: a TV, a microwave, a decent
Floyd | couch. You still spend most of your time here, but you stopped
Floyd | actively enjoying it a while ago. Even the skylight has become so much
Floyd | wallpaper for you; the view never changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | Your quarters are so small that the professor can't even fit inside,
Floyd | which at least means they afford some privacy. This is the only upside
Floyd | of living in such a tiny little hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since Professor Thezh went to sleep, you've been sleeping exclusively
Floyd | on the couch, so your bed is covered in a pile of clothes and trash.
Floyd | Above the bed, a lenticular poster is glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passages lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | Cramped tunnels worm their way through the asteroid, their paths
Floyd | dictated by the integrity of the surrounding basalt. From this
Floyd | intersection, the passages go north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shuttle Bay
Floyd | At the "top" of the asteroid is its modest garage, where Professor
Floyd | Thezh's skiff is parked. The way out—out into space—is through the
Floyd | monolithic pressure gate; the way back into your prison of mazelike
Floyd | tunnels is south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x skiff" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SKIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | The shuttle must be a hundred years old. You're pretty sure it almost
Floyd | exploded a couple times while you were flying out here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The trip seemed to take an eternity. You took the wheel while the
Floyd | professor slept in the back, rousing itself occasionally to criticize
Floyd | your driving ability. When you finally arrived, Thezh insisted on
Floyd | landing, so you wouldn't wreck the skiff's paint job.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't see a fridge, cupboard, or bathroom in this setup."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, if prof wakes up and wants to eat us, head to the cabin where he can't follow."
		wordsmith says, "It seems like we've seen the asteroid now. I can only think of messing with things, like the skiff or the pod the professor is in."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah, true"
		Jacqueline says, "re:cabin, I mean"
		DavidW says, "Try entering the skiff."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "enter skiff" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SKIFF
Floyd |
Floyd | There are lots of reasons not to poke around in that death trap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ok, then maybe clean that microwave oven."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | Cramped tunnels worm their way through the asteroid, their paths
Floyd | dictated by the integrity of the surrounding basalt. From this
Floyd | intersection, the passages go north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | This was designed to be a cozy hangout spot, with as many amenities as
Floyd | could be crammed into the limited space: a TV, a microwave, a decent
Floyd | couch. You still spend most of your time here, but you stopped
Floyd | actively enjoying it a while ago. Even the skylight has become so much
Floyd | wallpaper for you; the view never changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Somebody screams, and you almost jump out of your skin.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "uh-oh"
		wordsmith exclaims, "!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Uh om."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "clean microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wobble a bit while your nervous system collects itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the scream again, and again: It's an alarm, ringing somewhere
Floyd | in the observatory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Better go see what's wrong."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | Your quarters are so small that the professor can't even fit inside,
Floyd | which at least means they afford some privacy. This is the only upside
Floyd | of living in such a tiny little hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Since Professor Thezh went to sleep, you've been sleeping exclusively
Floyd | on the couch, so your bed is covered in a pile of clothes and trash.
Floyd | Above the bed, a lenticular poster is glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow passages lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The beeping seems to come from everywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Wonder if we were on a timer"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The bottom of the radio telescope dish forms a convex ceiling for the
Floyd | chamber below, forcing you to hunch over and contort yourself to get
Floyd | around.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some slightly more comfortable tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The caves echo with repetitive ringing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Or if we triggered it"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ringing is starting to make your head hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | Professor Thezh calls this rat's nest of cables and interfaces "the
Floyd | computer," as if it were a single, discrete, manageable object. The
Floyd | desk is a mess, too; that's partially your fault.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ways out to the north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ringing might be louder in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | This is where all the work gets done: This is where Professor Thezh
Floyd | analyzes data, tests theories, and mutters bitterly in Sadalbari about
Floyd | you know not what. The professor's amphisbaena is situated in front of
Floyd | the chalkboard, taking up most of the space in this little cave.
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to find whatever is making that noise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hibernation Pod
Floyd | Professor Thezh floats in its tank of viscous sedatives, dreaming its
Floyd | incomprehensible dreams.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rest of the asteroid is north.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ringing is starting to make your head hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Go back to the lab"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | This is where all the work gets done: This is where Professor Thezh
Floyd | analyzes data, tests theories, and mutters bitterly in Sadalbari about
Floyd | you know not what. The professor's amphisbaena is situated in front of
Floyd | the chalkboard, taking up most of the space in this little cave.
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The caves echo with repetitive ringing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | Professor Thezh calls this rat's nest of cables and interfaces "the
Floyd | computer," as if it were a single, discrete, manageable object. The
Floyd | desk is a mess, too; that's partially your fault.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ways out to the north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ringing might be louder in here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's something here."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The sound gets even louder as you turn your attention to the messy
Floyd | desk. You shove your way through the clutter, searching more by touch
Floyd | than by sight. Your fingers curl around an oblong device, and you feel
Floyd | vibrations going up your arm in time with the beeping.
Floyd |
Floyd | At last the offending object emerges from the mess: It's an alarm
Floyd | clock. So that's where that went!
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes some effort to make it shut up. Did they design this thing to
Floyd | be as obnoxious as possible? But now it's quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "My."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an alarm clock
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, um, that wasn't so bad."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | Cramped tunnels worm their way through the asteroid, their paths
Floyd | dictated by the integrity of the surrounding basalt. From this
Floyd | intersection, the passages go north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | This was designed to be a cozy hangout spot, with as many amenities as
Floyd | could be crammed into the limited space: a TV, a microwave, a decent
Floyd | couch. You still spend most of your time here, but you stopped
Floyd | actively enjoying it a while ago. Even the skylight has become so much
Floyd | wallpaper for you; the view never changes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x clock" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You set this alarm when Professor Thezh entered hibernation. On its
Floyd | display is a message:
Floyd |
Floyd | DAY 117 - EXECUTE RADA 29
Floyd |
Floyd | That means it's finally time to spin the observatory around. You'll
Floyd | have to turn on the computer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe now we're ... ah."
		DavidW says, "back to the lab"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | Cramped tunnels worm their way through the asteroid, their paths
Floyd | dictated by the integrity of the surrounding basalt. From this
Floyd | intersection, the passages go north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | Professor Thezh calls this rat's nest of cables and interfaces "the
Floyd | computer," as if it were a single, discrete, manageable object. The
Floyd | desk is a mess, too; that's partially your fault.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ways out to the north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm surprised you didn't examine the clock."
		wordsmith says, "I did, eventually."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		DavidW says, ">turn on computer, I guess."
		wordsmith says, "I was thinking it was a "regular" clock, somehow."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "turn on computer" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You tap on one of the displays you can reach, and the interface slowly
Floyd | wakes itself up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Professor Thezh's specialization (well, yours too, ostensibly) is in
Floyd | the field of Oscevotto emanations, interstellar signals that break
Floyd | down under the slightest interference. This makes them impossible to
Floyd | detect from any observatory in an inhabited system.
Floyd |
Floyd | You scroll through menus until you find the reorientation protocol: It
Floyd | says the first step is to turn off attitude stabilization. Of course
Floyd | you have to do all of this manually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "turn off stabilization" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF STABILIZATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You stomp across the room to the interface for the attitude
Floyd | stabilizer. First you click "Suspend Stabilization," and then
Floyd | "Confirm," and then you have to hold down the button for a while to
Floyd | prove you really mean it.
Floyd |
Floyd | To have any chance of detecting Oscevotto emanations, Professor Thezh
Floyd | needed an observatory that was as far away from civilization as
Floyd | possible—so, in an asteroid cloud around a nameless, near-dead star.
Floyd | And to properly image these emanations, the telescope needs to take an
Floyd | extremely long "exposure" of interstellar space.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something stops whirring, and the ground shudders a little bit.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the first imaging session finally complete, it's time to begin
Floyd | scanning the other half of the galaxy. To do that you'll have to
Floyd | initiate RADA 29.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "initiate rada 29" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > INITIATE RADA 29
Floyd |
Floyd | You stomp back across the room to the RCS controls. This is the stupid
Floyd | part: Each thruster has its own throttle, and they all have to be
Floyd | operated in perfect unison, or else the new orientation will be
Floyd | off-target and you'll have to waste fuel making corrections. An easy
Floyd | enough task for the professor, but you only have two hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean over the control panel and try your best to push all the
Floyd | throttles forward the same amount.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room rumbles as the engines come to life, and you sway slightly as
Floyd | the asteroid rotates.

		DavidW says, "push space"
wordsmith pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | the asteroid rotates.Something pops.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything lurches to one side, and you fall over the controls. The
Floyd | thrusters roar, and you're thrown off the control panel and onto the
Floyd | floor.

		DavidW says, "oopsie doodle"
		Knight_Otu says, "Darnit, protagonist."
		DavidW says, "push space again"
wordsmith pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | floor.You try to get to your feet—but the room goes sideways. You
Floyd | fall
Floyd | again, tangled in cables.

		
wordsmith pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | again, tangled in cables.You screw your eyes shut, covering your ears
Floyd | with your hands to muffle the screaming engines and suppress your
Floyd | nausea.
Floyd |
Floyd | You may have blacked out for a moment. With no frame of reference,
Floyd | only unbearable noise and incomprehensible motion, it's difficult to
Floyd | tell.

		
wordsmith pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | tell.One by one the thrusters die, their fuel cells emptied. Now the
Floyd | observatory is silent again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl toward the nearest wall and stagger most of the way to your
Floyd | feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | The room is spinning.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Bet the skylight shows the local sun approaching."
		Knight_Otu says, "We may have also thrown the prof out of bed."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x computer" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COMPUTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The equipment seems to be okay, but you're having trouble telling one
Floyd | component from another. Possibly that panel over there is the attitude
Floyd | stabilization interface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "turn on stabilization" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON STABILIZATION
Floyd |
Floyd | You push yourself along the wall toward the attitude controls. You
Floyd | click "Enable Stabilization," and then "Confirm," and then you muster
Floyd | your last reserves of bodily stability to hold down the button until
Floyd | the stupid thing actually starts.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the reaction wheels spinning and stopping madly as the
Floyd | stabilization system struggles to counteract the asteroid's gyration.
Floyd |
Floyd | Eventually things slow down enough that you can stand unassisted.
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | Everything seems to be more or less where it should be, but all the
Floyd | interfaces are blinking with different warnings.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ways out to the north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "x interfaces" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INTERFACES
Floyd |
Floyd | Most of the warnings are beyond your expertise—but the words
Floyd | "HIBERNATION TANK FAILURE" are pretty easy to understand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. We're in big trouble."
		wordsmith says, "We knew that was coming at some point..."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The telescope seems to be intact, but you can't see much of it from in
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hibernation Pod
Floyd | The tank is empty. None of the monitors are active.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail of slime wends its way around the tank, up to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, he's awake. Joy."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | The stars above are still whizzing by wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The couch has been torn apart: Slimy chunks of foam litter the floor.
Floyd | The TV and microwave have been smashed and tossed across the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, you're alive."
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor's voice reverberates through the tunnels.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You know, I've had a lot of worthless research assistants. But I've
Floyd | never been saddled with someone possessed of the deleterious
Floyd | incompetence it takes to destroy ten million dollars in scientific
Floyd | equipment." Well, almost destroy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Indeed."
		Jacqueline asks, "Sorry?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Can we add it to our student loans? Just a slight increase, really."
		wordsmith says, "f e"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | It should be safe in here; the professor can't fit through the narrow
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pile of clothes and trash. Your lenticular poster is
Floyd | glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I didn't like you to begin with. I liked you less and less the longer
Floyd | you worked for me. Even before I felt the change coming, I was wishing
Floyd | there was some way to get rid of you. And while I was sleeping..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Furious hissing, or sarcastic laughter, or an unnameable sound for an
Floyd | equally inhuman emotion fills the asteroid.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I could hear everything. For months. All your snoring, sniffling,
Floyd | belching, crying, farting, whistling, muttering—whining
Floyd | about
Floyd | your cushy assistantship, whining that you had nothing to do—and when
Floyd | you finally had something to do, when you had just one job—"
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor moans, and the asteroid shakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the professor's bulk slithering through the tunnels to
Floyd | the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Ima just wait here. Unless someone has other ideas."
		DavidW says, "I guess, we try to get to the skiff when the prof isn't in the way."
		DavidW says, "We can"
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "We can't stay in the cabin forever."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		DavidW says, "The skiff is the only way out unless we can pilot this asteroid after Prof leaves."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, ws, we have an autosaver we use."
		Jacqueline asks, "May I?"
		wordsmith exclaims, "Please!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
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 ]  Cabin
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There we go."
		Jacqueline says, "Now if you need to save again, just type 'push save'"
wordsmith says (to Jacqueline), "Thank you." 		Jacqueline says, "And it will save cf2, cf3, etc."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You enter the tunnel, and something squelches up ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah. There you are," it says, and you hear it scuttling down the
Floyd | passageway. In animal terror you retreat—and the noise stops.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, don't be shy, you blithering waste of air. There's only
Floyd | one thing left for you. No point postponing it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold still, and try to breathe quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The upside is this: As long as the change is happening, I can't be
Floyd | held responsible for my actions. The university has all the
Floyd | paperwork." Parts of the professor's mouth that aren't busy speaking
Floyd | English start purring greedily. "I've never eaten a human research
Floyd | assistant before—and it sounds like you've gotten fatter since I've
Floyd | been asleep. Am I right about that?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The prof can hear us. That's gonna be a problem. He might not move until we do."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | The stars above are still whizzing by wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The couch has been torn apart: Slimy chunks of foam litter the floor.
Floyd | The TV and microwave have been smashed and tossed across the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm getting tired of waiting..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a cautious step forward, and you hear the professor scurrying
Floyd | toward you again. When you rush back to safety, you hear it retreating
Floyd | as well. Then it emits a familiar screech, one you recognize as a sigh
Floyd | of frustration.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Don't be an idiot—At least, try to be less of an idiot. I can hear
Floyd | every move you make. You aren't getting out of here alive. There's
Floyd | nothing to gain from screwing around—You're just making me angrier."
Floyd | Why won't come out of those tunnels after you?
Floyd |
Floyd | Because it knows that's the only way you could escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Grab some foam from the couch. Stuff your clothes. Make a fake you."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get foam" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FOAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor's heavy breathing—or whatever that noise is—filters
Floyd | in
Floyd | through the west tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | It should be safe in here; the professor can't fit through the narrow
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pile of clothes and trash. Your lenticular poster is
Floyd | glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Professor Thezh is just down that tunnel. You can hear it rubbing
Floyd | against the walls. And you don't want to meet it face to face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clicking of claws or fangs echoes through the east tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we take the poster?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get poster" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET POSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It's glued to the ceiling!
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the professor cough something up, then swallow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | The stars above are still whizzing by wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The couch has been torn apart: Slimy chunks of foam litter the floor.
Floyd | The TV and microwave have been smashed and tossed across the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Search the clothes again."
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we do David's idea, but stuff our clothes with trash?"
		DavidW says, "Or at least examine the clothes again. We have very little to work with."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | The stars above are still whizzing by wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The couch has been torn apart: Slimy chunks of foam litter the floor.
Floyd | The TV and microwave have been smashed and tossed across the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | The professor's heavy breathing—or whatever that noise is—filters
Floyd | in
Floyd | through the west tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | It should be safe in here; the professor can't fit through the narrow
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pile of clothes and trash. Your lenticular poster is
Floyd | glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you stop being such a coward right now, I promise I'll bite your
Floyd | head off first."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search clothes" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CLOTHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't think of anything in there that would be any use.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The clicking of claws or fangs echoes through the east tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get trash" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET TRASH
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing in there is worth taking.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the professor cough something up, then swallow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Knight_Otu says, "We thought the microwave would come in handy. Somehow."
		wordsmith asks, "Maybe go south and circle around, then north?"
		DavidW says, "well, check the microwave. Maybe something is useable from it."
		DavidW says, "One of these rooms must have something that will help us."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The telescope seems to be intact, but you can't see much of it from in
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I can hear you. What are you doing out there?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Make we can use the dish as a shield?"
		DavidW says, "er Maybe"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Computer Lab
Floyd | Everything seems to be more or less where it should be, but all the
Floyd | interfaces are blinking with different warnings.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are ways out to the north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think if you'll wait long enough, someone will come rescue
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Computer Lab
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Professor Thezh is just down that tunnel. You can hear it rubbing
Floyd | against the walls. And you don't want to meet it face to face.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "search amphisbaena" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH AMPHISBAENA
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm so hungry... Please take pity on your poor old professor."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Take it?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "push it" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The piece of furniture is too massive for you to do anything with it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "This feels a little like 'Hunt the Wumpus.'"
		DavidW says, "Except we're the wumpus and the hunter's between us and safety."
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The telescope seems to be intact, but you can't see much of it from in
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "m" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > M
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | It should be safe in here; the professor can't fit through the narrow
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pile of clothes and trash. Your lenticular poster is
Floyd | glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Can we go back to Telescope?"
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The telescope seems to be intact, but you can't see much of it from in
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm getting tired of waiting..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You are close enough to the radio telescope dish already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you stop being such a coward right now, I promise I'll bite your
Floyd | head off first."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | The radio telescope dish is fine as it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think if you'll wait long enough, someone will come rescue
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x telescope" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TELESCOPE
Floyd |
Floyd | If the accident had been a little worse, the dish might have been
Floyd | flung off of the side of the asteroid, and this room would have its
Floyd | own skylight (and you'd be violently sucked into space).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit dish" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HIT DISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Being violently sucked into space sounds pretty good right about now"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x base" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, only vaguely."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "break amphisbaena" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK AMPHISBAENA
Floyd |
Floyd | Violence isn't the answer to this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x board" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Something large must have scraped against the chalkboard, erasing
Floyd | several of Thezh's notes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you stop being such a coward right now, I promise I'll bite your
Floyd | head off first."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hibernation Pod
Floyd | The tank is empty. None of the monitors are active.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail of slime wends its way around the tank, up to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tank" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TANK
Floyd |
Floyd | Numerous pumps and monitors are hooked up to the professor's pod. They
Floyd | seem to have stopped working.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slime" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | The trail continues past you, through the tunnel to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take slime" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE SLIME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come here!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | The stars above are still whizzing by wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The couch has been torn apart: Slimy chunks of foam litter the floor.
Floyd | The TV and microwave have been smashed and tossed across the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm getting tired of waiting..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x microwave" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MICROWAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like the professor threw this around a few times before
Floyd | moving on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can hear the professor's bulk slithering through the tunnels to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith asks, "Maybe create a distracting noise with the alarm clock, or the microwave?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clicking of claws or fangs echoes through the west tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x alarm" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | The alarm clock is no longer set to anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the professor cough something up, then swallow it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh! If it's ringing, it's noise will mask OURS."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | It should be safe in here; the professor can't fit through the narrow
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pile of clothes and trash. Your lenticular poster is
Floyd | glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think if you'll wait long enough, someone will come rescue
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on alarm" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | A plan is forming in your head—but for it to work, you'll have to
Floyd | take
Floyd | the alarm to a place where Thezh can reach it.
Floyd |
Floyd | The clicking of claws or fangs echoes through the east tunnel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The furthest place is the pod."
		wordsmith says, "Sounds good."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lounge
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lounge
Floyd | The stars above are still whizzing by wildly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The couch has been torn apart: Slimy chunks of foam litter the floor.
Floyd | The TV and microwave have been smashed and tossed across the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages through the rock lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm so hungry... Please take pity on your poor old professor."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hibernation Pod
Floyd | The tank is empty. None of the monitors are active.
Floyd |
Floyd | A trail of slime wends its way around the tank, up to your feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop alarm" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Do you think if you'll wait long enough, someone will come rescue
Floyd | you?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on alarm" 		

Floyd ]  Hibernation Pod
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON ALARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You fumble with the alarm clock's screen, and set it for some random
Floyd | number of seconds. Then you toss into the the far corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm so hungry... Please take pity on your poor old professor."
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd better get a move on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Study
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The professor's amphisbaena is upended, tossed into a corner. The
Floyd | floor is wet.
Floyd |
Floyd | Passages lead north, east, south, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Telescope
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Telescope
Floyd | The telescope seems to be intact, but you can't see much of it from in
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead north, east, and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | "If you stop being such a coward right now, I promise I'll bite your
Floyd | head off first."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cabin
Floyd | It should be safe in here; the professor can't fit through the narrow
Floyd | passages.
Floyd |
Floyd | On your bed is a pile of clothes and trash. Your lenticular poster is
Floyd | glued to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnels lead east, west, and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thezh sniffs: "Back in your hidey-hole? I wish you'd come out of
Floyd | there. Your uncooperativeness is tremendously frustrating."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | A second ticks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Another second ticks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | "Would you stop that?" Thezh whines. You realize you've been
Floyd | biting your fingernail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Another second ticks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Another second ticks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Another second ticks by.
Floyd |
Floyd | The alarm goes off. It beeps incredibly loudly.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Will you please turn off that insufferable machine?" Thezh groans.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise is unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Turn that off right now, or you will live to regret it," Thezh
Floyd | whines. The alarm keeps beeping, seemingly more shrill than before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise is unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is this a trick? Are you trying to trick me?" Thezh hisses through
Floyd | the tunnels, struggling to be heard over the pings of the alarm clock.
Floyd | "You really are a stupid brat. And desperate. And cruel."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | Professor Thezh is just down that tunnel. You can hear it rubbing
Floyd | against the walls. And you don't want to meet it face to face.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This isn't—" Thezh wails in pain. "This isn't going to work. I'm
Floyd | going to outlast you. You'll turn off that alarm, and then I will find
Floyd | you, and then—" It howls again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Cabin
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | The noise is unbearable.
Floyd |
Floyd | Its rage boiling over, the professor screams even louder than the
Floyd | alarm—and you hear it stampeding through the tunnels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You strain your ears: The alarm goes on ringing, muffled by the limbs
Floyd | of something trying to rip it to pieces.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | The web of tunnels extends in all directions—but the shuttle bay is
Floyd | just north from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Shuttle Bay
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Shuttle Bay
Floyd | Professor Thezh's skiff is parked here, beneath the gigantic pressure
Floyd | gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter skiff" 		

Floyd ]  Skiff
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SKIFF
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Skiff
Floyd | You jump into the driver's seat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The key is in the ignition. The garage door opener is just above the
Floyd | windshield.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Skiff
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  Skiff
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | The button clicks, and a shutter falls over the southern tunnel
Floyd | entrance to prepare for depressurization.
Floyd |
Floyd | The pressure gate opens. Outside the skiff there is a horrendous
Floyd | sucking noise: All the air and dust in the garage flies out into
Floyd | space.
Floyd |
Floyd | The stars revolve above you, ever so slowly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd ]  Skiff
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the key. The engines fire up—and then they sputter out.
Floyd | What's wrong?
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh, the parking brake is engaged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "disengage brake" 		

Floyd ]  Skiff
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DISENGAGE BRAKE
Floyd |
Floyd | You push the lever down, and the skiff shifts slightly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then the whole asteroid shakes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something has collided with the shutter between the garage and the
Floyd | tunnels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh. Parking break"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn key" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn the key. The engines fire up. The skiff rises from the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | The shutter flies off the wall, and the professor bursts into the
Floyd | garage. The observatory's atmosphere spills out from behind it: Your
Floyd | poems, your watercolors, your origami, and all your laundry stream out
Floyd | and up through the open pressure gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull on the yoke to ascend. Professor Thezh crawls across the
Floyd | garage, extending a huge, thorny claw. The skiff lurches to one side;
Floyd | a shrill chirp indicates that something's wrong with the landing gear.
Floyd |
Floyd | With one arm you yank as hard as you can on the yoke, and with the
Floyd | other you reach for the secondary thrusters—If you were just a little
Floyd | taller—

		Jacqueline says, "er, brake"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | taller—You pop the thrusters, and the skiff shoots up and out of the
Floyd | observatory, into open space.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you accelerate, the craft rattles like it's about to fall apart.
Floyd | Then the rattling stops. All the instruments show up OK.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shape moves in the rearview. Curiosity gets the better of common
Floyd | sense, and you adjust the mirror for a closer look:

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | sense, and you adjust the mirror for a closer look:The writhing form
Floyd | of Professor Thezh grows smaller and smaller, screaming silently at
Floyd | you across the void.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Skiff
Floyd | *** The End ***The chamber is quiet for a moment, until a
Floyd | log cracks in the fireplace and brings us back to reality. Slowly we
Floyd | realize that we have only been the audience of a story: There is no
Floyd | danger. It was all pretend. Then there is collective applause; Johanna
Floyd | accepts it graciously, and the moderator rises.
Floyd |
Floyd | The library door flies open, and a figure appears.
Floyd |
Floyd | His leather coat goes down to his ankles, streaming rainwater all over
Floyd | the carpet. His wide-brimmed hat covers most of his face, but we all
Floyd | know who it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have a story!" he announces, brandishing a sheaf of yellowed
Floyd | papers. "I request recognition!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The moderator steps forward, defending the lectern: "Sir, you know you
Floyd | aren't welcome here."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I demand to be heard! I contest the ruling of the board of
Floyd | directors!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A couple of authors stand up and advance on the man. He sneers.
Floyd | "You're removing me by force? What kind of organization is this? Stay
Floyd | away from me—you thugs!"
Floyd |
Floyd | One author puts a hand on the man's shoulder, murmuring a quiet
Floyd | suggestion, but the man recoils, and his hat falls to the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are surprised by his face: You had not expected to see such
Floyd | delicate, boyish features, or eyes filled more with sadness than with
Floyd | anger.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This assembly is a farce," he hisses, as he picks up his hat. He
Floyd | shakes it off, splashing us all with drops of oily rain. Then he
Floyd | stuffs his story back into his coat and spins around, disappearing
Floyd | into the halls of Castle Balderstone.
Floyd |
Floyd | All the authors start muttering to each other about that guy and how
Floyd | much gall he has, and the moderator makes a valiant effort at settling
Floyd | everything down. It looks like there won't be time for Johanna to take
Floyd | any questions about her story.
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, how much did you enjoy it, on a scale of 1 to 10?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith exclaims, "Whew!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Now how do we exxplkain that to the galactic authorities?"
		Knight_Otu says, "*explain"
		DavidW says, "oh, we'll think of something. Asteroid collision. Space madness on the prof's part."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, we have to rate her story?"
		DavidW says, "I think it's at least a 7."
		Jacqueline asks, "What are we rating on? Enjoyment or scariness?"
		DavidW says, "Enjoyment."
		Jacqueline says, "I am fine with whatever is entered, though I'm kind of curious if it has an impact."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps the winner gets a prize."
		Jacqueline asks, "Like, if we rate it a 1 or a 10 or whatnot, does that impact ... is there another story?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh. Perhaps."
		wordsmith says, "It was minimally implemented, but an original setting and pretty engaging."
		DavidW says, "Well, it could affect the framing story."
		Knight_Otu asks, "The last balderstone had three, four?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm okay with a 6 or a 7 then."
		Knight_Otu says, "Stories that is."
		DavidW says, "Three or four, yeah."
		DavidW asks, "Shall I say 7, then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "7."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 7
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Noted.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | Okay. Noted.Now it is time for the next author to step forward and
Floyd | share the next of the evening's unbearable entertainments. It is
Floyd | Victor Atencio—and he looks great!
Floyd |
Floyd | While he's approaching the podium I try to explain, quietly: Victor
Floyd | Atencio is an absolute genius of gruesomeness. They call him "the van
Floyd | Gogh of Gore." But he suffered from debilitating weight problems, to
Floyd | the point that he had to stop writing while he pursued various
Floyd | treatments and underwent various surgeries. I also heard—Why is
Floyd | someone shushing me? Oh, he's starting.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's been a while since I visited Castle Balderstone," Victor says,
Floyd | and people start applauding him, but he waves it away. "I'm excited to
Floyd | get back in the game, and I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little
Floyd | rusty."
Floyd |
Floyd | Everybody chuckles. I try to whisper to you the juicy rumor that I
Floyd | heard, but Victor goes on:
Floyd |
Floyd | "What I've brought tonight is a new piece, in a classic format. I
Floyd | don't aim to surprise—Only to terrify."
Floyd |
Floyd | We all chuckle again, now a little nervously, and Victor begins to
Floyd | read...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ryan Veeder Presents
Floyd | Mittens
Floyd | A story by Victor Atencio, "the van Gogh of Gore"
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 191031 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) SD
Floyd |
Floyd | Nursery
Floyd | Wayne and Yvette are a little bit late, but that just means more
Floyd | quality time for you and little Rowan.
Floyd |
Floyd | The walls are painted with mountains and pines. The wide window fills
Floyd | the room with sunlight.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowan is asleep in his crib, his brow furrowed by the itty-bitty
Floyd | concerns that trouble babies.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your oxygen concentrator hums away. It's not bothering the baby at
Floyd | all. He probably finds it very soothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "okay, so we're a babysitter with an oxygen mask?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe Rowan is another freaky alien."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x Rowan" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROWAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's beautiful. He looks more like his mother than his father, but you
Floyd | won't tell Wayne that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, ";Maybe we are."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're through accomplishing things of your own-you kept yourself busy
Floyd | for long enough. These years are for resting, and enjoying the
Floyd | accomplishments of others: Of your children, and your grandchildren
Floyd | and your beautiful great-grandson.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Window has daylight. That's a bit odd."
		Jacqueline says, "Nope. Apparently the same species."
		DavidW says, "And old."
		Jacqueline says, "We are just elderly."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "brb, but keep going"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside the nursery is a lovely April day. It's no wonder Wayne and
Floyd | Yvette are taking so long.
Floyd |
Floyd | Wayne and Yvette's cat strolls into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Yvette loves this cat, and the loves her—and it hates everything
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crib" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRIB
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowan's little kingdom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oxygen" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OXYGEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Wherever you go, your oxygen follows, and every minute of the day, you
Floyd | have a tube stuck in your nose. You tell the kids you've gotten used
Floyd | to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If the cat hates everything, I don't want to pet it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rowan" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROWAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He's beautiful. He looks more like his mother than his father, but you
Floyd | won't tell Wayne that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat darts between your legs, hisses furiously, and digs its fangs
Floyd | into your calf. Then it disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, probably a bad idea."
		DavidW says, "darn, it attacked regardless."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x calf" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CALF
Floyd |
Floyd | Four little pinpricks on your calf. It looks like you're starting to
Floyd | bleed.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a dark shape in the crib: The cat is sitting on Rowan.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Lovely cat."
		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		Jacqueline says, "oh gods"
		DavidW asks, "take cat?"
		Jacqueline says, "I predict that will not end well"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But sure!"
		DavidW says, "take cat"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cat" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | As you lean over the crib, the cat leaps away.
Floyd |
Floyd | You place a hand on Rowan's forehead. He seems to be fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then a horrible hissing noise fills the nursery, and Rowan starts
Floyd | squirming.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn and see the cat, toying with your oxygen concentrator: The
Floyd | tube connected to your nose has been knocked loose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put tube in nose" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT TUBE IN NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | That cat is between you and your machine.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat arches its back, puffs out its fur, and seems to grow several
Floyd | inches. It hisses at you, almost screaming.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push cat" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat grows larger. It's really growing. It's three feet tall, now.
Floyd |
Floyd | It screeches at you, batting at your face with fist-sized paws.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Ideas?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh great."
		wordsmith asks, "Bark like a dog?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bark" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BARK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat rushes around you to block the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat continues to grow, its screeches getting louder, its claws and
Floyd | teeth becoming longer. You stagger to the floor; your chest feels
Floyd | tight.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is not ideal."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take tube" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TUBE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat jumps back in front of the oxygen concentrator.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat towers over you, growing larger and larger. You can't get up.
Floyd | You can't breathe.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake rowan" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE ROWAN
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat leaps between you and the crib.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is huge. It fills the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your vision swims. Your heart is going so fast—Your throat is so
Floyd | tight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You die of fright.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YELL
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "scream" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SCREAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat steps over your body, over the crib, toward the window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We died, didn't we?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We did."
		DavidW says, "yes, but the game didn't end"
		Jacqueline says, "Nope."
		Knight_Otu says, "Or so the story claims."
		Jacqueline says, "That's... that's a first for me, I think."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | It bats at the window, and shatters it effortlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask cat about cat" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAT ABOUT CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat squeezes out of the window, destroying the surrounding nursery
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rowan" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROWAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't get any closer to the crib.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat steps outside. As it walks across the lawn, it goes on growing
Floyd | until it's as tall as the house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x body" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat walks into the street, trampling Wayne's car. A child screams.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "This game was called 'Mittens'. Is that the cat's name?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		wordsmith says, "I bet."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Rowan stirs, but does not wake.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are dead.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat continues along the street, heading downtown.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***

		Jacqueline says, "It sounded so cute, Mittens. I smiled when I saw the title and wondered how it could be scary."
		DavidW says, "I think we lost that game."
		Jacqueline says, "I am not sure we could *win* that game."
		wordsmith says, "Shades of Monty Python. 'Oh, it's just a fluffy little bunny!'"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure either."
		Jacqueline says, "Though maybe we could."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "I rate it a 5."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Nursery
Floyd | *** The End ***Victor executes a stiff bow. The chamber
Floyd | erupts in applause.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you," he says, and the room quiets a little. I lean over to
Floyd | whisper—But the moderator is getting up now.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Chilling as ever, Mister Atencio! Are there any questions?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Naturally the author sitting right next to us has to raise her hand.
Floyd | "Is Mittens the name of the cat?" she asks. Of course it's the
Floyd | name of the cat you ridiculous woman.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Uh, I guess it must be!" Victor answers. Everyone laughs, ha ha ha.
Floyd | Anyway, what I was gonna say was—"How did you find your way into the
Floyd | character of the protagonist, a great-grandparent?" asks an incredibly
Floyd | loud author sitting behind us.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah. Well, that's kind of personal," says Victor, and everything gets
Floyd | quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The silence is so complete that I can't whisper anything to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "How about another round of applause for Victor Atencio?" asks the
Floyd | moderator, and everybody claps, and Victor bows again, and now I can
Floyd | finally tell you: There was a rumor that Victor got his nose done
Floyd | while he was having all those other surgeries, and now that I see him
Floyd | in person he definitely did get his nose done.
Floyd |
Floyd | So, how much, on a scale of 1 to 10, did you like that story? The one
Floyd | Victor told, not the one about his medical history.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "4 or 5."
		DavidW says, "What do other people think? I thought 5."
		wordsmith says, "3 or 4"
		DavidW asks, "Sounds like a 4 then?"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "Um, I liked it more than the space one, but okay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 4
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Noted.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | Okay. Noted.Now it is time for the next author to step forward and
Floyd | share the next of the evening's insidious entertainments. It is Eddie
Floyd | Carlyle! I gasp, and grab your wrist. You tug at your hand until I let
Floyd | go. I am too anxious to apologize.
Floyd |
Floyd | None of these authors scare me like Eddie Carlyle does. No avenue of
Floyd | horror is off-limits to Carlyle. He sniffs at taboo; he rolls his eyes
Floyd | at the critics every time they say he's gone too far. I've only read
Floyd | the Wikipedia synopses of his works, and they still give me
Floyd | nightmares.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ed looks down at the lectern and coughs.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I heard that at this year's meeting, we could share stories that
Floyd | weren't, you know, Halloween-spooky." Wait, what?
Floyd |
Floyd | "And, well, the invitation said that one of the themes we could pick
Floyd | instead was Día de Muertos, or, Mexican folklore and
Floyd | mythology in general. So I chose to write something along those lines.
Floyd | And, it's based on one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs."
Floyd |
Floyd | The other authors are glancing around the room. You and I are glancing
Floyd | at each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ed swallows loudly, still looking down at the lectern. "So, I guess,
Floyd | for a Castle Balderstone story this is kind of... experimental, but I
Floyd | hope you'll enjoy it." Well, it's an Eddie Carlyle story. It's
Floyd | probably at least a little scary.
Floyd |
Floyd | He coughs again, and then he begins to read...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ryan Veeder Presents
Floyd | Romance in Durango
Floyd | Adapted by Eddie Carlyle
Floyd | from a song by Bob Dylan
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 191031 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) SD
Floyd |
Floyd | Desert
Floyd | The horse paces slowly across the sands, worn out from a long day of
Floyd | riding. You clutch Roberto's cape and screw your eyes shut. You are
Floyd | weary for sleep, but sleep is impossible under this bright sun, atop
Floyd | this staggering horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes are red from sleeplessness, and strained from so much
Floyd | squinting. Your face and your dress are coated in dust. You feel lucky
Floyd | that Roberto cannot see you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x roberto" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROBERTO
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto is a handsome man, with gentle eyes and a curly beard. But,
Floyd | sitting behind him, all you can see are his hat and his cape.
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't remember him wearing that cape before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cape" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAPE
Floyd |
Floyd | The cape Roberto wears is covered in dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | But why isn't his guitar strapped to his back?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | This horse appeared with Roberto last night, when he woke you up and
Floyd | begged you to leave with him. The animal seemed just as surprised as
Floyd | you were to be rushing out of town in the middle of the night. Now, it
Floyd | seems just as tired as you are.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roberto about guitar" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ROBERTO ABOUT GUITAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask Roberto what happened to his guitar.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah! I sold that guitarra to Pablo, the son of the
Floyd | panadero—for this!"
Floyd |
Floyd | With a triumphant flourish, he produces from his cape a fist-sized
Floyd | loaf of bread. "I was saving it for la noche, but you have
Floyd | had such a long viaje. Here you go, mi amor." He
Floyd | presses the bread into your hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bread" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | How much was Roberto's guitar worth? How much food will the two of you
Floyd | need to reach Durango before you starve to death? You can't focus on
Floyd | these questions. You're starving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "eat bread?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Probably?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You gobble it down. You feel a little less exhausted—but even
Floyd | sleepier.
Floyd |
Floyd | And now the sun, which had seemed to hang just overhead for so long,
Floyd | finally seems to be descending.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto chides you: "Don't look directly into el sol,
Floyd | Magdalena. It will hurt your ojos." How did he know what you
Floyd | were looking at?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean dress" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN DRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | The blue dress is fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a blue dress (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roberto about horse" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ROBERTO ABOUT HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto clicks his tongue nervously. "A friend lent this fine
Floyd | caballo to me. I don't know when I will be able to repay him,
Floyd | after we reach Durango. But he already owed me un favor,
Floyd | so..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roberto about durango" 		

Floyd ]  Desert
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ROBERTO ABOUT DURANGO
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto sighs blissfully. "When we reach Durango, we'll—First, we'll
Floyd | go to the corrida, and sit in the shade drinking
Floyd | tequila, and we'll watch the young torero at his
Floyd | violent work. And the very next day, we will find the padre
Floyd | at his little church, and we'll finally be married."
Floyd |
Floyd | You hold Roberto tightly around his waist, and he pets your delicate
Floyd | hand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Ideas? Keep asking him about things?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
		DavidW asks, "Eating the bread seemed to advance the plot. Maybe sleep?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we keep asking?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roberto about marriage" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ROBERTO ABOUT MARRIAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto cocks his head. "What was that, my little one? I'm not sure I
Floyd | heard you correctamente." (Usually this means Roberto doesn't
Floyd | want to talk about something.)
Floyd |
Floyd | You lurch to a halt. "Magdalena!" whispers Roberto, pointing across
Floyd | the brush: A few crumbling walls sit in the shadow of a hillside. "We
Floyd | can make campamento there."
Floyd |
Floyd | He urges the horse toward the ruins.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd | The sun is very low, casting long purple shadows over the dust. There
Floyd | was a city here, centuries ago.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto ties the horse to a withered tree, eyeing the hills above
Floyd | warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | One nearby building seems more or less intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x building" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing about the building gives any clue as to what it might be.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree would snap easily if the horse decided to run off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "'would' => will"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask roberto about building" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK ROBERTO ABOUT BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | As you're wondering how to bring up the subject, Roberto speaks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Querida, you must find a place where we will be
Floyd | escondidos. Take this linterna, and I will keep
Floyd | watch." He hands you a dented lantern and resumes scanning the
Floyd | horizon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter building" 		

Floyd ]  Temple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Temple
Floyd | The sagging walls lean over an altar. There is no roof, and the stone
Floyd | glows indigo under the stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the back wall is a narrow archway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Probably."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x altar" 		

Floyd ]  Temple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ALTAR
Floyd |
Floyd | A slab of mottled stone, carved with pagan icons. The only shape you
Floyd | recognize is a snarling, wide-eyed jaguar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x archway" 		

Floyd ]  Temple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ARCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | On the other side of the archway is another room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter archway" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ARCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on lantern" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON LANTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | It takes a few tries, but you manage to light the lantern.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inner Chamber
Floyd | Maybe this was the apartment of the temple priest.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the center of the room is a stone stairway, descending into
Floyd | darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your lantern's light catches on something in the corner: A black
Floyd | shard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shard" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHARD
Floyd |
Floyd | The flat side seems polished, like a mirror, but the material is
Floyd | completely black. Even in the darkness you can see that the fractured
Floyd | edge is deadly sharp.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You lean down and reach for the shard, as carefully as you can—but it
Floyd | slices your fingertip just the same. A drop of blood splashes on the
Floyd | mottled floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oopsie"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		DavidW asks, "Ignore the blood offering and go down?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stairway
Floyd | The stairs go on longer than you had expected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | You thrust your lantern forward uncertainly, half expecting to see
Floyd | walls piled high with skulls—but the tunnel is empty, except for some
Floyd | loose gravel and some footprints in the dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the far end of the tunnel is a low archway, blocked by fallen
Floyd | rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x footprints" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOOTPRINTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You contemplate the floor and the places where the dust has been
Floyd | disturbed, but you cannot guess what may have happened here, or how
Floyd | for how long this place has been abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's a great phrase... 'ignore the blood offering'"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gravel" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAVEL
Floyd |
Floyd | You contemplate the floor and the places where the dust has been
Floyd | disturbed, but you cannot guess what may have happened here, or how
Floyd | for how long this place has been abandoned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter archway" 		

Floyd ]  Soundstage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ARCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the low archway)
Floyd | You push the rocks out of the way easily; they're only painted
Floyd | styrofoam.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a few seconds, the archway is clear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soundstage
Floyd | Bright lights surround you on all sides. A giant camera is pointed at
Floyd | your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind you is a low archway of painted canvas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now, I need you to think about Roberto, and whether you can trust him.
Floyd | And you're thinking about Ramón, and which one you really loved. Are
Floyd | you in the right place?
Floyd |
Floyd | We'll be cutting between this and Roberto's scene outside where he
Floyd | stares into the sunset and thinks about kind of the same questions.
Floyd | You're both wondering if you're going to stick together.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "uhhh who's Ramon?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Old lover?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think about roberto" 		

Floyd ]  Soundstage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK ABOUT ROBERTO
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to think.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "gosh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Soundstage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | What a good idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe put your hand up to your neck. Yeah. You're in distress. And you
Floyd | could almost run away. But then you steel yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Perfect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x camera" 		

Floyd ]  Soundstage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAMERA
Floyd |
Floyd | You stare down the barrel of the camera, projecting sadness,
Floyd | confusion, devotion, and strength.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you've made your decision, and you turn around, and you find your
Floyd | way back to Roberto.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess this is all just a movie."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Soundstage
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Soundstage
Floyd | Bright lights surround you on all sides. A giant camera is pointed at
Floyd | your face.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind you is a low archway of painted canvas.
Floyd |
Floyd | Come on, we're wasting film.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter archway" 		

Floyd ]  Tunnel
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER ARCHWAY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Tunnel
Floyd | The dusty tunnel is mostly empty. A cool breeze issues from the
Floyd | stairway.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the far end of the tunnel is a low archway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Stairway
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stairway
Floyd | A tenuous sliver of moonlight falls over the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Inner Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Inner Chamber
Floyd | The temple is quiet.
Floyd |
Floyd | A narrow archway leads out to the main chamber.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Temple
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Temple
Floyd | The sun is gone; the moon and stars shiver overhead.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto will be outside, waiting for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Ruins
Floyd | You emerge from the ruin, and Roberto rises to greet you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "hug roberto" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HUG ROBERTO
Floyd |
Floyd | You walk over to Roberto—There is a flash of light on the hill, and a
Floyd | crack like thunder splits the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto crumples to the sand, a bullet in his chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You run to him, kneel over him, cradle his head in your hands. His
Floyd | gaze is focused on the hill above.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ramón?" he gasps. He draws his pistol, but it falls from his fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Magdalena—mi prado de brisas frescas—" His eyes close.
Floyd | "Aim
Floyd | well, mi linda."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well damn."
		DavidW asks, "uhhh, are we to grab Roberto's pistol and shoot Ramon or ourself?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take pistol" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PISTOL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up Roberto's pistol.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something catches your eye—Something disappearing over the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose we may also be abnßle to shoot Roberto if we want."
		Knight_Otu says, "*able"
		DavidW says, "yeah, but I think ourself is the most Juliet option."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" 		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Everything is so terrible."
		DavidW asks, "May I shoot ourself?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess?"
		DavidW asks, "well, what option would you prefer?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss roberto" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS ROBERTO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "None of the options are nice."
		Jacqueline says, "oooh. harsh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot me" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | That is not your target.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "guess not"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot ramon" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT RAMON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "I guess we pursue?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hill" 		

Floyd ]  Ruins
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You see nothing special about the hill.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb hill" 		

Floyd ]  Hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB HILL
Floyd |
Floyd | You crawl up the hill—your dress snags on a cactus—your lantern
Floyd | goes
Floyd | out. You toss it behind you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hills
Floyd | When you reach the hilltop, you hold very still to search the valley
Floyd | below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A jaguar is running away, leaping like quicksilver over the rocks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "follow jaguar" 		

Floyd ]  Hills
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW JAGUAR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter valley" 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER VALLEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Climbing down the rocks takes a long time. The jaguar sits calmly,
Floyd | waiting for you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Valley
Floyd | The jaguar is a man, standing over the stream that cuts through the
Floyd | valley. He carries a rifle.
Floyd |
Floyd | He coughs violently, and blood spatters on the sand. He takes a second
Floyd | to recover.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well?" he asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | He wears the bloody face of Ramón, but behind his mask are eyes of
Floyd | glittering obsidian. This is Tezcatlipoca, god of murder, embodiment
Floyd | of strife.
Floyd |
Floyd | He has nothing to say, and the desert is silent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask god about roberto" 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK GOD ABOUT ROBERTO
Floyd |
Floyd | He licks his bloody lips.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Magdalena," he says, smiling. "Doesn't your lover cry out for
Floyd | revenge? I am here, I have taken Roberto from you—Destroy me."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
wordsmith says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pistol
Floyd |   a shard
Floyd |   a blue dress (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | He looks up at the sky. "This is not going the way I had planned."
Floyd |
Floyd | He runs his hand through his hair and grimaces. "I had hoped something
Floyd | more interesting would happen."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "wow"
		DavidW asks, "We could cut him instead of shooting him, I guess?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "cut god with shard" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT GOD WITH SHARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Cutting him up would achieve little.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Tezcatlipoca grits his teeth in frustration. "This is embarrassing,"
Floyd | he says.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then he approaches you, puts his hands on your shoulders. "Next time,
Floyd | you must be willing to kill—to murder me—to appease my bloodlust.
Floyd | Next
Floyd | time, Magdalena, you must be blind with hatred, ready to do anything
Floyd | to avenge Roberto. Will you do that? Will you be ready?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good. I look forward to it."
Floyd |
Floyd | The jaguar slithers down the creek, into the moonlight, leaving you
Floyd | alone in the desert night.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd | *** The End ***Eddie gives a little bow, and the library
Floyd | is filled with a reasonable amount of applause.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It did get kind of scary at the end there!" says one author.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," says Eddie. "Hopefully it wasn't too scary."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, not at all." I say, eliciting general murmurs of agreement
Floyd | and reassurance.
Floyd |
Floyd | And another author calls from the back: "Exactly the right amount!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Eddie gives us an unconvincing smile, and as he cedes the podium I
Floyd | lean over to you and ask, inobtrusively: How much did you like that
Floyd | story? On a scale of 1 to 10?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Valley
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "shoot god" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOOT GOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You raise your gun. He smirks, and glances behind you, at the hilltop.
Floyd |
Floyd | You spin and see Magdalena raise her rifle. You try to scream—she
Floyd | fires—and you are Magdalena again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Roberto crumples to the sand, and the jaguar disappears into the
Floyd | desert night.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***

		DavidW asks, "well, I'm confused. The jaguar god of murder kills our fiancee but ha ha no it was really us that did it?"
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Valley
Floyd | *** The End ***Eddie gives a little bow, and the library
Floyd | is filled with a reasonable amount of applause.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It did get kind of scary at the end there!" says one author.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well," says Eddie. "Hopefully it wasn't too scary."
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, no, not at all." I say, eliciting general murmurs of agreement
Floyd | and reassurance.
Floyd |
Floyd | And another author calls from the back: "Exactly the right amount!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Eddie gives us an unconvincing smile, and as he cedes the podium I
Floyd | lean over to you and ask, inobtrusively: How much did you like that
Floyd | story? On a scale of 1 to 10?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm confused. 6."
		Knight_Otu says, "Odd one."
		DavidW asks, "Also, what was the shard really for?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was curious if things were different had we not cut ourselves with it."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe cutting our finger was what summoned the god in the first place?"
		Jacqueline says, "But probably not"
		wordsmith asks, "How did Magdalena get the rifle, after the undo?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know. It doesn't make a lot of sense."
		Knight_Otu says, "Divine intervention."
		DavidW says, "I did notice that that story avoided compass directions entirely."
		DavidW asks, "What rating?"
		wordsmith says, "I liked parts of it, including the 'this is really a movie and you are an actress.' But 6 seems about right."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess 6."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 6
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Noted.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Okay. Noted.Now it is time for the next author to step forward and
Floyd | share the next of the evening's dreadful entertainments. It is oh
Floyd | my gosh it's Allison Chase.
Floyd |
Floyd | She is rapturous. She is heavenly. I mean, obviously I appreciate her
Floyd | as an author first and foremost. Allison Chase is unmatched in her
Floyd | literary command of suspense, anxiety, and trepidation. From page one
Floyd | to page six hundred forty-seven, she has the reader's amygdala wrapped
Floyd | around her little finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | But look at that little finger! Look at her hands, her willowy
Floyd | arms—Look at that neck. Oh, that neck. Allison Chase's neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | Around that impossible neck is a pendant. Does she always wear that
Floyd | pendant? Maybe she wears different pendants. Maybe I should give her a
Floyd | pendant, and then when she wore it, my pendant would be around
Floyd | Allison Chase's neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I happened upon this story while browsing through some old cabinets,"
Floyd | she says. Her voice is like a church bell echoing across a field of
Floyd | fog. I close my eyes, the better to drink in that voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I found it utterly horrific. I wondered, what sort of sadistic
Floyd | monster could possibly have composed something so deliriously awful?"
Floyd | I open my eyes, so that I can look at her neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But when I turned back to the first page, the name I saw beneath the
Floyd | title..."
Floyd |
Floyd | I lean further forward. I have stopped breathing. I have completely
Floyd | forgotten that you, my guest, exist.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...was my own!"
Floyd |
Floyd | As far as I'm concerned there is no one else in the room. I am aware
Floyd | only of the lips of Allison Chase as she smiles wickedly, and begins
Floyd | to read...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ryan Veeder Presents
Floyd | The Ghastly Visage
Floyd | A tale of terror by Allison Chase
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 191031 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N) SD
Floyd |
Floyd | The creature was monstrous to behold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Also, reminiscent of Craverly Manor. :)"
		DavidW says, "Games run together in my mind. Remind me how Craverly Manor went."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm loving the description of her and just want to read more of that rather than a story."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well someone is fanboying."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x creature" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CREATURE
Floyd |
Floyd | His eyes were bloodshot. His hair was stringy and unctuous. His teeth
Floyd | were chipped and yellowed. His chin protruded like a bent nail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eyes" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | Caked around his bloodshot eyes was a vile crust, of which minute
Floyd | crumbs had scattered over his clammy cheeks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Craverly Heights. ewhere we play a Doctor and his evil twin in a soap opera."
		DavidW says, "ah, that one. thanks."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crumbs" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CRUMBS
Floyd |
Floyd | Caked around his bloodshot eyes was a vile crust, of which minute
Floyd | crumbs had scattered over his clammy cheeks.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		wordsmith says, "Thanks. I couldn't remember the name."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hair" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Matted ropes of hair hung a tangled rat's nest over his ears and down
Floyd | his back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x teeth" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TEETH
Floyd |
Floyd | Each of his teeth was a unique sculpture, chiseled by decades of
Floyd | decay. Each depicted its own tale of neglect—except for those
Floyd | mercifully veiled by his awful tongue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tongue" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TONGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | His tongue hung from between his lips like a fat worm emerging from
Floyd | its slimy burrow.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chin" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHIN
Floyd |
Floyd | His bony, pointed chin seemed to dangle like a pendululm beneath his
Floyd | shriveled lips, or else to erupt like an escaped prisoner from his
Floyd | overstretched neck.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lips" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIPS
Floyd |
Floyd | His chapped lips hung open mutely, revealing discolored teeth and a
Floyd | lolling tongue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x neck" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NECK
Floyd |
Floyd | Every muscle in his neck stuck out like a pencil beneath his wretched
Floyd | skin, drawing his shoulders forward involuntarily, stretching out his
Floyd | back and chest like leather on a tanner's rack.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x chest" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | His ribs were set carelessly in his chest, and seemed in danger of
Floyd | knocking each other loose, or of collapsing collectively into his
Floyd | cavernous belly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x belly" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BELLY
Floyd |
Floyd | Between his ribcage and pelvis was his sallow stomach, swelling and
Floyd | stretching whenever he managed to draw breath, shrinking and
Floyd | shriveling with each exhalation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pelvis" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PELVIS
Floyd |
Floyd | His hips were set at a crazy angle, upsetting the trajectories of his
Floyd | spine and everything that radiated therefrom. The posture of his legs,
Floyd | though by no means recognizable as human, had in it nothing of animal
Floyd | grace.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Guessing at the twist - we're looking into a mirror."
		DavidW says, "oo, that could very well be it."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x legs" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LEGS
Floyd |
Floyd | His grimy legs, interrupted by rickety knees, struggled to remain
Floyd | erect over his malformed ankles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knees" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNEES
Floyd |
Floyd | Well, his knees, like knots—obscene, ineffective, oblique—separated
Floyd | messily the halves of his legs: and really two different worlds, two
Floyd | different sexes, are not so different as were the two halves of his
Floyd | horrible, horrible legs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ankles" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ANKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Those objects which conjoined his feet to his legs were as shapely, as
Floyd | sturdy, and as wet as lumps of clay dredged from the bottom of a
Floyd | tainted creek.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x feet" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FEET
Floyd |
Floyd | His feet were slick with moisture, and beneath his skin I saw greyish
Floyd | veins snaking toward his toes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x veins" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X VEINS
Floyd |
Floyd | His feet were slick with moisture, and beneath his skin I saw greyish
Floyd | veins snaking toward his toes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toes" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOES
Floyd |
Floyd | Cracked toenails protruded from long, bony toes, and as he teetered
Floyd | under his own diseased bulk, his toes produced minute ripples in the
Floyd | puddle of fluid that surrounded him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x puddle" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PUDDLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The fluid that pooled around the creature's feet was composed of the
Floyd | same liquid that had formed rivulets running down the entirety of his
Floyd | repulsive body, currents which began in the corners of his sickly,
Floyd | overstrained eyes—for the creature was standing in a puddle of his
Floyd | own
Floyd | tears.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | *** The End ***Those two words are a pair of golden
Floyd | scissors, slicing effortlessly through infinite tension. I more or
Floyd | less faint into my chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | The moderator rises, and asks if there are any questions. I leap to my
Floyd | feet. The moderator calls on me, warily.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you for another excellent reading, Miss Chase," I begin. She
Floyd | nods and mutters modestly.
Floyd |
Floyd | I go on: "I have a question about the story you presented last year,
Floyd | titled 'Lights Out.' In that story you said," and now I quote from
Floyd | memory, "'It is pitch dark, and love is just a chemical reaction.' Do
Floyd | you personally believe that love is just a chemical reaction?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm impressed that you remember that far back!" Allison says, and now
Floyd | I get to nod and mutter modestly.
Floyd |
Floyd | She goes on: "Of course, all of us here are authors, and we know that
Floyd | not every word we put to paper is one that we earnestly believe. I
Floyd | have sworn no oath to Truth, but to Art, and in service to Art I
Floyd | readily will wield a true sentence in one hand and a falsehood in the
Floyd | other. Besides, as we all know, sometimes lies can tell us the truth
Floyd | of things too terrible to be broached by the prim and proper facts."
Floyd |
Floyd | There are murmurs of patient assent; all of this is obvious to us
Floyd | authors.
Floyd |
Floyd | "In writing 'Lights Out,' as is so often the case, it was my mission
Floyd | to terrify my reader. And so I wrote that love is only a chemical
Floyd | reaction: Not to teach the reader an uncomfortable truth, but because
Floyd | that sentence—the meaninglessness that wears that sentence as its
Floyd | hideous mask—is the scariest thing I can think of."
Floyd |
Floyd | I have goosebumps.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Thank you, Miss Chase," I say, and she thanks me, and the moderator
Floyd | thanks me, and I sit down. My knees are shaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | So anyway, how much did you like the story? On a scale of 1 to 10?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, or not."
		DavidW says, "That wasn't a story. That was more of an art piece."
		DavidW says, "And it ended too soon. I'd rate that a 2."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "And I need a pee break."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline asks, "Also, curious: we're at 2 hours. Do we plan to keep going?"
		Jacqueline says, "Just need to know for errand planning."
		Knight_Otu says, "Would be easier to say if I knew how many stories there are."
		wordsmith says, "Yeah, I'd be up for no more than one more today."
		Jacqueline asks, "Well, or should we just rate this story and then pick up next week?"
		Knight_Otu says, "If this isn't the last one, that may be the way to go."
		DavidW says, "back"
		DavidW says, "This might be the last one or there might be one more."
		DavidW says, "What should I rate it? I think 2."
		Jacqueline says, "Weird."
		Jacqueline says, "I am totally different on the rating scale than you all."
		wordsmith says, "2"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was ctually thinking higher."
		Jacqueline says, "I would rate much higher, but I also don't have a hill on which I'm willing to die."
		Knight_Otu says, "But sure."
		wordsmith asks, "KO and J, how high would you go?"
		DavidW asks, "I am willing to be overruled or make it higher. 5 then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds like a compromise."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > 5
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay. Noted.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | Okay. Noted.Awkward muttering fills the chamber. Everyone is wondering
Floyd | who the next author will be.
Floyd |
Floyd | The moderator rises and speaks: "With that, our evening is concluded."
Floyd | Well, that answers that question. "On behalf of the Balderstone
Floyd | estate, I would like to wish you all a wonderful year to come, and a
Floyd | safe trip home."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hold on!" I say, and I jog up to the dais. The moderator is smart
Floyd | enough to get out of my way. I lean over the lectern and grin.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some of you may know that I've brought a guest here tonight." I wave
Floyd | toward you, and everyone looks at you. "And, for each of the stories,
Floyd | I've been asking my guest to score the story, based on how good it is,
Floyd | or how much you enjoyed it. Which was it again?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You are unable to answer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Anyway, I thought everybody might like to know the results. Each
Floyd | story got a score from 1 to 10. And... it looks like..."
Floyd |
Floyd | I quickly do some math in my head.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | I quickly do some math in my head."It looks like my guest's overall
Floyd | enjoyment of the evening amounted to 22 out of 40."
Floyd |
Floyd | The authors look you over. "Is that all?" someone asks. "Really?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey, it's not that bad," I say. "Maybe my guest is just, you know."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Just what?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh dear. "Just, discerning?"
Floyd |
Floyd | The moderator decides this is a good time to step in.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | The moderator decides this is a good time to step in.Then there is a
Floyd | crash of thunder.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | crash of thunder.The fireplace is snuffed out—

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | crash of thunder.The fireplace is snuffed out——And Castle
Floyd | Balderstone
Floyd | is plunged into darkness!
Floyd | cheapglulxe quit with exit status: 0

		
Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		DavidW says, "hmmm."
		Knight_Otu says, "That answers that question."
		DavidW says, "I can't help wondering if the total enjoyment score was larger if we'd get another story."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Hrm. But to find out the other reactions you'd have to play the whole thing."
		DavidW says, "yeah, and not now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. I have some doubts about that."
		DavidW says, "I can never be sure with Ryan. He's clever."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		DavidW says, "anyway, thanks everyone. Glad we played this."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Yes, thanks all!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Ryan Veeder and Edgar Allan Poe
As played on ifMUD on January 29, 2020

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 Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket written by Ryan Veeder and Edgar Allan Poe. 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 arthurgordon" 		

Floyd | > ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Floyd | A Real Novel by Edgar Allan Poe
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 141207 / Inform 7 build 6L02 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Compartment
Floyd | You are in a dark secret compartment hidden in a ship that you are
Floyd | stowing away in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, by Poe!"
		DavidW says, "I think listen and inventory first."
		DavidW asks, "Who's driving?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds good."
		Jacqueline says, "I clearly should not drive, as I couldn't even spell the game title, or find it initially. I should have not stayed up so late."
		DavidW asks (of Knight), "any preference?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Did you want to drive?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe later."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, that's helpful."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a ham
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I'm at least more awake than I usually am. Oh, a ham."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x ham" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HAM
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember this ham being delicious.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sounds of a bloody mutiny!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh dear. Stay hidden!"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may want to... right."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey, your dog is in here!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "maybe smell the ham, see if it has a honey glaze."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x dog" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Your faithful dog is on this boat with you, somehow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are going nuts with hunger!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pet dog" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we eat the ham?"
		Jacqueline says, "It seems obvious - at least for the first play of the game."
		DavidW says, "sure. Hams have bones and the dog might like it."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat ham" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT HAM
Floyd |
Floyd | The ham is incredibly disgusting! You eat it regardless!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "At least, cartoon hams have bones."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No bones left it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Secret Compartment
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Secret Compartment
Floyd | You are in a dark secret compartment hidden in a ship that you are
Floyd | stowing away on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see your dog here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Check inventory."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "In this game there are a lot of exclamations!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask dog about dog" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK DOG ABOUT DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your friend shows up and pulls you out of the secret compartment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Onboard The Ship (Mutiny)
Floyd | You are on the ship, which has been mutinized. Your friend is here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW says, "Hope the friend has a name."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x friend" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoops! Pretty soon a storm kicks up and shipwrecks all y'all!
Floyd |
Floyd | Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | Everyone is super hungry. There is a hole that leads down to the food.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see your friend, your dog and a half-Indian here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Enter hole! Get food!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "This is weird!"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You are only strong enough to dive down in the hole and not retrieve
Floyd | anything. Oh, how sad.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you need to eat something! Or someone???
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "! ??"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat me" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "oops, that should have been... ! ???"
		DavidW says, "Whistle? Maybe the dog will jump down here."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "friend, d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FRIEND, D
Floyd |
Floyd | The friend has better things to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are so hungry. It's insane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "whistle" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WHISTLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't think we went down. We're still up top."
		DavidW says, "ok, eat one of the three."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x indian" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X INDIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm pretty sure this guy is half-Indian. I don't remember his name.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x friend" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | Your best friend helped you stow away on this boat and also brought
Floyd | your dog along without telling you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are so hungry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "ask friend about food" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK FRIEND ABOUT FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "c'mon, choose one to eat."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess the dog."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't wanna. :("
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Don't wanna either."
		DavidW asks, "Shall I be the meanie?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat dog" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT DOG
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe you eat the dog at this point, or maybe the dog dies some other
Floyd | way. I don't remember. We'll say you eat the dog.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you're still hungry! Hungry enough to eat a fellow human.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are so hungry. Actually it's kind of ridiculous that you haven't
Floyd | starved to death yet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Dammit"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sacrifice me" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SACRIFICE ME
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't suppose we can fish for food either."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | Everyone is super hungry. There is a hole that leads down to the food.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see your friend and a half-Indian here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | It is impossible to go anywhere, because it's just ocean in all
Floyd | directions. Maybe also sharks?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat shark" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SHARK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "eat sharks" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SHARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search wreck" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH WRECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "buy pizza" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY PIZZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No seafood it seems."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat friend" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT FRIEND
Floyd |
Floyd | The time has come to eat your friend. You drew straws earlier so you
Floyd | know that it's your friend who gets to get eaten.
Floyd |
Floyd | You kill your friend and then you eat your friend's body. We shall
Floyd | pass over this moment without dwelling on how grisly a moment it is.

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | pass over this moment without dwelling on how grisly a moment it is.It
Floyd | is incredibly grisly. This is probably the worst situation that can
Floyd | happen, for a guy to consume another guy as food, even under desperate
Floyd | shipwreck circumstances like these. Your actions are unavoidable and
Floyd | yet unforgiveable. And so gross. So grisly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Okay, I'm done. You're probably strong enough to go down into that
Floyd | hole now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | You are so hungry, you could eat... your friend.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "There. Y'all are welcome."
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Wait. We already did!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Maybe they were cucumbers, up until the shipwreck. Eh? Eh???
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You and the half-Indian eat the pickles and laugh heartily about how
Floyd | delicious they are. Delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Down again?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Um, sure?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You and the half-Indian eat the pickles and laugh heartily about how
Floyd | delicious they are. Delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Game), "wth?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask indian about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK INDIAN ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask half-indian about himself" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK HALF-INDIAN ABOUT HIMSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I guess this game isn't deeply implemented."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a pickles
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You and the half-Indian eat the pickles and laugh heartily about how
Floyd | delicious they are. Delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Parsers were less nuanced in Poe's time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's always pickles."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It is impossible to go anywhere, because it's just ocean in all
Floyd | directions. Maybe also sharks?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pickles to indian" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PICKLES TO INDIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "eat half-indian" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT HALF-INDIAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't eat the half-Indian, because he's around for the rest of the
Floyd | story.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess that's why it's not an, how did he put it - an official Ryan Veeder release?"
		DavidW asks, "I'm not sure what to do next. We seem to be in a pickle. Or are we?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter pickle" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER PICKLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
		Jacqueline says, "His message to me said, 'I don’t consider the Arthur Gordon Pym game an Actual Ryan Veeder Release. It was just supposed to be a stream of consciousness ephemeral sort of thing!'"
		Jacqueline says, "Prophetic exclamation point there, Ryan."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | It is impossible to go anywhere, because it's just ocean in all
Floyd | directions. Maybe also sharks?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ocean" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OCEAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wreck" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WRECK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm trying to recall any shipwreck Poe stories, but can't think of any."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "row, row, row our boat" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ROW, ROW, ROW OUR BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "make limerick" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MAKE LIMERICK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "swim" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWIM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "All I know are the Tell-tale Heart and the Cask of Amonti-something-o."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "OH! HA!"
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "I... guess I never read this."
		DavidW asks, "There once was a man from Nantucket / Who stowed away on a junket?"
		Jacqueline says, "We're already apparently gotten a far bit through the book."
		Jacqueline asks, "May I share the 30,000 foot summary?"
		DavidW says, "sure. Possibly we shouldn't have hid so long."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I dunno. I think that was fine."
		Jacqueline | Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Aboard this vessel, Pym and a sailor named Dirk Peters continue their adventures farther south. Docking on land, they encounter hostile black-skinned natives before escaping back to the ocean. The novel ends abruptly as Pym and Peters continue toward the South Pole.
		Jacqueline says, "So maybe we just eat pickles until we are saved by the Jane Guy"
		DavidW asks, "Oh, so just keep eating pickles?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You and the half-Indian eat the pickles and laugh heartily about how
Floyd | delicious they are. Delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You and the half-Indian eat the pickles and laugh heartily about how
Floyd | delicious they are. Delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "eat pickles" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT PICKLES
Floyd |
Floyd | You and the half-Indian eat the pickles and laugh heartily about how
Floyd | delicious they are. Delightful!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | When you dive into the hole you are able to pull up some pickles!
Floyd |
Floyd | Hey there's a ship coming this way!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Actually this ship is covered in corpses! Everyone on this ship died,
Floyd | and now their bodies are just waving around in the breeze while they
Floyd | putrefy. Grisly.
Floyd |
Floyd | I don't remember whether this ship shows up before or after you find
Floyd | the pickles. Actually, I'm not totally sure they were pickles. I'm
Floyd | writing all of this from memory, and it was like a month or two ago
Floyd | when I listened to that audiobook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Ship!"
		DavidW asks, "so... get on ship?"
		Jacqueline says, "Jeeze"
		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		Jacqueline says, "I... I was kinda kidding, but..."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "get on ship" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bodies" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | This ship is covered in corpses! Everyone on this ship died, and now
Floyd | their bodies are just waving around in the breeze while they putrefy.
Floyd | Grisly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search corpses" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH CORPSES
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bodies" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | Everyone is super hungry. There is a hole that leads down to the food.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a half-Indian here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Search the ship?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ship" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "board ship" 		

Floyd ]  Onboard The Ship (Wreck)
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOARD SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Black Island
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | It is impossible to go anywhere, because it's just ocean in all
Floyd | directions. Maybe also sharks?
Floyd |
Floyd | Well eventually you get rescued by this other ship and they take you
Floyd | to this weird island in Antarctica.
Floyd |
Floyd | Black Island
Floyd | I don't know if it's called "Antarctica" in the book. It's supposed to
Floyd | be in the area of the south pole, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | This is an island populated by black people! But they aren't African
Floyd | people. They are literally black. It's totally possible that they
Floyd | function as a metaphor for African people, of course. I think most
Floyd | 21st-century readers are going to go with a race-centric reading,
Floyd | although there have been other interpretations.
Floyd |
Floyd | The chief of the whatever-they're-called wants you to follow him to
Floyd | the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a half-Indian, an egg, a polar bear corpse, a weird river
Floyd | and a chief here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I am now wearing my 'this is silly' face."
		Knight_Otu says, "Weird."
		Jacqueline says, "f take all"
		DavidW says, "I am gobsmacked."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Black Island
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | half-Indian: Taken.
Floyd | egg: Taken.
Floyd | polar bear corpse: It is too heavy to pick up.
Floyd | weird river: Taking the river would make about as much sense as
Floyd | anything else, but I'm not gonna let you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I seem to recall it's not considered one of his better works (the original novel I mean)"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bear" 		

Floyd ]  Black Island
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | There are gigantic polar bears here, and one of them died, and this is
Floyd | its body. The black people are terrified even of its corpse, for
Floyd | whatever reason! It may be worth mentioning that this polar bear, like
Floyd | the mundane, nonfictional polar bears of the Arctic, is white.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" 		

Floyd ]  Black Island
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIVER
Floyd |
Floyd | The water of this island has veins? I don't know. The description in
Floyd | the book goes into a lot of detail, but totally fails to convey any
Floyd | coherent image. I would reproduce that description here but I promised
Floyd | myself I wouldn't look at the text of the book while writing this
Floyd | game—and I, Edgar Allan Poe, always keep my promises.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aren't polar bears only at the North... never mind."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  Black Island
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | The egg is very white! The black people are terrified of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "I think we should go west?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it would seem."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Canyon (Ambush)
Floyd | The chief and his retinue lead you white guys (and the one half-Indian
Floyd | guy) to a canyon. And then there's an ambush! The natives totally get
Floyd | the drop on you! And you and the half-Indian are separated from the
Floyd | others! Or the others all die maybe. And you end up in a cave!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm just sitting here, shaking my head, and I'm down for whatever."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Cave
Floyd | >Oh whoops! Like I was saying, you end up in a cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave
Floyd | This cave extends in various directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a half-Indian here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an egg
Floyd |   a pickles
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You have: a pickles."
		DavidW says, "yes, from earlier"
		Knight_Otu says, "Our uneaten friend jumoed out of our inventory."
		Jacqueline says, "I was mostly poking fun at the plural issue"
		Knight_Otu says, "*jumped"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Maybe if we go down from here, we can find sliced bread."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Pickle sammich?"
		DavidW says, "Better than dog!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The half-Indian guy follows you. As you walk through the cave, you
Floyd | notice that its passages take the form of a character of the ancient
Floyd | Ethiopian alphabet, although this surely is a coincidence.
Floyd |
Floyd | You end up in another cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave
Floyd | This cave extends in various directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a half-Indian here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if things had gone substantially differently if I'd decided to just eat our non-friend who is half-Indian who apparently is not afforded a name."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The half-Indian guy follows you. This cave is also shaped like another
Floyd | Ethiopian letter. How odd!
Floyd |
Floyd | You end up in a third cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave
Floyd | This cave extends in various directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a half-Indian here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The half-Indian guy follows you. Another Ethiopian letter. Still,
Floyd | three coincidences in a row doesn't mean anything.
Floyd | Anyway you climb out of the cave! You are pursued by the natives! You
Floyd | take one of them captive and escape on one of their canoes! You paddle
Floyd | out into mysterious mist!
Floyd |
Floyd | Mist
Floyd | The canoe floats through the white mist.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a half-Indian and a captive here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel uneasy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think our friend had a name either."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. That's a good point."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mist" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MIST
Floyd |
Floyd | It's all over the place. But it's not cold, even though you're
Floyd | supposedly near the south pole.
Floyd |
Floyd | TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I've been feeling uneasy for a while, to be fair."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x captive" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAPTIVE
Floyd |
Floyd | He is incredibly terrified of how white everything is out here. Around
Floyd | now you find out that even his teeth are black.
Floyd |
Floyd | A white bird flies past, shrieking TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | TEKELI-LI TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "tekeli-li" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bird" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | They are freaky birds.
Floyd |
Floyd | More birds! TEKELI-LI TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "show egg to bird" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW EGG TO BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | TEKELI-LI TEKELI-LI TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I have way better things to do, but this does spark a fun idea for a game jam / speed IF for me."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask captive about bird" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK CAPTIVE ABOUT BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | The canoe enters a whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > Z
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are still going down the whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | TEKELI-LI
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It would be kind of funny to do a speed IF where people have to implement a classic novel from memory."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot.
Floyd |
Floyd | There's a white man in the center of the whirlpool!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline files that idea away.
		Knight_Otu says, "That would be somrthing."
		Knight_Otu says, "I can't ever type right."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "give captive to white man" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE CAPTIVE TO WHITE MAN
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the captive)
Floyd | The white man doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now you're right up in on the white man!
Floyd |
Floyd | He is standing in the middle of the whirlpool. He is huge. He has a
Floyd | beard. He is totally white. He is beckoning you.

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | beard. He is totally white. He is beckoning you.TEKELI-LI

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | beard. He is totally white. He is beckoning you.TEKELI-LISo, at this
Floyd | point in the book, I (Edgar Allan Poe) explain that you (Arthur Gordon
Floyd | Pym) died before you could write down what happened next. You
Floyd | apparently survived your encounter with the white man, because you
Floyd | were around to write everything else in the story and then ask me to
Floyd | publish it under my own name, but obviously you should have died at
Floyd | that part of the story, so instead you died while writing it down.
Floyd |
Floyd | The story closes with this fantastic fake Bible quote, and while it
Floyd | was very important for me to not read any of the original story while
Floyd | writing this groundbreaking interactive version, I do want to make
Floyd | sure I reproduce this fake Bible quote correctly, so I'm going to
Floyd | break my rule and go look at the original version:

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | break my rule and go look at the original version:
Floyd |
Floyd | "I have graven it within the hills, and my vengeance upon the dust
Floyd | within the rock."

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Mist
Floyd | within the rock."
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 | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was something."
		Jacqueline says, "That was... interesting."
		DavidW says, "Like seeing someone else's dream."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, I'm glad I did it"
		Jacqueline says, "But yeah."
		DavidW says, "That didn't take very long."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Half an hour-ish."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Garden of Verging Paths by Quinn Spence
As played on ifMUD on January 26, 2020

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 Garden of Verging Paths written by Quinn Spence. It was released in 2015 and, as of the date of this transcript, appears to be the author's only work of interactive fiction. 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, "Because I am predictable, I like the sound of DW's suggestion 'The Garden of Verging Paths'"
		Jacqueline says, "Also 'Under the Sea'"
		Jacqueline says, "But I'm open to whatev."
		Knight_Otu says, "Garden sounds nice."
		DavidW says, "The IFDB page on Garden doesn't say much about the game except Surreal, Slice of Life, and Merciful."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask gardenofpaths" 		

Floyd | Can you hear me? >> Please answer yes or no.> Please answer yes or no.>
Floyd | Please answer yes or no.> ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For instructions on how to play, type INFO. For hints, type
Floyd | HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink, confused.
Floyd | A filtered sun has just woken you from a pleasant slumber. Judging by
Floyd | the strength of the light, it seems to be much later than you had
Floyd | intended on getting up. You recall that you've just spent the night at
Floyd | Grandma's house, before rolling out of bed. You notice that a few of
Floyd | your things seem to be missing, including your alarm clock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden of Verging Paths
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Quinn Spence
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 151027 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Bedroom
Floyd | A decently sized bedroom on the second floor of Grandma's house. The
Floyd | room is sparesly decorated, and you feel a dull carpet underfoot. A
Floyd | door leads out to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a full size bed, a sweater, and a side table (on which are
Floyd | a note and a surprisingly empty spot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Let's read that note."
		Roger says, ""'dull' carpet" is one of those words that's almost right, but not really"
		DavidW says, "hmm"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I thought I'd let you sleep in today! When you're ready meet me
Floyd | outside on the patio - I need some help with the yard.
Floyd | Love, Grandma"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | As good-looking as ever.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spot" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn that you left your glasses here last night, but
Floyd | now you aren't so sure. Did you even bring them to her house?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I doubt we can check our head for our glasses."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch face" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH FACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger says (to floyd), "touch head" 		Jacqueline says, "Apparently we can still read without glasses"

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH HEAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | She's always trying to make you take her old things.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the door reluctantly shift in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "door"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | A stubborn wooden paneled door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I want to take and wear the sweater"
		Jacqueline says, "k"
		Roger says, "do it"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see very well without your glasses…
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sweater" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SWEATER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the scratchy woolen jumper over your head.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Bedroom
Floyd | A decently sized bedroom on the second floor of Grandma's house. The
Floyd | room is sparesly decorated, and you feel a dull carpet underfoot. A
Floyd | door leads out to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a full size bed and a side table (on which are a note and
Floyd | a surprisingly empty spot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I think a better writer would have gone with "You can't very well see without your glasses.""
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Huh. I think that sentence is fine."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get spot" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ha ha"
		Roger says, "it suffices"
		Jacqueline says, "But I agree with you on the dull carpeting."
		Knight_Otu says, "I had to try that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear spot" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEAR SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't wear that!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay we took the spot"
		Jacqueline says, "see spot"
		Jacqueline says, "see spot run"
		Jacqueline exclaims (at Spot), "Run, Spot! Run!"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x carpet" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CARPET
Floyd |
Floyd | It must have been supple once, but the years have eroded this rug down
Floyd | to a thin floor covering.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "See spot abducted."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the bedroom door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is lost in its own contentment, and doesn't notice you as it bobs
Floyd | from side to side, humming quietly.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the side table is a note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "It... it *what*??"
		Roger says, "well that just got way more surreal"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen to table" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > LISTEN TO TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask table about glasses" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK TABLE ABOUT GLASSES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ask it... okay."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch table" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "table, hello" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TABLE, HELLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't talk to the side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Why not?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search table" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the side table is a note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "It got no ears to hear us?"
		Jacqueline says, "True"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take note" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "read note" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | "I thought I'd let you sleep in today! When you're ready meet me
Floyd | outside on the patio - I need some help with the yard.
Floyd | Love, Grandma"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Shall we leave the room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we should."
		DavidW asks, "Was it northwest or northeast?"
		Knight_Otu says, "NW."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in a dimly lit hall, with an odd pale rectangle on the wall. A
Floyd | stairway leads down to the Foyer. There are exits to the north (her
Floyd | bedroom), west (the bathroom), and southeast (the guest room).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have once been a framed image here, but you can't recall
Floyd | having seen one before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Down?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thieves!"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You are in a bright foyer. A stairway leads up and there are exits to
Floyd | the southwest (the living room) and south (the dining room). An ornate
Floyd | glass door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The day has just begun but the table is already done with it. It
Floyd | drearily slumps in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the accent table is a dustless space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh no"
		Jacqueline says, "Poor table"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | On the accent table is a dustless space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x space" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You know that's where Grandma usually puts her keys when she's home,
Floyd | but now the spot is empty. She might have them with her, but if she's
Floyd | lost her keys all sorts of things could happen...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "maybe yet another take on La Belle et Le Bete"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Possiblt"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Possibly"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x glass door" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GLASS DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door sighs at your arrival and wonders if you will ever smell that
Floyd | green grass again.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		Jacqueline's eye get really wide.
		Roger says, "uh oh floyd might not like this"
		Jacqueline says, "ennui"
		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		Jacqueline says, "spontaneous combustion"
		DavidW asks, "Shall I really answer 'ennui'?"
		Roger says, "surely"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ennui" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENNUI
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Alternatively, living furniture."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "ha"
		Jacqueline asks, "There's apparently a ... correct answer?"
		Roger says, "it would seem"
		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently."
		Jacqueline asks, "It's a glass door, so... Windex? Dirt? Being broken?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "senility" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > SENILITY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "death" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > DEATH
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline squints at the screen.
		DavidW says, "I guess we have to learn the answer."
		Jacqueline says, "Apparently"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You are in a bright foyer. A stairway leads up and there are exits to
Floyd | the southwest (the living room) and south (the dining room). An ornate
Floyd | glass door leads out to the east.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Let's explore more"

Floyd | The day has just begun but the table is already done with it. It
Floyd | drearily slumps in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the accent table is a dustless space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stairway" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAIRWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | A claustrophobic formal dining room, made smaller by its lack of
Floyd | windows. There are exits to the north (the foyer), west (the living
Floyd | room), and southwest (the kitchen). A door leads out to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the darkness looms a strange form. Perhaps it's the table?
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a covered plate of food here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "X form?"
		DavidW asks, "How can it be claustrophic with four exits?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x form" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FORM
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Before your eyes the dark wood table lightens, the boards swell, and
Floyd | space grows between them.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		Jacqueline says, "oh dear"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Hall
Floyd | A wide airy hall, filled with tables and benches made from wide pine
Floyd | boards. Grandma waits by your side, it looks like she wants to talk to
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see tables and benches here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's been a long and fun week at camp, but now it's time
Floyd | to go home.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "..."
		Knight_Otu asks, "A memory?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Possibly."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grandma" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRANDMA
Floyd |
Floyd | An old, frail woman who always seems to bubble with an excitement
Floyd | that's far younger than she is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing CAMP and TIME are topics to ask grandma about."
		Jacqueline says, "Try it"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about camp" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT CAMP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "I love camp!" you exclaim.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm so happy you had fun! It's just too bad you wont be able to come
Floyd | back next year."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about next year" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT NEXT YEAR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Of course I'll come back here."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, I'm sorry dear… your camp is closing down at the end of
Floyd | this summer."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about closing" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT CLOSING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "…It's closing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "I know this must be a difficulty for you, but we'll find a
Floyd | another camp for you to go to."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "dang"
		Jacqueline says, "sadness"
		DavidW asks, "Which topic next?"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, you suggested 'time'"
		Knight_Otu says, "Difficulty? Or time."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "I worry that TIME might end the whole conversation." 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > I WORRY THAT TIME MIGHT END THE WHOLE CONVERSATION.
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take inventory.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ack"
		Knight_Otu says, "That's possible, yeah."
		DavidW says, "Shall I try it anyway? I assume UNDO works."
		Roger says, "it's early; sure"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about time" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT TIME
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "I want to go to camp forever."
Floyd |
Floyd | "We can definitely find another camp for you to go to next
Floyd | year."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "next year"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about next year" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT NEXT YEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh wait, you did"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure why it's still italicized."
		DavidW says, "ask grandma about difficulty"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about difficulty" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT DIFFICULTY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's closing."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's right dear."
Floyd |
Floyd | It's closing. It's closing. It's closing.
Floyd | Everything softens. You feel fuzzy.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		DavidW says, "*** You are a sweater ***"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Roger says, "ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | A claustrophobic formal dining room, made smaller by its lack of
Floyd | windows. There are exits to the north (the foyer), west (the living
Floyd | room), and southwest (the kitchen). A door leads out to the south. A
Floyd | familiar scuffed table stands, dignified, at the center of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a covered plate of food here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you even bring your glasses here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x food" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | It appears to be a bagel.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could Grandma's keys be?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Man, this game is giving me anxiety."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Though scratched, the table retains its impressive presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see very well without your glasses…
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "<em>Did I remember to turn off the stove?</em>"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take plate" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could those glasses be?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "<em>Did I floss this morning?</em>"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the heavy wooden door)
Floyd | The sable, paneled wood door is steadfast, adamant to follow protocol.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Did I lock the door? Did I even close it?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "<em>Did I forget to take medication? Am I *on* any medication??</em>"
		Jacqueline asks, "What interior places can we visit?"
		DavidW says, "Living room, Kitchen, Grandma's room, Bathroom."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably living room and kitchen on this... right."
		DavidW says, "I think we ARE grandma with Alzheimer's."
		Jacqueline says, "Just wondering if the answer lies in one of those places."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "That would be a twist."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's a possibility."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "I'd like to see Kitchen next. It's southwest."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Heaps of clutter cover both the counters and the floor and aged
Floyd | appliances are scattered upon every surface, though none appear very
Floyd | well used. A window to the west surveys the patio. There are exits to
Floyd | the north (the living room), northeast (the dining room) west (the
Floyd | sunroom). A plain door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oven here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You aren't sure if she has ever used this for anything other than
Floyd | storage.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The oven refuses to open, adamant that you have more important things
Floyd | to be doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x clutter" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CLUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Papers, dishes, and medicaion containers are scattered about the
Floyd | kitchen. You'd really love to organize it for her, but you'll need her
Floyd | permission first.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty worried about those glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What if there's something important in that clutter, and she
Floyd | can't find it when she needs it?" you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the kitchen window or the nondescript door?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kitchen" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > KITCHEN
Floyd |
Floyd | Through the window, you see Grandma swaying in her chair, most likely
Floyd | singing as she waits on the Patio. You should hurry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunroom
Floyd | The most lived-in space in the house, the sunroom seems to have an
Floyd | aura of comfort about it. The north and west walls are completely made
Floyd | of dirty glass, allowing tinted sunlight to fill the room. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east (the kitchen) and a windowed door leads out to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A glorious sun-beached rug naps in the center of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to keep in mind that Grandma might not want the clutter
Floyd | cleaned...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The pattern appears to move and swirl, growing brighter as it spirals.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd | The north and west walls are comprised of crystal clear glass,
Floyd | allowing sunlight to flood the room. A windowed door leads out to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Grandma, a tv, and your sister here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are sitting on the rug watching tv when you begin to smell
Floyd | something terrible. You're pretty sure that the source is your sister.
Floyd | You remember a joke from tv, maybe if you tell it
Floyd | Grandma will laugh?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, ""Don't clean my clutter, that's all where it belongs!""
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandma hasn't noticed the violent cartoon on the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tv is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to clean the mess, but that might ruin whatever system
Floyd | she has.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sister" 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | She is several years younger than you, but looks older.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and are struck by the smell of old people.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I thought sis farted"
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, what?"
		DavidW says, "the smell"
		Jacqueline says, "Snrk. Never mind."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about joke" 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT JOKE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Did somebody just [     ] in here!?" you joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandma casts a glare at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "How rude we are."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about glare" 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT GLARE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was a joke! From tv!" you stammer.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We don't joke about that in this house," says Grandma.
Floyd |
Floyd | How will Grandma ever find the things she needs in that mess?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about that" 		

Floyd ]  A Slightly Different Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT THAT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's something that we should all be taking with
Floyd | seriousness," Grandma replies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You abruptly snap back out of your thoughts.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		DavidW asks, "hey. Offering topics and ending the convo?"
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunroom
Floyd | The most lived-in space in the house, the sunroom seems to have an
Floyd | aura of comfort about it. The north and west walls are completely made
Floyd | of dirty glass, allowing tinted sunlight to fill the room. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east (the kitchen) and a windowed door leads out to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You could get lost in the pattern that decorates the sleeping beast's
Floyd | back.
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you even bring your glasses here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pattern" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PATTERN
Floyd |
Floyd | You could get lost in the pattern that decorates the sleeping beast's
Floyd | back.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter rug" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the front door)
Floyd | "You know there's a story behind that pear tree. Go out and ask her
Floyd | about it, what are you waiting for?"
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		Knight_Otu asks, "No going back to our memories?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "outside" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > OUTSIDE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sorry"
		DavidW says, "no, go ahead"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nah, it's fine."
		Jacqueline says, "Guessing is likely not productive."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the north wall or the west wall?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "north" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > NORTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see happy plastic furniture dotting the Patio. A particularly
Floyd | joyful chair is occupied by Grandma. She look up and waves at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | What if Grandma gets locked out without her keys?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x west window" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEST WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside, a narrow patch of grass seperates the house from a row of
Floyd | trees. There is a stone birdbath plus an assortment of bird feeders.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're concerned about those keys...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x birdbath" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIRDBATH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm guessing we find more memories."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline nods.
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Heaps of clutter cover both the counters and the floor and aged
Floyd | appliances are scattered upon every surface, though none appear very
Floyd | well used. A window to the west surveys the patio. There are exits to
Floyd | the north (the living room), northeast (the dining room) west (the
Floyd | sunroom). A plain door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oven here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to keep in mind that Grandma might not want the clutter
Floyd | cleaned...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search clutter" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH CLUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | A solemn room intended for family gatherings. A window on the
Floyd | southwest wall overlooks the patio. There are exits to the northeast
Floyd | (the foyer), east (the dining room) and south (the kitchen).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a piano (on which is a pile of sheet music) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see very well without your glasses…
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x piano" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano is ancient and cluttered, but the sound is immaculate. Over
Floyd | the years she's taught you several songs that are older than she is.
Floyd | You suddenly realize that you can't recall how to play any of them.
Floyd | You resolve to ask Grandma about them the next time you see her.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the piano is a pile of sheet music.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x music" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | Yellowed pages with indecipherable notes scrawled upon them.
Floyd |
Floyd | What if you don't ask her about those songs and you can never
Floyd | remember them again?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Grandma's back as she lounges in a chair on the Patio, waiting
Floyd | for you. You shouldn't delay her much longer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play music" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't play that!
Floyd |
Floyd | How will Grandma ever find the things she needs in that mess?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "play piano" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You clumsily tap out a tune and the piano dutifully hums along.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "take music" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Go back upstairs?"
		Jacqueline says, "I just want to give this protagonist a hug and a meditation lesson."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess yes."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nt" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > NT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You are in a bright foyer. A stairway leads up and there are exits to
Floyd | the southwest (the living room) and south (the dining room). An ornate
Floyd | glass door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The day has just begun but the table is already done with it. It
Floyd | drearily slumps in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the accent table is a dustless space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline shrugs. "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in a dimly lit hall, with an odd pale rectangle on the wall. A
Floyd | stairway leads down to the Foyer. There are exits to the north (her
Floyd | bedroom), west (the bathroom), and southeast (the guest room).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Her Bedroom
Floyd | You are in a messy, darkened bedroom. A dull light source seethes in
Floyd | the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Grandma's bed and a technicolor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "A seething light source. Huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x source" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SOURCE
Floyd |
Floyd | The lone incandescent huffs as you notice that the lamp is lacking the
Floyd | correct number of bulbs. If you don't restore them, Grandma will
Floyd | likely continue living in the gloom until she stumbles over something.
Floyd | You don't think she even has any extra lightbulbs, but you should keep
Floyd | an eye out anyways.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're pretty worried about those glasses.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember how much she boasted when she got this proud mattress.
Floyd | "Both sides of the bed can feel different! It's controlled by a
Floyd | number!"
Floyd |
Floyd | If you forget those songs, you might forget important memories
Floyd | too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "touch bed" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TOUCH BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see very well without your glasses…
Floyd |
Floyd | Does Grandma have her keys?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x technicolor" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TECHNICOLOR
Floyd |
Floyd | For something that is used daily, it has a surprisingly thick layer of
Floyd | dust coating the screen.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technicolor is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on technicolor" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ON TECHNICOLOR
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the technicolor on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The television emits a hazy glow as the newscaster reads a report
Floyd | about a missing person.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technicolor is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The television emits a hazy glow as the newscaster reads a report
Floyd | about a missing person.
Floyd |
Floyd | The technicolor is currently switched on.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Grandma even have extra lightbulbs?" you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn off tv" 		

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN OFF TV
Floyd |
Floyd | You switch the technicolor off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  Her Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Bathroom?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in a dimly lit hall, with an odd pale rectangle on the wall. A
Floyd | stairway leads down to the Foyer. There are exits to the north (her
Floyd | bedroom), west (the bathroom), and southeast (the guest room).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | A dingy tiled bathroom with a sink and a commode. Next to the sink
Floyd | sits a cup filled with jittery toothbrushes. On top of the commode is
Floyd | a fidgeting powder box. There is an exit to the east (the hall).
Floyd |
Floyd | Something about the tiles catches your gaze.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Does Grandma even have extra lightbulbs?" you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | "What if there's something important in that clutter, and she
Floyd | can't find it when she needs it?" you wonder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "that powder box has seen things, man"
		DavidW says, "This seems to be where the action is."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "yay"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | A hexagonal metal container with three lion's legs supporting it,
Floyd | possibly an antique. It shifts uncomfortably beneath your gaze.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel bad for the remaining bulb. It must be so lonely without
Floyd | a friend...
Floyd |
Floyd | You think about how Grandma could trip in that clutter and get
Floyd | hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the powder box.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could Grandma's keys be?
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't forget to ask Grandma about those songs...
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to clean the mess, but that might ruin whatever system
Floyd | she has.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Inspecting the box, you see that some powder still remains caked at
Floyd | the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you forget those songs, you might forget important memories
Floyd | too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search box" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Inspecting the box, you see that some powder still remains caked at
Floyd | the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could Grandma's keys be?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x powder" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Inspecting the box, you see that some powder still remains caked at
Floyd | the bottom. It shifts uncomfortably beneath your gaze.
Floyd |
Floyd | Does Grandma have her keys?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "move powder" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not the songs that are imortant, it's the memories they
Floyd | hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "powder nose" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > POWDER NOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toothbrush" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOOTHBRUSH
Floyd |
Floyd | The toothbrushes buzz with excitement.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sink" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SINK
Floyd |
Floyd | The counter has a white film over it and the basin is yellowed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x commode" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COMMODE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is old and worn-out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x tiles" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TILES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You see the scuffed dark yellow bathroom tiles transform into tall dry
Floyd | grass.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the Field
Floyd |
Floyd | Edge of the Field
Floyd | Trimmed grass comes to a halt where the field rises to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Grandma here.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's your birthday. You've spent the day playing with your dog,
Floyd | Griffin, who has had some sort of illness. After a short break
Floyd | you've returned to the field, but now it's dark and you're having a
Floyd | hard time finding him. Grandma might know where he is, maybe
Floyd | you should talk to her?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "This is kind of wild, because this is how I originally got the idea for Waterhouse. Bathroom tiles."
		DavidW says, "huh. I didn't know that."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about finding him" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT FINDING HIM
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Grandma, have you seen where Griffin went?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No, but you know how he is, sometimes he just lays down in the
Floyd | field. Maybe you should try looking for him?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. There were some bathroom tiles that had scenes on them in a house I was visiting."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look for Griffin" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK FOR GRIFFIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about looking" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT LOOKING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Should I look anywhere else?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "No dear, he won't have gone very far. Go south into the hay, and try
Floyd | to CALL for him as you look."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ask Grandma about those songs, ask Grandma about those songs,"
Floyd | you remind yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask grandma about songs" 		

Floyd ]  Edge of the Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK GRANDMA ABOUT SONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Vast Field
Floyd | You are in a field of wildflowers, all alike. Tall dry grass
Floyd | suffocates you to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dense patch of grass here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Griffin?
Floyd |
Floyd | How will Grandma ever find the things she needs in that mess?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the dense patch of grass)
Floyd | You eagerly push aside the hay only to find nothing within.
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to clean the mess, but that might ruin whatever system
Floyd | she has.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | A Vast Field
Floyd | You are in a field of wildflowers, all alike. Tall dry grass
Floyd | suffocates you to the east and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see some soft earth and a pile of stones here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "call" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > CALL
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "Here, Griffin!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to clean the mess, but that might ruin whatever system
Floyd | she has.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stones" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONES
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer behind the stones but only see more hay.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x earth" 		

Floyd ]  A Vast Field
Floyd |
Floyd | > X EARTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You inspect the dirt for prints, but the ground is undisturbed.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Grandma fights her way through the grass with a tenacity like you've
Floyd | never known.
Floyd | "There you are!" she says. "I just realized...I think I know where
Floyd | Giffin is, sweetie.
Floyd | I think he's left us."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But he wouldn't run away."
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's...not what I meant."
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass closes in. You feel it on every side of your body. Your
Floyd | lungs breathe no air, only grass. You are drowning.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | Bathroom
Floyd | A dingy tiled bathroom with a sink and a commode. Next to the sink
Floyd | sits a cup filled with jittery toothbrushes. On top of the commode is
Floyd | a fidgeting powder box. There is an exit to the east (the hall).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "so, Griffin died?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "He was ill, the game said."
		Jacqueline says, "This is one of the saddest, most anxious games."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell powder" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > SMELL POWDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | If you forget those songs, you might forget important memories
Floyd | too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a covered plate of food
Floyd |   a note
Floyd |   a surprisingly empty spot
Floyd |   a sweater (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Iria arrives, full of funk, but no fun. 		Knight_Otu nods.
		Iria says, "How sad."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x spot" 		

Floyd ]  Bathroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You could have sworn that you left your glasses here last night, but
Floyd | now you aren't so sure. Did you even bring them to her house?
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could those glasses be?
Floyd |
Floyd | You've got to remember to look for some lightbulbs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm unsure what to do next. We've been everywhere so maybe we need to revisit locations now. Maybe you have to see some memories to unlock others."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in a dimly lit hall, with an odd pale rectangle on the wall. A
Floyd | stairway leads down to the Foyer. There are exits to the north (her
Floyd | bedroom), west (the bathroom), and southeast (the guest room).
Floyd |
Floyd | You want to clean the mess, but that might ruin whatever system
Floyd | she has.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we should revisit a few rooms."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rectangle" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RECTANGLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There must have once been a framed image here, but you can't recall
Floyd | having seen one before.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Bedroom
Floyd | A decently sized bedroom on the second floor of Grandma's house. The
Floyd | room is sparesly decorated, and you feel a dull carpet underfoot. A
Floyd | door leads out to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a full size bed and a side table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "put spot on table" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT SPOT ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the surprisingly empty spot on the side table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Can we also go back to the kitchen? We could talk to grandma from there, right?"
		DavidW says, "Sunroom, I think it was. Yes, we can try."
		DavidW says, "I don't think it'll work, though."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Hall
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hall
Floyd | You are in a dimly lit hall, with an odd pale rectangle on the wall. A
Floyd | stairway leads down to the Foyer. There are exits to the north (her
Floyd | bedroom), west (the bathroom), and southeast (the guest room).
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ask Grandma about those songs, ask Grandma about those songs,"
Floyd | you remind yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You are in a bright foyer. A stairway leads up and there are exits to
Floyd | the southwest (the living room) and south (the dining room). An ornate
Floyd | glass door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The day has just begun but the table is already done with it. It
Floyd | drearily slumps in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the accent table is a dustless space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Room
Floyd | A solemn room intended for family gatherings. A window on the
Floyd | southwest wall overlooks the patio. There are exits to the northeast
Floyd | (the foyer), east (the dining room) and south (the kitchen).
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a piano (on which is a pile of sheet music) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You've got to remember to look for some lightbulbs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Living Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Heaps of clutter cover both the counters and the floor and aged
Floyd | appliances are scattered upon every surface, though none appear very
Floyd | well used. A window to the west surveys the patio. There are exits to
Floyd | the north (the living room), northeast (the dining room) west (the
Floyd | sunroom). A plain door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oven here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunroom
Floyd | The most lived-in space in the house, the sunroom seems to have an
Floyd | aura of comfort about it. The north and west walls are completely made
Floyd | of dirty glass, allowing tinted sunlight to fill the room. There is an
Floyd | exit to the east (the kitchen) and a windowed door leads out to the
Floyd | south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grandma" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X GRANDMA
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x west window" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WEST WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside, a narrow patch of grass seperates the house from a row of
Floyd | trees. There is a stone birdbath plus an assortment of bird feeders.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could those glasses be?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x north window" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > X NORTH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see happy plastic furniture dotting the Patio. A particularly
Floyd | joyful chair is occupied by Grandma. She look up and waves at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We can see Grandma but she's not implemented here to talk to."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask north window about songs" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK NORTH WINDOW ABOUT SONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open north window" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN NORTH WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | Did you even bring your glasses here?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the north wall)
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open plate" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN PLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're concerned about those keys...
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't forget to ask Grandma about those songs...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Sunroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see very well without your glasses…
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | Heaps of clutter cover both the counters and the floor and aged
Floyd | appliances are scattered upon every surface, though none appear very
Floyd | well used. A window to the west surveys the patio. There are exits to
Floyd | the north (the living room), northeast (the dining room) west (the
Floyd | sunroom). A plain door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see an oven here.
Floyd |
Floyd | You're concerned about those keys...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x appliances" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X APPLIANCES
Floyd |
Floyd | They are in a state of decrepitness that makes you think they've been
Floyd | here since she bought the house 60 years ago (and they probably have).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x counters" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X COUNTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "plain door" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAIN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x plain door" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAIN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It thinks about the vibrant poppies outside. "They're her favorite you
Floyd | know. If you could just get outside maybe you could bring her some."
Floyd |
Floyd | You're sure that if you added another bulb to the lamp in
Floyd | Grandma's room that the other one would be much happier.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, sorry, I stepped away a second. No way to talk to grandma yet, right?"
		DavidW says, "no"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "forgetfulness" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > FORGETFULNESS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "forgetting" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > FORGETTING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "squint" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > SQUINT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It thinks about the vibrant poppies outside. "They're her favorite you
Floyd | know. If you could just get outside maybe you could bring her some."
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ignorance" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > IGNORANCE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Loneliness?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It thinks about the vibrant poppies outside. "They're her favorite you
Floyd | know. If you could just get outside maybe you could bring her some."
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "loneliness" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > LONELINESS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "open oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | The oven refuses to open, adamant that you have more important things
Floyd | to be doing.
Floyd |
Floyd | What if Grandma gets locked out without her keys?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick oven" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > KICK OVEN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "clean clutter" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLEAN CLUTTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You really shouldn't mess with Grandma's things without her
Floyd | permission.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "who am i" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd |
Floyd | > WHO AM I
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | A claustrophobic formal dining room, made smaller by its lack of
Floyd | windows. There are exits to the north (the foyer), west (the living
Floyd | room), and southwest (the kitchen). A door leads out to the south. A
Floyd | familiar scuffed table stands, dignified, at the center of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "search table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is nothing on the dining table.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where could those glasses be?
Floyd |
Floyd | What if Grandma gets locked out without her keys?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Though scratched, the table retains its impressive presence.
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to keep in mind that Grandma might not want the clutter
Floyd | cleaned...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | What if Grandma gets locked out without her keys?
Floyd |
Floyd | You think about how Grandma could trip in that clutter and get
Floyd | hurt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "You know what? Let's clean up her damn clutter. I'm over it."
		DavidW says, "I tried"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "darn"
		Jacqueline says, "Right. So you did."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The sable, paneled wood door is steadfast, adamant to follow protocol.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not the songs that are imortant, it's the memories they
Floyd | hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "anxiety" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > ANXIETY
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "knowledge" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > KNOWLEDGE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "memories"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The sable, paneled wood door is steadfast, adamant to follow protocol.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "memories" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > MEMORIES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "grandma" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRANDMA
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "y" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > Y
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "doors" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOORS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.

		Knight_Otu asks, "Weird thought - are we afraid of grandma?"

Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		DavidW says, "tried it"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Apparently not."
		Jacqueline says, "We're afraid of everything, but the door just don't care."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, I was typing that while you tried."
		DavidW says, "If it's spiders, I'm gonna be annoyed."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | You are in a bright foyer. A stairway leads up and there are exits to
Floyd | the southwest (the living room) and south (the dining room). An ornate
Floyd | glass door leads out to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | The day has just begun but the table is already done with it. It
Floyd | drearily slumps in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the accent table is a dustless space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x light" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X LIGHT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x space" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SPACE
Floyd |
Floyd | You know that's where Grandma usually puts her keys when she's home,
Floyd | but now the spot is empty. She might have them with her, but if she's
Floyd | lost her keys all sorts of things could happen...
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ornate door" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ORNATE DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The door sighs at your arrival and wonders if you will ever smell that
Floyd | green grass again.
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to keep in mind that Grandma might not want the clutter
Floyd | cleaned...
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "everything" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > EVERYTHING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "nothing" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > NOTHING
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The door shudders at your ignorance.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to try again? (Yes or No) >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden of Verging Paths
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Quinn Spence
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 151027 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //06D49238-DBF2-4BB7-8389-784FFC116EA7//
Floyd | Standard interpreter 1.0 (6b) / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd | Event Chains version 1 by William S Martin
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe take things in the bathroom?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Loss?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the ornate glass door)
Floyd | The door sighs at your arrival and wonders if you will ever smell that
Floyd | green grass again.
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | What are you most afraid of? >

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "loss" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOSS
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The lock clicks out of place
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "WHOA"
		Jacqueline says, "WHOA WHOA WHOA"
		Jacqueline says, "WHOA"
		Jacqueline gives KO a gold star.
		Knight_Otu asks, "It... opened?"
		Jacqueline says, "It did."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | (first opening the ornate glass door)
Floyd |
Floyd | Beasom side yard
Floyd |
Floyd | Excited by your breakthrough, you burst through the door and run
Floyd | through the yard. You remember all of the things you wanted to ask her
Floyd | about. You turn the corner -
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | [press any key to continue]

		
DavidW pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Patio
Floyd |
Floyd | Patio
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | But Grandma's chair is empty.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, or UNDO the
Floyd | last command?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "She is dead."
		Knight_Otu says, "Damn."
		Jacqueline says, "I... I can't help it, but I'm laughing now."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm trying to be somber and sad, but ... I just can't."
		Jacqueline says, "I... hated that game, but now I love it."
		Knight_Otu says, "But yeah, loss is the common thread - Griffin, the camp, the items..."
		DavidW says, "I don't think I would have solved that."
		Knight_Otu says, "For a game named Garden of Verging Paths, there was a whole lot of house, though."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, Quinn Spence, please make another game."
		Jacqueline says, "That was just a lovely weird thing."
		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "The title *really* made you want to get outside, though, didn't it?"
		Jacqueline says, "It did me, at least."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Wow, I know this was another 'short' game (1 hr) and that we only went an hour last week, but I ... I don't think I can play another thing right away after that."
		Knight_Otu says, "We were promised a garden, but we lost that, too."
		Jacqueline says, "Sam is now asking if I'm okay."
		DavidW says, "oh dear"
		Jacqueline says, "Because I am laughing to the point of tears."
		Jacqueline says, "Every time I reread the ending, and think of how hard we struggled for it... I just laugh more."
		Jacqueline says, "This is probalby not what the author intended, and I feel a teeny bit bad about that."
		Jacqueline removes her glasses, wipes her eyes.
		DavidW says, "Make sure you put your glasses back on. Don't want to lose them."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha TRUTH"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restart" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | For instructions on how to play, type INFO. For hints, type
Floyd | HELP.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | You blink, confused.
Floyd | A filtered sun has just woken you from a pleasant slumber. Judging by
Floyd | the strength of the light, it seems to be much later than you had
Floyd | intended on getting up. You recall that you've just spent the night at
Floyd | Grandma's house, before rolling out of bed. You notice that a few of
Floyd | your things seem to be missing, including your alarm clock.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Garden of Verging Paths
Floyd | An Interactive Fiction by Quinn Spence
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 151027 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Guest Bedroom
Floyd | A decently sized bedroom on the second floor of Grandma's house. The
Floyd | room is sparesly decorated, and you feel a dull carpet underfoot. A
Floyd | door leads out to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a full size bed, a sweater, and a side table (on which are
Floyd | a note and a surprisingly empty spot) here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "info" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > INFO
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "So what what is this > thing?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Good question! The > prompt means that it's your turn to tell the game
Floyd | what you want to do. Just type in a command, like OPEN THE DOOR, or
Floyd | EXAMINE BED, and press the Enter key.
Floyd | Articles like "the" aren't necessary.
Floyd |
Floyd | Some words you might want to try are:
Floyd |
Floyd | CLOSE, OPEN, TURN ON, TURN OFF, PLAY, DROP, EAT, EXAMINE, TAKE, GIVE,
Floyd | SMELL, LISTEN, LOOK, WEAR, ASK (person) ABOUT (something), TELL
Floyd | (person) ABOUT (something)
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also combine many of these verbs with prepositions. For
Floyd | example: in addition to LOOK, you can LOOK AT, LOOK INSIDE, LOOK
Floyd | THROUGH, etc.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are also a number of special commands and abbreviations you
Floyd | should know:
Floyd |
Floyd | G: short for AGAIN, this repeats the previous player entry.
Floyd |
Floyd | I: short for INVENTORY, this lists what you're carrying.
Floyd |
Floyd | L: short for LOOK, this describes what's around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | X: short for EXAMINE, this provides the details of an object.
Floyd |
Floyd | Z: short for WAIT, this lets a turn pass without carrying out an
Floyd | action.
Floyd |
Floyd | RESTART: this returns the player to the start of the game.
Floyd |
Floyd | Additionally, when wishing to travel to another location you may type
Floyd | GO WEST or GO SOUTHEAST, but a simple W or SE would suffice as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | Lastly, when talking with people there will be bolded keywords.
Floyd | These represent important topics that you can ask or tell someone
Floyd | about. To use them, you can enter ASK (person) ABOUT (keyword) or TELL
Floyd | (person) ABOUT (keyword).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "help" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > HELP
Floyd |
Floyd | Sometimes the temptation to rely on hints becomes overwhelming, and
Floyd | you may prefer to turn off hints now. If you do so, Grandma won't help
Floyd | you anymore. Turn off hints? (yes or no) >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Guest Bedroom
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "That door is so headstrong! Give it some time and look around, it'll
Floyd | budge eventually!" calls Grandma.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I didn't know that the game had hints."
		Jacqueline says, "Damn. Was kinda hoping for contact info."
		Jacqueline says, "There are some Quinn Spence's on Twitter, but none look right"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I am so glad you found this."
		Jacqueline says, "I may be the only one, but I am so glad."
		DavidW says, "well, I'm glad you're glad."
		Jacqueline says, "And I'm glad to be glad."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
In the Service of Mrs. Claus by Brian Rushton
As played on ifMUD in February & March 2020

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 In the Service of Mrs. Claus written by Brian Rushton. In the Service of Mrs. Claus is a Choice of Games commercial release, published in 2019. We are grateful to Choice of Games for creating a special copy of this game that can run on the IFMud bot! 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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##### Session 1 		
		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load mrsclaus" 		

Floyd | [IMAGE: Chapter One Special Delivery]
Floyd | You arrive at the house at midnight on Christmas Eve. The mortal world
Floyd | always takes a bit to fade in. The cold hits you first, then the
Floyd | smells—asphalt, pine, fresh snow. The roar in your ears settles down
Floyd | to the rushing of the wind.
Floyd |
Floyd | Behind you lies your entrance into this world, a small faerie ring
Floyd | hidden by a bush. You don't have to use a faerie ring, but it's easier
Floyd | that way. You wait for a car to pass by and then creep out.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's good to be in the mortal world again. This is your chance to...
Floyd |
Floyd | A) ...reinvent myself.
Floyd | B) ...get some fresh air.
Floyd | C) ...prove myself again to Mrs. Claus.
Floyd | D) ...spread some joy to those in need.
Floyd | E) ...show some spoiled kids the rougher side of Yuletide.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "X ME. Oh, wait."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we're presumably an elf?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose we are."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I'm lawful good, so I like D"
		Knight_Otu says, "A or D I'd say."
		DavidW asks, "Are we Santa?"
		Jacqueline says, "I... I guess we *could* be"
		Jacqueline says, "So, still an elf. But yeah, I guess that could make a difference."
		DavidW says, "I'm confused on what we should do if I don't know who we are."
		DavidW says, "But sure: A or D."
		Jacqueline says, "We could just do our first playthrough (though I suspect we will only play once, as these games are generally quite long)... we could just play being the worst at every turn. If people wanted to try that for once, we could go with E."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do people wanna be naughty or nice?"
		DavidW says, "Nice"
		Roger says, "I'm in for nice"
		Jacqueline sighs. "Fine."
		Jacqueline asks, "So D?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You are, of course, an elf. In fact, you are The Elf: Official Second
Floyd | List-Checker, Winner of the Golden Tannenbaum award.
Floyd |
Floyd | Out of all the Council of Seven, supreme rulers of the Fae world, Mrs.
Floyd | Claus is the most respected and admired. And you are Mrs. Claus's right
Floyd | hand. It's the highest position an elf can hold.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many kinds of elves, and elves do many things. There are
Floyd | nimble-fingered toymaker elves that are masters of clockwork and
Floyd | innovation.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are shadowy elves that are nothing more than a whisper in the
Floyd | night.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are jolly old elves who love spreading Christmas magic.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are wild elves that take the form of every animal they see.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are fluttering elves with gossamer wings who hear everything and
Floyd | know everybody.
Floyd |
Floyd | No elf is tied down to their form. They can change their shape, gender,
Floyd | and species at will.
Floyd |
Floyd | As for you, you've taken your usual form today. It's changed a bit over
Floyd | the centuries, but you've figured out what you like best:
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I am a jolly old elf with red cheeks and a bright nose.
Floyd | B) I am a lurking goblin wearing soot-stained rags.
Floyd | C) I am a slender fairy with a fondant dress, sugarspun wings and
Floyd | sugarplum slippers.
Floyd | D) I am a glass golem filled with fog, subtle and quick.
Floyd | E) I am a small but regal figure, with a holly crown and a white
Floyd | mantle. I command respect.
Floyd | F) I am a wizened hermit with an apron full of tools, springs, and
Floyd | wires.
Floyd | G) I am an eerie, ghostly child.
Floyd | H) Actually, I don't like to settle down. That's where all the fun is!
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we now know who we are, and who we could be."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "So, in real life I aspire to be either F or G, but for the game I'm thinking either A or H"
		DavidW says, "I'm now wondering who all is in the Council of Seven and why Mrs C ranks so highly."
		Jacqueline says, "It sounds like elves can't be on the Council proper."
		DavidW says, "I was leaning towards D or F."
		Jacqueline says, "I could go with either of those."
		Jacqueline asks, "KO (Roger? You here?) What're you feeling?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I could be convinced to go with any option, really."
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you for helping us narrow it down."
		Knight_Otu says, "Though H has a certain appeal."
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Would you be okay with H?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Just keep it open?"
		DavidW says, "uh, these choice games never ever actually let you commit to an H style option really. I get disappointed."
		DavidW says, "but whatever."
		DavidW says, "You'll be forced into *something*."
		Jacqueline says, "You may be right. But yeah, let's see if you are."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Yesterday you were a quartz spider golem. Today you're a satyr.
Floyd | Tomorrow, who knows? But that's part of the fun in life. You excel at
Floyd | changing shape, but not at commitment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Switching forms can be fun, but not everyone does it. Mrs. Claus hasn't
Floyd | changed forms since she took her current name. Candid Mistletoe, on the
Floyd | other hand, will be a faerie princess one night and a goblin king the
Floyd | next.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pause as you see headlights down the road and hear the crunching of
Floyd | tires in the snow. They turn before they reach the street you're on,
Floyd | and you step silently out.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's interesting to compare this house to the buildings at home. It's a
Floyd | long, brick structure with some weathered wooden trimming on the lower
Floyd | level. The house is dark, set away from the streetlights and from its
Floyd | cheerily-lit neighbors. It has simple sliding windows obscured by dark
Floyd | curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your eyes take in all the possible entrances and exits. Front door,
Floyd | mail slot but no doggy door. Upstairs window, probably locked, too far
Floyd | to reach from any trees. No basement windows. Probably a back door, but
Floyd | it's unlikely you'll need one. After all, you intend to:
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Melt into a mist and flow inside the house.
Floyd | B) Pick the lock.
Floyd | C) Ask the local raven how to get in.
Floyd | D) Go down the chimney, of course!
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "I thought we were a nice elf, not a trespasser!"
		Jacqueline says, "Apparently we're here to force people into decorate their houses."
		Jacqueline says, "If I'm right, I hate us."
		Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I like A."
		Knight_Otu says, "Suew."
		Knight_Otu says, "Er, sure."
		DavidW asks, "Is that what we're doing? Forced redecoration?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's implied. I'm really not sure."
		Jacqueline says, "We said we were going to spread cheer."
		DavidW says, "It's all so vague."
		Jacqueline says, "I suggested it. I didn't think it would involve trespassing."
		DavidW says, "I hope it all becomes less vague soon."
		Jacqueline says, "It's using the 'show don't tell' approach."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | It's quiet. It's easy. Changing shape is something that comes naturally
Floyd | to you. After all, you can do anything if you have the right body for
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes, that ought to do the trick. Although it may be more difficult than
Floyd | that, given the report from last year's present delivery team. This is
Floyd | no ordinary kid. You review her file:
Floyd |
Floyd | Name: Katya Andreeva
Floyd | Location: Volgograd, Russia
Floyd | Age: Eleven years old.
Floyd | Behavior to Date: Suspended from school for several fist-fights.
Floyd | Charged with vandalism for spray-painting an abandoned store.
Floyd | Disqualified from the Krinkle Corp Young Einstein inventor's
Floyd | competition for creating a functioning weapon.
Floyd | Notes: Katya is known for rigging her house with improvised traps. Two

		DavidW says, "A"

Floyd | elves were sent to the infirmary last year.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the house again, thinking of what waits for you inside. You
Floyd | can't help but compare it to the buildings at Claus Castle. In fact,
Floyd | your own house has unusual defenses.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I enchanted it to blend into shadows when enemies approach.
Floyd | B) It has a fully automated entry and defense system.
Floyd | C) My troll buddy, Unsuspected Bruiser, keeps watch.
Floyd | D) It is surrounded by a moat of boiling chocolate and a candy cane
Floyd | fence.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed."
		Jacqueline says, "I will go with any of these choices."
		Knight_Otu asks, "D?"
		Jacqueline asks, "It feels like there are three of us playing, so does agreement by two of us constitute agreement to proceed?"
		DavidW says, "It seems all options aren't foolproof."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "That is true"
		Jacqueline says, "I've also been thinking, 'Enh, but will she have anticipated fog coming through the mail slot? Really?' but of course she will have."
		Jacqueline says, "This is like Marika the Offering, but in reverse."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nothing ever is foolproof."
		DavidW says, "D is fine, I guess. I hate the idea of outdoor chocolate, though. Bugs and twigs and so on it in."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You used Christmas magic to do it, of course. It's easy to summon
Floyd | holiday goodies with Yuletide sorcery, even in a weaponized form. You'd
Floyd | be surprised how often a tactical marshmallow comes in handy.
Floyd |
Floyd | It always pays to be cautious. You shouldn't have thought of home,
Floyd | though. You have a sudden twinge of discomfort as you remember the
Floyd | ceremony last night: your Golden Tannenbaum award.
Floyd |
Floyd | You were summoned thirty minutes before the feast began, and sat on the
Floyd | stage as all of the delegations from allied principalities arrived one
Floyd | at a time. It went efficiently, with group after group ushered in. You
Floyd | heard the crowd gasp and murmur when the more unusual ambassadors
Floyd | arrived. But you were especially impressed by:
Floyd |
Floyd | A) The cat ambassador from the mortal world, of course.
Floyd | B) The Emerald Empress on her throne.
Floyd | C) The tooth fairies, with their bakers and sweetsmiths.
Floyd | D) The Skeleton King and his entourage.
Floyd | E) The ascetic Clockwork Women of Antikythera.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "sigh. This game is all over the place."
		Jacqueline says, "The PC's brain is all over the place, yes."
		Jacqueline says, "But it's trying to paint the world for us."
		Jacqueline says, "I like A, but then, I like cats."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm fine with that."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "When you're last, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to progress if KO and I agree..."
		DavidW says, "you are allowed"
		Jacqueline says, "I can wait if you want me to."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Cats have always fascinated you, weaving between the worlds without
Floyd | impediment. Your mutual curiosity has led to several discussions over
Floyd | the years, lasting long into the night. The ambassador was luxuriously
Floyd | combed, with a blood-red ruby on a silken collar.
Floyd |
Floyd | They brought six barrels of fresh ahi and assorted organs and giblets
Floyd | for the other carnivores.
Floyd |
Floyd | Candid Mistletoe, the Chief Elf Officer, was on stage next to you,
Floyd | constantly leaning over to whisper congratulations and to point out
Floyd | interesting guests. Glass Ghost was there, too, the mysterious head of
Floyd | security at Claus Castle. They were in the back, wearing the mirrored
Floyd | helmet you've never seen them without.
Floyd |
Floyd | Even some of Cai's bodies were present! Cai isn't officially part of
Floyd | Claus Castle, or any organization for that matter. Cai is a collective
Floyd | of thousands of bodies sharing the same consciousness. Together,
Floyd | they're the best magician you've ever met. Although their fashion sense
Floyd | could use some work.
Floyd |
Floyd | But Mrs. Claus was absent. She only slipped onto the stage as the last
Floyd | group trailed out. She gave you a nod and a small smile as she passed
Floyd | by and sat in her chair. Her eyes scanned the crowd restlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | You graciously accepted the trophy that Candid Mistletoe handed you,
Floyd | and the hall burst into applause. You heard clatters from the
Floyd | skeletons, claps and cheers from the elves, and unidentifiable sounds
Floyd | from the Emerald Empress's table.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I bowed graciously and calmly.
Floyd | B) I blushed and looked down.
Floyd | C) I waved back excitedly.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "mmm ahi"
		DavidW asks, "what is ahi?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's a type of fish. Popular in Hawaii."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Knight_Otu says, "No, ahi."
		Jacqueline rolls her eyes and smiles.
		DavidW says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Agree."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You snap out of your memories and look at Katya's house again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just like you planned, you melt into a mist and flow through the
Floyd | keyhole. You solidify back into your ordinary self, slightly
Floyd | disoriented.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --You make it into the entryway. The laminate floor was
Floyd | possibly red once. More importantly, it's covered in broken glass. Not
Floyd | much of an impediment for a thief, let alone a trained elf. You can
Floyd | read Katya's name on a variety of trophies and medals on a shelf with a
Floyd | shattered glass cover.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your thoughts fly immediately to the ceremony last night.
Floyd |
Floyd | They handed you the Golden Tannenbaum with your name engraved on it.
Floyd | Your current name, that is. Elf names tend to change over time to
Floyd | reflect the character of their bearer.
Floyd |
Floyd | What was the first name on the trophy?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Silent.
Floyd | B) Luminous.
Floyd | C) Rancid.
Floyd | D) Crystal.
Floyd | E) Ebony.
Floyd | F) Hopeful.
Floyd | G) Lightfinger.
Floyd | H) Trueheart.
Floyd | I) Rosewood.
Floyd | J) I have a more unusual first name.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "Rancid Hardthews"
		Jacqueline says, "I thought it was Floyd."
		DavidW says, "That's the SECOND name."
		Jacqueline asks, "Okay then, Club?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "j" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | What is your name?
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Club" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | What was the second name on the trophy?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Spirit.
Floyd | B) Snowflake.
Floyd | C) Crankshaft.
Floyd | D) Changeling.
Floyd | E) Shadow.
Floyd | F) Thorns.
Floyd | G) I have a more unusual second name.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | What is your name?
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "But then shouldm't... right."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Floyd" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | Right. The trophy was engraved with the name "Club Floyd." That makes
Floyd | you the only elf to receive all three Tannenbaum awards.
Floyd |
Floyd | However, you can't help but think of Mrs. Claus's face. She hardly
Floyd | smiled and didn't join in the applause.
Floyd |
Floyd | After the clapping died down, she rose to speak. "Welcome, Citizens of
Floyd | all worlds. We have gathered here to honor one of Claus Castle's
Floyd | greatest citizens, Club Floyd. This elf..."
Floyd |

		Roger says, "Rancid Crankshaft is pretty excellent"
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Keep it in mind if you have another sprogling."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --Her speech was heartfelt in its words and structure, but her
Floyd | tone and delivery were distant. You wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't
Floyd | known her so well. It was painful, and it felt like hours before it
Floyd | ended.
Floyd |
Floyd | "...and serves as one of our best examples of originality,
Floyd | cheerfulness, and elegance. And, last of all, Club Floyd is my friend."
Floyd | At this, she turned and gave you a genuine smile. Her smile faded,
Floyd | though, as she looked behind you. You tried to see what it was, but no
Floyd | one was there, and when you turned around, she had already sat down.
Floyd |
Floyd | It just wasn't like her. She's always been supportive of you and the
Floyd | other elves.
Floyd |
Floyd | What was wrong? Why didn't you measure up? Maybe things weren't good
Floyd | between you anymore.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I feel like we've grown apart.
Floyd | B) I don't get it; we've always gotten along just fine!
Floyd | C) I'm not sure if we ever really liked each other. It's a business
Floyd | relationship.
Floyd | D) I always thought of her as someone I can trust. I wish she felt the
Floyd | same way.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "One wonders why Mrs C is less than happy."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Something's up."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not thinking it's us, though. It's something else."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd assume so."
		Jacqueline says, "So I don't like any of these options."
		DavidW says, "I agree. It's not us she's concerned about."
		DavidW asks, "B?"
		Jacqueline says, "So, of these answers that I do not like, the least worst is -- yeah, B.'"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems the best option."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You push your thoughts of last night to the side, and proceed down the
Floyd | hallway. But one step forward sends sharp pains through your foot. You
Floyd | inhale sharply and step back. Katya must be a bleeder. No wonder the
Floyd | team had so much trouble last year.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bleeders straddle the boundary between worlds, living in the mortal
Floyd | world but able to affect the unseen. Their very existence brings the
Floyd | worlds closer together. Some Fae find this exciting, yearning for
Floyd | easier travel to the humans and the possibility of making mortal
Floyd | friends. Others fear it, remembering the days when humans and gods
Floyd | warred together.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus is neutral on the issue, preferring to keep things as they
Floyd | are. She's distributed special bleeder procedures to all elves that
Floyd | enter the mortal world. You're more familiar with them than most. After
Floyd | all...
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I wrote the rules myself!
Floyd | B) I've been reminded of the rules too many times.
Floyd | C) I'm scrupulous in my attention to detail.
Floyd | D) I've experienced just about everything.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "D"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Procedure for Elimination of Bleeder Threats
Floyd | Remember, knowledge is safety, and safety is success. Contrary to
Floyd | rumors, bleeders are not changelings, half-Fae, or tall gnomes. A
Floyd | bleeder is a human being with a subconscious ability to affect both the
Floyd | Fae and mortal world.
Floyd |
Floyd | A bleeder's feelings will leak, or bleed, from the human world into our
Floyd | own. These feelings exist in a concentrated form, known as "bleed" or
Floyd | "heartbleed," and present a clear danger to Fae beings. Thus, we have
Floyd | recommended the following protocol:
Floyd | Step 1: Identify the nature of the threat.
Floyd | Step 2: Draw on memories with antithetical characteristics.
Floyd | Step 3: Focus on the selected memories until the threat is neutralized.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "for example???"
		Jacqueline says, "I dunno"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait."
		Jacqueline says, "Those aren't choices."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --You look around for context. The heartbleed is thickest
Floyd | around the trophy case, dripping down onto the floor. It's a painful
Floyd | emotion, obviously. Fear? No—anger. You're surprised you can see it
Floyd | at all. Most bleeds are invisible, even to a trained elf like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | It'll take effort to defeat it. You'll need to draw on something
Floyd | special to overcome it. You breathe deeply and focus on your fondest
Floyd | memory at work, something cheerful. Your brain fills with thoughts
Floyd | of...
Floyd |
Floyd | A) ...the feast at the Great Unbanning Party of 1660. The food!
Floyd | B) ...my billionth list-check. My work is my reward.
Floyd | C) ...the joyous day that Mr. and Mrs. Claus went into business
Floyd | together. I was so happy!
Floyd | D) ...the time the workshop got indoor plumbing. I enjoy the comforts
Floyd | in life.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I may need to look up what antithetical means."
		Jacqueline asks, "um, incompatible?"
		Roger says, "anti-thesis"
		DavidW says (to Roger), "I understand the anti- part."
		Roger says, "oh okay"
		DavidW says, "But a dissertation about why tadpoles turn into frogs doesn't help me here."
		Jacqueline says, "I think the technique being suggested is to counter bad emotions with good memories."
		Knight_Otu says, "Fighting fire with water, elementally speaking."
		DavidW says, "C then."
		Knight_Otu says, "That or A."
		Jacqueline says, "I was gonna go with food or comfort, as I am generally a fan of food and comfort, but I could go with altruistic happiness, sure."
		DavidW says, "I feel strongly about C."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Of course, that was right around the time of the wedding, so it's all
Floyd | jumbled together. But that was your first real taste of Christmas, and
Floyd | you loved it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Holding onto your happy memory, you navigate carefully across the
Floyd | glass, shard by shard. The bleed slowly fades as you pass. When you
Floyd | reach the end, the bleed is gone. You give a satisfied smile.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that it's done, though, you can't help but think of your absolute
Floyd | worst day at work. It was the day that Santa died. You were in shock
Floyd | all day.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I went far into the mountains and cried alone.
Floyd | B) I buried myself in my work.
Floyd | C) I couldn't eat all week.
Floyd | D) I was angry and snapped at my clerks.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		Roger says, "whoops killed santa"
		Jacqueline says, "shit"
		Knight_Otu says, "Christmas cancelled forever."
		DavidW says, "I hope he didn't fall into any chocolate moats."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably B"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You don't like to dwell on it. Centuries later, and it's still hard.
Floyd | And Mrs. Claus was so heartbroken. Although, you've wondered recently
Floyd | if she's ready to open her heart again.
Floyd |
Floyd | Of course, you've had your own experiences with love.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I've been pursued a few times, but I'm just not interested in
Floyd | romance. I have better things to do.
Floyd | B) I was in love, once. I vowed to never fall in love again. And that's
Floyd | a promise I'll keep.
Floyd | C) I believe in romance, but it's hard for me to initiate it. I prefer
Floyd | the other person to bring it up.
Floyd | D) I'm a hopeless romantic. If there's someone I like, I'm not afraid
Floyd | to tell them.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "I have no preference. What do you all want?"
		DavidW asks, "oh, is Mrs C in love with us but she has another suitor?"
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
		Roger says, "I've no strong feelings either"
		Jacqueline says, "I did not anticipate a twisted sordid romance today"
		Roger says, "let's sordid it up"
		DavidW says, "I like C here."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess I can go with that."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | With all the eligible Fae in the world, it's possible that friendship
Floyd | may lead to something more. Of course, Fae romance is quite different
Floyd | from that of humans. For one, Fae can change gender and species at
Floyd | will. For another, Fae can carry a lot of baggage after millennia
Floyd | filled with relationships. But such is the life of a romantic.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look around you. The house divides in two here, with a kitchen and
Floyd | dining area on the left and a living room on the right.
Floyd |
Floyd | Peering in the living room, you see stairs on the opposite side.
Floyd | Everything else is blocked from view. According to standard protocol,
Floyd | you intend to clear out the whole bottom floor before proceeding
Floyd | upstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | So you slip into the kitchen.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --Oak cabinets, granite countertops, rooster drapes, a rooster
Floyd | cookie jar, a rooster...well, pretty much rooster everything. And an
Floyd | empty bucket of fried chicken. Hypocrites.
Floyd |
Floyd | A plate of cookies and milk sits on the counter. _For Santa._ The
Floyd | thought strikes you unexpectedly, and you find it hard to breathe for a
Floyd | second.
Floyd |
Floyd | There must be some sort of trap here, but you can't see anything, or
Floyd | feel anything for that matter. You look for trouble areas that Katya
Floyd | might have tinkered with. The oven is, thankfully, free from tampering.
Floyd | No knives seem to be missing. No forks in the microwave or broken
Floyd | glass. No bombs in the trash. You sigh in relief. So many ways an
Floyd | inventive kid could damage themselves in a kitchen.
Floyd |
Floyd | You eye the cookies. You're very particular about your cookies. Most
Floyd | elves are.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I like to transform into a harvest pixie and carefully stir the
Floyd | batter by hand.
Floyd | B) I know the castle baker personally, and he gets me my favorites.
Floyd | C) I always summon the finest cookies possible out of sheer force of
Floyd | Christmas will.
Floyd | D) I don't have a special way to bake them, but I devised a complex
Floyd | series of enchantments to keep them hidden.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Standard protocol for breaking into houses."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		Jacqueline says, "But we're Fae, so it's cool."
		Roger says, "santa follows standard dracula rules"
		Jacqueline says, "I think, in viewing the rooster-everything kitchen, we have discovered the source of the psychological trauma that has led this child to petty crimes."
		Roger says, "eww"
		DavidW asks, "'Look at all those chickens!'?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "She was woken up by a rooster's cry one too many times?"
		Roger says, "so many cocks"
		Jacqueline says, "Roger"
		Roger exclaims, "I thought that's what you were getting at!"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, um, D?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You lean closer to smell them and unintentionally trip. There's a clear
Floyd | liquid on the floor around the table. Its odor fills your nose when you
Floyd | bend and sniff it: superglue. The Broken Soldiers squad at the workshop
Floyd | uses the same kind of glue to fix cracked toys.
Floyd |
Floyd | Glue may annoy a human robber, but is no bother to you. More concerning
Floyd | is the fact that it has been imbued with sapping energy from Katya.
Floyd | Ennui, boredom, days alone, all of them congealed into the pool. It's
Floyd | hard to move.
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll need to think of something exciting to get out of this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) The time Glass Ghost thought a banshee was stuck in the basement.
Floyd | B) The time two of Cai's bodies got in a fight with each other.
Floyd | C) The time Candid Mistletoe turned into a yule log in the hay loft.
Floyd | D) The time Donner ate a pile of oats that had fermented.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Whatever. B?"
		DavidW says, "I like A."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with A."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "A" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | As head of the security department, they evacuated the whole building
Floyd | and took a team equipped with noise-canceling headphones.
Floyd |
Floyd | It was just a rusty waterwheel, but at least you all got a good laugh
Floyd | out of it. Glass Ghost even chuckled for once.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --The bleed evaporates until it is gone, leaving only the glue.
Floyd | But Katya and her father can deal with that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The milk and cookies remind you that you haven't eaten since the
Floyd | ceremony.
Floyd |
Floyd | There was a great feast beforehand, with piles of food for everyone.
Floyd | There were mountains of mashed potatoes and stuffing for the elves,
Floyd | rocks for the trolls, and broken dreams for the hags. You fit in, as
Floyd | usual, hopping from form to form as you pass different groups.
Floyd |
Floyd | The different diplomatic groups had gotten along surprisingly well,
Floyd | despite their longstanding differences. You even saw a troll raising a
Floyd | glass with a forest elf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I mingled with everyone. We dined together on roast beef and gravy.
Floyd | B) I kept myself aloof, and ate a simple meal in my room later.
Floyd | C) I wished to be alone, but couldn't resist a dish of spiced plums.
Floyd | D) I was having too much fun to eat, laughing and running from table to
Floyd | table.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "A."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You love a good party, and you love good friends. You can still taste
Floyd | the sauce in your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a few extra cookies in your stomach (you couldn't resist after
Floyd | all), you head into the dining room. Your bones are aching. It's been
Floyd | centuries since you've dealt with a bleeder this strong, and you're not
Floyd | sure you're up to any more of this tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a low growl as you enter the living room. You spy a
Floyd | thick-jowled, heavyset dog in the corner, lying on a rug. She's waking
Floyd | up. And she looks mad. There's no heartbleed here, but animals have
Floyd | always had the second sight.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) What a cute little doggy! I'll conjure a treat.
Floyd | B) I have some spare parts. A robot spider might keep the beast away.
Floyd | C) I take a form that she might be more comforted by.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "I'm afraid of C, so A"
		DavidW says, "I like C."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh gosh."
		Jacqueline says, "Disagreement"
		Jacqueline asks, "KO?"
		DavidW says, "I think A is a trap."
		Jacqueline says, "I had that same thought, actually - it's kind of a trope"
		Knight_Otu says, "A or Cwould be my vote but that doesn't narrow it down yet."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "C" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | In your youth, you ran in the great hunt with Odin and his pack on a
Floyd | visit to Asgard. You slip into your old wolf form long enough to cross
Floyd | to the stairs. She watches you intently, but without fear or anger.
Floyd |
Floyd | There are many pets at the castle. Although, it's hard to distinguish
Floyd | who is the pet and who is the master. It took you three weeks to figure
Floyd | out that the new chief doll maker was a ferret and not the burly elf
Floyd | who always accompanied her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus is fond of the pets, including her poor father, of course.
Floyd | She visits Donner almost every day.
Floyd |
Floyd | The ancient gods, fearful of mortality, had refused to kill their
Floyd | enemies in battle, instead reshaping them into animals and brutes. Even
Floyd | the mighty Zeus, reduced to the form of a reindeer, had lost almost all
Floyd | power. Only slowly has his power of speech returned, and everyone

		Knight_Otu asks, "A?"

Floyd | approaches him in their own way.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I could never stand the reindeer. Filthy beasts!
Floyd | B) I enjoy getting up early to pitch the hay and shovel the, uh, the
Floyd | droppings.
Floyd | C) I like to sneak him some leftover treats from my pockets.
Floyd | D) I groom him for ceremonies until he gleams, while avoiding his nasty
Floyd | bite.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry, you said either, so I voted"
		Knight_Otu says, "No worries."
		Roger asks, "was this a collaboratively-written game?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's Brian Rushton, I thought."
		Roger says, "ok"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "This style of presentation is like trying to play two games simulataneously."
		Knight_Otu says, "But it's collaboratively-experienced right now."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "C?" 		

Floyd | Invalid response. Type a letter, or STATS, ACHIEVEMENTS, RESTART, or
Floyd | QUIT

		Jacqueline says, "oops"
		Jacqueline asks, "c?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You pause and look back at the living room. There's another problem:
Floyd | where is the tree? You were expecting it to be here. Katya must have
Floyd | hidden it. No, that's too difficult, even for a child of Katya's
Floyd | capabilities. Maybe money was tight this year. There should at least be
Floyd | a stocking, though. Times are tough for everybody these days, even you,
Floyd | in a way.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --Your earlier doubts resurface and multiply. It wasn't just
Floyd | the ceremony. Mrs. Claus was acting so differently afterwards. She
Floyd | walked away right when it concluded, and disappeared. Later, you saw
Floyd | her huddled with security. When she passed you in the hallway she
Floyd | didn't even notice you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Are you worried?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Yes, because I've actually been entertaining thoughts about moving
Floyd | on, recently.
Floyd | B) Yes, because I don't know what I'd do without her.
Floyd | C) No, because I signed up for this of my own free will.
Floyd | D) No, because I'm loyal to Christmas itself, not Claus.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Dog ate the tree."
		Knight_Otu says, "So Zeus is Mrs. Claus's father, turned into Donner."
		Jacqueline says, "Apparently"
		Jacqueline says, "I found that surprising."
		Jacqueline asks, "C?"
		DavidW says, "Zeus is everyone's father."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure. And I guess it's close to true."
		DavidW says, "sure, C"
		Jacqueline says, "Wish I'd known that when my 'dad' was criticizing my choice of majors at university."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "You're not my dad! Zeus is!"
		Jacqueline says, "Not sure that would have gone over well, though, tbh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Sure, you were young, but you've had plenty of chances to do something
Floyd | else. Only a few hundred years ago, Changing Woman offered you a
Floyd | position that you turned down. A rock troll who left for Wall Street in
Floyd | the mortal world invited you to join their accounting department.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you turned them all down. Out of all jobs you could have, this is
Floyd | your very favorite.
Floyd |
Floyd | Why would she not trust you anymore? What does she find wrong with you?
Floyd | Sure, you have your faults. Your worst fault is that you can be
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Pig-headed.
Floyd | B) Snooty.
Floyd | C) Crude.
Floyd | D) Grouchy.
Floyd | E) Sentimental.
Floyd | F) Easily swayed.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "C or E."
		DavidW says, "or F"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess E?"
		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "Yeah, but Roger's playing with us this week, so C?"
		Jacqueline says, "Kidding. I'm fine with E."
		DavidW says, "G) Addicted to pumpkin spice."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | But no matter. It's time to go up the stairs. Katya has to have set
Floyd | something up here, as well. You can sense anger rolling off of the
Floyd | stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I send up a tin soldier.
Floyd | B) I turn into a tarantula and climb the walls.
Floyd | C) I summon an extra-long candy cane to poke the stairs.
Floyd | D) One of the elves from last year's crew told me about this...
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I like any of these."
		Jacqueline says, "I kinda like the spider idea."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "That elf's info is so last year!"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, B."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | After you make it up, you see an almost invisible string. You tug it,
Floyd | safely setting off the trap, and two paint cans on ropes swing down,
Floyd | swaying violently through the air a few times before slowing and
Floyd | stopping.
Floyd |
Floyd | Those anger-charged paint cans could have left a sizable dent in your
Floyd | brain, one way or another.
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that the physical threat is gone, you can deal with the bleed.
Floyd | You'll need to focus on your calmest memories. What brings you peace?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Going for a hike in the woods around the castle.
Floyd | B) Cleaning up the workshop after everyone has gone to bed.
Floyd | C) Finding time by myself.
Floyd | D) Bingeing on gingerbread cookie dough ice cream and watching
Floyd | claymation.
Floyd | E) Rearranging my snowflake collection.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Go ahead with spider-CF"
		DavidW asks, "A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Focusing on your peaceful thoughts, you push your way through the storm
Floyd | of angry emotions around you. Soon the bleed is gone, and you are at
Floyd | the top of the stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your mind runs back to the medal ceremony and Mrs. Claus. Maybe you're
Floyd | wrong, after all. She's been under a lot of pressure recently, what
Floyd | with all the rumors.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flickering Flame, who once stood at Claus's right hand before
Floyd | abandoning her, has become more active in the last few years. They say
Floyd | he's building an army in the Iron Mountains, and elves at the castle
Floyd | have been leaving to join him on a daily basis.
Floyd |
Floyd | A new religion has started in the wastes called the Kingdom of Dreams.
Floyd | Their prophet, a rock troll, has said that a being of unimaginable
Floyd | power is coming to destroy the worlds. More than once, you've heard
Floyd | elves in the hallway evangelizing to each other. It's hard to know how
Floyd | seriously to take their prophecies.
Floyd |
Floyd | And Krinkle Corp, a human toymaking company, has been occupying your
Floyd | mind more recently. Elves report that their toys and factories seem to
Floyd | be infused with dark energies, far different from the usual emotions of
Floyd | joy or fun pooled around mortal toys.
Floyd |
Floyd | It'll take careful preparation to withstand these forces.
Floyd | Unfortunately, you don't have the resources to investigate all of them.
Floyd | The one you're most concerned about is:
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Flickering Flame's recruitment efforts.
Floyd | B) That religious revival in the Gray Wastes.
Floyd | C) Krinkle Corp's latest acquisition.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Rumors."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "These all seem serious."
		Knight_Otu says, "We need more us-es."
		Jacqueline asks, "Those are all kinda bad. Why can't we have nice things?"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess I'm most worried about b"
		Jacqueline says, "Destroying all the worlds sounds really bad"
		DavidW says, "B is the most insidious."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, B."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You haven't heard anything particularly bad about their teachings,
Floyd | except for the world ending, of course.
Floyd |
Floyd | But those who join them are reluctant to talk to anyone except a
Floyd | potential convert. And Claus Castle's local congregation has been
Floyd | distancing themselves from their friends and family.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --You look around. This is a smaller floor, with only a couple
Floyd | of rooms. Then you peek in the master bedroom. Very clean, but
Floyd | everything is worn: faded sheets, chipped dresser, cracked molding,
Floyd | drippy sink, clanky radiator.
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking in the List, you find the father:
Floyd |
Floyd | VASILY ANDREEV: NICE
Floyd |
Floyd | You nod and add a check. That's done. But as Second List-Checker, you
Floyd | have some discretion to do something nice for him, an extra bonus to
Floyd | help out this Christmas.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Fix the sink and the radiator. I have the tools at hand.
Floyd | B) Ask the Tooth Fairy to leave a refund. I know just the one.
Floyd | C) Enchant the phone to ward off debt collectors. I do the same at
Floyd | home.
Floyd | D) Shift into a silk werespider and spin off fresh sheets.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, sure."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | It makes you smile. You enjoy setting up little surprises like this,
Floyd | when you can. Last night's party was one of the few things you didn't
Floyd | have a part in setting up. Candid Mistletoe took over instead.
Floyd |
Floyd | You managed to sneak a peek into the ballroom hours before the
Floyd | ceremony. Candid was a sugarplum fairy, summoning cakes, pies, and
Floyd | candied fruit on the tables. But Mrs. Claus was nowhere to be seen.
Floyd | Despite wandering around the whole castle, you never found her.
Floyd | Instead, you found your best work friend.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I visited Donner in the stables.
Floyd | B) I talked to Glass Ghost from security.
Floyd | C) I talked to two or three of Cai's bodies that I found wandering
Floyd | around.
Floyd | D) I came back to talk to Candid.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "D?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Could I please have a moment or two to switch chairs?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure. and of course."
		Jacqueline says, ";;Huh"
		Jacqueline says, "That did not work out like I'd hoped."
		Jacqueline says, "I'll make a choice, read, and then move again."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Candid is the castle stalwart, and you all rely on her. You helped her
Floyd | set the tables and you laughed together at your old stories. She sang
Floyd | you a new carol she heard from the mortal realm. The two of you agreed
Floyd | it wasn't as good as the old ones, but it was nice to see people
Floyd | innovating.
Floyd |
Floyd | Not that Mrs. Claus isn't your friend. But she's something more, too.
Floyd | Your relationship runs deep.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's not like that with the other elves. Candid Mistletoe joined back
Floyd | when the bubonic plague struck the mortals, looking for an organization
Floyd | that cared about and helped humans. Glass Ghost came aboard just ten
Floyd | years ago, quickly rising through the ranks of security.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you, you remember when Mrs. Claus first found you, before Egypt.
Floyd | She had no name then, and you were so very, very young, just like her.
Floyd |
Floyd | Where did she find you?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Flitting from dream to dream in the Realm of Sleep.
Floyd | B) Sparkling into being from a child's laughter.
Floyd | C) Riding a bucking boar across a meadow.
Floyd | D) Hidden inside an ancient geode.
Floyd | E) Hatched from an egg warmed by a toad.
Floyd | F) Unwound and waiting patiently in an ancient toymaker's workshop.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Origin story time."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. Comfy now, and in a place where I can actually read the screen."
		DavidW says, "I've forgotten what room we're currently in with all these asides and asides within asides."
		Roger asks, "stables?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We were in the father's room I believe."
		DavidW says, "oh yeah, fixing a sink and radiator."
		DavidW says, "I like A or F."
		Jacqueline says, "I like A"
		Roger says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | She called to you, with her youthful exuberance, and you followed. She
Floyd | took you everywhere with her, and you were enthralled. Others were,
Floyd | too. She was worshiped as Bast in Egypt, as Artemis in Greece, Diana in
Floyd | Rome. And after the great fall, she found Mr. Claus, and you both
Floyd | assumed new roles. It's been a wild ride.
Floyd |
Floyd | But of all the places you've worked together, your favorite was:
Floyd |
Floyd | A) The temples of Egypt.
Floyd | B) The islands of Greece.
Floyd | C) The halls of Asgard.
Floyd | D) The Austrian Empire.
Floyd | E) New York City.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "A"
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | After all, serving the Lady of the Ointment Jar in Bubastis was one of
Floyd | the most pleasingly fragrant experiences you've ever had. The
Floyd | cleanliness of the cats was an enjoyable contrast to the wolf packs you
Floyd | later served in.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --It's time to finish here, though. Most of the house is clear,
Floyd | and the delivery team shouldn't have any problems. But your job isn't
Floyd | done until no creature is stirring throughout all of the house, not
Floyd | just part of it. And you haven't made your final decision on Katya:
Floyd | naughty, or nice?
Floyd |
Floyd | You cautiously tread down the hallway and approach the final room. You
Floyd | feel a bleed coming up, and it's a big one. You feel...elated?
Floyd |
Floyd | Peering into Katya's bedroom, you see a fort made from pillows and
Floyd | blankets blocking the doorway. Katya is passed out behind, asleep on
Floyd | the floor. One hand clutches an improvised crossbow, which you
Floyd | delicately disarm and draw away. The other clutches a stuffed alligator
Floyd | that is threadbare.
Floyd |
Floyd | A visible mass of blue lights sparkle and swarm throughout the room.
Floyd | It's the strongest bleed you've seen tonight. It seems to be happy
Floyd | memories. No need to neutralize this one.
Floyd |
Floyd | You withdraw carefully, leaving her to her privacy. The team will be
Floyd | fine, tonight.
Floyd |
Floyd | One last duty before you can go: Is Katya Andreeva naughty or nice?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Naughty. I can't overlook the dangerous things she did.
Floyd | B) Nice. She was only trying to protect her family.
Floyd | C) Naughty. She rubs me the wrong way.
Floyd | D) Nice. The kid can use a break.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I don't know her motivations."
		Jacqueline asks, "D?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You pull out your quill and your inkpot, carefully dip the nib, and
Floyd | write "NICE" next to her name. This is your kind of child! You look
Floyd | over her file for a bit, learning more about her and her rambunctious
Floyd | deeds.
Floyd |
Floyd | What gift are you going to recommend?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Something soft and harmless, like sculpting dough.
Floyd | B) Something exciting, like a rocket.
Floyd | C) Something calming, like lavender soap.
Floyd | D) Something enlightening, like a math book.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe not B."
		Jacqueline says, "It seems like B is the thing she'd like most, though."
		DavidW says, "D"
		Knight_Otu asks, "D to teach her to make her own rocket science?"
		DavidW says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "She can learn programming."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | With that done, you walk out of the house, a lightness in your step.
Floyd | You're doing the good work here. And who cares if things were hard last
Floyd | night? You're part of Christmas.
Floyd |
Floyd | After all, you signed up for this. Your mistress's alliance with St.
Floyd | Nicholas turned into something more. They forged a new identity as the
Floyd | Claus family. You stood willingly beside them. And it was you who gave
Floyd | the eulogy at Mr. Claus's funeral, by his own request. You chose where
Floyd | to hold the funeral:
Floyd |
Floyd | A) In a grove of fir trees on a crisp clear day.
Floyd | B) In the grand hall with a hundred roast geese.
Floyd | C) In the graveyard, with only a handful of witnesses.
Floyd | D) In the courtyard, with full ceremony.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "She might even spawn new Fae in *her* workshop."
		Jacqueline says, "God bless us, every one."
		Jacqueline asks, "A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You'll never forget that day. Mrs. Claus had never been so distraught,
Floyd | and never has been since then. You'll never know why she chose Santa
Floyd | over you back then, but even you had to admit that they went well
Floyd | together. And you treasured them both.
Floyd |
Floyd | You know things will get better. Mrs. Claus sticks to those who stick
Floyd | to her. And you know exactly why you've stuck with Mrs. Claus all these
Floyd | years.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I prize loyalty above all else.
Floyd | B) It lets me meet so many interesting people.
Floyd | C) It's the free access to the candy factory.
Floyd | D) I want to touch as many lives as possible.
Floyd | E) I enjoy overseeing the coal shipments to naughty children.
Floyd | F) I enjoy the rigor and discipline it requires.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "D"
		Knight_Otu asks, "B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or that, too."
		DavidW says, "D"
		Jacqueline says, "Admittedly, I'm projecting, but... yeah. D."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | And you know who you are: you are Club Floyd, a master elf who was born
Floyd | from a dream. You may not be the fanciest or have the most
Floyd | self-control, but you're one of the kindest, most open-minded elves in
Floyd | all of Claus Castle. It's time to head back.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Two Castle Intruder]
Floyd | Easing back into the Fae is like stepping into a hot spring. You feel
Floyd | yourself relax and unwind as you return to your native element. The
Floyd | mortal world around you fades away until only the faerie ring is left,
Floyd | and then even that is gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You could take your time, but you know you're expected. So you push
Floyd | through the last bit of the barrier between the worlds and open your
Floyd | eyes at Claus Castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | To your surprise, you find Mrs. Claus herself. No one else is around.
Floyd | She is swathed in red fur, an annual gift from the foxvipers during
Floyd | their shedding season. Her head and neck are muffled with a heavy wool
Floyd | scarf, but her breath still steams in the air.
Floyd |
Floyd | How do you usually address Mrs. Claus?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Boss.
Floyd | B) Mistress.
Floyd | C) Ma'am.
Floyd | D) Mrs. Claus.
Floyd | E) Goddess.
Floyd | F) Sir.
Floyd | G) Claus.
Floyd | H) Milord.
Floyd | I) Milady.
Floyd | J) Actually, I call her something else.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "oh good, she's not dead."
		Jacqueline says, "I like e"
		Roger says, "I've got my own Jish thoughts but sure E will do"
		Jacqueline asks, "Jish?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose it might be an old habit."
		Roger says, "J-ish"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Want to share?"
		DavidW says, "'Mary Christmas'"
		Knight_Otu says, "Calling her goddess I mean."
		Roger says (to DavidW), "ha yes"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "noooooo"
		Roger says, "Sugar Plums"
		Jacqueline says, "Also no."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm feeling strongly here."
		Roger says, "make it so"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | And how do the other elves address you?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Boss.
Floyd | B) Ma'am.
Floyd | C) Club.
Floyd | D) Your Secondness.
Floyd | E) Sir.
Floyd | F) Floyd.
Floyd | G) Milord.
Floyd | H) Milady.
Floyd | I) Actually, they call me something else.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "Just... just FLoyd, right?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Or Club?"
		DavidW says, "either"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice that C and F align with our names."
		Roger says, "they named me after the sandwich"
		Jacqueline says, "I was just noticing that."
		Jacqueline asks, "Anybody opposed to F?"
		Roger says, "sounds good to me"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not really opposed, no."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "f" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You bow deeply and say "Goddess, I've completed my mission. Katya
Floyd | Andreeva's house is safe for the present delivery team."
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods and says, "Thank you, Club. I knew I could count on you." She
Floyd | sighs, and says, "I'm glad you're back. There's a problem. Come with
Floyd | me."
Floyd |
Floyd | Intrigued and worried, you follow her. She is quiet as you walk through
Floyd | the hallways of Claus Castle. A scattered group of passing elves waves
Floyd | at you, saying, "Hello, Floyd!" You go through one of the gingerbread
Floyd | hallways with rock candy doors, down the staircase made of lead glass,
Floyd | and through a cozy brick passage to Mrs. Claus's sitting room.
Floyd |
Floyd | She offers you a chair next to the fireplace and sits across from you.
Floyd | You take the glass of peppermint tea that has been placed for you on an
Floyd | end table. She doesn't speak.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's hard to read her mood. She seems agitated, or maybe unhappy. You
Floyd | try to think of something to discuss with her, something neutral. It
Floyd | would be unwise to upset her more.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I discuss the menu for the Christmas wrap-up tonight.
Floyd | B) I discuss the new decorations we'll be putting up for the new year.
Floyd | C) I try to tell her a joke.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "I predict any of these will backfire"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably, but we have to choose one."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes"
		DavidW says, "Doomed to peppermint failure."
		Jacqueline asks, "A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "Wintermint Is Coming"
		Jacqueline says, "So she can use it as a segue about the growing threat that will appear..."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Exactly"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | "I hope they have porridge on the menu again this year. I'm getting
Floyd | sick of the rich food the kitchen's been putting out recently."
Floyd |
Floyd | She sighs and murmurs into her tea. "I was hoping they'd have my
Floyd | favorite pie tonight." She shakes her head, then clears her throat.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Club, I don't know what to do. The castle has been breached, Glass
Floyd | Ghost is missing, our supplies have been sabotaged, and there may be an
Floyd | assassination attempt on my life tonight."
Floyd |
Floyd | A) "What? Why didn't you send for me earlier?"
Floyd | B) "But you're on the Council of Seven! Who would dare to attack you?"
Floyd | C) "I'm so sorry, goddess. What would you have me do?"
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		Jacqueline says, "I figured it was something along these lines."
		Roger says, "there's a lot of this game, but I guess the multiple-choice structure means a lot less time writing text for various dead ends and shenanigans"
		Jacqueline asks, "C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "And we have three potential enemies to choose from. That we know of."
		Knight_Otu says, "C or A, I guess."
		DavidW says, "I'd choose A myself"
		Roger says, "maybe we're the killers"
		Jacqueline says, "Two of you want A, so."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's not 9:05, and there's no bed to look under."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | "I just discovered it moments ago," she said. "I noticed Glass Ghost
Floyd | was missing, and went to investigate. And then you returned."
Floyd |
Floyd | You give a low whistle, trying to play it smooth, but your tea begins
Floyd | to cool and frost over as your emotions spill out. Mrs. Claus
Floyd | studiously takes no notice.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm not sure if it's me they're going after. There are old secrets in
Floyd | this castle, Club, and our enemies are aware of this."
Floyd |
Floyd | A) "Goddess, who is behind this?"
Floyd | B) "If I'm going to help, I need to know what evidence you found."
Floyd | C) "Glass Ghost is gone? Are they involved?"
Floyd |

		DavidW says (to Roger), "Our evil doppelganger from the dreams of beards"
		Knight_Otu asks, "A or B?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | She shakes her head. "I don't know. My wards alert me when they are
Floyd | breached, but no more. I can think of a few possibilities. The Kingdom
Floyd | of Dreams; a group of mortal bleeders; Flickering Flame." You see a
Floyd | flash of pain in her eyes as she says the last name.
Floyd |
Floyd | She takes a sip of her tea, thoughtful. "Here's what I want you to do.
Floyd | The after-party is starting soon. I need you to go out there and mix
Floyd | with the crowd for a minute. Make them feel good. But keep a watchful
Floyd | eye. I want you backstage during my speech as my replacement head of
Floyd | security. And I'll need your help assessing our losses afterward."
Floyd |
Floyd | Your head is reeling as you walk through the hallways and out onto the
Floyd | auditorium floor. But Mrs. Claus knows you can come up with something
Floyd | to fix this.
Floyd |
Floyd | You look askance at each elf you pass. Thoughts fly through your mind.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I could ask these elves if they've noticed anything unusual tonight.
Floyd | B) Any of them could be traitors. I'll try to find anything out of
Floyd | place.
Floyd | C) I have no time for this. Claus gave me a mission!
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "hmm. A or B, I guess."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, C is 'do what we were told to do,' isn't it?"
		DavidW asks, "Doesn't A count as mingling?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, we may have time to do some investigation on the way."
		Jacqueline says, "It does, but it also doesn't exactly cheer people up."
		Jacqueline says, "Of A and B, I prefer B"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd think B."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You inspect each elf as you pass by. The more timid ones shrink away
Floyd | from your intense gaze, while a few bolder elves glare right back at
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | They're all elves you recognize, but they seem nervous. Word must be
Floyd | spreading. You head to the party.
Floyd |
Floyd | The first thing you notice as you walk into the party is that all the
Floyd | elves are nervous. A group of tall, gnarled wood-elves is glowering in
Floyd | the corner, and you can see that they've brought their bows. A couple
Floyd | of rock trolls from the new exchange program are getting scowls from
Floyd | everyone. There has to be a way to calm the crowd down.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I start up a punch-drinking contest.
Floyd | B) I stick on a smile and chat with someone at each table.
Floyd | C) I grab some new and unusual visitors for an impromptu talent show.
Floyd | D) I grab some dance costumes from my room and lead a waltz.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "I liked A because of more eyes to see clues."
		Jacqueline says, "But any of them could also be in on it."
		Jacqueline asks, "C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "C would entertain and also let us get a look at visitors"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		DavidW says, "Pie eating contest!"

Floyd | #
Floyd | First, you wander around the meeting hall, pulling people aside. You
Floyd | tap a big black dragon that's been sleeping in the corner, a
Floyd | were-ocelot that's been climbing the rafters, and a pair of cats
Floyd | wearing boots.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a few minutes, you've thrown together a talent show. The dragon does
Floyd | aerobatics and mock-dives at the ocelot who springs out of the way,
Floyd | dodging gouts of flame. Then the cats take turns juggling eggs and
Floyd | throwing daggers. It's a smash hit, and the tension in the room drains
Floyd | completely away.
Floyd |
Floyd | After everything dies down, you wander around the room. You keep an eye
Floyd | out as you go along. Near the back of the room, you spy an elf that
Floyd | looks familiar: a little rock-elf.
Floyd |
Floyd | They look like one that you remember from a different party a few
Floyd | decades back. This rock-elf was friends with Flickering Flame before
Floyd | Flame went bad. A lot of people left the organization back then to
Floyd | follow Flickering Flame, and you could have sworn this elf was one of
Floyd | them.
Floyd |
Floyd | That was years ago, of course. But it's the only lead you've got. So
Floyd | you follow the rock-elf.
Floyd |
Floyd | It's harder than it seems. The rock-elf is only the size of a cat, and
Floyd | they keep weaving and bobbing through the crowd. Just when you are
Floyd | almost caught up to them, you come across a whole herd of rock-elves,
Floyd | with your target headed straight into the crowd. You're going to lose
Floyd | them if you don't do something.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) There must be another rock-elf around here who can help me track
Floyd | them.
Floyd | B) I'll test out my new tracker drone.
Floyd | C) I blend into the shadows and follow closely.
Floyd | D) I morph into a rock-elf and join the group. Hopefully, they don't
Floyd | notice a difference.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Is it a candy-cane drone?"
Guest1 arrives, full of fun and funk. 		DavidW says, "I don't know what choice is best here."
		Jacqueline says, "D is attractive but could so badly backfire"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Me neither. C?"
		Jacqueline says, "I could go with C"
		DavidW says, "sure, C"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You close your eyes and let yourself drift, trying to think of nothing,
Floyd | becoming unnoticeable. Your breathing slows and almost stops, and you
Floyd | feel yourself fading away.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your eyes, and look for the rock-elf. There they are, near the
Floyd | edge of your vision! You turn and follow them, passing unnoticed, like
Floyd | a breath of wind. With the loud party goings-on and the crush of
Floyd | guests, you might as well be completely invisible. It's an easy task.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are closing in on the rock-elf when you hear a quiet beeping sound.
Floyd | A small light flashes from the rock-elf's waist. Startled, they look
Floyd | down at the light, and then up at you. They bound away from you and
Floyd | through an exit at an incredible speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off, activate your communications device, and broadcast
Floyd | instructions to your security team as you run.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sigma Team Red, do you copy?" you whisper.
Floyd |
Floyd | "This is Sigma 5, I copy," you hear.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I am in pursuit. Suspect is a rock-elf, in lower quadrant 7."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Copy. What are your orders?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A) "Keep Mrs. Claus safe!"
Floyd | B) "Monitor the guests. Watch for anyone suspicious."
Floyd | C) "Secure the castle perimeter. Don't let them escape!"
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "D, all of the above."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
		DavidW asks, "C?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You race down the hallway and do your best to catch up with them. The
Floyd | patter of hard little feet comes from ahead and to the right. With a
Floyd | burst of speed, you round the corner. There they are!
Floyd |
Floyd | They peer over their shoulder and cry out. Anxious to dodge you, they
Floyd | dive down a flight of stairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't Second List Checker for nothing. You throw yourself down
Floyd | the stairs, landing nimbly at the bottom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your target tries to escape down a long meandering hallway, but you
Floyd | don't follow. That area was a guest suite designed for will-o'-wisps,
Floyd | with winding hallways to provide them amusement. You stop and think for
Floyd | a second.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shortcut would help you catch up to the rock-elf. There are two or
Floyd | three ways to get there quicker, but each of them goes through the
Floyd | private quarters of some guests. Of course, you can bash your way in,
Floyd | but they might cause you some problems.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Emerald Empress's official envoy has an enormous room that spans
Floyd | the length of these hallways. You could go straight through to the end.
Floyd | But the Empress is one of the Fae world's most powerful monarchs, and
Floyd | her envoy demands respect, formality, and proper conduct. You'd have to
Floyd | figure out a way to barrel through a room in the most polite way
Floyd | possible or face the wrath of someone much stronger than yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Alternatively, you could also go up a floor to Threimir the frost
Floyd | giant's rooms. There's a servant's staircase in the back of his rooms
Floyd | that leads right to the end of the will-o'-wisps' hallway. But he's
Floyd | irritable, foul-tempered, and resentful for having to humble himself
Floyd | and beg for shelter. He'll throw you right out again if you're not
Floyd | stern with him.
Floyd |
Floyd | And, finally, there are the kitchens one floor below, which run through
Floyd | the entire building. But the old, rotund head cook Simmering Stew holds
Floyd | a grudge like no one else and hates elves who sneak treats. You'd
Floyd | better not go that way unless you're sure your conscience is clean.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I'll try my luck with the Empress's envoy.
Floyd | B) I'll bully my way through Threimir's rooms.
Floyd | C) I'll brave the kitchens and the wrath of Simmering Stew.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I really want an all of the above though."
		Jacqueline says, "That would have been nice, yes"
Guest1 goes home. 		Jacqueline asks, "B?"
		Jacqueline says, "We can be stern. We're Acting Head of Security"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Hrm. Okay?"
		Jacqueline says, "They're all Not Good"
mathbrush1 arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		Jacqueline exclaims, "Brian!"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea. We keep pulling ex machina out of back pockets."
		* Jacqueline has added mathbrush to the channel.
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Brian!"
		Roger says, "mathbrush1"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess kitchen might be less bad, though we kind of snuck cookies from the house in the first chapter. Does that count?"
		Jacqueline says, "You can @recap #toyshop to see where we are, and you can @recap #clubfloyd to see what we're thinking"
		* mathbrush1 has joined the channel.
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Brian!"
		Jacqueline says, "You can @recap #toyshop to see where we are, and you can @recap #clubfloyd to see what we're thinking"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "Now I get what you were trying to tell me."
		Roger says, "sorry someone set me to terse"
		Roger says, "but yes hello and welcome mathbrush"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hey there."
		DavidW says, "Explain how to talk on channel."
		Roger says, "#clubflo hello club"
		mathbrush1 says, "hello club"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Hello!"
		DavidW says, "yay!"
		DavidW says, "hi mathbrush"
		Roger mathbrush1's score increases by 1.
		mathbrush1 says, "Thanks for showing me how! i actually found a mobile mud client"
		mathbrush1 exclaims, "thanks for inviting me!"
		Jacqueline says, "You're welcome. :)"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, we are chasing the rock troll. Should we go through Threimir's rooms?"
		DavidW says, "Once you're on channel, you can use ; instead of #clubflo to continue talking on your current channel."
		Knight_Otu says, "We could do that."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm gonna just do it, then."
		DavidW says, "It may be the simplest."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You race up the stairs to the giant's door. It's five times your height
Floyd | and covered in ice, but a small wicker door has been cut out to allow
Floyd | entry for elf servants such as yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to look stern and push the wicker gate open. "Threimir?" you
Floyd | say, "I was wondering if could use your private staircase."
Floyd |
Floyd | Threimir's enormous room has walls of muddy wattle with occasional
Floyd | support beams as thick as three elves. A few giant cows are housed in a
Floyd | byre at one end, and Threimir himself is frosting a barrel of mead in
Floyd | his ice pit in the center of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | He scowls at you and rears to his full height, dropping the mead. "And
Floyd | just who do ya think you are, bustin' in here so?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrink away as you notice his horrible scowl and his thick biceps,
Floyd | and you say, "I'm the Second List-Checker, and I'm trying to—"
Floyd |
Floyd | He chortles loud enough to shake bits of dirt off the ceiling and onto
Floyd | your hair. "Ho! A list-checker! Aye, I should fear a list-checker! What
Floyd | will you do to me, child, not check me down on your list? But yer just
Floyd | the second one, so I can have the first one check it for me! A
Floyd | list-checker! Ho, ho ho!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to pass around him, but he grabs you and hurls you back through
Floyd | the wicker gate. There's a huge slam as he places a heavy beam against
Floyd | it, locking it tight.
Floyd |
Floyd | It then takes ten minutes racing through the will-o'-wisp hallways as
Floyd | fast as you can, trying to run down the rock-elf.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "Sternness is probably an easier needle to thread than protocol."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well that could have gone worse."
		Knight_Otu says, "Better, too, but also worse."
		DavidW asks, "Why didn't we say we were acting security head?"
		DavidW says, "We used the wrong authority lever."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		mathbrush1 says, "Threimir?s room is a grumpiness check"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --You catch your breath, then hear a scattering sound of feet
Floyd | from just down the hallway. Charging past the doors, you turn a corner
Floyd | and find yourself inches away from the rock-elf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A smile comes to your lips, because this miscreant is reaching the end
Floyd | of their line. This hallway is a dead-end, full of guest rooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock-elf reaches the end and doesn't stop. They jump and burst
Floyd | through a stained-glass window, plummeting down to the ravine below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You run to the window and look down, trying to see where they land, but
Floyd | to your relief, you see a familiar sight: one of the reindeer is diving
Floyd | to catch them. It's too far away to see who it is. Donner? Cupid?
Floyd |
Floyd | Your relief turns to horror when you see the reindeer keep low and fly
Floyd | away from Claus Castle. Soon, they are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn around only to see yourself surrounded by anxious elves. A
Floyd | second-generation elf dentist that you recognize asks you, "Floyd,
Floyd | what's going on?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I ask them to trust me and tell them that I'll take care of it.
Floyd | B) I scowl and tell them to beat it.
Floyd | C) I tell them I was having an eating contest with some owlbears and we
Floyd | got too excited.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu asks, "Not as used to being it as being second list checker?"
		Jacqueline says, "I guess, yeah"
		Jacqueline asks (of mathbrush), "Ah... so, we weren't grumpy enough?"
		mathbrush1 says, "yeah everything is one stat or another. so B would be a bad choice here lol"
		mathbrush1 asks, "is there any way to check stats on Floyd?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | Name: Club Floyd
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Traits]
Floyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93%
Floyd | Steadfast: 21% / Open Minded: 79%
Floyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47%
Floyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62%
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Skills]
Floyd | Shifting: 80%
Floyd | Tinkering: 44%
Floyd | Trickery: 44%
Floyd | Cheer: 44%
Floyd | Connections: 20%
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Relationships]
Floyd | Mrs. Claus: 68%
Floyd | Candid Mistletoe: 70%
Floyd | Flickering Flame: 50%
Floyd | Cai the Magician: 50%
Floyd | Donner: 65%
Floyd | Fractured Quartz: 50%
Floyd | Nightmare King: 50%
Floyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50%
Floyd | Copper Crank: 50%
Floyd | Glass Ghost: 50%
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Other]
Floyd | Christmas Spirit: 72%
Floyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note
Floyd |
Floyd | *A Brief Explanation*
Floyd |
Floyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into various
Floyd | shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic others or,
Floyd | more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. Low shifting may
Floyd | cause you to shift into something slightly different than what you were
Floyd | going for, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand complicated
Floyd | devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment of mechanical
Floyd | pieces and tools with them at all times. High tinkering also represents
Floyd | scientific understanding and spatial reasoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery allows
Floyd | an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other magic
Floyd | tricks, and to be stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to
Floyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects.
Floyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical
Floyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you
Floyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low
Floyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper is
Floyd | more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy Goose to
Floyd | knock some sense into people.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast elf
Floyd | is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open Minded
Floyd | elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and viewpoints
Floyd | with ease.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and fun. A
Floyd | Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with self-control, while
Floyd | a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is
Floyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while a
Floyd | Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in
Floyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power
Floyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves her
Floyd | deceased husband.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf rank
Floyd | allows you to command their respect and obedience.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Return to the game.
Floyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Good guess!"
		Jacqueline says, "I think of that as cheating, but I guess if we were playing the normal way we could see all this."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. That would be available to us."
		mathbrush1 exclaims, "wow, you?ve got to be the happiest players I?ve ever seen. I didnt know 93% was possible!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "hahaha. HOORAY FOR US!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess that's why we failed the grumpiness check."
		Knight_Otu says, "We might not have made it through any of the rooms though."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "More gluttonous than temperate - kitchen off limits, at least."
		DavidW says, "That explains all the tempting food choices."
		mathbrush1 says, "A lot of the most intereting content is only available when you fail, but most people never see it"
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Back to the game, or learn about American Christmas?"
		DavidW says, "Back to the game, please."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You catch your breath, then hear a scattering sound of feet from just
Floyd | down the hallway. Charging past the doors, you turn a corner and find
Floyd | yourself inches away from the rock-elf.
Floyd |
Floyd | A smile comes to your lips, because this miscreant is reaching the end
Floyd | of their line. This hallway is a dead-end, full of guest rooms.
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock-elf reaches the end and doesn't stop. They jump and burst
Floyd | through a stained-glass window, plummeting down to the ravine below.
Floyd |
Floyd | You run to the window and look down, trying to see where they land, but
Floyd | to your relief, you see a familiar sight: one of the reindeer is diving
Floyd | to catch them. It's too far away to see who it is. Donner? Cupid?
Floyd |
Floyd | Your relief turns to horror when you see the reindeer keep low and fly
Floyd | away from Claus Castle. Soon, they are gone.
Floyd |
Floyd | You turn around only to see yourself surrounded by anxious elves. A
Floyd | second-generation elf dentist that you recognize asks you, "Floyd,
Floyd | what's going on?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I ask them to trust me and tell them that I'll take care of it.
Floyd | B) I scowl and tell them to beat it.
Floyd | C) I tell them I was having an eating contest with some owlbears and we
Floyd | got too excited.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "So A?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says, "We are an Elf of Note, after all"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You look over the tense faces of the elves, and say, "There's been a
Floyd | small mishap, but no one's been harmed. I'm taking care of it."
Floyd |
Floyd | The dentist (whose name you just can't recall) frowns and says, "I
Floyd | don't know, Floyd. It doesn't look like it's being taken care of. And
Floyd | you were chasing that rock-elf really fast before they jumped out the
Floyd | window."
Floyd |
Floyd | The crowd of elves murmurs and nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | A big elf from maintenance says, "Yeah, and what about this window?
Floyd | This is an historic monument. The crystal was made from the first batch
Floyd | of rock candy brewed in Claus Castle."
Floyd |
Floyd | You respond, "Oh, I—uh—you know, I think I need to check on the
Floyd | preparations." On your way back to the stage, you message your security
Floyd | team for a report.
Floyd |
Floyd | You concentrate and think, saying, "Sigma Team Red, what happened out
Floyd | there? My suspect escaped with an accomplice."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sigma 4 reporting, Commander. My apologies. We received instructions
Floyd | to vacate that area shortly after your instructions."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who gave you instructions?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "We don't know, Commander. They knew the right channel and the correct
Floyd | call signs, though."
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'll look into it. Continue monitoring the perimeter. And make sure
Floyd | you cover that side, regardless of instructions to the contrary."
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel unsettled in your stomach. But there's no time to waste before
Floyd | the ceremony.
Floyd |
Floyd | By the time you get back to the auditorium, the speech has almost
Floyd | started. You have to hurry into the auditorium and onto the stage just
Floyd | a minute or two before it all begins.
Floyd |
Floyd | It would have been so much better if Glass Ghost had been there. As
Floyd | head of security, they would have protocols in place for this. But
Floyd | Glass Ghost is gone. It can't be coincidence, can it? Glass Ghost has
Floyd | always seemed a bit off to you. They had unsettling habits.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Keeping aloof from everyone in the castle.
Floyd | B) Never speaking above a whisper.
Floyd | C) Stalking the castle halls at night like a cat.
Floyd | D) Claiming that everything Security did was confidential.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess, sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Inside job"
		mathbrush1 says, "this choice is completely irrelevant, tbh"
		Jacqueline asks, "The choice we just made or the one we're about to make?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Glass Ghost is still in the castle, surely."
		mathbrush1 says, "just gives you different story bits. the one you are about to make"
		Jacqueline says, "I like you sharing after the fact, but we want to avoid spoilers."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. Still."
		Knight_Otu says, "B seems sufficiently ghostly."
		mathbrush1 says, "I?ll hush and watch"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "We're at least supposed to suspect Glass Ghost, yeah"
		DavidW says, "I'd choose A."
		Jacqueline says (to mathbru), "Oh, I don't mind a peak behind the curtain, just want it in retrospect. ;)"
		mathbrush1 exclaims, "Yeah!"
		Jacqueline says, "I"m fine with any of these. B is fine."
		DavidW says, "also, we might want to check ACHIEVEMENTS at some point."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "achievements" 		

Floyd | Achieved 0 out of 15
Floyd | Score: 0 out of 550
Floyd |
Floyd | Achievements remaining:
Floyd | Dark Secrets: Learn the truth about Santa's death. (25 points)
Floyd | A Mini Me: Witness the birth of a smaller piece of you. (25 points)
Floyd | Nine to Five: Find a job in the mortal world. (25 points)
Floyd | Ten Thousand Followers: Become the head of a cult. (25 points)
Floyd | Friends in High Places: Have your heart's wish granted by an
Floyd | extradimensional being. (25 points)
Floyd | Scrooge: Destroy Christmas. (25 points)
Floyd | There Can Be Only One: Be the last person standing at the end. (25
Floyd | points)
Floyd | Shocking: Meet Shank Zappa. (25 points)
Floyd | Ho Ho Ho: Deliver presents in Santa's sleigh. (25 points)
Floyd | Three-headed Friend: Befriend Cerberus. (25 points)
Floyd | Wedding Bells: Celebrate your wedding day! (50 points)
Floyd | Elf Triumphant: Win a war decisively. (50 points)
Floyd | Turncoat: Betray Mrs. Claus and the rest of the elves. (50 points)
Floyd | It's Alive: Bring someone back from the dead. (50 points)
Floyd | Christmas Eternal: Save Christmas for future generations. (100 points)
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Gosh"
		Knight_Otu blinks.
		Jacqueline asks, "Also, we just hit the two hour mark. How long do we want to go today before we pick back up next week?"
		DavidW says, "We haven't done any of that. We fixed a sink."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like we should have gotten 5 points for fixing that sink."
		Knight_Otu says, "I can go for another hour."
		DavidW says, "I'm tiring but I should be able to manage another hour if we wish to."
		DavidW says, "I'm also okay with stopping here."
		DavidW says, "and continuing next week."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, one more hour before I nap. :)"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | But you never would have suspected them of treason. They had a perfect
Floyd | track record. It's an enigma, you suppose.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus's speech begins, but you are now backstage, keeping a
Floyd | watchful eye over the audience. Nothing further happens until the
Floyd | speech is over and she joins you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Club, thank you. What did you find?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You explain everything to her: the suspicious friend of Flickering
Floyd | Flame's, their flight, their escape.
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods. "I have my own reasons to suspect Flame. But that's for
Floyd | later. Now, come with me; we have something much more worrisome to
Floyd | attend to."
Floyd |
Floyd | "The robbery?" you ask. "Is it really that important?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes. It was the most serious robbery possible." She leads you off the
Floyd | stage and down a rather foul-smelling corridor.
Floyd |
Floyd | You make idle conversation as you go, avoiding the topic of the
Floyd | robbery. The two of you walk down a set of dank stairs and to an old
Floyd | wooden door. Of course, you recognize it.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Why are we going to the junkyard?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Because that's where I kept my late husband's heart."
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel another chill sweep through your body. Together, you pass
Floyd | through the door and enter the junkyard.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Wha."
		Jacqueline says, "Yup"
		DavidW says, "Gods liked to keep their hearts in odd places."
		Knight_Otu says, "That's... uh... hrm."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --Of course, it's not exactly a yard. Claus Castle was built
Floyd | over a series of old caverns in the Fae world which originally belonged
Floyd | to Mrs. Claus. When one cavern gets full, everything gets shipped down
Floyd | lower. The layers of the junkyard would delight an archaeologist, with
Floyd | strata of Christmas mementos spanning centuries.
Floyd |
Floyd | The floor crunches as you step through the door. You are walking on an
Floyd | enormous pile of pink aluminum Christmas trees which slopes from the
Floyd | entrance down to the cavern floor. To either side are swathes of broken
Floyd | toys that didn't make the cut for Christmas, as well as empty popcorn
Floyd | tins, candy wrappers, and jugs of eggnog from elf parties.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus leads you to a pile of model ships that are mangled,
Floyd | smashed, damaged in transit, and otherwise defective. You can sense a
Floyd | negative aura of frustration pooled around a slew of batteries.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You put this here? This negative aura?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It was a defense. I collected these batteries over the years,
Floyd | gathering those with the strongest bleeds of emotion. This pool was
Floyd | much stronger, before. Someone has weakened it significantly, someone
Floyd | who knew where it was."
Floyd |
Floyd | A look passes between the two of you. You both know who is behind this.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flickering Flame.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus looks devastated. You know she cared for him. She seems
Floyd | paralyzed with sadness. Maybe you can help her.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) "I know how you feel. I've always hoped that he'd come back."
Floyd | B) "Cheer up, goddess, we've never been beaten before, and Flame won't
Floyd | beat us now."
Floyd | C) "Snap out of it, goddess, we have work to do!"
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "You'll never guess which li'l bo peep that the Easter Bunny's heart is in."
		Jacqueline asks, "B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | She smiles. "My happy elf; you always know how to cheer me up."
Floyd |
Floyd | She sighs and looks away. "Flickering Flame was never like that. He
Floyd | wasn't consistent. That's why I gave him that name when I took him in.
Floyd | I knew he would be like this. Everyone warned me."
Floyd |
Floyd | She looks back at you. "I know what you're thinking; why did I take him
Floyd | in at all?" She puts a hand on your shoulder. "I have survived when so
Floyd | many of the old ones have failed and died. It gets unbearably lonely at
Floyd | times. Sometimes it's better to have some excitement in life, to take
Floyd | on a challenge and really live, instead of just existing for century
Floyd | after century. I just feel sorry for how it's affected all of you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus reaches her gloved hand through the pool of frustration. She
Floyd | doesn't seem to take notice of the violent emotion, but you know it has
Floyd | to be uncomfortable. She scatters the batteries with one hand, which
Floyd | disperses the pool and reveals a closed trapdoor.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nice of him to close it after he went through," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The door latches automatically," she says. "To keep thieves in. Given
Floyd | the sophistication level of this theft, though, I suspect it didn't
Floyd | work."
Floyd |
Floyd | She unlocks and lifts up the trapdoor, and a cloud of hot ash billows
Floyd | up.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's a fire below!" you exclaim.
Floyd |
Floyd | She sniffs the air for a bit. Then she says, "It's almost out," and
Floyd | dives through the trapdoor to the ground below.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I follow her immediately.
Floyd | B) I hesitate before going in.
Floyd | C) I trust Mrs. Claus; I look to see if anyone followed us, then dive
Floyd | in.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "C"
Knight_Otu C. 		Knight_Otu says, "Oops, C."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You take a quick look around you. No one's around, so you dive down
Floyd | through the trapdoor. The trapdoor closes behind you, latching itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | A strong wind boils up out of nowhere and blows the smoke away from
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You see Mrs. Claus standing a few feet from you. Her right hand is
Floyd | stretched forward, channeling the wind. The smoke boils and surges as
Floyd | it's pushed back, but it has nowhere to go.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Club," says Mrs. Claus, "would you mind letting the smoke out?"
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I turn into a giant badger and burrow through a wall.
Floyd | B) I use smoke and fog all the time, for cover and for magic tricks. I
Floyd | know how to get rid of it.
Floyd | C) I climb back up to the trap door and try to pick the lock.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "A, we're a shifter after all."
		DavidW says, "I like B here."
		Jacqueline says, "I like B as well"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | With well-practiced fingers, you palm a deceptively small bottle. You
Floyd | pry it open and send a sharp jab of magical intent at the cloud.
Floyd |
Floyd | It resists you for a time, but then it relents, and swirls towards the
Floyd | opening. In a few seconds, the smoke is trapped within the bottle. You
Floyd | snap your fingers, and the bottle is gone again. Mrs. Claus smiles
Floyd | approvingly.
Floyd |
Floyd | She drops her hand. Her glove has been shredded away, and two of her
Floyd | fingernails are bleeding. She removes both of her gloves, and folds
Floyd | them carefully before putting them in a pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | You get a chance to look around. This cavern is older than the other.
Floyd | Real Christmas trees had been stored here (which explains the fire). A
Floyd | disturbingly squishy mound of withered and singed old oranges lies next
Floyd | to you, and the ground is littered with sizzling, sooty copper pennies
Floyd | stamped with Queen Victoria's image.
Floyd |
Floyd | Toeing through an unusually large pile of ash, you see a few fragments
Floyd | of what must have been thousands of cornhusk dolls.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm sorry so much was lost, goddess."
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's all right; I've been meaning to clean out these caverns for
Floyd | years. But look, I think I discovered the cause of this."
Floyd |
Floyd | You bend down with her and look at her discovery. A mostly-melted
Floyd | fragment of steel lies on the ground, labeled Krinkle Corp. Other,
Floyd | smaller fragments are nearby.
Floyd |
Floyd | Asking Mrs. Claus, you say, "How could Krinkle Corp be here? They're
Floyd | mortal."
Floyd |
Floyd | "But Flickering Flame has been here, too," she answers. "A
Floyd | collaboration would explain our intruders' success."
Floyd |
Floyd | You look over the fragments on the ground. It might be possible to get
Floyd | more information from them.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I piece together the fragments. It seems impossible, but it would be
Floyd | very useful.
Floyd | B) I send the fragment up to a discreet friend in Forensics.
Floyd | C) I shift into a bloodhound and sniff it for clues.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | "So, goddess, I was thinking that I could just shift into a bloodhound
Floyd | and try to smell out the clues."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus nods, and says "Of course, that's a wonderful idea." You
Floyd | concentrate, and your body shrinks down. You have become a powerful
Floyd | beast, albeit with long, cute, droopy ears which Mrs. Claus can't help
Floyd | tousling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap forward eagerly and sniff all about the fragments. There are a
Floyd | variety of scents: smoke, fire, metal, yours and Mrs. Claus's.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you sniff more and more, though, you begin to sniff out something
Floyd | that seems deeply familiar, something from a long time ago. Greece?
Floyd |
Floyd | You shift back, stretching your muscles and sniffing a few times to get
Floyd | used to your normal nose, and then you tell Mrs. Claus what you've
Floyd | discovered.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very interesting," she says. "I wonder what it could mean."
Floyd |
Floyd | Together, you move on down into the next layer, this one a few hundred
Floyd | years old. You're struck by the amount and variety of bones here. Bird
Floyd | bones of every size, from quail to what looks suspiciously like dodo.
Floyd | Goat femurs, beef ribs, boar skulls, and strange parts of deer are all
Floyd | piled up in their respective areas.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a step forward and sink knee-deep into a collection of rotted
Floyd | fruit. It smells like oranges, lemons, and...pastry? Ah, you remember
Floyd | this era of Christmas very well; the 1600's were a time of great
Floyd | feasting. Half of Claus Castle was taken up by the kitchens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus steps gracefully onto a pair of oyster shells and lifts you
Floyd | from the muck. You regain your footing and continue to slog on
Floyd | together, Mrs. Claus leading the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus stops, and you almost run into her. Peering over her
Floyd | shoulder, you see something that you have never, ever encountered
Floyd | before. The passageway leading downwards is...twisted. Like a bubble,
Floyd | or a partially melted mirror. You see many reflected images of the
Floyd | passageway down, but it's not a mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus says, "Club, do you have any idea what this is?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head. "Some sort of maze? I don't know how they did
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus stretches her hand towards it. "Feel this," she says. "It's
Floyd | like my bones are stretching." She pulls her hand back. "And it doesn't
Floyd | seem to have any lasting effect." She looks at you. "Do you think you
Floyd | can get us through this? This is beyond my expertise."
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider the warped space. How do you analyze the anomaly?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I stay out and rely on the years I've spent studying instead of
Floyd | going to feasts.
Floyd | B) My mind is flexible. I throw myself in and learn as I go.
Floyd | C) I love to work with elegant glass, diamond, and mirror in my
Floyd | decorating. I find the pattern.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "uh, do we need to check our stats?"
		Jacqueline says, "Might not hurt, yeah"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stats" 		

Floyd | Name: Club Floyd
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Traits]
Floyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93%
Floyd | Steadfast: 21% / Open Minded: 79%
Floyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47%
Floyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62%
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Skills]
Floyd | Shifting: 80%
Floyd | Tinkering: 44%
Floyd | Trickery: 44%
Floyd | Cheer: 44%
Floyd | Connections: 20%
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Relationships]
Floyd | Mrs. Claus: 77%
Floyd | Candid Mistletoe: 70%
Floyd | Flickering Flame: 43%
Floyd | Cai the Magician: 50%
Floyd | Donner: 65%
Floyd | Fractured Quartz: 50%
Floyd | Nightmare King: 50%
Floyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50%
Floyd | Copper Crank: 50%
Floyd | Glass Ghost: 50%
Floyd |
Floyd | [IMAGE: Other]
Floyd | Christmas Spirit: 72%
Floyd | Elf Rank: Respected
Floyd |
Floyd | *A Brief Explanation*
Floyd |
Floyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into various
Floyd | shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic others or,
Floyd | more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. Low shifting may
Floyd | cause you to shift into something slightly different than what you were
Floyd | going for, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand complicated
Floyd | devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment of mechanical
Floyd | pieces and tools with them at all times. High tinkering also represents
Floyd | scientific understanding and spatial reasoning.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery allows
Floyd | an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other magic
Floyd | tricks, and to be stealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to
Floyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects.
Floyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical
Floyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you
Floyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low
Floyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper is
Floyd | more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy Goose to
Floyd | knock some sense into people.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast elf
Floyd | is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open Minded
Floyd | elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and viewpoints
Floyd | with ease.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and fun. A
Floyd | Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with self-control, while
Floyd | a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is
Floyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while a
Floyd | Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in
Floyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power
Floyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves her
Floyd | deceased husband.
Floyd |
Floyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf rank
Floyd | allows you to command their respect and obedience.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Return to the game.
Floyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | "So, goddess, I was thinking that I could just shift into a bloodhound
Floyd | and try to smell out the clues."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus nods, and says "Of course, that's a wonderful idea." You
Floyd | concentrate, and your body shrinks down. You have become a powerful
Floyd | beast, albeit with long, cute, droopy ears which Mrs. Claus can't help
Floyd | tousling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap forward eagerly and sniff all about the fragments. There are a
Floyd | variety of scents: smoke, fire, metal, yours and Mrs. Claus's.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you sniff more and more, though, you begin to sniff out something
Floyd | that seems deeply familiar, something from a long time ago. Greece?
Floyd |
Floyd | You shift back, stretching your muscles and sniffing a few times to get
Floyd | used to your normal nose, and then you tell Mrs. Claus what you've
Floyd | discovered.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Very interesting," she says. "I wonder what it could mean."
Floyd |
Floyd | Together, you move on down into the next layer, this one a few hundred
Floyd | years old. You're struck by the amount and variety of bones here. Bird
Floyd | bones of every size, from quail to what looks suspiciously like dodo.
Floyd | Goat femurs, beef ribs, boar skulls, and strange parts of deer are all
Floyd | piled up in their respective areas.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a step forward and sink knee-deep into a collection of rotted
Floyd | fruit. It smells like oranges, lemons, and...pastry? Ah, you remember
Floyd | this era of Christmas very well; the 1600's were a time of great
Floyd | feasting. Half of Claus Castle was taken up by the kitchens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus steps gracefully onto a pair of oyster shells and lifts you
Floyd | from the muck. You regain your footing and continue to slog on
Floyd | together, Mrs. Claus leading the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus stops, and you almost run into her. Peering over her
Floyd | shoulder, you see something that you have never, ever encountered
Floyd | before. The passageway leading downwards is...twisted. Like a bubble,
Floyd | or a partially melted mirror. You see many reflected images of the
Floyd | passageway down, but it's not a mirror.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus says, "Club, do you have any idea what this is?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head. "Some sort of maze? I don't know how they did
Floyd | this."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus stretches her hand towards it. "Feel this," she says. "It's
Floyd | like my bones are stretching." She pulls her hand back. "And it doesn't
Floyd | seem to have any lasting effect." She looks at you. "Do you think you
Floyd | can get us through this? This is beyond my expertise."
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider the warped space. How do you analyze the anomaly?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I stay out and rely on the years I've spent studying instead of
Floyd | going to feasts.
Floyd | B) My mind is flexible. I throw myself in and learn as I go.
Floyd | C) I love to work with elegant glass, diamond, and mirror in my
Floyd | decorating. I find the pattern.
Floyd |

		DavidW asks, "I'm thinking B for using our Open-Minded skill?"
		DavidW asks, "I hope?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I would say so."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You find yourself in a tangle of places and things and reflections,
Floyd | like a funhouse full of mirrors. Every move you make is imitated by
Floyd | several of your own distorted reflections. All of the images of you
Floyd | scramble around and around, trying to find a pattern.
Floyd |
Floyd | Soon you stumble upon the way down to the next cavern. You leave a mark
Floyd | of chalk on the ground and try to work your way backwards. Every time
Floyd | you pass your old marks, you go through and shorten the loop.
Floyd | Eventually you find your way back to Mrs. Claus with a big grin on your
Floyd | face.
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles back, and says, "Well done, Club."
Floyd |
Floyd | You respond, and say, "There's more. I think I know how to fix it."
Floyd |
Floyd | She raises one eyebrow, and says, "Fix it? That seems like a tall
Floyd | order."
Floyd |
Floyd | You say, "It's simple. If we knock down this wall here," you say,
Floyd | indicating a thin place between two wavering reflections, "the anomaly
Floyd | should re-align itself and shrink out of existence."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus answers, "Well, it's worth trying." You fish out some
Floyd | chisels and a pair of hammers and the two of you get to work. Together
Floyd | you break through in seconds, and feel a strange rippling in your gut
Floyd | as space around you bends. Before you can react, it's over, and the
Floyd | room looks right again—almost. It's a little bit odd, but it's the
Floyd | best you can do. Together, you walk to the exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You leave the twisted space above and scramble downwards, passing older
Floyd | and older mementos of Mrs. Claus and her past. The two of you emerge in
Floyd | a small Roman village recreated in a cavern. The cavern is filled with
Floyd | carvings: reliefs on the walls, decorations on columns, inscriptions on
Floyd | buildings. Graceful marble statues, still painted in bright and vivid
Floyd | colors, are arranged in rows down a wide arcade. A bower in the center
Floyd | of the miniature village contains a white dress, a _tunica recta_,
Floyd | bound with a wool belt in the knot of Hercules. Nearby hangs an ornate,
Floyd | jeweled robe. An air of great age lies on the cavern.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I didn't know you kept your wedding dress," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | She smiles and says, "Yes, with the entire town we were wed in. The
Floyd | marriage of Diana and St. Nicholas."
Floyd |
Floyd | You remember that day. She looked stunning in her simple dress, with
Floyd | tiny snowflakes following her as she walked. You were in awe of her at
Floyd | the time, proud to be in the service of such a regal queen, and
Floyd | intrigued by her exuberant groom.
Floyd |
Floyd | Her smile falters a bit. You know she's thinking about her husband's
Floyd | death.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I reach out and take her hand for comfort.
Floyd | B) I remain respectfully silent.
Floyd | C) "I know how you feel, goddess. I'm here for you."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "b?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "I'd've chosen A, but okay."
		Jacqueline says, "We can do A if you want, that's why I waited."
		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "You mind A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not particularly."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | She squeezes your hand back, tighter than you would have expected. With
Floyd | her other hand she wipes a tear from her eye. The two of you stand
Floyd | there for a moment, hand in hand, before she looks at you and lets go.
Floyd | "Thanks," she says. You acknowledge her with a small smile, and move
Floyd | on. The moment passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | At the end of the arcade is a plain wooden door. A silk string across
Floyd | the door has been neatly severed.
Floyd |
Floyd | The door opens easily when you push it. You don't want to offend Mrs.
Floyd | Claus, but you have to ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) "Not much of a protection, is it?"
Floyd | B) "You know I trust you, but I have to ask about the string."
Floyd | C) "This silk is gorgeous. But I'm sure it's more than just
Floyd | decorative."
Floyd | D) "I'm curious. Why didn't the string do anything?."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "C?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "D?"
		DavidW says, "B"
		Jacqueline says, "oh dear."
		Jacqueline asks, "Roger, you still here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now Roger needs to say A."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW says, "I suspect the choice here doesn't matter much."
		Jacqueline says, "All right. I'll change my vote."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | She looks at you archly and says, "You've questioned me plenty in the
Floyd | past. No need to hide it, now." She says, "This was one of my most
Floyd | powerful wards. I imbued this string on the day that we were married,
Floyd | and saved it. Once Santa died, I knew I needed to keep his heart safe."
Floyd | She bends down to pick up an obsidian knife. It is positively glowing
Floyd | with hatred. "They must have gotten in with this. Who knows what
Floyd | unsavory practices they used to fill this one with power."
Floyd |
Floyd | She crushes the obsidian dagger with her fist, and you move through the
Floyd | doorway and into a tight cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb through a narrow tube and over a dip to get to the next
Floyd | cavern. At first glance, it looks like it's filled with a dense forest
Floyd | of birch trees, covered in white ash. But soon you realize that it is a
Floyd | forest of stone, with the dust of ages gathered on the branches.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus follows your eyes as they scan the room. She smiles. "I
Floyd | didn't want to leave my grove behind when I was driven from Tegea. This
Floyd | was the only way to preserve them; they would have rotted away
Floyd | thousands of years ago, otherwise."
Floyd |
Floyd | There are a few snapped-off branches in the trees. When you tell Mrs.
Floyd | Claus, she asks you to investigate. As you wander through the forest,
Floyd | looking for clues, you kick a stone chip. It flies through the air and
Floyd | hits a tree with a satisfying clack. You keep walking and kick another
Floyd | chip. Clack. Another kick. But this one never lands.
Floyd |
Floyd | You focus and look up quickly. A ragged ball of inky blackness is only
Floyd | a couple of inches from your feet. It looks like a hole that has been
Floyd | ripped in the air, but there's nothing behind it.
Floyd |
Floyd | Unfortunately, your forward momentum is carrying you towards the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Shift into something smaller to avoid it.
Floyd | B) Summon and fire off a giant snowball to counteract my momentum.
Floyd | C) Deploy the safety harness I've been working on.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You shift yourself into a cat and narrowly avoid the hole, smashing
Floyd | into some delicate stone bushes instead. You roll over and shift back,
Floyd | laying on the ground for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick yourself up again and look in alarm at the hole. The bush that
Floyd | you crashed into has been completely sheared off near the hole. A chill
Floyd | runs up your back. It's frightening to think what the hole could have
Floyd | done to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You scramble back from the blot, calling out for Mrs. Claus. She runs
Floyd | to you in seconds, pulling you up. Then you point to the hole.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's some sort of, I don't know, a sort of nothing, a big hole in the
Floyd | air," you say. "Watch." You push a stick into it, then pull it out
Floyd | again. The end has been cleanly sheared off.
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "It's not like a black hole in the mortal world. Those
Floyd | distort space around them. This looks different, like a rip, or tear."
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask, "Is this something Flickering Flame could do?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She shakes her head, and says, "No. I don't know anyone could do this
Floyd | in either realm. The Emerald Empress might know, but even she couldn't
Floyd | do this herself. There is more going on in these caverns than a simple
Floyd | theft."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Should we do something with it? It seems dangerous," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | She asks, "Do you have any ideas on how to make it safe? No matter what
Floyd | you do, it will be incredibly difficult."
Floyd |
Floyd | A) "I can encase it in pure, compressed candy cane."
Floyd | B) "I can shift into a caterpillar and cocoon it, let it heal."
Floyd | C) "I know a golem who's out of work. I'll see if she can guard it."
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "So the three threats from the first chapter seem to collaborate."
		Jacqueline asks, "There was the army, the thing coming to end the worlds, and... what was was the third thing again?"
		DavidW says, "They can't all have the same goals, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "The toy company."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "True."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Right. Thank you."
		Jacqueline asks, "b?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | "I'm not sure we have time for that," says Claus.
Floyd |
Floyd | "There's a rare form of caterpillar in the Red Swamps that can spin a
Floyd | cocoon in 30 seconds."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus nods and stands back.
Floyd |
Floyd | You concentrate on the creature's shape, smell, sounds. Then you close
Floyd | your eyes and feel yourself shrinking. When you open them, you have
Floyd | become a Red Swamp webworm, exactly as you pictured. You squirm your
Floyd | way around underneath the hole in repeated circles until you reach the
Floyd | top and it is completely encased in shining gold thread.
Floyd |
Floyd | After you shift back, Mrs. Claus steps closer to the cocoon. She pokes
Floyd | it with a finger.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Not very strong," she says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "But it's repairing the damage. Webworms can heal anything. That's why
Floyd | they were hunted almost to extinction," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "They can heal anomalies that no one has seen before?" she asks.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Feel for yourself; the room already feels lighter."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Don't question me, Mrs Claus!"
		Jacqueline chuckles.
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --The rip is now completely enclosed. You and Mrs. Claus step
Floyd | slowly away, careful not to disturb it. Your heart feels lighter. Mrs.
Floyd | Claus addresses you as you walk further into the grove.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Club, I'm proud of you. This bodes well for your future."
Floyd |
Floyd | You smile in pride. Mrs. Claus is always supportive, but she never
Floyd | exaggerates.
Floyd |
Floyd | After you pass the middle of the grove, you stop her. "Goddess, I
Floyd | realized something about that rip we saw back there."
Floyd |
Floyd | "What is it?" she asks, pausing her stride and turning to look at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "It reminded me of the log fence we had when we were staying in Asgard.
Floyd | I found a hole a wolf made underneath it. It looked a lot like that
Floyd | rip. It almost looks like something coming into our world forcefully,
Floyd | or leaving."
Floyd |
Floyd | "Interesting theory," said Mrs. Claus. "An outside intruder...it would
Floyd | explain a lot. But are they working with Flickering Flame, or is it
Floyd | something else?"
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "We questioned her, it's only fair if she questions us."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus leads you down a dark staircase that opens up into
Floyd | the largest, and oldest, chamber yet. A sprawling city of pyramids,
Floyd | stadiums, and statues stretches around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "You have an entire city in here?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "The Olmecs were fond of magnificent gestures. They built this for me a
Floyd | few years before they abandoned me for that god in the swamp."
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to take it all in. When you run a hand over one of the statues,
Floyd | you are surprised to feel a pull from it—a tug of emotion. Mrs. Claus
Floyd | runs her hand over the stone.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Some of the carvers were bleeders, imbuing the statues with their
Floyd | thoughts and feelings. They are also magnetic, here and in the mortal
Floyd | world. I never understood—"
Floyd |
Floyd | A spray of gunfire hits the ground near the two of you. You can feel
Floyd | the icy hate in each bullet. It's your duty to protect Mrs. Claus!
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I switch our appearances to draw gunfire away from Mrs. Claus.
Floyd | B) I summon a Christmas snowfall to blind the enemy.
Floyd | C) I release a dozen mouse bots to distract and sniff out the enemy.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "dang"
		Knight_Otu says, "My, never a quiet moment."
		Knight_Otu asks, "A?"
		DavidW says, "Gunfire suggests it's the toy company people this time."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. I'm afraid we might lose her in B"
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Or the army?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You call on all of your common memories with Mrs. Claus: laboring over
Floyd | the List together, touring the factory floors, sharing tea. With your
Floyd | will, you wish for your appearances to mix and trade with each other.
Floyd |
Floyd | In an instant, your vision blurs, and you find yourself displaced and
Floyd | disoriented. When your sight clears, you find that your charm has
Floyd | succeeded beyond your expectations. Beyond the illusion of change, you
Floyd | have become Mrs. Claus for a short time, at least in body. Gunfire
Floyd | sprays near your arm, and you duck down. "Get behind me!" you yell with
Floyd | her voice.
Floyd |
Floyd | She crouches behind you, following your lead, but you can feel a bubble
Floyd | of power rising up from her. The smell of ozone cuts through the air,
Floyd | and you duck, realizing her plan.
Floyd |
Floyd | Electricity arcs from surfaces all around you, hopping and frying
Floyd | everything except for you and Mrs. Claus. Then everything is quiet, and
Floyd | the two of you revert to your original forms.
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a look at the cause of all the trouble. It's a wind-up tin
Floyd | soldier with no label. As you pick it up to investigate, it dissolves
Floyd | into a pile of iron filings. When you look at Mrs. Claus, she shrugs.
Floyd | She turns to move on, and you follow.
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide down once more into a smaller cavern, one filled with cats.
Floyd | Giant limestone carvings of cats, murals depicting cats, and even a few
Floyd | mummified cats. They are all packed closely together, and fit in less
Floyd | space than the reindeer's stables above ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I thought there would be more here," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I didn't bring much with me from those days. I had too much pride, and
Floyd | I was furious that they forced me from my position as Sun Goddess. But
Floyd | I was so proud that I had domesticated cats that I had to bring these
Floyd | here."
Floyd |
Floyd | There's another trapdoor here, but it's made of quartz and under a thin
Floyd | layer of water. You say, "Should I open it?"
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "You can try. It can't hurt you, no matter what."
Floyd |
Floyd | After stretching, you bend down and lift. It comes up easily, and the
Floyd | water drains down. She nods. "That's what I expected. It once connected
Floyd | to a deep lake in Scotland." she says, pointing to a small sluicegate
Floyd | in the wall. "Anyone pulling up the trapdoor would have to pull up all
Floyd | of that water at once. But now, there's a counterspell."
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "Or the toy people."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --A musky, burnt odor surrounds the gate. It's the same smell
Floyd | you noticed hundreds of years ago, at a party, when Flickering Flame
Floyd | was still called Loki. He had just won an epic eating contest against a
Floyd | fire demon. Everyone has a distinct odor to their magic. You don't know
Floyd | yours, of course, just like you can't taste your own tongue. But some
Floyd | people say the smell of your magic is like fresh hay. "Do you want me
Floyd | to scrub it?" you ask her.
Floyd |
Floyd | She shrugs. "We might as well. There might be more than a counterspell
Floyd | there."
Floyd |
Floyd | Flickering Flame is not someone to be trifled with. He was also
Floyd | stronger than you, but he was too set in his own ways to listen to Mrs.
Floyd | Claus.
Floyd |
Floyd | You crouch by the smell and concentrate. Magic can clear out magic if
Floyd | it's focused and refined as needed. You need to find a focus that suits
Floyd | your natural abilities. It shouldn't be hard.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I literally focus it with a series of ground lenses.
Floyd | B) I wear a circlet of holly from the Scottish Highlands.
Floyd | C) I use a tooth that a polar bear shaman traded me.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Loki."
		DavidW says, "hm, none of these options seems tailored to our strengths."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think B might work?"
		DavidW asks, "B or C, I guess?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | "I'm going to focus my energy with a circlet of holly," you tell Mrs.
Floyd | Claus. You reach into your mind and try to summon the circlet of holly.
Floyd | But it smells off and looks a bit wilted. Then you place it on your
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Club?" says Mrs. Claus.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | "That's a circlet of mahonia. I don't think it will work as well."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrug and focus on your power.
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour your emotions and thoughts through the focus, trying to
Floyd | eliminate the counterspell. Your goal is to burn out the charm. Closing
Floyd | your eyes, you can almost smell the counterspell burning away.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Club!" you hear Mrs. Claus exclaim.
Floyd |
Floyd | You open your eyes and find your focus on fire! With a shriek you throw
Floyd | it to the ground, stamping it to bits.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus sighs and focuses on the counterspell herself. She burns it
Floyd | away, but she appears visibly drained. Once the spell is gone, the
Floyd | water begins to flood through the sluice and down the open hole. Mrs.
Floyd | Claus peers in for a moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | She steps into the water with her black suede boots. The water quickly
Floyd | freezes over, forming a staircase to the ground below. She notices your
Floyd | look and says, "Frost wolf leather. The best for winter boots." You
Floyd | shrink a little inside, remembering your days in a wolf pack, and she
Floyd | says, "Don't be so surprised. I was the goddess of the hunt, after all.
Floyd | And those who have crossed me will find that I have not changed,
Floyd | underneath." She looks taller now, and shows her teeth as she smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | She extends her hand, which you take, and together you descend down to
Floyd | the most ancient caverns of all.
Floyd |
Floyd | The air down here smells old, as old as you. It's the smell of the
Floyd | young earth, before Christmas, before gods. You are in an egg-shaped
Floyd | enclosure made of earth and wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is dominated by a thick tree trunk. Roots grow from the top
Floyd | and from the bottom, no branches, a marvel of nature. The roots twist
Floyd | into the dirt walls and almost seem to form patterns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus leads you to a small stone table near the trunk, with a few
Floyd | scattered items on it: a dry mushroom, a circlet of leaves, frozen
Floyd | moonbeam.
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to remember to search the room, but you are distracted by the
Floyd | rush of memories. There are so many things here from your childhood.
Floyd | But you try to clear your head and focus on the search.
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I clear my head with a simple mantra I learned years ago.
Floyd | B) I slap myself so I can get a grip. It's embarrassing, but it works.
Floyd | C) I concentrate and remind myself of the importance of my mission.
Floyd | D) I left behind this simple world years ago. My life is more refined
Floyd | now. I can do this.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline asks, "A?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You try to remember the mantra, but you get it mixed up with Simmering
Floyd | Stew's new jingle for fried donuts. "Fried and battered then fried
Floyd | again. Dip them in sugar and give one to your friend..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus shakes her head and looks away. You look around the room to
Floyd | hide your embarrassment, but find yourself reminiscing.
Floyd |
Floyd | As Mrs. Claus searches the room, you saunter over to the table. You
Floyd | grab a small mushroom from off the table. You say, "I remember this; it
Floyd | was the first present I gave you."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus gives you a sly smile. "I know. I've always treasured it."
Floyd |
Floyd | You set down the mushroom and pick up the frozen moonbeam, playing with
Floyd | it for a while. It reminds you of the blanket you had from the same
Floyd | material. But then Mrs. Claus calls you over.
Floyd |
Floyd | She says, "Look. I had a simple sealing here, done with power. But now
Floyd | it's been entirely drained, and this is what I think was the cause."
Floyd | She points to a toy, which you pick up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Puzzled, you look it over together. It's a small, purple plastic
Floyd | eggplant with anthropomorphic features. Its limbs and eyes are gray,
Floyd | and it has a perpetual frown. It's labeled.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Mr. Grumpyhead?" you ask.
Floyd |
Floyd | She nods, and adds, "By Krinkle Corp."
Floyd |
Floyd | You realize that your hands have gone numb where they are holding the
Floyd | Grumpyhead, and you drop it. "It seems to absorb magical power," she
Floyd | says.
Floyd |
Floyd | "So we have two foes to deal with," you say with a sigh. Thinking back
Floyd | to the twisted passage, and tear in reality, you say, "Maybe three."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus shakes her head. "It's too easy to classify others as foes.
Floyd | Flickering Flame is the same now as he was when he worked with us. He
Floyd | is a creature of chaos. As for these others, they don't know us, and we
Floyd | don't know them. Let's say that our purposes are currently at odds."
Floyd | She looks at the doll. "But we don't need this in Claus Castle. We need
Floyd | to get rid of it, but it's clearly magic-resistant."
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I propose disassembling it. It's risky, but maybe we'll learn
Floyd | something in the process.
Floyd | B) I suggest shipping it to a discreet cat I know in Avalon. It would
Floyd | be safe there.
Floyd | C) I can't dispel its magic-draining enchantment, but I have a few
Floyd | tricks up my sleeve. I subtly shift the spell's target to something
Floyd | else.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Roger says, "she does seem cat-positive"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure our connection skill is good enough for B."
		Roger says, "surely we know someone who is just trying to get a head"
		DavidW says, "We might get a bonus for cat affinities."
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm, true (re:cats_"
		Jacqueline says, ")"
		Jacqueline asks, "B, then?"
		DavidW says, "Try it, yes."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | Mrs. Claus says, "Are you talking about Sebastian of Lochmoor?"
Floyd |
Floyd | You shake your head. "No, Felix of Edgeton. I had a falling out with
Floyd | Sebastian after I forgot to warn him about a cursed sarcophagus."
Floyd |
Floyd | Mrs. Claus frowns, and says, "Felix of Edgeton is notorious for selling
Floyd | anything to the highest bidder. That's the last thing we need here."
Floyd |
Floyd | You shrug. "I didn't know," you say. Mrs. Claus says, "I'll just send
Floyd | it to Sebastian myself."
Floyd |
Floyd | She flicks her wrist, sending the doll away. The you both move on.
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "We can try, but I don't think it'll. work."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus lays her hand on the tree trunk and it splits open
Floyd | with a whisper of sound. She runs her fingers over the edges and
Floyd | frowns. You notice that the edges are splintered and rough, as if they
Floyd | were recently forced. Together, you descend down a short flight of
Floyd | stone stairs into a small stone room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The room is a mess. The walls are burnt and chipped, and fragments of
Floyd | cloth and shrapnel litter the floor. Part of the walls seem twisted and
Floyd | warped, and it hurts your head to look straight at them. But you
Floyd | couldn't, anyway. Your eyes are fixed on a small stone chest in the
Floyd | center of the room, its lid wide open. The final resting place for
Floyd | Santa's Heart. It's empty.
Floyd |
Floyd | She slumps to the ground and rests against a wall, exhausted. "It's
Floyd | gone. I knew it was gone, but I just had to see it. This means the end,
Floyd | Club."
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know what to say to that at all. Instead, you look at the
Floyd | tomb. "I didn't know this was down here," you say.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nobody did," says Mrs. Claus. "I kept the existence of Santa's Heart
Floyd | secret from everyone. Except for one." She looks at you directly,
Floyd | almost apologetically. "Flickering Flame."
Floyd |
Floyd | A) I can't believe she would tell Flickering Flame, and not me.
Floyd | B) I can't believe Santa is buried under Claus Castle.
Floyd | C) I can't believe how far underground we are; it's suffocating.
Floyd | D) I can believe pretty much anything when it comes to Mrs. Claus.
Floyd |

		DavidW says, "We've been making a lot of poor choices recently. Alas."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like we've been striking out a bit here lately."
		Jacqueline says, "Timing, yes."
		mathbrush1 says, "You guys have given me a lot of ideas for the next update"
		Roger says, "at least we're still happy"
		Jacqueline says, "Damn. I'm feeling kind of betrayed here."
		DavidW asks, "D?"
		Jacqueline says (to Math), "Oh? Huh. Good."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I guess, but I'm feeling A."
		Knight_Otu says, "D can work, so can A. Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we could take D as the high road"
		Knight_Otu says, "We could."
		DavidW says, "I have to say, this is one of the most grimdark takes on Christmas I've ever seen."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd | #
Floyd | You can't hide the trust in your eyes. Mrs. Claus reaches for your hand
Floyd | and gives it a reassuring squeeze. "I'm glad you're here, Club."
Floyd |
Floyd | She takes your hand, and you walk away from the tomb.
Floyd |

		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		

Floyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Three Enter the Kingdom]
Floyd | In the weeks since the theft, your enemies have been silent, but you
Floyd | have not. With Glass Ghost missing, having abandoned their position as
Floyd | Chief of Security, you've had to scramble to find a suitable
Floyd | replacement. For now, you're having applicants rotate through the
Floyd | position so you can get a feel for how they perform in action. You
Floyd | yourself conducted an inconclusive investigation into the reindeer's
Floyd | involvement in the heist. Of course, this is all on top of your regular
Floyd | work schedule.
Floyd |
Floyd | You are going over page one thousand three hundred and two of the List
Floyd | for the third time today when a messenger knocks on the door. She pokes
Floyd | her head in.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Excuse me, Floyd, but Mrs. Claus would like to speak with you."
Floyd |
Floyd | With a weary smile, you set down your pen and make your way to Mrs.
Floyd | Claus's inner rooms. It's surprising that she would call you in at this
Floyd | time, especially since she's been hosting gatherings of the Council of
Floyd | Seven this week. The younger elves have been crowding around the
Floyd | council room, trying to catch a glimpse of the Tooth Fairy,
Floyd | Jack-of-All-Trades, the Spiders, the Emerald Empress, or the Monkey
Floyd | King.
Floyd |
Floyd | You mentally review your activities over the last few weeks. Besides
Floyd | list-checking and security, what else have you been spending your time
Floyd | on?
Floyd |
Floyd | A) Tinkering with the security devices at Claus Castle.
Floyd | B) Practicing and refining my stealth techniques.
Floyd | C) Seeking out unusual castle creatures so I can imitate their shapes.
Floyd | D) Gathering information from my various contacts among the Council of
Floyd | Seven.
Floyd | E) Visiting the mortal realm to spread goodness and cheer.
Floyd | F) Grooming and feeding the reindeer.
Floyd |

		Jacqueline says, "And... that's the end of the chapter."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait. Snap. We can't save, can we?"
		Jacqueline asks, "This would have been the best week to start using our new Clubhouse. Why did I not think of that until now?"
		DavidW asks, "We can't save?"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" 		

Floyd | Invalid response. Type a letter, or STATS, ACHIEVEMENTS, RESTART, or
Floyd | QUIT

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | Invalid response. Type a letter, or STATS, ACHIEVEMENTS, RESTART, or
Floyd | QUIT

		Jacqueline says, "It's not made for that, no."
		Jacqueline says, "but it's fine"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW says, "oopsie"
		Jacqueline says, "I have ideas."
		Jacqueline says, "I gotta run, some friends are dropping off some snorkel gear I leant to them, but I will set this back up in the Club House and we can meet there next week."
		mathbrush1 exclaims, "Thanks for letting me watch!"
		DavidW says, "Thanks ror being her, mathbrush!"
		DavidW says, "here"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thanks for a peek behind the curtain!"
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you! We'll meet again at the same time next week."
		mathbrush1 asks, "What time does it start?"
		Jacqueline says, "If you want to join us again. There will also be a transcript when we're done."
		Knight_Otu says, "Same time, but probably not same place then."
		DavidW says, "2pm Eastern"
		Roger says, "and bitter tears"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, 2pm Eastern"
		mathbrush1 asks, "I also have one last question: how do you guys feel about Mrs Claus romantically?"
		mathbrush1 says, "A lot of testers were into it and I did not expect it"
		DavidW says, "I think we have a chance if we don't screw up too much."
		Jacqueline says, "I can see people being into her."
		Roger says, "Uneasy. I don't like dating superiors or (recent?) widows, so that's kind of two strikes. For me."
		Jacqueline says, "The game implies that we thought we had a chance at one point, way back when."
		mathbrush1 exclaims, "So interesting! Thanks for your insights!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure that I see this character we crafted really going for it, but I can see that some players would."
		DavidW says, "It's possible it's just not possible. It might be like trying to marry a forest fire."
		Roger says, "we've all been there"
		Jacqueline says, "As for me, I think the PC loves her, and wants to protect her, but I'm not sure about the equal footing that would come with a relationship. Maybe."
		DavidW says, "yeah, the power imbalance would have to be addressed."
		Jacqueline says, "I mean, maybe it would, maybe it wouldn't."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess we'll see when people write the fanfic."
		mathbrush1 says, "Lol"
		DavidW says, "like, if we ascended into godhood ourselves, then it becomes more viable."
		Jacqueline says, "True. But there have been pairings with gods"
		Knight_Otu says, "The power imbalance, yeah, and I think the love is less the romantic type and more of a companion type - in the sense "we've known each other for literal ages"."
		DavidW says, "well sure. We know Zeus got around."
		Knight_Otu says, "At least the way we've played."
		mathbrush1 says, "Well, no spoilers. I don?t know if you?ll have time to finish the game, but if so we?ll know one way or another how things pan out"
		Jacqueline says, "We usually usually finish these. It will just take us a while."
		Jacqueline says, "ClubFloyd has a pace that is quite a bit different than playing alone"
		Knight_Otu says, "True, true."
		
##### Session 2 		
		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 21% / Open Minded: 79% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 20% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 57% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 43% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 72% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Still happily open-minded."
		Jacqueline says, "Yup"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Chapter Three Enter the Kingdom] 		
ClubFloyd | In the weeks since the theft, your enemies have been silent, but 		
ClubFloyd | you have not. With Glass Ghost missing, having abandoned their 		
ClubFloyd | position as Chief of Security, you've had to scramble to find a 		
ClubFloyd | suitable replacement. For now, you're having applicants rotate 		
ClubFloyd | through the position so you can get a feel for how they perform in 		
ClubFloyd | action. You yourself conducted an inconclusive investigation into 		
ClubFloyd | the reindeer's involvement in the heist. Of course, this is all on 		
ClubFloyd | top of your regular work schedule. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are going over page one thousand three hundred and two of the 		
ClubFloyd | List for the third time today when a messenger knocks on the door. 		
ClubFloyd | She pokes her head in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Excuse me, Floyd, but Mrs. Claus would like to speak with you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | With a weary smile, you set down your pen and make your way to Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's inner rooms. It's surprising that she would call you in at 		
ClubFloyd | this time, especially since she's been hosting gatherings of the 		
ClubFloyd | Council of Seven this week. The younger elves have been crowding 		
ClubFloyd | around the council room, trying to catch a glimpse of the Tooth 		
ClubFloyd | Fairy, Jack-of-All-Trades, the Spiders, the Emerald Empress, or the 		
ClubFloyd | Monkey King. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You mentally review your activities over the last few weeks. 		
ClubFloyd | Besides list-checking and security, what else have you been 		
ClubFloyd | spending your time on? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Tinkering with the security devices at Claus Castle. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Practicing and refining my stealth techniques. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Seeking out unusual castle creatures so I can imitate their 		
ClubFloyd | shapes. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Gathering information from my various contacts among the Council 		
ClubFloyd | of Seven. 		
ClubFloyd | E) Visiting the mortal realm to spread goodness and cheer. 		
ClubFloyd | F) Grooming and feeding the reindeer. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I'm guessing this is a skill-up opportunity."
		Jacqueline says, "I just can't relate to this game. Where is the option for 'frittering away my free time playing IF and videogames?'"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Yes, I suspect that is the case."
		Jacqueline says, "I kinda like D"
		Jacqueline says, "I like me some intel"
		Knight_Otu says, "Our connections are our lowest stat. May be good to shore that up a bit."
		Jacqueline asks, "D may do that. What do you think?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I do think that's what D does."
		Jacqueline asks, "Shall we?"
		Jacqueline asks, "..Roger?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, I'm not Roger, but I'd be for it."
		Roger says, "Sure fine"
		Jacqueline says, "And Roger -- okay."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The Council of Seven, the political board that Mrs. Claus sits on, 		
ClubFloyd | is a diverse group of individuals. Those who serve the Emerald 		
ClubFloyd | Empress, the Spiders, the Tooth Fairy, and others who have assumed 		
ClubFloyd | the rule of the Fae world couldn't be more dissimilar from each 		
ClubFloyd | other. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But one thing they all have common is a love of good old gossip. 		
ClubFloyd | And you've been knee-deep in it these last few weeks. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Arriving at Mrs. Claus's door, you give a courtesy knock before 		
ClubFloyd | opening the door and slipping in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Roger says, "I'm not too invested in this I'm afraid"
		Jacqueline says, "no worries"
		Jacqueline says, "Just didn't want to leave you out"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus is standing in conversation with Candid 		
ClubFloyd | Mistletoe. She greets you warmly. "Oh, Club, I'm glad you're here. 		
ClubFloyd | Would you care for a lemon bar?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You grab a handful of bars and stuff them in your pockets. Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus clears her throat, and begins. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Since the unfortunate incident on Christmas Eve, I have been 		
ClubFloyd | forced to re-evaluate my resources." She paces the room from side 		
ClubFloyd | to side. "You two are the only ones in the castle I have told about 		
ClubFloyd | this, although I'm sure others have found out as well. I cannot 		
ClubFloyd | deny the presence of spies in our midst, and the silence of our 		
ClubFloyd | enemies has only redoubled my concerns." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She pauses to take a bite of lemon bar before washing it down with 		
ClubFloyd | some peppermint tea. "Over the last several centuries, the energy 		
ClubFloyd | flowing through my late husband's heart was more than was necessary 		
ClubFloyd | for Christmas operations and regional security. I stored the excess 		
ClubFloyd | power, mostly in the form of high-proof fruitcake. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "But it won't last. We can't just sit here waiting for our enemies. 		
ClubFloyd | It's time to take the battle to them, and you two are the ones I 		
ClubFloyd | have in mind to do it. Candid, would you care to explain?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid holds up one hand while he finishes chewing. You are 		
ClubFloyd | thoughtful. A mission with Candid? The sweetest, most cheerful, 		
ClubFloyd | most Christmas-y elf in Claus Castle? How do you feel about that? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'm excited to work with Candid! 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm mildly pleased that we can work together. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Meh. There are a lot of people I'd rather go with. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'm not happy about this at all. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Mmmm... lemon bar."
		Jacqueline asks, "I see no reason to not be excited, do you?"
		Jacqueline says, "As the PC, I mean."
		Knight_Otu says, "We like Candid. Sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Candid swallows his last bite and speaks. "Hi, Club! I've suggested 		
ClubFloyd | to Mrs. Claus that we visit a growing group of malcontents called 		
ClubFloyd | the Kingdom of Dreams. Their prophet has been staging rallies 		
ClubFloyd | across the Fae world, calling on the Folk to stand up to Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | and other leaders, calling them tyrants. We even have some 		
ClubFloyd | adherents among us at Claus Castle. My idea was to go undercover, 		
ClubFloyd | see what we can learn at one of the rallies." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Undercover? That explains his look. Candid has taken an aggressive 		
ClubFloyd | form: an elvish warrior, tall, steely-eyed, with long black hair 		
ClubFloyd | and a tall bow. He looks powerful, intimidating������and extremely 		
ClubFloyd | visible. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You may want to try a different disguise, Candid," says Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | pointedly. "From what we've heard, most of the members of the 		
ClubFloyd | Kingdom of Dreams are outcasts, people that don't fit into normal 		
ClubFloyd | Fae society. You'll need to be something less authoritarian." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He sighs and shrinks down, his bow disappearing. Candid Mistletoe 		
ClubFloyd | keeps shrinking, until there's only a pile of clothes on the floor. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A short swamp elf with a dress like the night sky and eyes like an 		
ClubFloyd | eclipse steps out of the clothes. She's changed species and gender 		
ClubFloyd | again, but that's her style. She asks, "Is this better, ma'am?" 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus nods and looks over at you pointedly. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need to make a disguise for yourself. It could be difficult, 		
ClubFloyd | fitting in. Also, you'll have to tone down the Christmas cheer. 		
ClubFloyd | What's your strategy? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll go for something shadowy and subtle. I become an 		
ClubFloyd | inconspicuous barn owl wearing a leather jacket. 		
ClubFloyd | B) New forms are what I live for. I'll show off a little, and 		
ClubFloyd | become an ancient war tortoise with eight legs. 		
ClubFloyd | C) A harpy pirate with an eyepatch. I'll even make a grappling hook 		
ClubFloyd | to go with it. 		
ClubFloyd | D) A punk wood elf with nails and screws embedded in my bark. It's 		
ClubFloyd | showy, but I can use my charisma to get by. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "(Now watch them being the traitor.)"
		Jacqueline says, "aw, snap. I hope not."
		Jacqueline says, "I like A"
		Knight_Otu says, "I hope not either, but it's a possibility we have to consider."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "As a shifter, B may be up our alley, but A sounds... hm, both fitting and suspicious."
		Jacqueline asks, "You think it would make people take a second look at us?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking that was the most subtle."
		Knight_Otu says, "Though I guess in the realm of fae, it wouldn't be out oif the ordinary."
		Knight_Otu says, "So sure, A."
		Jacqueline says, "The other three just seemed kinda over the top."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The smell of mice and old straw fills your mind. A transformation 		
ClubFloyd | sweeps over you, and you become a surly, sullen owl. You give 		
ClubFloyd | Candid and Mrs. Claus your best owl scowl, ruffling your feathers 		
ClubFloyd | and cracking your neck. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid looks you up and down, for once speechless. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus clears her throat, and you and Candid Mistletoe stand at 		
ClubFloyd | attention. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She says, "Your orders are clear. You are to attend the meeting in 		
ClubFloyd | character and gather as much information as you can. Don't be 		
ClubFloyd | conspicuous. Good luck." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As you are walking out the door, a question pops into your mind. 		
ClubFloyd | You turn around and ask, "By the way, where is it at?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus gives a wry half-smile. "It's being held on top of the 		
ClubFloyd | first mesa past the White Wastes. Good luck, you two." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your heart sinks as you leave the room. The White Wastes are not 		
ClubFloyd | the place for Christmas elves. The salty soil and pervasive 		
ClubFloyd | ennui-tinged bleed are more suited to the grim and cruel. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You're the lead on this mission. It's too dangerous to walk the 		
ClubFloyd | whole distance. You might be able to convince someone to take you 		
ClubFloyd | part of the way, but they're not going to like it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I ask a couple of reindeer to fly us most of the way. It'll be 		
ClubFloyd | good to talk to Donner. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I ask Cai, the multi-bodied magician, if we can use their 		
ClubFloyd | transportation network. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Candid loves seeing "real humans," so we'll use the faerie ring 		
ClubFloyd | closest to there, even though it's a bit rough. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "We don't want to be seen with a reindeer, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "I liked B, but what if we materialize right in front of someone? Maybe that's okay, dunno."
		Jacqueline says, "C seems like a potentially common way for fae to get around."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, one of them seems to be a traitor."
		Jacqueline asks, "So C?"
		Jacqueline says, "No helper with that one."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to say we have good relations with good old Zeus, but that probably doesn't matter much. So sure, C."
		Jacqueline asks, "Wait, where does Zeus come into this?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We learned last time that Donner is Zeus."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right. Forgot about that."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, Mrs. Claus's father."
		Jacqueline says, "Now I've got visions of Donner lovin' people up."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't like the visions."
		Jacqueline says, "Please. Make them stop."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Candid looks excited. "Do you think we'll see any tattoo parlors?" 		
ClubFloyd | There's a spring in her step as you go on your way. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You come out of a mushroom ring in a landfill outside an industrial 		
ClubFloyd | park. It takes an hour or so to pick your way across highways and 		
ClubFloyd | alleys, avoiding a few powerful bleeders you can feel from a block 		
ClubFloyd | or two away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "This is awesome," says Candid. She conjures a handful of snowman 		
ClubFloyd | cookies for herself and chews on them cheerily as you make your way 		
ClubFloyd | to the next ring. This one deposits you midway through the White 		
ClubFloyd | Wastes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "He might have been in human form. Sometimes Zeus was doing that."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You've made good time, but you still have a long way to 		
ClubFloyd | go. The salty plains reflect the light straight into your eyes, and 		
ClubFloyd | the latent emotions in the air weigh you down. You are silent for 		
ClubFloyd | the first hour or so, and Candid seems unusually quiet. A slow 		
ClubFloyd | death seems like a pleasant idea. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Wait, what? You blink your eyes a few times and shake your head. 		
ClubFloyd | The bleed here is getting to you. When you look for Candid, she's 		
ClubFloyd | sitting on the salt plains about thirty paces back, and you run to 		
ClubFloyd | her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "We've got to distract ourselves," she says. "Talk about something 		
ClubFloyd | we actually care about." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | What do you talk about? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) We can talk about our mutual friend. "How do you think Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus is holding up?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) I bank on our curiosity. "What do you know about the Kingdom of 		
ClubFloyd | Dreams?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) Talk of loyalty can carry us through this. "I was outraged by 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost's betrayal. Elves should be more trustworthy." 		
ClubFloyd | D) Being unhappy is better than being literally bored to death. "I 		
ClubFloyd | can't believe someone stole the Heart. Who do you think did it?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "A seems not at all cheerful."
		Jacqueline asks, "B?"
		Jacqueline says, "If we're overheard, that seems okayish."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guesswe shouldn't do C - their guilt, while likely, isn't established."
		Knight_Otu says, "B, sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "I don't know much," she says drowsily. "I told Mrs. Claus and you 		
ClubFloyd | everything������everything I know." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look more closely at her, intrigued. She shrugs, and stares 		
ClubFloyd | back. "Okay, okay, I've heard rumors that some of my former 		
ClubFloyd | associates are involved. But I swear that's all I know. What have 		
ClubFloyd | you heard?" she says, turning the question back to you. The two of 		
ClubFloyd | you chat for a while, with Candid subtly ignoring your question. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The conversation begins to blossom. You and Candid exchange ideas, 		
ClubFloyd | and soon you feel the burden lifting from you. Soon you pass the 		
ClubFloyd | edge of the White Wastes and into the badlands beyond. Candid looks 		
ClubFloyd | over at you and smiles. "Thanks, Club. I was worried we wouldn't 		
ClubFloyd | make it through!" She laughs, and you laugh too. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Soon, you fall silent again and continue on your journey. Travel in 		
ClubFloyd | the Fae World is both geographical and ideological. It's a long 		
ClubFloyd | trip from sentimentalism to cynicism, and it's even farther from 		
ClubFloyd | Claus Castle to the badlands you're walking in. This is a stark, 		
ClubFloyd | raw landscape of gulches and boulders. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The only bright point in view is a verdant mountain 		
ClubFloyd | higher than all those around it. You recognize it immediately. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Look, it's Green Mountain! Have you been here before?" you ask 		
ClubFloyd | Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She thinks for a moment. "Is that where Osiris had his back-to-life 		
ClubFloyd | party?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "I think so. But it was the Gray Mountain back then. Or 		
ClubFloyd | maybe I'm thinking of the vigil they held for Persephone." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Oh yeah," she says. "Demeter was really upset. Should we go around 		
ClubFloyd | it?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mountain is intimidating; in the mortal world, it would be 		
ClubFloyd | covered in snow and ice on the top, reaching to the thin stretches 		
ClubFloyd | of air at the top of the world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But in the Fae, rules are different. It's green from top to bottom, 		
ClubFloyd | thick with grass and brush. It has to be half a mile high or more, 		
ClubFloyd | with difficult terrain the whole way up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The White Wastes have worn you out mentally. You'll need to get 		
ClubFloyd | yourselves psyched up again before the meeting. "Let's race to the 		
ClubFloyd | top of Green Mountain," you say. "Loser has to clean the reindeer's 		
ClubFloyd | stables." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid takes off, grabbing a handful of snowflakes from her pocket 		
ClubFloyd | and throwing them to the ground in front of her. It freezes solid, 		
ClubFloyd | and she conjures peppermint-stick skis that slide swiftly over the 		
ClubFloyd | ice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Cheater!" you cry, laughing. But you have tricks of your own. How 		
ClubFloyd | do you get an advantage? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I transform into an alpine ibex. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I trick Candid into going the wrong way. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I use my new spring-loaded hang-glider. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Ibex we want A."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay that was tortured."
		Jacqueline asks, "What was?"
		Knight_Otu says, "My attempted pun -- I bet vs Ibex."
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Rushing, you focus on cold wind and the odor of ungulate urine. You 		
ClubFloyd | feel your body transforming, much more quickly than you usually try 		
ClubFloyd | for. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You shake yourself all over and feel energy coursing through your 		
ClubFloyd | veins. Then you hop and leap your way towards the mountain, leaping 		
ClubFloyd | over Candid and bounding your way along the rise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid redoubles her efforts, but you reach the top right before 		
ClubFloyd | she can catch up to you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Aw, man!" she says, "I guess I'm cleaning the stables when I get 		
ClubFloyd | back." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look around the area from your high vantage point, fluttering 		
ClubFloyd | around with your wings, and say, "Look, Candid!" and point to a 		
ClubFloyd | spot a few miles away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A massive, billowing tent has been assembled in the middle of a 		
ClubFloyd | mesa. What looks like a crowd is standing outside of it, but in 		
ClubFloyd | surprisingly rigid and geometrical patterns. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When you look closer, you realize that you mistook booths and 		
ClubFloyd | stalls for people. This is a huge gathering. From this vantage 		
ClubFloyd | point, you can see groups and caravans snaking through the wastes 		
ClubFloyd | towards the gathering. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You need a plan for getting in closer. It shouldn't be too hard, 		
ClubFloyd | especially with your disguises. How are you going to do it? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) We'll walk in like we own the place, drop some names, and bluff 		
ClubFloyd | our way through. 		
ClubFloyd | B) We'll conjure some sacks full of sugar cookies and hot chocolate 		
ClubFloyd | and say it's for refreshments. 		
ClubFloyd | C) We'll just try to sneak in without anyone seeing us. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "mmm... ungulate urine"
		Jacqueline says, "B seems bad"
		Jacqueline says, "Like, might as well just wear name tags."
		Knight_Otu says, "Soo, absolutely not changing topics but B.... right."
		Jacqueline asks, "How do you feel about A or C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we are not quite good at sneakiness, but also not absolutely bad. Acting like we own the place kind of backfired with the giant I believe."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, C I guess?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sounds good."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You and Candid focus together on thoughts of shade and wind and 		
ClubFloyd | feel yourselves flattening low to the sand as you scurry across the 		
ClubFloyd | rocks. Candid says, "It looks like the perimeter on the right is 		
ClubFloyd | the least guarded." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you both snake your way up and slip under the side of a 		
ClubFloyd | tent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are in a coat room with the cast-offs of a myriad of creatures. 		
ClubFloyd | Tiny acorn-purses are piled next to heavy golden ankhs and at least 		
ClubFloyd | one unholy grimoire. No one looks twice at you as you emerge into 		
ClubFloyd | the gathering. Soon you are mingled in with the crowd. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Trolls and goblins mingle with lycanthropes and night elves. You 		
ClubFloyd | overhear bits and pieces of conversation as you walk through the 		
ClubFloyd | crowd. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A bristlecone dryad stomps over to a pair of young satyrs. "Have 		
ClubFloyd | you heard the news, children?" she says. "The King appeared in our 		
ClubFloyd | land, at long last. He came and left his mark on the land, a 		
ClubFloyd | labyrinth of his own invention. Ah! I'm so pleased." She ruffles 		
ClubFloyd | the shorter one's hair and walks off. You consider following her, 		
ClubFloyd | but she heads directly for the large tent in the center of the 		
ClubFloyd | camp. That'll be good to check out later. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The younger satyr frowns and kicks a pebble down the stall. "When 		
ClubFloyd | will the King visit our home?" he says. The elder satyr soothes him 		
ClubFloyd | as he pats down his hair. "The Speaker says it will be soon. And 		
ClubFloyd | the Speaker is always right." They then run off together, leaving 		
ClubFloyd | you and Candid alone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Together you wander through the stalls. The members of the Kingdom 		
ClubFloyd | of Dreams have set up food shops and trinket kiosks, giving the 		
ClubFloyd | whole event the feeling of a festival. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Curious, you decide to investigate some of the stalls more closely. 		
ClubFloyd | Perhaps you can find a kindred spirit who can give you more 		
ClubFloyd | information. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I head to the stall with the deep fat fryer, obviously. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I go to a jewelry kiosk. Look at those sapphires! 		
ClubFloyd | C) I visit the three-headed fitness dog trying to sell green 		
ClubFloyd | smoothies. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I saunter over to the livestock display. Where's that smoke 		
ClubFloyd | coming from? 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Have they got a dragon?"
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. Possibly."
		Jacqueline asks, "Want to go check?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The corral is filled with different varieties of fire chickens. 		
ClubFloyd | There are a few scraggly roosters with a row of dying embers on 		
ClubFloyd | their backs, a couple of hens with a healthy glow, and a 		
ClubFloyd | magnificent cockerel with flames a foot high coming off its back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Thick-skinned hill giants watching the display with intense 		
ClubFloyd | interest, discussing the merits of each chicken. You find one that 		
ClubFloyd | looks pretty good, nudge the closest hill giant, point and say, 		
ClubFloyd | "That's a real beauty over there, isn't it?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The giant breaks into a toothy grin. "Aye, that's a good 'un. 		
ClubFloyd | That's my very own Basan. Raised 'im from an egg I hatched myself. 		
ClubFloyd | Ah, how his hot shell would burn my bottom in his brooding!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He bends closer. "You seem like a good little owl," he says. 		
ClubFloyd | "You've been a Kingdomer for long?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You shake your head. "Well, I'm glad to have you aboard." He claps 		
ClubFloyd | you on the back, nearly sending you tumbling. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid looks over and gives you a thumbs up. It looks like you're 		
ClubFloyd | hitting it off with the Kingdom of Dreams. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The next stall over is filled with pamphlets. You look over them, 		
ClubFloyd | trying to find one to sample. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "The Tyranny of the Council of Seven." It has a frightening 		
ClubFloyd | portrait of Mrs. Claus on the front. 		
ClubFloyd | B) "The Glory of the King." The cover seems to be some abstract 		
ClubFloyd | painting. 		
ClubFloyd | C) "A Path to a Better Life." It shows trolls and faeries holding 		
ClubFloyd | hands. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Tiny dragons."
		Jacqueline says, "Tiny chicken dragons."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well I did not expect that."
		Jacqueline says, "Same."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't think anyone ever expects fire chickens."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm curious what they say of the King."
		Jacqueline says, "I have not particular-- sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "The Nightmare King is not a being of fear and terror. No, the name 		
ClubFloyd | was used mockingly at first by our enemies, and now is adopted by 		
ClubFloyd | us as a badge of honor. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The true nature of the King is beyond our comprehension. He can 		
ClubFloyd | appear at all places and all times. His voice shakes the earth, and 		
ClubFloyd | his hand pierces the walls of reality������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It goes on for several pages. There's very little concrete 		
ClubFloyd | information, though. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A bell rings out, and everyone stops. It continues to ring, and you 		
ClubFloyd | see people counting in their heads, nodding in rhythm to the bells. 		
ClubFloyd | After it rings seven times, it stops, and everyone begins packing 		
ClubFloyd | up. It looks like the main event is about to start. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You filter into the big tent with Candid and the rest of 		
ClubFloyd | the crowd. There are rows and rows of hard wooden benches facing a 		
ClubFloyd | simple plank stage with a podium. A few imps are manning 		
ClubFloyd | quartzlights on a platform near the back. The two of you slide to 		
ClubFloyd | the middle of one of the benches on the left side. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | After about fifteen minutes, the crowd is seated and quiet. The 		
ClubFloyd | imps dim the quartzlights. A deep voice speaks from the darkness: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "We will now be addressed by the Speaker for the King." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You see an obscure figure moving towards the podium, their feet 		
ClubFloyd | making a steady "tap," "tap," "tap." When it reaches the 		
ClubFloyd | microphone, the lights turn on, revealing a completely ordinary 		
ClubFloyd | rock troll. It's hardly impressive, but you hear Candid gasp, the 		
ClubFloyd | sound muffled by the crowd's applause. When you look over to see if 		
ClubFloyd | she is okay, she's staring straight forward, black sweat dripping 		
ClubFloyd | from her swamp-elf brow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's all new to you. How do you feel? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'm feeling pretty nervous. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm worried about Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm curious about the rock troll. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'm excited by the energy in this room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		Jacqueline asks, "What's up with her?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess they recognized the speaker."
		Jacqueline asks, "so, b? c?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I would say B."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm afraid C and D may pull us toward the Dreamers."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | It's not like her to be this upset. She's just staring at the 		
ClubFloyd | speaker. Who is this troll? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your reverie is broken by the troll. "I am Fractured Quartz, 		
ClubFloyd | Speaker for the King. Hear my words, and they will free you from 		
ClubFloyd | oppression. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What oppression? The oppression of the spirit, and of the mind. 		
ClubFloyd | The Rulers of the Seven Kingdoms have spread the fear of what they 		
ClubFloyd | call disobedience, of what I call freedom." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Shocked, you listen as Fractured Quartz launches a diatribe against 		
ClubFloyd | the Emerald Empress, the Tooth Fairy, and the other grand rulers. 		
ClubFloyd | You grow increasingly tense, knowing what's coming. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Soon, it comes. Fractured Quartz says, "And what of Mrs. Claus? 		
ClubFloyd | Bringer of joy? Dispenser of wisdom? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No. Mrs. Claus is one of the greatest impediments to the happiness 		
ClubFloyd | of free creatures in the two realms." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The room goes completely silent, and the tension slackens. After 		
ClubFloyd | all, Mrs. Claus is one of the most popular rulers in the Fae world, 		
ClubFloyd | even in this rough crowd. Someone in the back shouts, "Bo-ring!" 		
ClubFloyd | and the crowd laughs. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz waves for silence. "Believe me! Mrs. Claus is a 		
ClubFloyd | con artist, a public relations hack who has served her own ends for 		
ClubFloyd | centuries." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Resentment is building up inside of you with a tectonic force. Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus may be many things, but she's not self-serving. After all, 		
ClubFloyd | think of all the great things she's done for the worlds. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Delivering presents to children for centuries. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Feeding and housing thousands of elves. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Ensuring the political stability of the Fae world as part of the 		
ClubFloyd | Council of Seven. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Donating food and clothing to Fae victims of bleeder-storms. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "D?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm guessing whatever we pick, Quartz will tear apart."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | How could anyone call Mrs. Claus self-serving when she is so 		
ClubFloyd | generous to others? She donates thousands of care packages and 		
ClubFloyd | medical equipment to the needy across the world. When intense 		
ClubFloyd | emotional events occur in the mortal world in the presence of 		
ClubFloyd | several bleeders at once, the resulting storm is devastating to the 		
ClubFloyd | Fae world. Whenever this happens, Mrs. Claus's envoys arrive, 		
ClubFloyd | wearing special sashes and handing out relief to the needy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You may believe that Mrs. Claus is generous and kind. Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | donates. Mrs. Claus aids. Do you know that Mrs. Claus's donations 		
ClubFloyd | total less than one percent of her annual gross? That she spent 		
ClubFloyd | more on catering her Christmas Eve party than she had spent on 		
ClubFloyd | donations for all of last year?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's true; it's completely true. You've seen the budget. This is 		
ClubFloyd | more interesting than you thought. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "And that's not the worst, not even by half. Christmas is a lie. 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus has used Christmas for centuries to attract mortal 		
ClubFloyd | energy into a powerful magical artifact. She has no other purpose 		
ClubFloyd | than self-gain and her own survival." The crowd murmurs excitedly, 		
ClubFloyd | but you are silent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | They know. Somehow, one way or another, they know. And the way they 		
ClubFloyd | put things, it really puts Mrs. Claus in a bad light. Is she really 		
ClubFloyd | as bad as they're saying? You're close to Mrs. Claus, and you've 		
ClubFloyd | never doubted that she is a good elf at heart. But after all this 		
ClubFloyd | talk������ 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I feel sick to my stomach. How could this monster hate her that 		
ClubFloyd | much? 		
ClubFloyd | B) They're both wrong. Mrs. Claus has problems, but Quartz 		
ClubFloyd | shouldn't be fear-mongering. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Seeing a new side of Mrs. Claus is interesting. It makes me 		
ClubFloyd | appreciate her more. I like this troll. 		
ClubFloyd | D) My heart aches, but I know that everything Fractured Quartz is 		
ClubFloyd | saying is true. I've never felt more distant from her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline asks, "...B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | It seems like all of the worlds are going to pot these days. You're 		
ClubFloyd | not used to feeling this way. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz quiets the crowd and says, "Enough from me. I can 		
ClubFloyd | tell you have strong feelings about this. I want each of you to 		
ClubFloyd | turn to your neighbor. Find each other's stories. There's a reason 		
ClubFloyd | you all are here." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Still confused by Quartz's earlier comments, you glance at your 		
ClubFloyd | neighbors, trying to find someone to talk to. You don't want to 		
ClubFloyd | stick out, after all. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) A bitter-looking dream fairy. 		
ClubFloyd | B) An excitable werewolf cub. 		
ClubFloyd | C) A paint-splattered gnome. 		
ClubFloyd | D) An ancient mountain spirit. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I'd be fine with any of them."
		Jacqueline says, "Me too. I guess b and d stood out more."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure if I prefer youthful ignorance or ancient knowledge."
		Jacqueline says, "One seems easier to bluf our way through, the other might be inciteful."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, hilariously I've realized I'm now using the acronym BLUF enough that I misspelled bluff."
		Jacqueline rolls her eyes.
		Knight_Otu says, "I thought it was just a typo, not an acronym causing a typo."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Jacqueline asks, "So, B or D?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can go D."
		Jacqueline says, "Bold."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The ancient spirit sits silently, watching you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The other attendees are chattering with each other loudly and 		
ClubFloyd | animatedly, but your companion seems to be a bit terse. You decide 		
ClubFloyd | to prod her a bit. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Why did you join the Kingdom of Dreams?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Her eyes widen a bit, and she says, "Why did I join? I've done this 		
ClubFloyd | so many times, I can't remember all the stories I've told. But the 		
ClubFloyd | honest truth is that I want to just burn it all down." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You start paying more attention. This is what you were sent to find 		
ClubFloyd | out about, after all. "Burn what down?" you ask. "The worlds? The 		
ClubFloyd | universe?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She leans forward and clenches your shoulder with hers. She says, 		
ClubFloyd | "No, friend. I want to burn down the system. What happened to the 		
ClubFloyd | old gods and the ancient tribes? They murdered each other, threw up 		
ClubFloyd | walls between the worlds. Now there's only a few left, all of them 		
ClubFloyd | tyrants. The Empress, Mrs. Claus, the Spiders, the kingdoms of the 		
ClubFloyd | humans. I believe the creatures of the two worlds deserve each 		
ClubFloyd | other. Burn. It. Down." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your partner the mountain spirit looks at you expectantly. There 		
ClubFloyd | are so many stories you could come up with. Should you butter them 		
ClubFloyd | up with similar experiences, or should you try to sow discord in 		
ClubFloyd | the Kingdom's ranks by finding something that rubs them the wrong 		
ClubFloyd | way? What are you going to share? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I think that humans and Fae working together are the hope for 		
ClubFloyd | the future. I want to be part of it." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I'm intrigued by the beauty of the human world. I don't care 		
ClubFloyd | for the humans, but those mountains������." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I haven't found any happiness with the Fae. The humans are my 		
ClubFloyd | last hope." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I want the two worlds to come together so they can both just 		
ClubFloyd | leave me alone." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline looks thoughtful.
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. I kind of like A. B may feel too much like we're trying to get on her good side."
		Jacqueline says, "a"
		Jacqueline says, "um..."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "I've seen how humans and Fae can work together. Just look 		
ClubFloyd | at faerie godmothers, and the good they've done in the world. I may 		
ClubFloyd | look tough, but I want to work towards a happy future." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mountain spirit looks at you in disgust, and says, "I'm sorry, 		
ClubFloyd | but I just don't feel like that at all. I have no interest in 		
ClubFloyd | working with humans, and I don't like to just sit here and imagine 		
ClubFloyd | that everything is okay. If this is what the Kingdom of Dreams is 		
ClubFloyd | coming to, I don't think I want to be a part of it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mountain spirit stalks out of the tent. A few people look on in 		
ClubFloyd | surprise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Looking around, you see a lot of other attendees that are chatting 		
ClubFloyd | excitedly with each other. And they're more relatable you thought. 		
ClubFloyd | You look a little out of place yourself in your grim owl form. It's 		
ClubFloyd | less dark here than you expected. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --So far, though, you haven't seen anything unusual from 		
ClubFloyd | this group. Just a bunch of malcontents. There has to be more than 		
ClubFloyd | this, right? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz seems to have the same idea. A subtle grin spreads 		
ClubFloyd | across their face. They raise their hands, and all the old members 		
ClubFloyd | fall quiet immediately, while several newcomers (like Candid) keep 		
ClubFloyd | chatting. Soon the whole room is quiet. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Many have opposed the established order in the realms," Fractured 		
ClubFloyd | Quartz says, "and they have failed. We will succeed. We have the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The crowd murmurs, with the older bunch wagging their heads 		
ClubFloyd | sagaciously and the new crowd noticeably excited. Fractured Quartz 		
ClubFloyd | continues: "However, I cannot allow information about the Nightmare 		
ClubFloyd | King to leave this meeting. I will now extract an oath from each of 		
ClubFloyd | you that you will not reveal anything you learn today about the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King to those not of the Kingdom." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That's when he pulls out an oath rod. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You groan mentally. An oath rod, forged from mortal iron, is the 		
ClubFloyd | last thing you wanted to see. An oath sworn on an oath rod cannot 		
ClubFloyd | be rescinded; at least, not as far as you know. It's possible to 		
ClubFloyd | resist it, but it won't be easy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Their iron rod can't touch my iron heart. I am loyal. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm a friend to the world, and I already have everyone's best 		
ClubFloyd | interests at heart. This promise won't change a thing. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I change my mind like I change my socks. Good luck pinning me 		
ClubFloyd | down! 		
ClubFloyd | D) I won't give in. My sour old soul is made of sterner stuff than 		
ClubFloyd | that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Sagacious is a good word you don't see too often."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, oh snap: an oath rod."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do we want to look at stats?"
		Knight_Otu says, "This is a point where we should take a long, good look at our stats again."
		Jacqueline says, "Ha. Timing."
		Jacqueline says, "I kind of wish we'd just slipped out of the tent like that ancient did."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 21% / Open Minded: 79% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 91% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 43% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 40% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 72% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "I feel like Steadfastness would be good here, and we ain't rollin' in int."
		Jacqueline says, "In *it*, rather."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | So far, though, you haven't seen anything unusual from this group. 		
ClubFloyd | Just a bunch of malcontents. There has to be more than this, right? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz seems to have the same idea. A subtle grin spreads 		
ClubFloyd | across their face. They raise their hands, and all the old members 		
ClubFloyd | fall quiet immediately, while several newcomers (like Candid) keep 		
ClubFloyd | chatting. Soon the whole room is quiet. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Many have opposed the established order in the realms," Fractured 		
ClubFloyd | Quartz says, "and they have failed. We will succeed. We have the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The crowd murmurs, with the older bunch wagging their heads 		
ClubFloyd | sagaciously and the new crowd noticeably excited. Fractured Quartz 		
ClubFloyd | continues: "However, I cannot allow information about the Nightmare 		
ClubFloyd | King to leave this meeting. I will now extract an oath from each of 		
ClubFloyd | you that you will not reveal anything you learn today about the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King to those not of the Kingdom." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That's when he pulls out an oath rod. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You groan mentally. An oath rod, forged from mortal iron, is the 		
ClubFloyd | last thing you wanted to see. An oath sworn on an oath rod cannot 		
ClubFloyd | be rescinded; at least, not as far as you know. It's possible to 		
ClubFloyd | resist it, but it won't be easy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Their iron rod can't touch my iron heart. I am loyal. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm a friend to the world, and I already have everyone's best 		
ClubFloyd | interests at heart. This promise won't change a thing. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I change my mind like I change my socks. Good luck pinning me 		
ClubFloyd | down! 		
ClubFloyd | D) I won't give in. My sour old soul is made of sterner stuff than 		
ClubFloyd | that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Steadfastness would be..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, for a moment I thought you had chosen an option."
		Jacqueline says, "No, just going back to the story."
		Jacqueline says, "Gotta do that after >STATS"
		Knight_Otu says, "So, A needs steadfastness I'm sure. C may use open-mindedness instead."
		Jacqueline says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "When I read that, I thought it sounded niave, but maybe it will rely on our open-mindedness and we'll succeed."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think B is a workable plan if the oath is to not blab about the king, though it might key off of happiness, which we have in spades. And D - well, we are about as sour as a fresh glass of water."
		Knight_Otu says, "(I don't think that water simile I used there actually works.)"
		Jacqueline asks, "What if Mrs Claus is the bad guy?"
		Knight_Otu says, "She may be, from a certain point of view."
		Jacqueline says, "You sound like Obi-Wan Kenobi."
		Knight_Otu says, "I may have stolen that bit from him. If he's silent the next time you watch that scene, that's on me."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, sounds like we hate all of our options but could go with C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That seems to have the best chance."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You hold fast to your thoughts of slipperiness as the oath rod 		
ClubFloyd | sweeps across the room. There is a weight on your mind that burns 		
ClubFloyd | with the ancient heat of enchanted iron. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your mental defenses stand firm under the onslaught. You feel 		
ClubFloyd | shaken, but free from the bindings of the oath. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid's fists are unclenched. She catches your eye and gives an 		
ClubFloyd | almost imperceptible shake of her head. She didn't resist the oath. 		
ClubFloyd | You give a small nod to let her know you passed, and her face 		
ClubFloyd | brightens. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | At least one of you made it through. You'll have to tell everyone 		
ClubFloyd | at Claus Castle. The last time you heard of someone beating an oath 		
ClubFloyd | rod, it was 1692 and Massachusetts was on fire with talk of 		
ClubFloyd | witchcraft. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The crowd is murmuring, with a group of tentacled abominations in 		
ClubFloyd | the corner looking visibly upset and being detained by security. 		
ClubFloyd | Most likely spies from the Emerald Empress, you think. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Once they are removed, Fractured Quartz speaks. "There is a power 		
ClubFloyd | greater than that known to Fae. Not a new power or an ancient 		
ClubFloyd | power, but a power beyond time itself: the Nightmare King. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Few of you have seen him, but those of you who have witnessed his 		
ClubFloyd | power will never forget it." A group of old wood trolls in the 		
ClubFloyd | front row are nodding their heads. You notice that one of them is 		
ClubFloyd | missing the bottom half of his body. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz says, "Those who have felt the power of the King, 		
ClubFloyd | stand and speak your witness." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Various creatures begin standing up to tell of their stories of the 		
ClubFloyd | King. You look around at the crowd: many of the new-comers seem 		
ClubFloyd | genuinely excited. This meeting is having a real effect on these 		
ClubFloyd | Fae, the atmosphere of excitement, the oath, the pressure of the 		
ClubFloyd | group. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Scanning the crowd, you see a few hags in the back that look like 		
ClubFloyd | trouble. They look familiar; you recognize them as agents of the 		
ClubFloyd | Spiders. They must have been sent to spy on the meeting, too. It 		
ClubFloyd | looks like they're about to start something, some kind of 		
ClubFloyd | disruption. You could help disorganize the meeting, or you could 		
ClubFloyd | keep the disrupters quiet while it's going on. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Give the Christmas spirit of friendship to the agents. That'll 		
ClubFloyd | calm them down. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Offer a mechanical megaphone to the witnesses of the Kingdom of 		
ClubFloyd | Dreams. I want to hear what they have to say. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I use my knowledge of nearby speakers' culture to play them off 		
ClubFloyd | each other and add to the chaos. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I use illusion to make dissenting voices appear throughout the 		
ClubFloyd | tent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Looks familiar, looks like trouble."
		Jacqueline asks, "We came to learn. If they disrupt, won't that be counterproductive to us?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I want to hear... right."
		Jacqueline asks, "B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Both our cheer and tinkering are at 44 I believe, so that seems even chance of success."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can try."
		Jacqueline asks, "Do you think something else?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not really. A or B, and both seem to have even chances of success."
		Jacqueline says, "I worry that A will out us."
		Knight_Otu says, "That is another possibility."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You tap the nearest-standing volunteer on the shoulder and hand 		
ClubFloyd | them your megaphone. Grateful, they turn it on and begin to speak. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The Spider's agents are more active now. They are trying to shut 		
ClubFloyd | down the speaker. They seem surprised when no sound comes out of 		
ClubFloyd | their throats. Your selective-sound reverse megaphone works! Only 		
ClubFloyd | the speaker is heard, and she passes it on to the next one. 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz sees you and nods, pleased. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The speakers are all brief. They talk of the power of the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: enemies' homes destroyed, great valleys formed, a 		
ClubFloyd | hole ripped open to the mortal world. The King himself, they say, 		
ClubFloyd | defies description. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As they all sit down, Fractured Quartz returns to the podium and 		
ClubFloyd | says, "You are not yet prepared to understand the King. You are not 		
ClubFloyd | ready to speak with the King. He has done things that you know not 		
ClubFloyd | of. He has bridged the gap between worlds, he has summoned 		
ClubFloyd | countless thousands to follow his will, he has plumbed the deepest 		
ClubFloyd | dungeons of our enemies." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Are they referring to the theft of Santa Claus's heart? You are 		
ClubFloyd | relieved that you resisted the oath earlier. Mrs. Claus will be 		
ClubFloyd | very interested in this information. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "But today," says Fractured Quartz, "all who wish to may see the 		
ClubFloyd | King." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That's a surprise. Candid leans forward, her face set in perfect 		
ClubFloyd | concentration. "Today, he will prove to you his power, our power," 		
ClubFloyd | says Fractured Quartz. "This day, before the sun sets, the Green 		
ClubFloyd | Mountain will be destroyed." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The crowd is stunned. Fractured Quartz sits down, and gentle music 		
ClubFloyd | starts playing. A bog goblin comes to the podium and says, "Please 		
ClubFloyd | remember that refreshments are being served in the tent next door. 		
ClubFloyd | Thanks for coming, and please pick up any trash you've left on the 		
ClubFloyd | way out." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This meeting has given you a lot to think about, as you walk out 		
ClubFloyd | with Candid. It's made you re-evaluate yourself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I feel like my eyes have been opened. Maybe I should try to 		
ClubFloyd | learn more from the world around me instead of staying in a rut. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I feel my heart lightened. Those creatures weren't the vicious 		
ClubFloyd | enemies I had expected. I want to take a more positive outlook on 		
ClubFloyd | life. 		
ClubFloyd | C) All of these new thoughts and feelings are disturbing. If I 		
ClubFloyd | don't find something to hold onto and believe in, I'll break. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I feel like I've been naive. The world is so different from what 		
ClubFloyd | I thought. I resolve to be more skeptical and outspoken. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we achieve 100% cheer with B, I wonder?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not suggesting it yet."
		Jacqueline says, "I hate all these options, but c and d especially."
		Jacqueline says, "A seems pragmatic."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess I'd be okay with B"
		Jacqueline asks, "Where are you at?"
		Knight_Otu says, "A or B, really, I guess."
		Jacqueline asks, "Of those, do you have a preference?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not really."
		Jacqueline asks, "May I then go with A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You resolve to be more open-minded in the future. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you walk into the tent, filled with creatures and piles 		
ClubFloyd | of food. Candid whispers, "I have to go. I'll explain later." You 		
ClubFloyd | look surprised, but she runs off, and you're left to your own 		
ClubFloyd | devices. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The crowd is milling around. It's a perfect time to get more 		
ClubFloyd | information, but who do you talk to? You may be in disguise, but 		
ClubFloyd | you should be able to find some kindred spirits. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) A group of faeries dressed in spider silk, sipping dew from 		
ClubFloyd | acorn cups. 		
ClubFloyd | B) A rowdy bunch of trolls fighting over a mountain of spiced ham. 		
ClubFloyd | C) A sour-faced old spirit glowering at every happy couple that 		
ClubFloyd | passes by. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Wow. More open-minded."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess I should have realized. Though, that's not a bad thing."
		Jacqueline says, "Good thing, actually."
		Knight_Otu says, "Curious if it already in our stats."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 17% / Open Minded: 83% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 91% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 43% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 72% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You resolve to be more open-minded in the future. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you walk into the tent, filled with creatures and piles 		
ClubFloyd | of food. Candid whispers, "I have to go. I'll explain later." You 		
ClubFloyd | look surprised, but she runs off, and you're left to your own 		
ClubFloyd | devices. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The crowd is milling around. It's a perfect time to get more 		
ClubFloyd | information, but who do you talk to? You may be in disguise, but 		
ClubFloyd | you should be able to find some kindred spirits. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) A group of faeries dressed in spider silk, sipping dew from 		
ClubFloyd | acorn cups. 		
ClubFloyd | B) A rowdy bunch of trolls fighting over a mountain of spiced ham. 		
ClubFloyd | C) A sour-faced old spirit glowering at every happy couple that 		
ClubFloyd | passes by. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I think that's a 10 point increase."
		Jacqueline says, "I think it's 4% since our last check, but yeah, it was immediate."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, didn't check back. Yeah, 4%."
		Knight_Otu says, "So no pure happiness for us either way."
		Jacqueline says, "I have no strong feelings about this choice."
		Knight_Otu asks, "A?"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Carefully, you walk closer to the faeries and ask to partake. 		
ClubFloyd | Unfortunately, the faeries are offended, splashing your face with 		
ClubFloyd | their drinks. Apparently your manners were found wanting. You lick 		
ClubFloyd | off the residue and wipe your mouth on your sleeve. What didn't 		
ClubFloyd | they like? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Once you're done mingling, you grab more than a few cookies and eat 		
ClubFloyd | while waiting for Candid to show up. Almost no one is left in the 		
ClubFloyd | tent by the time she finally arrives. You offer to pitch in with 		
ClubFloyd | the clean-up and end up snagging a bag of baklava to take home. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid comes up to you, visibly upset. "Come on," she says. "Let's 		
ClubFloyd | go. Now." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In just a few minutes, you make your way out of the gathering and 		
ClubFloyd | out into the wastes without trouble. Candid waits until you're well 		
ClubFloyd | past Green Mountain before she'll let you speak. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Candid, where were you? I was stuck with a terrible������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Club, Fractured Quartz used to be my partner." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What?!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You've shifted back into a form that is somehow both furry and 		
ClubFloyd | mechanical. Candid absent-mindedly shifts out of her disguise and 		
ClubFloyd | into the form of a young British orphan boy from the Victorian era. 		
ClubFloyd | He must be greatly distressed; he hasn't done orphan-boy since he 		
ClubFloyd | found out the Heart was stolen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "They look the same, even though it's been centuries," he says. 		
ClubFloyd | "Beautifully flawed crystal body, genderless, expressionless. 		
ClubFloyd | They������they feel the same. I followed them the whole time you were 		
ClubFloyd | eating refreshments, watching them talk to others. They're the same 		
ClubFloyd | person. The name is different, but names change. And personalities 		
ClubFloyd | change, too. Quartzie is so confident now������." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "You've always been confident. Maybe you influenced them." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Quartzie? That demagogue doesn't seem like a Quartzie." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "It's a good thing you're not together anymore. You're too good 		
ClubFloyd | for a creature like that." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "You've changed a lot, too. Maybe you should think about that, 		
ClubFloyd | more." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, and we got a boost with Quartz from our megaphone antics."
		Jacqueline asks, "Boost to... ?"
		Roger says, "relation"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, relations."
		Jacqueline asks, "D?"
		Knight_Otu says, "A or D I'd say, sure."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "You don't know the story, Club," he says. "And I don't like that 		
ClubFloyd | you would just jump to conclusions so quickly." He takes a few 		
ClubFloyd | seconds to calm down. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He says, "You might as well know how it all ended. I broke it off 		
ClubFloyd | with them. They were needy. I was controlling. It wasn't healthy." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He looks at you with a troubled soul. "Can I ask you something? 		
ClubFloyd | Please don't tell Mrs. Claus. I'm worried that she'll stop trusting 		
ClubFloyd | me if I'm connected to one of her enemies." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I tell him I won't let Mrs. Claus know. But I'm lying. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I won't tell Mrs. Claus. I trust Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm going to tell Mrs. Claus. My top priority is to her. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'll help Candid out and not tell Mrs. Claus. People should be 		
ClubFloyd | able to think for themselves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I'd probably say that it'd be more damning if we don't tell and it is later found out."
		Jacqueline asks, "I agree. But do we tell him that now (C) and then see if he the little Victorian child tries to kick our ass?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not really sure what to choose here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Except, I wouldn't want to choose A."
		Jacqueline says, "Agree."
		Jacqueline asks, "C? Honesty?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
		Jacqueline says, "You sound so pleased. heh"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | He looks sad, but resigned. "It's okay, Club, I understand." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A thought pops into your mind. "Why would Fractured Quartz start a 		
ClubFloyd | religion?" you ask. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid thinks for a moment, and says, "They always used to talk 		
ClubFloyd | about going back to the old days, where mortals and Fae walked 		
ClubFloyd | together. I remember they spent a few hundred years planting faerie 		
ClubFloyd | rings, and another hundred trying to repair the Burning Rainbow 		
ClubFloyd | Bridge at Asgard. But the Council of Seven kept shutting down 		
ClubFloyd | Quartzie's efforts. That's why we broke up. They couldn't handle 		
ClubFloyd | that I worked for Claus." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You want to talk about it more, but you don't have time 		
ClubFloyd | to say anything. The sky ripples like a mirage, high above Green 		
ClubFloyd | Mountain. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid says, "Look, something's happening! What are they going to 		
ClubFloyd | do?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The air ripples again, and suddenly the whole sky������tilts. It's the 		
ClubFloyd | only way to describe it. You feel like the ground is sideways, but 		
ClubFloyd | you're not falling. The sun looks dimmer, and its light has a 		
ClubFloyd | distinct green cast. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A finger of pure blackness stretches down from the sky. It grows in 		
ClubFloyd | size as it descends until it envelops Green Mountain. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Waves of emotion roll off of the darkness: anger, fear, despair. 		
ClubFloyd | The blast throws you to the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And then it stops. The emotions fade away, as does the finger of 		
ClubFloyd | darkness, and the sky is in the right place again. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But Green Mountain is gone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Yikes."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Yowza."
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Your journey home is somber. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You and Candid inform Mrs. Claus about Green Mountain when you 		
ClubFloyd | return. Candid has to sit for long minutes while you explain to 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus everything that happened with the Kingdom, and with the 		
ClubFloyd | oath rod. By yourself, you linger afterwards and inform Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | about Candid's relationship. Mrs. Claus takes everything in stride, 		
ClubFloyd | listening to everything but revealing nothing about her thoughts. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | At dinner, the Great Hall is abuzz with elves discussing the 		
ClubFloyd | destruction of Green Mountain. Morale is low, and you can see 		
ClubFloyd | pockets of elves clustered around members of the Kingdom of Dreams, 		
ClubFloyd | asking to be taught about this new being. You are too far away to 		
ClubFloyd | hear clearly, but you can pick out Mrs. Claus's name from time to 		
ClubFloyd | time, and it doesn't seem to be anything positive about her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When you walk by the stables later, you see Candid (now in the form 		
ClubFloyd | of a surly female dwarf) scooping the reindeer dung just as she 		
ClubFloyd | promised. You give a somber nod and a wave as you pass on and 		
ClubFloyd | return to your room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As you lie in bed, thinking, you wonder about Candid. Could you 		
ClubFloyd | ever see the two of you together? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) If she got over Fractured Quartz, then yes, of course. If she 		
ClubFloyd | seemed interested. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Candid is just not my type. She's too bubbly and excitable. I 		
ClubFloyd | like a more mature relationship. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm not sure yet. I need to get to know her better. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I would argue that Nightmare King is a fitting moniker."
		Jacqueline asks, "WHOA WAIT, now we're wondering about being with Candid?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Where'd THAT come from?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Where's the "This is not really the time to think about relationships'" option?"
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed."
		Jacqueline says, "No time for love, Dr. Jones."
		Jacqueline | [LINK]
		Jacqueline says, "Let's just quit and never finish."
		Knight_Otu says, "I kinda want to hope that C is close enough to not comitting, but part of me is afraid that we then go off and try to know Candid better."
		Jacqueline says, "I hate everything."
		Jacqueline says, "Every. Thing."
		Roger asks, "what option would you want?"
		Jacqueline says, "D"
		Knight_Otu says, "As per above, D) This isn't the time."
		Jacqueline says, "Yes."
		Jacqueline asks, "I guess B?"
		Knight_Otu shrugs.
		Jacqueline asks, "I'm gonna say B. Objections?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Not really."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | It's nothing against Candid, personally. It's just that some types 		
ClubFloyd | of people work better together than others. You fall asleep, 		
ClubFloyd | dreaming of eyes filled with wisdom. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline asks, "Is this the end of the chapter, I wonder?"
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Four Bad Toy] 		
ClubFloyd | Weeks have passed since you visited the tent meeting, and even more 		
ClubFloyd | since the Heart was stolen, but you still think about what 		
ClubFloyd | happened������to you, to Mrs. Claus, to Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus is outwardly as strong as ever, but you know that her 		
ClubFloyd | greater magical feats require an enormous amount of power. And she 		
ClubFloyd | no longer has a way of replenishing that power. She's weak, and 		
ClubFloyd | whoever has the Heart knows that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You've changed more in the last year than you had in the millennium 		
ClubFloyd | before that. You're closer to Mrs. Claus than you've ever been. 		
ClubFloyd | You've developed a fluid and changing form. Who knows what the rest 		
ClubFloyd | of this year holds for you? 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "YUUP"
		Jacqueline says, "And we're at 2hrs."
		Jacqueline says, "Can I see some hands held up high with spirit fingers, please? Thank you."
		Jacqueline says, "I say we call it there and lock the clubhouse."
		Knight_Otu says, ""Hey Candid, you know the Green Mountain is gone, Christmas is in danger, you saw your old significant other, and I thought, hey, that's a good time to ask if you want to go out with me.""
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Not at all awkward!"
		
##### Session 3 		
		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus seems to be enjoying spending time with you. 		
ClubFloyd | Just last week, she asked you to attend the Naiad Festival as her 		
ClubFloyd | plus one. It wasn't romantic, of course. She's your boss, and 		
ClubFloyd | nothing could happen between the two of you������right? But she 		
ClubFloyd | certainly enjoyed having you there. As for you: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I spent the night by her side, watching the way her eyes sparkle 		
ClubFloyd | when she laughs. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I took advantage of the invitation to enjoy the buffet. I didn't 		
ClubFloyd | see Claus until the end. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I joined in the Naiad dance, then found Claus alone at a 		
ClubFloyd | balcony. We ended up talking for hours. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I felt uncomfortable most of the night. I worried what the 		
ClubFloyd | Naiads thought of me, let alone the other elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "As for this game, I now worry about the consequences of every choice now."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, if I enjoy the buffet do I up my gluttony stat (I know it's called something else, but...)"
		Knight_Otu says, "This might be a skill shift... right."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "yes, I'm sure the buffet is a skill shift."
		Jacqueline says, "I like C, sorta."
		DavidW says, "I rather enjoy buffets at parties myself."
		Jacqueline says, "Same"
		DavidW says, "C is also good. B or C."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We don't yet have an abbreviation to talk to cf, right?"
		Jacqueline says, "And if I had a live billboard of my stats in real life, I'd probably enjoy buffets less."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "it's still just F"
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, C sounds fine."
		Jacqueline says, "Just like in the Toyshop"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah. Thanks."
		DavidW asks, "F or > ?"
		Jacqueline says, "It's probably best if someone else drives - work may still reach out to me."
		Jacqueline says, "f c"
		Jacqueline says, "f c is the command"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall I?"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "please do"
		Jacqueline says, "And when you get to a place where it's needed, you still just do PRESS ENTER to press enter."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Please"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Neither of you meant to ignore the crowd, but the sights of the 		
ClubFloyd | Naiad capital were astounding, and Claus had so many interesting 		
ClubFloyd | stories to tell of their creation. You shared personal details from 		
ClubFloyd | a time you spent here as an ambassador, years ago. The sky was 		
ClubFloyd | clear, the ocean waves sent a cool mist into the air, and your 		
ClubFloyd | minds felt united like one. But then, something dimmed Claus's 		
ClubFloyd | eyes, a gray memory, perhaps, and she excused herself to go back 		
ClubFloyd | inside. It was fun while it lasted, though. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --With Christmas only half a year away, you've been making 		
ClubFloyd | more frequent checkups on your assigned children. As Second 		
ClubFloyd | List-Checker, your assignments are less onerous than other elves', 		
ClubFloyd | but you refuse to distance yourself entirely from the business. 		
ClubFloyd | You've employed various clairvoyant means in the past: pools of 		
ClubFloyd | seeing, crystal balls, closed-circuit television. But this year, 		
ClubFloyd | after everything that's happened, you feel the need to return to 		
ClubFloyd | your roots. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll keep Katya as one of your assigned children. You have some 		
ClubFloyd | background there, after all. But you need to add someone else. 		
ClubFloyd | That's where Carl Alan comes in. A six-year-old boy in California, 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan is a quiet child whose parents are slightly distant from 		
ClubFloyd | and a bit disturbed by their child. Early reports suggest that he 		
ClubFloyd | may have latent bleeder abilities. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Why did you choose to monitor Carl Alan personally? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) He could be a threat with his bleeder capabilities. I need to 		
ClubFloyd | keep an eye on him. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I took him on as a favor to the other elves. He seems like he 		
ClubFloyd | could be difficult. 		
ClubFloyd | C) He seems interesting from a professional standpoint. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I have a feeling there's something special about this kid. I 		
ClubFloyd | like him already. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "D, I think"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I totally read that as 'latent bladder abilities' ..."
		Jacqueline says, "D is fine"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan is certainly one of a kind. So that brings you here, 		
ClubFloyd | southern California, on one of the hottest days of the year. The 		
ClubFloyd | house is a pleasing mix of old and new, with alpine-style siding 		
ClubFloyd | and a dormer window. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This visit won't be like your trap-laden trip to Katya's house. 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan isn't out to get you, and your only task is to find out 		
ClubFloyd | more about him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The house is unlocked, and you enter like a whisper of wind. You 		
ClubFloyd | can hear Carl Alan's mother in the kitchen rearranging chairs, and 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan is upstairs whistling an old tune. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | How are you going to learn more about Carl Alan? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll cover myself with an illusion and sneak a look around the 		
ClubFloyd | kitchen. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I can feel a subtle presence in the master bedroom. Might be a 		
ClubFloyd | spirit I know. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'll shift into a fly and spy on Carl Alan. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I conjure up memories of Christmases past in the family room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "C is our specialty."
		DavidW says, "I guess C is okay, but I don't think of flies as invisible presences at all."
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll be a happy annoyance."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we'll get hit with a fly swatter"
		Jacqueline says, "But I'm good with whatever."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we will."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You focus on thoughts of decay and smallness, feeling yourself 		
ClubFloyd | shrinking, shrinking, shrinking. Then you lift your wings and take 		
ClubFloyd | off. You've successfully become a house-fly! With a buzz you flit 		
ClubFloyd | up the stairwell and over to Carl Alan's room. On the way, you hit 		
ClubFloyd | what you think is an updraft, and have to adjust. But the feeling 		
ClubFloyd | persists, and you realize that the geometry in this part of the 		
ClubFloyd | house is just sort of������off. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Shaking it off, you fly up to Carl Alan's room when Carl Alan 		
ClubFloyd | himself comes out. It looks like he's on his way out. He grabs his 		
ClubFloyd | hat and marches down the stairs. At least his room is still open. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When the coast is clear, you make your way into Carl Alan's 		
ClubFloyd | bedroom. You take note of the toys, as usual, to get ideas for 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas gifts. Of course Carl Alan or his parents can submit 		
ClubFloyd | their own list, but many fail to do so, for one reason or another. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It seems like a fairly normal collection of toys. Rainbow horses, 		
ClubFloyd | collectible squishy trash beings. Carl Alan seems sheltered, being 		
ClubFloyd | an only child in a rich family. Maybe you can broaden his mind a 		
ClubFloyd | little. You'll have the chance to pick more gifts for him once you 		
ClubFloyd | get to know him better. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I could skirt the rules and give him a ring that allows 		
ClubFloyd | communication with birds. 		
ClubFloyd | B) He seems clever. Maybe a book full of magic tricks. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'll gift him a build-your-own crystal radio kit. His parents 		
ClubFloyd | can help him. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'll go for classic elf gifts: cloth, needle, and thread for 		
ClubFloyd | clothing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "B or C"
		Knight_Otu says, "Those sound fine."
		DavidW says, "I'm slightly leaning towards B more than C, but whichever."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's go with B then."
		DavidW says, "I don't feel I know Carl all that well yet."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You pull out your notebook and write down "book of magic tricks" 		
ClubFloyd | next to Carl Alan's name. The Christmas Spirit in the world grows 		
ClubFloyd | noticeably stronger. A twinge of nausea hits you as you write. When 		
ClubFloyd | you fold up the notebook and put it away, another twinge hits you. 		
ClubFloyd | Where's it coming from? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Scanning the room, you narrow down the possible sources of the 		
ClubFloyd | nausea to a new-looking tin in the corner. Looks like a card game. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You read the title on the lid out loud: "Slaughterstone X." A 		
ClubFloyd | little more gruesome than you'd expect from Carl Alan, but not too 		
ClubFloyd | unusual for a young child. But you, an elf, feel like you're going 		
ClubFloyd | to be sick, and that means trouble. There must be an emotional 		
ClubFloyd | bleed attached to it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's hard even to approach or look at it. You'll need to find some 		
ClubFloyd | aspect of it that grabs your attention to overcome the bleed 		
ClubFloyd | emanating from it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I focus on the elegant design of the tin. 		
ClubFloyd | B) The scowling monsters on the side suit your mood, and are 		
ClubFloyd | interesting in a macabre way. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm always interested in learning about new games. 		
ClubFloyd | D) It kind of looks like a cookie tin. I could just pretend it's 		
ClubFloyd | that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "It's true."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think C would do the trick with our openmindedness?"
		DavidW says, "yes, I like C here."
		DavidW says, "I'm curious about game mechanics."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Your interest is piqued by the text on the tin. You move closer, 		
ClubFloyd | fighting through the pain. "A Savagely Mythological New Card Game," 		
ClubFloyd | it says. "Contains at Least 1 Foil-Backed Titan. 1 in 5 Contains 		
ClubFloyd | Enraged Cerberus." Why the Greek theme? You've reached the tin, 		
ClubFloyd | now. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Opening the tin with one finger, you see the rules pamphlet and 		
ClubFloyd | fetch it out. At least this doesn't seem to be enchanted. The game 		
ClubFloyd | is simple, but you are surprised to see that the strongest attacks 		
ClubFloyd | are powered by ripping weaker cards in half. How much does this 		
ClubFloyd | game cost? You notice the tin is less than half full, and a few 		
ClubFloyd | ripped pieces of cards are scattered around it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The cards themselves reek with a familiar stench. You touch one 		
ClubFloyd | gingerly and your finger goes numb. It's clear: these cards are 		
ClubFloyd | made with sorrowstalk pulp. Like all of that breed, they are 		
ClubFloyd | literally draining the Fae world around them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | These are very dangerous, more to the Fae than humans. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'm not used to this kind of magic. These need to be destroyed. 		
ClubFloyd | What kind of kid has stuff like this? 		
ClubFloyd | B) He seems like a nice boy. He shouldn't be around strange new 		
ClubFloyd | magic like this. 		
ClubFloyd | C) The scheme behind these cards is intriguing. A kid like Carl 		
ClubFloyd | Alan is a sucker for buying into it, though. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I like this kid. Why does he have a magical card game? I have to 		
ClubFloyd | learn more. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Ripping up the cards?!"
		DavidW says, "That is a mechanic in some games, yes."
		DavidW says, "Magic The Gathering has a few cards like that. There's also a version of Risk where you put stickers permanently on things for permanent effects. Risk Legacy, I think it's called."
		DavidW says, "So one game session influences future ones."
		DavidW asks, "Makes your choices seem to have more weight, y'know?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Magic quickly abandoned that though - turns out the mechanic wasn't particularly popular."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, the ripping up thing."
		DavidW says, "Few people like destroying their own property on purpose. People are collectors and want to preserve forever."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure what to choose here."
		DavidW says, "This particular variant seems particularly troublesome, since it has effects beyond the game itself."
		Knight_Otu asks, "D, perhaps?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe D, sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You turn over the tin, avoiding the cards, and check the bottom of 		
ClubFloyd | the tin. It says "Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This is big������really big. Another connection to Krinkle Corp, the 		
ClubFloyd | same company that manufactured the Mr. Grumpyhead doll left at 		
ClubFloyd | Santa's tomb. It's time to dig deeper. You'll need to return home. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fifteen minutes later, you've made it back to your office through 		
ClubFloyd | the faerie ring, sent a report to Mrs. Claus, and begun your 		
ClubFloyd | investigations. With Krinkle Corp being incorporated in the mortal 		
ClubFloyd | world, it makes sense to use the tools of that world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You walk to the back of your office and pull off the dust cover 		
ClubFloyd | from the secondary desk. Your old Apple II computer is still here. 		
ClubFloyd | When you check the aethernet cable and the GUI runes, it seems like 		
ClubFloyd | everything's updated and in top shape. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You boot it up and search for Krinkle Corp. Dozens of results come 		
ClubFloyd | up. It might be best to tackle something in your area of expertise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I look at their patents to find a pattern in their technology. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I search their board of directors for familiar names. 		
ClubFloyd | C) My tricks aren't restricted to the physical realm. I sneak 		
ClubFloyd | through their firewall. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I look up old holiday ads. I have an eye for all things 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas, after all. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "It feels like Carl and other kids that have this game are being used as pawns against the Fae."
		Knight_Otu says, "That could be the case."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Any objections to checking our stats for this one?"
		DavidW says, "No."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 20% / Open Minded: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 43% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 72% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "So, if we choose D for Christmas ads, the game would likely roll against our Cheer stat, I suppose?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm guessing our options use, in order, Tinkering, Connections, Trickery, and Cheer."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably, yes."
		DavidW says, "We're not strong in any of those, but I like D regardless."
		Knight_Otu says, "We may make any of those work except B. D sounds fine."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You turn over the tin, avoiding the cards, and check the bottom of 		
ClubFloyd | the tin. It says "Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This is big������really big. Another connection to Krinkle Corp, the 		
ClubFloyd | same company that manufactured the Mr. Grumpyhead doll left at 		
ClubFloyd | Santa's tomb. It's time to dig deeper. You'll need to return home. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fifteen minutes later, you've made it back to your office through 		
ClubFloyd | the faerie ring, sent a report to Mrs. Claus, and begun your 		
ClubFloyd | investigations. With Krinkle Corp being incorporated in the mortal 		
ClubFloyd | world, it makes sense to use the tools of that world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You walk to the back of your office and pull off the dust cover 		
ClubFloyd | from the secondary desk. Your old Apple II computer is still here. 		
ClubFloyd | When you check the aethernet cable and the GUI runes, it seems like 		
ClubFloyd | everything's updated and in top shape. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You boot it up and search for Krinkle Corp. Dozens of results come 		
ClubFloyd | up. It might be best to tackle something in your area of expertise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I look at their patents to find a pattern in their technology. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I search their board of directors for familiar names. 		
ClubFloyd | C) My tricks aren't restricted to the physical realm. I sneak 		
ClubFloyd | through their firewall. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I look up old holiday ads. I have an eye for all things 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas, after all. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Hopefully we get a second chance if the first chance fails."
		Knight_Otu says, "I kind of doubt it, but we'll see."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You spend hours poring over low-resolution screenshots of old 		
ClubFloyd | websites, far too compressed to make out any details. Your mind 		
ClubFloyd | wanders, and you end up on a fruitless chain of Wikipedia searches 		
ClubFloyd | until you realize that you've been studying Sardinian casu marzu. 		
ClubFloyd | That's it: you give up for the night. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The next day, you pull a couple of the younger elves from the toy 		
ClubFloyd | lines to help you search for the information. The line boss is 		
ClubFloyd | unhappy, and the other elves are grumbling, but you need help. You 		
ClubFloyd | find out later that they missed the quota for the day. Ah, well, 		
ClubFloyd | you can't please everyone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Can't always win with a 44%."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You've gathered enough information to know that Krinkle 		
ClubFloyd | Corp is taking a larger share of the market than anyone expected. A 		
ClubFloyd | visit to the Corporate Intelligence department might be in order. 		
ClubFloyd | You vaguely remember those elves as being tasked with monitoring 		
ClubFloyd | the world toy market. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Four flights of stairs and a quarter mile of hallway later, you 		
ClubFloyd | reach the department offices. Or what used to be the corporate 		
ClubFloyd | offices. The lights are off and the desks are empty and dusty. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That's right, you had to slash their budget a year or two ago. They 		
ClubFloyd | didn't seem that important at the time. You sigh and feel a bit 		
ClubFloyd | deflated. You'll have to talk to Copper Crank. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She's an odd one, that's for sure. Some people hate her, a few love 		
ClubFloyd | her. You can picture her in your head right now: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Copper Crank, the mechanical genius. I'm excited to see her. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Copper Crank, the selfish hermit. I'm not looking forward to 		
ClubFloyd | this at all. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Copper Crank, the eccentric ancient. This should be fun. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Copper Crank, the patron saint of junkyards. This could get 		
ClubFloyd | messy, unfortunately. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I wonder why less pleasant options are offered."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure what any of these options would do for us."
		Knight_Otu says, "They might be flavor options, they might align with our split stats somehow..."
		DavidW says, "I think I'm leaning towards D."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, we can do that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | It might take you some time to find Copper Crank. She's an 		
ClubFloyd | incorrigible nomad, but she spends most of her time in the mortal 		
ClubFloyd | world������more scrap there. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need to figure out where she is. Looks like more world wide 		
ClubFloyd | web-work. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I shift into pure data and upload myself to a satellite. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I search my elf friends' social media for recent photos of her. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Copper Crank is a loner, but she's still a Christmas elf. I'll 		
ClubFloyd | rank junkyards by festiveness and size to guess her location. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Now those are options."
		DavidW says, "I'm tempted by A. It's been several years since I was pure data in a satellite. Happened in an RPG once."
		Knight_Otu says, "A would align with our shifting skill. C seems like"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, I like A too, followed by C."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You concentrate, focusing on an infinite sequence of ones and 		
ClubFloyd | zeros. Your form bending, rending, and reshaping itself into 		
ClubFloyd | digital form. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's easy, then, to throw yourself into the internet and begin 		
ClubFloyd | swimming upstream. Jumping from source to site to folder, you find 		
ClubFloyd | a transmitter. Slipping in, you beam yourself out in wave form. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | After a short jaunt, you enter into the satellite's processor and 		
ClubFloyd | hold on for a minute, allowing countless waves to lap up against 		
ClubFloyd | you. You focus on the concept of junkyards and look for prime 		
ClubFloyd | locations. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That one looks right! With a bounce you reflect yourself off the 		
ClubFloyd | satellite's dish and back to the computer in your office. Seeing 		
ClubFloyd | everything from that perspective was really inspiring. You jot down 		
ClubFloyd | some notes for this year's Christmas deliveries. It's going to be a 		
ClubFloyd | great year! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Now that you have her location narrowed down, it's easy to look up 		
ClubFloyd | a faerie ring nearby. You head for the back gardens of Claus 		
ClubFloyd | Castle. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "ring ring ring ring ring banana phone"
		Knight_Otu says, "This year, our presents will tumble right out of our screens."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Candid passes you in the hallways as you walk by on the 		
ClubFloyd | way to the faerie ring. Today she's in a good mood, taking the form 		
ClubFloyd | of an ice fairy and tracing intricate icework on the walls with her 		
ClubFloyd | feet. She smiles and gives you a wave. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The faerie circle takes you to a ring of mushrooms in the shadow of 		
ClubFloyd | a crumbling freeway overpass. Mounds of junk stretch ahead of you 		
ClubFloyd | and abandoned manufacturing equipment rises behind you. The setting 		
ClubFloyd | sun gives everything an orange tinge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You have the unsettling feeling of being watched. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I run at full speed into the stacks, searching for Copper Crank. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I go at a moderate pace, stopping to look every few minutes. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I stay where I am and call out to Copper Crank, keeping my back 		
ClubFloyd | to a pile of junk. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "As long as they don't fall apart into pixel dust."
		Knight_Otu says, "(I almost typed "Next year.")"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So how paranoid are we of toy snipers?"
		DavidW says, "I don't know. I wasn't expecting this sort of trouble."
		Knight_Otu says, "(I'm getting the impression that Crank may be behind Krinkle Corp.)"
		DavidW says, "oh, that could be unpleasant."
		Knight_Otu says, "(Or at least a member.)"
		Knight_Otu says, "It could be, yes."
		DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards B now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Any option has its downsides, but B works."
		DavidW says, "If we get captured and put in a birdcage, Batman can rescue us."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, unless it's an anti-elf cage, we could shift out of it ourselves."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | It's an easy pattern. Running to a new stack then looking back. 		
ClubFloyd | Most times you see nothing. Sometimes you see a car: a gray sedan, 		
ClubFloyd | a green van. No one looks your way. At least, not that you notice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It takes you about half an hour before you find Copper Crank. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank is a mound of rags hunched over a small workbench 		
ClubFloyd | bolted to a crumbling piece of concrete slab. The mound turns to 		
ClubFloyd | reveal her body: a tiny old elf enveloped by pouches, bags, robes, 		
ClubFloyd | and spare clothing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Copper Crank!" you say. "Long time no see." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She turns back to work on her bench. She doesn't seem interested in 		
ClubFloyd | talking much. More cars pass by in the distance. The seconds tick 		
ClubFloyd | by, but Copper Crank is still ignoring you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | How will you get her attention? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll cheer her up with a funny joke. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I have a long memory when it comes to my friends. I bring up a 		
ClubFloyd | shared experience from the past. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I give my natural curiosity free rein and express interest in 		
ClubFloyd | what she's doing. 		
ClubFloyd | D) To the coal chute with manners! I'll get her attention the 		
ClubFloyd | old-fashioned way. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not optimistic about our chances with any of the options."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You sidle on over to her side. "So, Copper Crank," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | "Whatcha working on?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She looks over with a grin. "Always a curious one, aren't you Club? 		
ClubFloyd | It's a wool-combing machine." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look around. "Do you have any wool?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Not yet," she says. "But I might one day." She turns to you, ready 		
ClubFloyd | to talk business. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, Copper Crank, it's nice to see you again," you say as you 		
ClubFloyd | shake her hand. She nods at a dirty old stool, and you grab and set 		
ClubFloyd | yourself down on it. The sun is dipping below the horizon now, 		
ClubFloyd | lengthening the shadows. Now that she isn't focusing on her work, 		
ClubFloyd | she seems more open to chatting. You say, "I had a few questions 		
ClubFloyd | for you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Have you noticed anything unusual going on in the toy world 		
ClubFloyd | recently?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "What do you know about Krinkle Corp?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "What are you working on?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Have you seen anyone else wandering around here?" 		
ClubFloyd | E) I'm done making small talk. "Would you mind taking a look at 		
ClubFloyd | this toy I found?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "We... might get all of the options perhaps?"
		DavidW says, "hm. Maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure I believe that though.."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe we start with B?"
		DavidW says, "I'd prefer to start with A, try to see if she mentions Krinkle first."
		DavidW says, "Or she might have another concern altogether."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also a possibility. Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Unusual?" asks Copper Crank. "Define unusual." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Have you seen any new players showing up? Companies gobbling up 		
ClubFloyd | market share?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Have you noticed any products with a connection to the Fae 		
ClubFloyd | world?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Have you noticed a movement away from Christmas imagery?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Have you seen any new, aggressive sales strategies?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "tip our hand slightly with B, I guess."
		Knight_Otu says, ""Yes, I notice movement away from christmas imagery, after every christmas.""
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Copper nods vigorously. "Bleeders are everywhere these days, it 		
ClubFloyd | seems," she says. "I have to be more careful than ever in these 		
ClubFloyd | junk piles. Never know when I'll step on a spike of aggression or 		
ClubFloyd | fall in a puddle of sorrow. It's too much, it's much too much." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What do you know about Krinkle Corp?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "What are you working on?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Have you seen anyone else wandering around here?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'm done making small talk. "Would you mind taking a look at 		
ClubFloyd | this toy I found?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "hm. okay, A for Krinkle next, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "That's like asking what I know about the Rocky Mountains. Krinkle 		
ClubFloyd | Corp is huge. What do you want to know?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "How long have they been around?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "What's their holiday lineup like?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Have you noticed them using bleeder technology?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "What's your impression of them?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "C or D I think."
		DavidW says, "hm. C."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Ha!" she says, "as if that would be unusual. Most toys have some 		
ClubFloyd | bleeder in them these days," she says. "Companies don't realize 		
ClubFloyd | what goes on in their hiring process. Manager hires a nice young 		
ClubFloyd | human, says their gut told 'em the new one's a good fit, when 		
ClubFloyd | they're just a bleeder. Unconscious manipulation and all that. So 		
ClubFloyd | they get out in the production line or the design office and there 		
ClubFloyd | you go." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Although," she adds, "Krinkle Corp does seem to have more than 		
ClubFloyd | their fair share. Perhaps even some that are aware of their 		
ClubFloyd | ability." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What are you working on?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Have you seen anyone else wandering around here?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm done making small talk. "Would you mind taking a look at 		
ClubFloyd | this toy I found?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "hmph. That was inconclusive, surprisingly."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We should know A. Do we go straight for the toy now, or B?"
		DavidW says, "I'm tempted to just run the board here and continue with A "What are you working on?". Do ALL the small talk."
		Knight_Otu says, "It should still be the wool-combing machine, and she may get annoyed at the repeat question."
		DavidW says, "fine. Feel free to skip that and go to B."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Unless you strongly want A?"
		DavidW says, "No, I think you might be right and it's just the wool-combing."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Oh, I see plenty of creatures around these parts. Rodents, birds, 		
ClubFloyd | trash goblins, humans looking for scrap metal. What are you 		
ClubFloyd | thinking of?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I feel like I'm being followed." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Do you think anyone's monitoring the area?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Has anyone come looking for you specifically?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Have you seen anyone from Krinkle Corp here?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "A."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Yeah, I get that feeling too, recently." She looks around. 		
ClubFloyd | "Surveillance, you know. Getting more specialized, more powerful. 		
ClubFloyd | Probably multiple agencies monitoring us right now," she says, 		
ClubFloyd | nodding. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What are you working on?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm done making small talk. "Would you mind taking a look at 		
ClubFloyd | this toy I found?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I guess it's time for the toy."
		DavidW says, "Yup."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank grabs the tin gingerly with her gloved hands and 		
ClubFloyd | carries it over to the workbench. "Mind if I talk out loud?" she 		
ClubFloyd | asks. You shake your head. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | An hour later, after sunset, her cryptic mutterings are wearing on 		
ClubFloyd | you. More cars pass on the road in the distance. Have you seen that 		
ClubFloyd | green van before? Everything blends together here. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank continues to examine the toy, turning it this way and 		
ClubFloyd | that and running her gloved fingers over it. This is taking her 		
ClubFloyd | quite a bit longer than you thought it would. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Hope it doesn't kill her."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You tap your foot impatiently, knocking a few trinkets 		
ClubFloyd | loose. When you stop tapping, junk keeps falling from the pile next 		
ClubFloyd | to you. The entire mound shifts. Copper Crank pays no notice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mound shifts again, and two figures emerge, shaking off old tin 		
ClubFloyd | cans and busted TV monitors. They shuffle into the light, and you 		
ClubFloyd | see that they are child-sized crab-like robots. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Excuse me," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She ignores you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Excuse me!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She answers without looking. "Those are old creations. Rough drafts 		
ClubFloyd | for mechanical soldiers. Pay them no mind. They should be no 		
ClubFloyd | problem for an honored servant of Mrs. Claus, Club." She chuckles. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The creatures have been steadily advancing. Now they split up, 		
ClubFloyd | trying to surround you. You'll have to find a way to deal with them 		
ClubFloyd | without Crank's help. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I can see their clockwork on the outside. I might be able to 		
ClubFloyd | reprogram one of them. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I appeal to Copper Crank's sense of Christmas goodness to turn 		
ClubFloyd | off the bots. A little Yule miracle can't hurt. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I disappear, camouflaging myself among the junk. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
		DavidW asks, "If we do C, do we save ourselves and they attack CC instead?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd suspect no. They appear to be her creations."
		Knight_Otu says, "At least that's my reading"
		DavidW says, "I can't tell if CC is attacking us using her soldiers or if X is attacking us using re-programmed soldiers."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. That is a possibility."
		DavidW says, "I want to do A, but I think because of stats, A would fail. But I worry what a successful C would be like."
		DavidW says, "And I have no hope that B would work."
		Knight_Otu says, "I believe the options map to our 44% skills. Chance of success would be the same I suspect."
		DavidW says, "Well, try A, then."
		Knight_Otu says, "Though who knows whether modifiers are in play."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | With a roll you dart forward and maneuver around the side of one of 		
ClubFloyd | the clockwork creatures. Ah, there's the mainspring! You throw a 		
ClubFloyd | rock at the exact right spot. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It hits the switch with a glancing blow. The clockwork creature you 		
ClubFloyd | hit wobbles to and fro before being smashed to bits by the other. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The surviving creature leaps at you with a loud "sproing." "This is 		
ClubFloyd | it!" you think, and you duck and cover your head, but the blow 		
ClubFloyd | never lands. You peek up and see Copper Crank with her hand in the 		
ClubFloyd | creature's back, switching it off. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure if that's a success or a failure."
		DavidW says, "Seems a success so far."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, that wasn't a reprogramming."
		DavidW says, "We haven't examined their insides yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "But it was use of mechanical knowledge."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --There's a squeal of rubber and the green van you saw 		
ClubFloyd | earlier shoots out from behind a mound of junk. This close, you can 		
ClubFloyd | see that it's been heavily modified, like an armored vehicle. You 		
ClubFloyd | go to pursue it, but gunfire from the rear window drives you back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Another gunman leans out of the side window and takes aim at Copper 		
ClubFloyd | Crank. She runs for cover toward a pile of junk, but she might not 		
ClubFloyd | make it in time. You'll have to pick between pursuing the van and 		
ClubFloyd | protecting Copper Crank. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I shift into a werehound and chase the car away. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I deploy my inflatable iron shield to protect Copper Crank. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm a master of illusion. I tackle Copper Crank and make us both 		
ClubFloyd | vanish. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I use Christmas magic to transform the van's wheels into 		
ClubFloyd | chocolate chip cookies. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "WHAT GREEN VAN"
		Knight_Otu says, "It's been mentioned at least once."
		DavidW says, "I prefer protecting CC over pursuit."
		Knight_Otu asks, "B or C?"
		DavidW asks, "I guess I prefer C?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You run as fast as you can towards Copper Crank and jump, pulling 		
ClubFloyd | her sack over as you both roll to the ground. To aid your escape, 		
ClubFloyd | you fling a handful of flash powder on the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your hand slips, and the flash goes off before your eyes. You and 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank tumble around in panic, bullets whizzing by your head. 		
ClubFloyd | Your vision returns, only for you to find yourself perched on top 		
ClubFloyd | of Copper Crank, an easy target. The two of you scramble around, 		
ClubFloyd | diving and jumping as you go. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No, you're doing it wrong!" shouts Copper Crank. "Let me give it a 		
ClubFloyd | shot!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She reaches into a side pocket and pulls out a big blob of 		
ClubFloyd | ochre-colored slime. "Watch out," she says to you before hurling 		
ClubFloyd | it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It lands in a pile of rusty rebar and concrete chunks before 		
ClubFloyd | exploding. You duck down as metal spears and concrete chunks whiz 		
ClubFloyd | through the air, almost impaling the gunman in the side window of 		
ClubFloyd | the car. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The van squeals away and leaves you both behind. Copper Crank wipes 		
ClubFloyd | the sweat off her brow. "Thanks for the thought, though." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "This is just madness. We'll gain no new info at all in this chapter, will we?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll see."
		DavidW says, "So our protection attempt failed *and* the van got away. This all sucks."
		Knight_Otu says, "But at least Crank is okay."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not thanks to us, but okay."
		DavidW says, "yeah. Maybe she'll at least have one last tidbit for us before we head off to the next crisis."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You both take a moment to catch your breath. "Seems like 		
ClubFloyd | we've stepped into something big," you say. "They really didn't 		
ClubFloyd | want you looking into that toy of theirs. I'd be careful if I were 		
ClubFloyd | you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She spits and wipes her mouth. "You should go back, tell Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. This is ugly business. I'll show you a back route, keep you 		
ClubFloyd | out of their sight." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What are you going to do?" you ask. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Move on," she says. "Maybe return to the Fae realm. Although I 		
ClubFloyd | don't know if it'll be safe there, either. Trouble's brewing, Club, 		
ClubFloyd | brewing and brewing. Krinkle Corp is hiding something, something 		
ClubFloyd | big. They can't follow every one of their toys, so they must be 		
ClubFloyd | watching me, trying to keep their toys' secrets hidden at any cost. 		
ClubFloyd | And I don't want any part of that." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You nod, and walk carefully down the path she shows you, returning 		
ClubFloyd | to Claus Castle in the dead of night. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Chapter end?"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Five Flames Rising] 		
ClubFloyd | This is not the way you intended things to be. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Two weeks ago, you invited Flickering Flame to a diplomatic 		
ClubFloyd | conference. His open discussion of war against Claus could not go 		
ClubFloyd | unchecked anymore. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You did your best to make the invitation exciting. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I relied on my long, personal history with Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I warned of the consequences of unfettered warmongering. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I hinted at the benefits of collaboration over conflict. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "yeah. We learned NOTHING."
		Knight_Otu says, "Drat."
		DavidW says, "So annoyed."
		
##### Session 4 		
		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 20% / Open Minded: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 43% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 81% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Last week's chapter was dismal. We researched a potential info source and basically flubbed the entire encounter."
		says, "The waywe've done this the previous weeks is that we have a driver who gives the commands to Floyd after a few people have given their vote."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess I'll be the driver this week again."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, KO"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Chapter Five Flames Rising] 		
ClubFloyd | This is not the way you intended things to be. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Two weeks ago, you invited Flickering Flame to a diplomatic 		
ClubFloyd | conference. His open discussion of war against Claus could not go 		
ClubFloyd | unchecked anymore. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You did your best to make the invitation exciting. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I relied on my long, personal history with Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I warned of the consequences of unfettered warmongering. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I hinted at the benefits of collaboration over conflict. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Less and less do I think C is going to work, but I want it to"
		Knight_Otu says, "So we're at the start of chapter 5, which presumably deals with one of the threats to Christmas - Flickering Flame (probably better known as Loki among us non-elves), who is raising an army."
		DavidW says, "I mistrust my choices in this. I feel all my IF expertise is worthless in a choice setting."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I don't think that's true, but I can appreciate that that's how you feel."
		DavidW says, "regardless, I would pick A here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, our skills matter - some choices work if we are a grump, some if our shifting is good, and the like. Of course, we rarely if ever get each skill represented."
		Knight_Otu says, "We do have a long history with Flame. It's not a positive one, but it is one."
		DavidW says, "Try not to mention the centuries when he was a tree."
		Knight_Otu asks (of Durafen), "Do you have a preference here?"
		DavidW says, "(if he really is Loki, after all, he was one)"
Durafen says, "A looks good, still trying to get the feel of it" 		Knight_Otu says, "I think the time bound beneath a venomous snake might be a sorer spot."
		Durafen says, "A looks good, still trying to get the feel of it"
		DavidW says (to Knight), "true, if that has happened yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "Got it."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess it should have happened, but who knows."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | And what a long history it is! Flame joined Claus when Asgard fell, 		
ClubFloyd | back when he was known as Loki. The two of you were fast friends, 		
ClubFloyd | and worked together for years, you balancing his hot-headedness 		
ClubFloyd | with your freewheeling nature. You begged him to meet with Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You tried, you really did, but Flickering Flame refused to meet 		
ClubFloyd | with Claus. Instead, he asked for you personally to come alone. You 		
ClubFloyd | tried to come with a large team, but Mrs. Claus was concerned about 		
ClubFloyd | traitors. You tried to come by land, but the location was uncertain 		
ClubFloyd | and scouting could take too long. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She sent you to Donner for transportation. You still remember his 		
ClubFloyd | frustration with you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Flickering Flame! A fool and a devil, and no one sees it," he 		
ClubFloyd | said. His vocabulary is improving, you thought. It took a few 		
ClubFloyd | hundred years for him to speak at all, after the initial 		
ClubFloyd | transformation. A shame he's been using it to be even more 		
ClubFloyd | stubborn. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You responded: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Flame was a friend. Perhaps he can be reasoned with." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I don't like him either, Donner, but we can't ignore him." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I'd prefer him to you. At least he was fun to be with!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "A. Like, I want to hope for the best until we're pushed into a pit of lava."
		Knight_Otu says, "A or B I think."
		Jacqueline says, "I like A as well"
		DavidW says, "With my luck, Flame will be mind-controlled by someone else and our prior relationship won't mean anything."
		Knight_Otu says, "Mrs Claus went through a few names. I wonder if Zeus/Donner was also Thor."
		Jacqueline says, "wow. Dark."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Donner made a series of strange barking noises which you figured 		
ClubFloyd | were laughter. It lasted for an uncomfortably long period of time. 		
ClubFloyd | When he calmed himself, he said, "Fine, take a reindeer. If you can 		
ClubFloyd | find one as foolish as yourself!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That brings you to today. You're being sent with Dancer the 		
ClubFloyd | reindeer. Dancer is carrying you on your journey to locate 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame, and obtain any information regarding him and his 		
ClubFloyd | operations that you can. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your reindeer friend has been uncharacteristically quiet during the 		
ClubFloyd | journey. He seems upset. You might be able to draw his feelings out 		
ClubFloyd | through conversation. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What do the reindeer think of Flickering Flame?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "It's been centuries. Will you finally tell me why they call you 		
ClubFloyd | Dancer?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I'm worried about this mission." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I can tell you've been groomed more recently. Trying to get rid 		
ClubFloyd | of fleas?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Gosh. D is just rude."
		Knight_Otu asks, "A or C, maybe?"
		Knight_Otu says, "And yeah, rude."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm good with A or C."
		DavidW says, "yeah, A or C."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we need a tie-breaker."
		Durafen says, "A would give us more info about Flame"
		Knight_Otu says, "Good point."
		Durafen says, "but C also looks interesting"
		Jacqueline asks, "..Rojjjjjjerrrrrr?"
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, um, C."
		Jacqueline says, "I say C."
		Jacqueline says, "Just to make things progress."
		Jacqueline says, "Unless you hate it, in which case we really wanted A."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Dancer pauses before answering. "Oh?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I don't know how this is going to work, Dancer," you say. "We've 		
ClubFloyd | been sent out here on our own. Flickering Flame has to have spies 		
ClubFloyd | in our camp. It's just walking into a trap." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Dancer looks over his shoulder and says "Club, I promise you, you 		
ClubFloyd | are going to be safe. You're coming back from this alive." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He looks back towards his flight path, and says, "Why did you bring 		
ClubFloyd | this up?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I've been feeling unhappy. Concerned." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I'm trying to be funny, make you laugh. I find that 		
ClubFloyd | cheerfulness can help when things are stressful." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I'm just trying to get to know you better. I think it's a part 		
ClubFloyd | of a lasting friendship." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I've just been thinking about our mission. I don't like being 		
ClubFloyd | forced into things this way." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "I do that a lot. If I'm on the fence I flip a coin and if, while the coin is in the air, I find myself thinking, "Darn, I sure hope it's heads..." then I know that I really did want one option over another."
		Jacqueline asks, "A or D?"
		Durafen says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "But we're so happy! Even the author was astonished at our 93% happiness! ;)"
		Knight_Otu says, "But yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "These are dark times, Harry. Darn times."
		Knight_Otu says, "darn darkness."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm fine with A."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Dancer rumbles in his chest. His way of thinking, you remember. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He says, "I can tell you're worried, Club. I think I should tell 		
ClubFloyd | you something that's been on my mind." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "Go ahead." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Dancer says, "I was approached by a wild reindeer last week with an 		
ClubFloyd | offer from Flickering Flame. I took it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Are you saying that you're working with Flickering Flame?" you 		
ClubFloyd | ask. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Dancer cringes a little. "Yes. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I am. 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame has drawn so many to his cause. He offered me a 		
ClubFloyd | place with him when the revolution comes. It was better than the 		
ClubFloyd | one I have now." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What did you promise him in return?" you ask, alarmed. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He answers, "I think you know. I'm to deliver you to him. I have to 		
ClubFloyd | let you off here, and you are to proceed on foot." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Let me off? Here?" you shout. "We're in the middle of the air!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I'm sorry, Club," says Dancer, as he flicks you off his back, 		
ClubFloyd | hundreds of feet off the ground. You plummet like a stone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You only have a few moments before you hit the ground. How do you 		
ClubFloyd | save yourself? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I transform into a bird. I'd better get the wings right this 		
ClubFloyd | time! 		
ClubFloyd | B) There have to be some wind sprites around here; if I could just 		
ClubFloyd | remember that scrap of Anemosian I picked up last year. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I whip up an improvised parachute out of my pack, some chewing 		
ClubFloyd | gum, and an old roll of tinsel. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I make a desperate Christmas wish for a giant marshmallow and 		
ClubFloyd | landing pool of hot chocolate. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Eeep!"
		Jacqueline says, "wow"
		Knight_Otu asks, "WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT A PROMISE, DANCER?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Seems like A is our best stat?"
		DavidW says, "yes, bird time please."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure is."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You concentrate as best you can while plummeting to the ground. In 		
ClubFloyd | a burst, you feel yourself changing. Flailing out, you find 		
ClubFloyd | yourself borne on freshly grown wings. Then you pull gracefully out 		
ClubFloyd | of your free fall and head to the ground, flipping on your back to 		
ClubFloyd | gesture angrily at Dancer. But Dancer is now only a small speck in 		
ClubFloyd | the sky far, far away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Thanks to your quick thinking, though, you had time during your 		
ClubFloyd | fall to scout out the surrounding area. The area directly below you 		
ClubFloyd | was cloudy and indistinct, but you could see a vast cloud of smoke 		
ClubFloyd | in the distance, the direction that Dancer had been flying. 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame must be involved in forgework again, and quite a 		
ClubFloyd | bit of it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You struggle up a ridge and find yourself confronted by a panoply 		
ClubFloyd | of colors and sounds. The landscape is in a state of constant 		
ClubFloyd | motion, forming and re-forming itself. In a bit of double vision, 		
ClubFloyd | you also see a gray plain filled with pale phantoms. The traitor 		
ClubFloyd | must have set you down in the middle of the Dreamlands. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The kaleidoscope of mingled dreams is easy for you to deal with, as 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable as you are with changing forms. After some time, you 		
ClubFloyd | orient yourself in the general direction of Flickering Flame, the 		
ClubFloyd | direction of rebellion. Dreamers are harmless, in general, but too 		
ClubFloyd | much interaction can increase the bleed between worlds. You can't 		
ClubFloyd | avoid walking through some dreams, but you have your pick. Better 		
ClubFloyd | make it quick. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Wander through a merry candyland. Try not to be tempted. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Wander a bizarre museum of oddities. Remember: curiosity killed 		
ClubFloyd | the cat. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Race past a horrific nightmare. Don't stop to help. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'll shove my way through a herd of wild unicorn buffalo. I'll 		
ClubFloyd | have to get my hands dirty. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I guess candyland? We've been avoiding all the food options so far, I think."
		Jacqueline says, "Hooray for not going splat, first of all."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Oh you bring up a good point. Our stats probably will help us resist candy."
		Durafen says, "Yummy candy land"
		Knight_Otu says, "Weare 53% gluttonous."
		Knight_Otu says, "And 62% rustic."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think those are our best options."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The dreamer, a pale waif in their late teens, floats through a 		
ClubFloyd | garden of sugar straws, peanut chews, and rock candy. They snap off 		
ClubFloyd | large pieces of food and gulp it down greedily, sipping from a root 		
ClubFloyd | beer river. They are surrounded by a feast of dreamt-up animals 		
ClubFloyd | made of gelatin who are joining in the feast. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The waif turns and sees you. "Mmph!" they exclaim through a mouth 		
ClubFloyd | full of cookie. "Dzhoin uss!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You try to walk by, but the lure of the food and party is too 		
ClubFloyd | great, and you dive into the piles of food and rivers of drink, 		
ClubFloyd | feasting with the revelers. The dreamer is far more substantial by 		
ClubFloyd | the time you leave. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!!!"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we were too gluttonous after all."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You're in the thick of the dreamers, now. So odd, these 		
ClubFloyd | dreamers. Elves go somewhere else when they dream. They don't have 		
ClubFloyd | dreams here. At least, you never have. Tinkling Towers in 		
ClubFloyd | accounting said she shares dreams with the mortals, but she would 		
ClubFloyd | be the exception if she's telling the truth. Where elves actually 		
ClubFloyd | dream is something you've wondered about from time to time. But 		
ClubFloyd | that's not important at the moment. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The dreamers are beginning to notice you more, now. They seem 		
ClubFloyd | active in the dream world, strong, solid, and powerful. They must 		
ClubFloyd | be in a deep, deep sleep in their own world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Here, in their element, these sleeping bleeders have disconcerting 		
ClubFloyd | strength and are drawing everything around them into their dreams. 		
ClubFloyd | You'll have to find a role that fits in their dreams to get 		
ClubFloyd | through. Which dream are you going to enter? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) This girl is summoning Bloody Mary. I know Mary well enough to 		
ClubFloyd | fill in. 		
ClubFloyd | B) An old man is having curds and whey with Miss Muffet. I could be 		
ClubFloyd | the spider. 		
ClubFloyd | C) This kid is dreaming about an empty and bare Christmas. This 		
ClubFloyd | could use some cheer! 		
ClubFloyd | D) A dreamer waits with a scarecrow and a lion. With tricks, you 		
ClubFloyd | could be Oz. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "I mean - most of it sounds terrible, but I was tempted by the root beer river, tbh"
		DavidW says, "I think we simple failed our roll."
		DavidW says, "er simply"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "And hey, this diversion makes things more interesting"
		Jacqueline says, "I really have no idea which one to go with here"
		Knight_Otu says, "B might use our sgifting skill."
		Knight_Otu says, "*shifting, even."
		DavidW asks, "I would choose C. Is there a Christmas cheer stat we need to increase?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 20% / Open Minded: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 54% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 81% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "I mean, C is kind of our job."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess technically we're second list checker."
		DavidW says, "I worry we've become a one-trick pony who can transform but can't do anything else."
		Knight_Otu says, "Our skills seem pretty set - we had one chance to improve them I think, and outside of that, they've been stable."
		Knight_Otu says, "Unlike our relations."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Fair. But you gotta admit it's a good trick."
		Knight_Otu says, "But I can see where you're coning from."
		DavidW says, "well, if stats are fixed, maybe we should be the spider, then."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You're in the thick of the dreamers, now. So odd, these dreamers. 		
ClubFloyd | Elves go somewhere else when they dream. They don't have dreams 		
ClubFloyd | here. At least, you never have. Tinkling Towers in accounting said 		
ClubFloyd | she shares dreams with the mortals, but she would be the exception 		
ClubFloyd | if she's telling the truth. Where elves actually dream is something 		
ClubFloyd | you've wondered about from time to time. But that's not important 		
ClubFloyd | at the moment. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The dreamers are beginning to notice you more, now. They seem 		
ClubFloyd | active in the dream world, strong, solid, and powerful. They must 		
ClubFloyd | be in a deep, deep sleep in their own world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Here, in their element, these sleeping bleeders have disconcerting 		
ClubFloyd | strength and are drawing everything around them into their dreams. 		
ClubFloyd | You'll have to find a role that fits in their dreams to get 		
ClubFloyd | through. Which dream are you going to enter? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) This girl is summoning Bloody Mary. I know Mary well enough to 		
ClubFloyd | fill in. 		
ClubFloyd | B) An old man is having curds and whey with Miss Muffet. I could be 		
ClubFloyd | the spider. 		
ClubFloyd | C) This kid is dreaming about an empty and bare Christmas. This 		
ClubFloyd | could use some cheer! 		
ClubFloyd | D) A dreamer waits with a scarecrow and a lion. With tricks, you 		
ClubFloyd | could be Oz. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "So, B or C?"
		DavidW says, "yes, I think so."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. B."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You focus on thoughts of legs and eyes, too many legs and too many 		
ClubFloyd | eyes. Your limbs bend and creak, and assume the form of a giant 		
ClubFloyd | spider. You climb into the tree and slowly lower yourself, praying 		
ClubFloyd | that he'll look over and see you. His focus is on the bowl in his 		
ClubFloyd | lap, though. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are directly in front of his forehead when he finally looks up. 		
ClubFloyd | He gives a blood-curdling scream, and curds, whey, and Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | go flying through the air. As for you, you land beyond the edge of 		
ClubFloyd | the dream, where you look back to see the dreamer chuckling to 		
ClubFloyd | himself as he fades awake. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Eek, a spider!"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You are much closer to the edge of the Dreamlands, now. 		
ClubFloyd | But the scenery looks completely different from earlier. Blue sky, 		
ClubFloyd | green fields, scattered trees for miles. A lone man stands in front 		
ClubFloyd | of you, his back to you. He seems abnormally indistinct, his form 		
ClubFloyd | slipping through your brain like butter. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Patiently, you wait for a minute, trying to get a sense of this 		
ClubFloyd | dream and its dreamer. That's when you spy the pewter ring on his 		
ClubFloyd | right hand. Alarm bells start to go off in your head. You turn 		
ClubFloyd | around, and the chaos of the Dreamlands behind you are gone, too, 		
ClubFloyd | replaced by the plains. Only one bleeder has this kind of power, 		
ClubFloyd | that you know of. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This must be Gray, the dreamer. A long-term coma patient in the 		
ClubFloyd | human world, and the most powerful dreamer known to Fae in your 		
ClubFloyd | world. He either hasn't noticed you or is pointedly ignoring you. 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need to deal with him, but be careful. He's not as powerful 		
ClubFloyd | as the Council of Seven, but he's not far behind. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) He might be interesting. I'll try to get his attention. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I should focus more on my mission. He's busy. Walk past him. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I've been working on my patience. I'll wait for him to notice 		
ClubFloyd | me. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'm feeling curious. I'll take the chance to observe him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		DavidW says, "E) Transform into a Queen, proclaim him an Earl, then drink Earl Gray."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ow."
		Knight_Otu asks, "D, perhaps?"
		DavidW says, "D sounds good, yes."
		Durafen says, "I like D also"
		Knight_Otu says, "I have no reason to assume B works, at least."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You look over Gray. His ring is unique������no one in the Fae world 		
ClubFloyd | would dare to copy it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "A question for a question," Gray says, not turning around. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Huh?" you say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You find yourself in front of Gray, but you don't remember moving. 		
ClubFloyd | "I'll answer a question of yours if you'll answer a question of 		
ClubFloyd | mine," says Gray. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You respond, "Let me hear the question first." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He says, "I haven't been in the world, my world, for a long, long 		
ClubFloyd | time. I forget about things. Can you tell me something about my old 		
ClubFloyd | world, something you love about it? Something you're passionate 		
ClubFloyd | about?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Bacon was big for a while. Still is. Bacon donuts, bacon ice 		
ClubFloyd | cream, you name it." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "The Internet has become a wild place filled with excitement, 		
ClubFloyd | intrigue, secret factions and pictures of animals. I love the chaos 		
ClubFloyd | of it all!" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "The best part of your world is its beautiful forests, plains, 		
ClubFloyd | mountains, oceans, and rivers������the untouched nature." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "C."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds good."
		DavidW says, "Although sends gifs of otters has its value too."
		DavidW says, "er sendING"
		DavidW asks, "btw, did you hear that KFC is gonna put chicken onto donuts?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't. Doesn't surprise me much though."
		Durafen says, "ewwww chicken donut"
		DavidW says, "chicken BETWEEN donuts"
		DavidW says, "So many better choices for bread and they go with donuts. bleah."
		Jacqueline says, "C, sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Gray says, "I don't remember much of that. My time here, my freedom 		
ClubFloyd | to change and mold my surroundings as I see fit, it's made it hard 		
ClubFloyd | to care about the old world. I think about the people, more." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You answer, "Gray, you've got it wrong. Have you ever walked 		
ClubFloyd | through the Great Basin and seen the rifts in the ground, the 		
ClubFloyd | rivers that only flow during flash floods? Have you seen the 		
ClubFloyd | myriads of beetle species in the Amazon? Have you seen the blind 		
ClubFloyd | creatures on the bottom of the ocean?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Gray's eyes open wide. He seems thoughtful. Gray smiles and says, 		
ClubFloyd | "You've answered a question of mine, and done so very well. Now, 		
ClubFloyd | I'll answer any question of yours. I know many things: things that 		
ClubFloyd | stir on the edge of the Fae Realm, things that no Fae has ever 		
ClubFloyd | known, hidden things, things that can help you in your journey. 		
ClubFloyd | What do you wish to know?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What do you know about Flickering Flame?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "What did you mean when you spoke of things that stir on the 		
ClubFloyd | edge of the Fae Realm?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Tell me something that no Fae has ever known." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "well, is this tempting."
		DavidW says, "er isn't"
		Knight_Otu says, "All very tempting."
		Jacqueline says, "Gosh. A is our mission, but B might be useful, and C is just tempting"
		Knight_Otu says, "B might relate to the nightmare king."
		DavidW says, "C might be very interesting but utterly useless to us."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "I know. But teeeeemmmmmppteeeeeng."
		Jacqueline says, "But yes. Possibly also irresponsible."
		Jacqueline grumps.
		Knight_Otu says, "I really wish we could save on this spot."
		Durafen asks, "yea, checking C is temping, save-scumming allowed?"
		DavidW says, "The crystals... are alive... and they're HUNGRY."
		DavidW says (to Durafen), "We can't save the game."
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, no save scumming."
		Knight_Otu says, "Can't save-scum when we can't save."
		Durafen says, "even better"
		Jacqueline says, "We had to get Choice Co to make a special copy of this game just to make it run on our bot."
		Jacqueline says, "Which: THANKS, CHOOSE CO"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!!"
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Yeah, thanks!"
		DavidW says, "I guess I'll vote B but regret my decision for all time."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Jacqueline says, "I like B, sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "Technically we could try to replay."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh gods."
		Knight_Otu says, "Technically."
		Jacqueline says, "Sure. *Technically*"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably not practically. ;)"
		Jacqueline gives Knight_Otu a look.
		Jacqueline says, "No."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Ah!"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But I have a silver lining!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Silver lining?"
		Jacqueline says, "What we *can* practically do, if we eventually, many years from now, find DavidW on his deathbed, lamenting about this moment in time (or, y'know, sooner if we're just curious) is ask the author."
		Jacqueline says, "Because when Brian joined us in an earlier session he clearly wanted to tell us about what was happening when we made particular choices."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Jacqueline says, "So yeah, we should just choose B and then ask Brian later."
		DavidW says, "oh, like *this* is the game I'll be thinking of on my deathbed? As if."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "The Fae have always traveled to the mortal world from here. But 		
ClubFloyd | I've seen mortals here. Not dreamers, not even bleeders." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Not bleeders?" you ask, concerned. "How do they travel here?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "They have some kind of technology. They're cautious, travel in 		
ClubFloyd | pre-determined paths, have a rigid social hierarchy in their 		
ClubFloyd | interactions. They're government, or corporate. Big money either 		
ClubFloyd | way, though." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Gray bows and turns away. It appears your "audience" is over. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You walk past Gray and towards the horizon. It approaches far 		
ClubFloyd | faster than you would expect. And the perspective is off. Soon, you 		
ClubFloyd | reach the horizon. When you touch it, it crumples and rips, 		
ClubFloyd | revealing the dead Gray Wastes beyond. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You step through the hole and look back. Only the rip remains, and 		
ClubFloyd | then even that is gone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The gray plains that underlie the Dreamworld come to their end 		
ClubFloyd | here, transitioning into hill country. A dark ring of mountains 		
ClubFloyd | stands far off. You can barely make out a few figures crawling 		
ClubFloyd | across it������must be Flame's scouts. Time for some reconnaissance. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I shift into a Horkios Eagle to observe them from afar. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'll use one of my optical devices. I've been making some 		
ClubFloyd | improvements to them, recently. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm familiar with most magical creatures. I might be able to 		
ClubFloyd | identify some from far away. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I could use an illusion to lure a scout out and observe them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says (to DW), "I would like to just point you toward Exhibit A:"
		Jacqueline | DavidW says, "I guess I'll vote B but regret my decision for all time."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Krinkle Corp."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "This whole area is reminding me of the Chronicles of Amber, but possibly also because I have been playing zangband."
		Jacqueline says, "A is our one trick pony."
		Knight_Otu says, "So Krinkle Corp is a toy company that uses Fae secrets at least in their toy making."
		Knight_Otu says, "A sure is."
		DavidW says, "A, sure. Watch the creatures turn out to be cyborgs."
		Knight_Otu says, "With a toy compny herre, they could be."
		Knight_Otu says, "I can't spell again."
		DavidW says, "Resistance is festive!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | With a twist you leap into the air. In a moment, your form has been 		
ClubFloyd | converted to that of a Horkios Eagle. You lift your wings and 		
ClubFloyd | carefully mount up higher in the sky. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's risky, chancing aerial observation, especially since you've 		
ClubFloyd | seen Flickering Flame's ability to attract fliers to his cause. You 		
ClubFloyd | keep relatively low and only stay in the air for a few moments 		
ClubFloyd | before returning to the ground and your original form. There is a 		
ClubFloyd | hole in their defense. This should make things a bit easier. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's time to make your move across the plains and towards the ring 		
ClubFloyd | of smoking mountains. You'll need to find a way in without being 		
ClubFloyd | seen. Flickering Flame would expect that. It almost certainly won't 		
ClubFloyd | succeed, but it's worth a try. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll use my most powerful illusions to make myself invisible, 		
ClubFloyd | and go for it. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I create a Christmas flurry with enough holiday cheer to get 		
ClubFloyd | them playing in the snow. Then I make my move. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I shift into a rock troll and try to bluff my way in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Durafen asks, "What would work for our character?"
		Jacqueline says, "I think B is wishful thinking."
		DavidW says, "well, C is the shift option, but it may require a second bluffing skill as well."
		Jacqueline says, "A sounds good. C might also work and be more in our wheelhouse."
		Knight_Otu says, "We are good at shifting, but maybe not at bluffing."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, good point"
		DavidW says, "I think A is our best option. Invisible Woman is a great scout."
		Jacqueline says, "okay"
		DavidW says, "Except when it's against Doctor Doom who equips everything with infrared scanners because obviously he would."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Isn't it always Doom?"
		DavidW says, "oh no."
		Knight_Otu doesn't quite know his super franchises.
		DavidW says, "Sometimes it's cowboys from an alternate present. Or a madman from a subatomic dimension. Or a madman from the Negative Zone. Or a madman from another planet."
		Knight_Otu says, "I do sense a common theme."
		DavidW says, "Once it was her own son... turned into a madman!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Madness."
		Knight_Otu says, "So we go invisible? We did have some success with that before."
		DavidW says, "I'm expecting a Tholian web of laser beams to detect us no matter what."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You pull out a carefully hoarded sample of true-diamond dust. Of 		
ClubFloyd | course, you need only a small burst of your own energy to activate 		
ClubFloyd | the power stored in the dust. It glows in a prismatic display 		
ClubFloyd | before disappearing, but you can still feel the dust in your palm. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You raise it to your head and sprinkle it over yourself, and you 		
ClubFloyd | vanish completely. Success! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mountains loom ever higher as you approach. The smoke cloud 		
ClubFloyd | occupies more and more of the sky above you, darkening everything 		
ClubFloyd | around you. The smell of smoke and damp earth sweeps over you with 		
ClubFloyd | every change in the wind. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are almost at the pass when a bit of true-diamond dust stuck on 		
ClubFloyd | the corner of your nostril begins to irritate you. A sneeze flies 		
ClubFloyd | out of your nose before you can stop it. Within moments, rough arms 		
ClubFloyd | grab you from behind. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are blindfolded with a surprisingly soft velvet cloth and 		
ClubFloyd | carried aloft. They deposit you on the ground, and your blindfold 		
ClubFloyd | is gently removed. In front of you is the door of a small but 		
ClubFloyd | luxurious building, surrounded by a ring of rock trolls and tengu. 		
ClubFloyd | Flame is one step ahead of you, as always. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Darn sneezy dust."
		DavidW says, "Remind me what tengu are? They sound Japanese."
		Knight_Otu says, "Bird people."
		Knight_Otu says, "And yes, Japanese."
		DavidW asks, "oh, not pandas?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Pretty sure no."
		DavidW says, "anyway, let's go meet Flame. I assume the gentle treatment is for the off-chance we'll betray Claus and join his cause."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You walk forward, and the door opens. There is a long 		
ClubFloyd | hallway with a jade floor, lined with a double row of doors of 		
ClubFloyd | various materials and shapes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A snake with scales like red gold slithers out from under one of 		
ClubFloyd | the doors. It coils itself in the middle of the hallway before 		
ClubFloyd | enlarging itself and transforming. You watch with eager curiosity. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When it finishes transforming, you see a tall, sturdy weretiger in 		
ClubFloyd | a crimson robe. A vague feeling of heat radiates from him, and his 		
ClubFloyd | eyes shimmer in orange and red. Flickering Flame has come to greet 		
ClubFloyd | you personally. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Welcome, Club," says Flame. "I've been expecting you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) He looks so������luxurious. It's hard not to try to touch his fur. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I can't look at him without remembering the pain. 		
ClubFloyd | C) This brings back so many memories. I need a moment. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Donner's right. He's a no-good, rotten elf. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "A weretiger. My."
		DavidW says, "C. Hubba-hubba, tra-la-la and bad boy trouble"
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably not A."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we're the bad guy."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe D is not the answer."
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe C is (all joking aside) not terrible."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, Quartz does think Mrs Claus the villain, or at least says so."
		DavidW asks, "Who's Quartz again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "The leader of the Dreamer Cult that revers the Nightmare King, who punches holes into the Fey Realm."
		DavidW says, "I think that must've been the chapter I missed."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I like B or C here."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "It might be"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm fine with either B or C, yes."
		DavidW says, "If Mrs Claus truly is the bad guy, than we should switch loyalties, but I'd like to see proof since these other groups don't seem any better."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "Definitely"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to say that we haven't seen much of Flame's faction, but Dancer did drop us out of the blue sky."
		DavidW says, "I'm looking forward to the hot tub scene."
		Jacqueline looks at the ceiling.
		Knight_Otu says, "So, we're at B or C, but no preference yet."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's say C"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You smile at him, and he smiles back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He strides forward and puts a heavy paw on your shoulder. "Come," 		
ClubFloyd | he says, "there's much that I'd like you to see." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "David may get his wish."
		Jacqueline raises her eyebrows.
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Flickering Flame gestures to the bronze door in front of 		
ClubFloyd | you. No questions, no prolonged greeting, no ceremony. Flickering 		
ClubFloyd | Flame, too consumed by his own agenda to consider any other. But it 		
ClubFloyd | doesn't matter. You're here to observe, to learn, and to report. He 		
ClubFloyd | enters, and you pass in through the door behind him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The room is lined with intricate artificial flowers made from 		
ClubFloyd | copper, brass, wrought iron, and a bluish metal you are unfamiliar 		
ClubFloyd | with. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Our work here is highly sought after," says Flickering Flame. He 		
ClubFloyd | reaches out to touch a petal of a brass rose, and it glows as his 		
ClubFloyd | finger runs over it. "Goblin princes hosting feasts, mortals with a 		
ClubFloyd | taste for the expensive and exotic, acolytes of the Warm One," he 		
ClubFloyd | continues, "they can't get enough of it. What do you think of 		
ClubFloyd | these, Club Floyd?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame's face gives you a sense of deja vu. He always had 		
ClubFloyd | the same expression when he would drop little questions to 		
ClubFloyd | potential subordinates, subtly testing their knowledge and depth. 		
ClubFloyd | He's probing you, testing your knowledge, confidence, and opinions. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I've seen better. I've made better." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Beautiful. I see you've used the trollfire method." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Art is a poor imitation of nature. A rose is a rose, Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | This is something else." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I've seen flowers like this during my late-night walks in the 		
ClubFloyd | elf-glades. These are cold, but the glow makes up for it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline asks, "The... Warm One? Satan?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I have no idea."
		Jacqueline says, "Cue Church Lady gif."
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		DavidW says, "'Could it be.... Satan?'"
		Jacqueline says, "Exactly."
		Jacqueline says, "I should have said it that way. Well played, DW>"
		DavidW says, "I'm not sure everyone here even knows the SNL character."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd have said Warm One may refer to Lpki/Flame, but that doesn't seem to be the case."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah, doesn't seem like it now"
		DavidW says, "Maybe they mean the Lava Rock Monster King."
		DavidW asks, "or what's-his-name, Heatmeister?"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, what are we going to say?"
		Jacqueline asks, "What if he *didn't* use the trollfire method?"
		DavidW says, "'I'm Mr Heatmeister, I'm Mr Sun, I'm Mr White Christmas, I'm Mr One-hundred-and-one.'"
		Knight_Otu says, "That is a good question."
		Jacqueline says, "A seems ill-advised altogether."
		Knight_Otu says, "We probably haven't made better."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "I'd say B, but yes, we may be mistaken."
		Jacqueline says, "B feels really good, unless yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "D is a compliment"
		Jacqueline says, "And a hollow lie if it's a lie"
		Jacqueline says, "D feels like... a good stall."
		Knight_Otu says, "That, or an accusation of plagiariusm."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I dunno about that. But perhaps."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure that Flame cares about that though."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I personally like B."
		Jacqueline says, "B stands for Bold."
		DavidW says, "And Batman"
		Jacqueline says, "And possible also for Bupid. Which rhymes with stupid"
		Jacqueline says, "But sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "No," says Flame. "But it certainly appears the same to the 		
ClubFloyd | untrained eye." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You notice that Flickering Flame is standing just the tiniest bit 		
ClubFloyd | further away from you than before. His eyes spend less time on you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You pass through a curtain of brass strychnos vines into the next 		
ClubFloyd | room together. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A wave of smells overwhelms you������the curtain must have been 		
ClubFloyd | enchanted against the senses. You find yourself in an expansive 		
ClubFloyd | kitchen. In contrast to the crowded cookhalls under Claus Castle, 		
ClubFloyd | the space is relatively spare. Master chefs, each with a handful of 		
ClubFloyd | undercooks, craft recipes by hand in separate cooking areas. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "We have attracted the best chefs in the world," says Flame. "With 		
ClubFloyd | access to the finest implements and ingredients, we didn't have to 		
ClubFloyd | approach them. They came to us. Would you care to sample the work 		
ClubFloyd | of one of our masters?" His voice is calm, polite, but you know 		
ClubFloyd | this is not a request. You look over your options. Every choice is 		
ClubFloyd | a symbol to Flickering Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) A bowl of clear vegetable broth. I'll show him my spare, 		
ClubFloyd | reserved side. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Takama-ga-hara steaks, banned from the castle by Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | I'll show him my rebellious side. 		
ClubFloyd | C) The fudge brownie sundae. I'll show him my indulgent side. 		
ClubFloyd | D) The Beef Wellington, Mrs. Claus's favorite. I'll show him my 		
ClubFloyd | loyal side. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "ack. We goofed."
		Knight_Otu says, "So we did."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. B or C? B... or... C."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "I've never heard of Takama-ga-hara steak. Why would a steak be banned by someone who eats Beef Wellington?"
		DavidW asks, "Is it made from mermaids?"
		DavidW says, "oh. It's the name of a heaven in Japanese myth."
		Knight_Otu says, "A wiki search is inconclusive - apparently... right."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So maybe those are literally sacred cows, then?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe, but that's more of an India thing. I'll still choose C, though."
Durafen goes home. 		Knight_Otu says, "I don't have much of a preference here."
		DavidW says, "hm. We lost Durafen."
		Jacqueline says, "Bummer"
Durafen has arrived. 		Knight_Otu says, "There they are again."
		Jacqueline says, "Hello again, Durafen."
		Durafen says, "Sorry, technical difficulties"
		Knight_Otu says, "Those happen to all of us."
		Jacqueline says, "Yup"
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, I think we're leaning C on this one?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Rather, I shouldfirst ask, Durafen, you caught up?"
		Durafen says, "I was disconnected before the last move, so i will be in the next one"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You sit in a plush burgundy armchair at an ironwood table. The 		
ClubFloyd | sundae is brought to you by a jovial snow fairy. Flickering Flame 		
ClubFloyd | is brought a small plate of Bananas Foster. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You grab a scoop of the ice cream, with whipped cream and cherries. 		
ClubFloyd | The first bite is delicious, but you soon grow weary of the taste. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame chuckles as he finishes his bananas. "I felt that 		
ClubFloyd | your eyes were bigger than your stomach. It seems I was correct." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When you're done, a servant appears with heated, damp towels for 		
ClubFloyd | the two of you. You wipe your fingers, drop your towels in the 		
ClubFloyd | servants' arms, and push through holly doors into the next room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This room is completely empty except for you, Flickering Flame, and 		
ClubFloyd | a pair of wooden chairs facing each other. A side door leads out of 		
ClubFloyd | the room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You sit, facing each other. Flickering Flame stares at you 		
ClubFloyd | steadily. He breaks the silence first. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Club Floyd," he says, "What do you think of me? Be honest." 		
ClubFloyd | Interesting. You know he's aware of you, your background, your 		
ClubFloyd | personality. But, from his body language, he honestly doesn't seem 		
ClubFloyd | to know your opinion of him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I'm not a people person, Flickering Flame. But I like you." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I like you, Flickering Flame. But I like everyone." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I don't like you, Flickering Flame. Don't take it personally." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I like most people, Flickering Flame. I don't like you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "I think you can recap the room to read what you missed with @recap #clubhouse, fwiw"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, we can always recycle the current room/choice by looking at stats, then coming back to the main game."
		Knight_Otu says, "True. You probably need a @recap #clubhouse = 100 or so to see everything."
		Durafen says, "Recap works nicely, even floyd there"
		Jacqueline says, "Cool"
		Jacqueline asks, "So, how do we answer this one?"
		Durafen says, "I have a feeling this one is a tricky one"
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure is tricky."
		Jacqueline files away the phrase, 'I like most people, but I don't like you' for future use.
		Durafen says, "Ha ha"
		Knight_Otu says, "It's almost like "My friends call me X. You can call me Y.""
		DavidW says, "I want to say B."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Ha! That is *also* good. I'll file that one away as well."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think the way we played, we did like most people. So B would make sense."
		Jacqueline says, "I love both these phrases, but need the guts to actually use them."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Sure. It's like a shady subtweet."
		Jacqueline says, "But thruthful shade."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, they're not exactly what you'd call polite discourse."
		Knight_Otu says, "The phrases that is."
		Jacqueline asks, "So... B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "You're a positive elf, Club," says Flame. "I am not. I could use 		
ClubFloyd | your perspective." He continues, "You were brought here for a 		
ClubFloyd | reason." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I came here by my own choice." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "What was your reason?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "That's presumptuous of you." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Go on." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "B or D"
		Knight_Otu says, "So our gaffe with the trollfire method wasn't enough to not be recruitment potential."
Durafen says, "B, more information" 		Durafen says, "B, more information"
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like D also gives us more info without more shade."
		Jacqueline says, "And yeah, A seems niave."
		Jacqueline says, "And while B seems passive agressive, C seems active agressive."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think Flame may like D more. We should know the reason."
		Jacqueline says, "Of these, I do mostly prefer D."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Mrs. Claus is not fit to rule, Club. I saw that when I was with 		
ClubFloyd | her. I'm sure you've seen it. It's time that someone else took her 		
ClubFloyd | place among the Council of Seven. Someone who will do more than 		
ClubFloyd | cling to dead traditions and hoard power like a miser. Someone who 		
ClubFloyd | treats the mortal world with kid gloves. Claus needs to go." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame leans closer to you. "You were the closest to Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus other than me. Despite������recent events that may have occurred 		
ClubFloyd | between you two, I assume that that is still the case." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Lie and tell him that things are worse. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Lie and say that we are close. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Tell the truth and say that things are worse. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Tell the truth: I feel very close. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Jacqueline says, "Our character has been all fatalist about this relationship, so I'm not sure what the PC thinks is the truth."
		Jacqueline says, "I kind of like A."
		Knight_Otu says, "Our relation stat has been quite up and down over time."
		Jacqueline asks, "oh wait, that's a specific stat? Our relationship *with* her?"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "stat" 		
ClubFloyd | Invalid response. Type a letter, or STATS, ACHIEVEMENTS, RESTART, 		
ClubFloyd | or QUIT 		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 16% / Open Minded: 84% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 76% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 86% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Oh right."
		Jacqueline says, "56% is... well... I wouldn't call us besties."
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Mrs. Claus is not fit to rule, Club. I saw that when I was with 		
ClubFloyd | her. I'm sure you've seen it. It's time that someone else took her 		
ClubFloyd | place among the Council of Seven. Someone who will do more than 		
ClubFloyd | cling to dead traditions and hoard power like a miser. Someone who 		
ClubFloyd | treats the mortal world with kid gloves. Claus needs to go." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame leans closer to you. "You were the closest to Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus other than me. Despite������recent events that may have occurred 		
ClubFloyd | between you two, I assume that that is still the case." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Lie and tell him that things are worse. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Lie and say that we are close. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Tell the truth and say that things are worse. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Tell the truth: I feel very close. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "I have enough trouble explaining if I'm close or not with my own family. But regardless, I wouldn't want to 'lie' here."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess D is accurate."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think it wouldn't be a lie to say C..."
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry - I meant C"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. C is accurate."
		DavidW says, "sure, C is good"
		Knight_Otu says, "So shall we say tha... right."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame nods smugly. "I knew it. Things are changing at 		
ClubFloyd | Claus Castle. That's why this is a unique opportunity." He 		
ClubFloyd | continues, saying, "My operation is already complete. I don't need 		
ClubFloyd | anything else. But you are different from the others. I wanted to 		
ClubFloyd | personally offer you a chance to work with us." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "And what happens if I refuse?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Flame, of course I will join you." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I don't appreciate your high-pressure tactics." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I side with nobody. You two work this out." 		
ClubFloyd | E) "I'm interested. Tell me more." 		
ClubFloyd | F) Remain silent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "F"
		DavidW says, "I knew an offer to change sides was in the offing. At least I guessed that right."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. It was coming."
		DavidW says, "F is a stall, but I'll support it. I still don't know what's going on in general."
		Knight_Otu says, "If we had said D, I suppose Flame would have said "I knew it. Nothing is changing for the better" or something."
		Durafen says, "E or F"
		Jacqueline says, "F is the chill way to say E."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame matches you stare for stare. You blink first. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He rises from the chair. Your audience, it seems, is over. He seems 		
ClubFloyd | to be handling this well. "Thank you for your time, Club Floyd. 		
ClubFloyd | It's been very enlightening." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I'm sorry we were unable to come to an agreement, Flame," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | "But if you reconsider peace with Claus, I'll be at your service." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame takes your hand in both of his. He stares into 		
ClubFloyd | your eyes. You feel a strange tingling sensation. Is he trying to 		
ClubFloyd | tell you something? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Flame's charisma is impressive. He's bold, daring and ruthless. 		
ClubFloyd | And very attractive. I'd love to stay here longer if I could. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm not really sure how I feel about Flame. I'll consider him, 		
ClubFloyd | but it's hard to tell my true feelings. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Seriously? There's no way I'd ever be involved with a creep like 		
ClubFloyd | him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline says, "That is not at all how I read silence."
		Jacqueline says, "So, David wants to say A."
		DavidW says, "Natch."
		Jacqueline says, "And I'm here for it."
		Jacqueline laughs.
		DavidW says, "We'll still get tossed in a lava pit afterwards, though."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But the fun we'll have first!"
		DavidW says, "Of course!"
		Jacqueline says, "Screw it. Let's actually say A."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You'll definitely keep an eye on Flame. You have a soft spot for 		
ClubFloyd | the bad ones, and Flame is certainly a bad one. He's been a 		
ClubFloyd | ruthless warlord, a devious enchantress, a living flame. You wonder 		
ClubFloyd | how he would handle you. All of this goes through your mind in a 		
ClubFloyd | second, while Flame is holding you. What did you tell him? You'd be 		
ClubFloyd | at his service? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He smiles slowly, exposing his canine teeth, and lets go of your 		
ClubFloyd | hands. "I'm sure you will, Floyd." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Six The Rat in the Mall] 		
ClubFloyd | The wind bites into your face as you come out of the faerie ring 		
ClubFloyd | behind the dumpster. It makes your eyes tingle, too. That's been 		
ClubFloyd | happening to you a lot recently, ever since you visited Flickering 		
ClubFloyd | Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The bricks in this alley remind you of Claus Castle, and that's not 		
ClubFloyd | a comforting thought. It's been almost a year since the Heart was 		
ClubFloyd | stolen. Mrs. Claus is unwell. She's been burning through her stores 		
ClubFloyd | of magic faster than either of you had expected. Her injuries in 		
ClubFloyd | your earlier adventures certainly haven't helped. You and Claus 		
ClubFloyd | find yourselves at odds with each other more days than not, and the 		
ClubFloyd | distance between you is widening. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | More and more, you find yourself and Candid taking the lead in the 		
ClubFloyd | Castle. The two of you have been spending an hour every week 		
ClubFloyd | re-doing the Organizational Christmas Tree, shuffling ornaments 		
ClubFloyd | with faces around and throwing away ones belonging to the traitors, 		
ClubFloyd | runaways, and no-shows. Flickering Flame's name is whispered in the 		
ClubFloyd | hallways and discussed in secret notes passed under doors. The 		
ClubFloyd | Kingdom of Dreams finds new converts each week. And elves find 		
ClubFloyd | themselves increasingly followed and monitored by agents in black. 		
ClubFloyd | People are looking to Candid for leadership, which makes you glad 		
ClubFloyd | that the two of you are friends. You've successfully kept Candid's 		
ClubFloyd | secret from most of the elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But the winds of change are in the air. It's time to think about 		
ClubFloyd | your long-term strategy for the future. What is most important to 		
ClubFloyd | you right now? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I want to be in charge at Claus castle. It's time for Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | to move on. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I have to get Santa's Heart back, and restore Mrs. Claus's 		
ClubFloyd | power. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I just want to leave this all behind and start over new. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I just want to see it all burn. Tear down the status quo as much 		
ClubFloyd | as I can. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Wait whoa. A fade to black? Darn."
		Knight_Otu says, "No hot elf on fire action."
		Jacqueline says, "Also, next chapter and I'm not here next two weeks."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Apparently not."
		DavidW asks, "Are we stopping here?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm actually okay with going on, but I'm in the earliest time zone, so."
		Knight_Otu says, "We also are at the three hour mark."
		Jacqueline nods.
		DavidW says, "I'm guessing that Flame has bewitched our eyes so we're an unknown spy."
		Jacqueline says, "gosh"
		Knight_Otu says, "That is quite possible."
		DavidW says, "He can probably see whatever we see now."
		Jacqueline says, "golly"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 16% / Open Minded: 84% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 45% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 86% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Jacqueline says, "Wow. 80% for Flickering Flame, 45% for Claus."
		Knight_Otu says, "80% with Flame."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "But we're still a Happy Helper!"
		Jacqueline says, "God bless us, every one."
		Knight_Otu says, "I also think we're more open-minded again."
		Durafen says, "Thanks for the game! I enjoyed it."
		
		
##### Session 5 		
		
		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 16% / Open Minded: 84% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 45% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 86% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: An Elf of Note 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "Unless you wish to just skip this week?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Would be sad, but the two of us would be at a disadvantage if we're tied in votes."
		DavidW says, "oh, I'd let you break the tie."
		DavidW says, "I don't trust my judgment with choice games."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Chapter Six The Rat in the Mall] 		
ClubFloyd | The wind bites into your face as you come out of the faerie ring 		
ClubFloyd | behind the dumpster. It makes your eyes tingle, too. That's been 		
ClubFloyd | happening to you a lot recently, ever since you visited Flickering 		
ClubFloyd | Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The bricks in this alley remind you of Claus Castle, and that's not 		
ClubFloyd | a comforting thought. It's been almost a year since the Heart was 		
ClubFloyd | stolen. Mrs. Claus is unwell. She's been burning through her stores 		
ClubFloyd | of magic faster than either of you had expected. Her injuries in 		
ClubFloyd | your earlier adventures certainly haven't helped. You and Claus 		
ClubFloyd | find yourselves at odds with each other more days than not, and the 		
ClubFloyd | distance between you is widening. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | More and more, you find yourself and Candid taking the lead in the 		
ClubFloyd | Castle. The two of you have been spending an hour every week 		
ClubFloyd | re-doing the Organizational Christmas Tree, shuffling ornaments 		
ClubFloyd | with faces around and throwing away ones belonging to the traitors, 		
ClubFloyd | runaways, and no-shows. Flickering Flame's name is whispered in the 		
ClubFloyd | hallways and discussed in secret notes passed under doors. The 		
ClubFloyd | Kingdom of Dreams finds new converts each week. And elves find 		
ClubFloyd | themselves increasingly followed and monitored by agents in black. 		
ClubFloyd | People are looking to Candid for leadership, which makes you glad 		
ClubFloyd | that the two of you are friends. You've successfully kept Candid's 		
ClubFloyd | secret from most of the elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But the winds of change are in the air. It's time to think about 		
ClubFloyd | your long-term strategy for the future. What is most important to 		
ClubFloyd | you right now? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I want to be in charge at Claus castle. It's time for Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | to move on. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I have to get Santa's Heart back, and restore Mrs. Claus's 		
ClubFloyd | power. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I just want to leave this all behind and start over new. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I just want to see it all burn. Tear down the status quo as much 		
ClubFloyd | as I can. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "So of course, our first choice is how loyal we are."
		DavidW says, "I don't even remember what Candid's secret is."
		DavidW says, "Or who Candid is."
		Knight_Otu says, "Candid is a shapeshifter elf who was our companion on the mission to the Nightmare King cult."
		Knight_Otu says, "That might be the session you missed."
		DavidW says, "ah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Candid's secret is that their ex-partner is the leader of the cult, the rock troll Fractured Quartz."
		Knight_Otu says, "We did tell Mrs. Claus though, and Candid wasn't particularly happy with that decision."
		DavidW says, "I honestly don't know what to choose from these. I don't particularly want to take over the castle. But I'm not convinced that Mrs Claus is the best either."
		DavidW says, "I dislike D the most, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, from what we've seen of Flickering Flame and the Nightmare King, I think I wouldn't want them in power."
		Knight_Otu says, "If Mrs. Claus is a villain, at least she's the devil we know."
		DavidW says, "yeah, there's that."
		DavidW says, "I suspect if we choose C, the game ends abruptly and we never learn what happens to anyone."
		Knight_Otu says, "I am inclined towards B. I don't trust ourselves enough for A."
		DavidW says, "yeah. I think we gotta pick B, then. Devil we know."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think C would be a game over - there are tons of ways to draw the retiree back into the action. Even if its only that the war is at our chocolate-moat doorstep."
		DavidW says, "Possibly, but I don't want to risk it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You've learned a great deal about your foes this last year, but 		
ClubFloyd | you're still unsure about what happened to the Heart. Without it, 		
ClubFloyd | the fate of Claus and of Christmas itself is in question. Nothing 		
ClubFloyd | could be more important, even if you haven't always agreed with 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus. It's Christmas that matters. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But your mind returns to your assignment. Well, you call it an 		
ClubFloyd | assignment, but you gave it to yourself, which makes you feel 		
ClubFloyd | excited. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | With all the betrayal, theft, warmongering and violence going on, 		
ClubFloyd | it's been hard to do your actual job. But Christmas is coming fast, 		
ClubFloyd | and if you can't get the List checked and re-checked, Christmas 		
ClubFloyd | will be a disaster. And you'll get the blame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The elves under your care have grown more sulky and rebellious as 		
ClubFloyd | rumors about Flickering Flame and traitors have swirled around the 		
ClubFloyd | Castle. There have been accusations that you have been abandoning 		
ClubFloyd | your post and pushing your work on the others. Today you're leading 		
ClubFloyd | by example, taking your fair share of children on the List to check 		
ClubFloyd | over. So it's mall day. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The Searsport Mall is the perfect place to observe many of your 		
ClubFloyd | gaggle of assigned children. And the mall Santa with his elves 		
ClubFloyd | warms your heart. But with this many humans around, you'll need to 		
ClubFloyd | find an appropriate disguise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I take the same form as the mall Santa's elves. I'll have to 		
ClubFloyd | behave like an employee. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I take the form of a wealthy teenager. I'll need style. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I take the form of a sweet old grandparent. Time to put on my 		
ClubFloyd | best smile. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I take the form of a rival mall Santa. I need to be prepared for 		
ClubFloyd | things to get ugly. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "I'm inclined towards A."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd think B and C seem.... hm."
		DavidW asks, "what?"
		Knight_Otu says, "A might give us more freedom than I initially thought. I thought B and C for the freedom of movement a customer gets."
		Knight_Otu says, "An employee would have tasks, but more freedom of movement in the mall."
		DavidW says, "hm. I suspect we'll be constrained one way or another."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Knight_Otu says, "Though I think we can agree that D is just asking for trouble."
		DavidW says, "yeah, D is trouble-seeking."
		Knight_Otu says, "This might also key off our "either/or" stats. B might be the Elegant/Rustic angle."
		DavidW says, "I think David Sedaris was a Santa's elf once. I don't remember details, but it was not the easiest of jobs."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I'm more inclined towards C over B. A might work too."
		DavidW says, "I do like C over B, too."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do you like it over A?"
		DavidW says, "No, I still prefer A, but I'm letting you break ties. Go with C if you like it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You shift into a heavy-set sexagenarian with thick glasses and a 		
ClubFloyd | shuffling gait. It's just an affectation, of course; you'll be able 		
ClubFloyd | to get moving when you need to. Time to crank up the charm. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You shuffle out from behind the dumpster and check yourself over, 		
ClubFloyd | then turn your attention to the List. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As Second List-Checker, you have the responsibility to make sure 		
ClubFloyd | that everyone's first choices were correct. Of course you delegate 		
ClubFloyd | most of the checking, but you've decided to take on a few of the 		
ClubFloyd | names yourself just to get out of the office. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The List itself shares some of the elf-magic that you have, being 		
ClubFloyd | able to change its form. It's not completely sentient, that you 		
ClubFloyd | know of, but it's received enough attention and enchantments over 		
ClubFloyd | the years that it's taken on a sort of life of its own. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's currently shaped like an enormous scroll covered in elf runes. 		
ClubFloyd | You struggle to hold it, even with both hands. You'll need to 		
ClubFloyd | encourage it to change into something a little more discreet. 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need to focus hard. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I encourage it to become a restaurant receipt. I focus on 		
ClubFloyd | thoughts of mouth-watering burgers and bacon cheese fries. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I suggest that it shift into an MP3 player filled with workout 		
ClubFloyd | tunes. I focus on thoughts of healthiness and discipline. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I prefer to mimic nature. I persuade the List to transform into 		
ClubFloyd | a fresh, whispering wind that can repeat the names in my ear. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "My choice is C, but this is a very weird thing to have to choose."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure is."
		Knight_Otu says, "I do like C though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You think of cold mountain tops and windswept gravel beaches, and 		
ClubFloyd | can almost smell the chill moisture in the wind. Soon you feel a 		
ClubFloyd | current of air stirring around you, and a voice begins to whisper 		
ClubFloyd | in your ear: "Aayela Abramson, naughty������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You head towards the food court entrance with a spring in your 		
ClubFloyd | step. You're going to blend in just fine. Especially with your 		
ClubFloyd | excellent disguise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Walking in, a wall of sound almost overwhelms you. Bass-thumping 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas music, three floors of bustling shoppers, and one pumped 		
ClubFloyd | Second List-Checker making their entrance. A sweet-looking senior 		
ClubFloyd | citizen doesn't attract much attention, but a few parents smile at 		
ClubFloyd | you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Pssst! Hey, Club Floyd!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A bright-looking fellow is waving at you from one of the toy 		
ClubFloyd | stores. It's Cai! Or one of their bodies, at least. This one's a 		
ClubFloyd | pear-shaped young man dressed in a coat and tails. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Oh, great. Cai and I had a falling out a few months back when I 		
ClubFloyd | stole one of his bagels. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Wonderful! It's nice to see a good friend. 		
ClubFloyd | C) No thanks! Cai can be very irritating when you're in a rush. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'm happy to see Cai. It's the best way to gather information. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "D?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That kind of choice is also weird."
		Knight_Otu says, "And yeah, I'm inclined towards D."
		Knight_Otu says, "We haven't had much interaction with Cai. I think whenever they came up, we chose someone else."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Cai waves you over and shakes you by the hand. His face is all 		
ClubFloyd | smiles, but he leans close to you and whispers, "We have to talk." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You nod, and follow him into a corner of the toy store. He seems a 		
ClubFloyd | bit nervous. He looks you up and down for a bit: "You look 		
ClubFloyd | positively adorable, don't you?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "It's nice to see you, Cai." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "You're looking good today. New body?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Did you have something to tell me? I'm a bit busy." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "What are you doing here, Cai? Always causing trouble." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Again, I don't remember who Cai is. There's been too many characters spread out over too many weeks."
		Knight_Otu says, "They are a wizard who occupies multiple bodies. I don't think we know all that much more."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm thinking A or B here."
		DavidW says, "I'm inclined towards C, but A or B are also fine."
		DavidW says, "I suppose B is the most polite and positive."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | He chuckles. "Yeah, this one budded off last week. One of my 		
ClubFloyd | favorites, actually," he says, looking at his ample posterior. 		
ClubFloyd | "But," he says, "we have more important things to worry about, 		
ClubFloyd | here." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What's going on?" you ask. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Someone's been offering things to the big fellows. Everyone but 		
ClubFloyd | Claus." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What kind of things?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He points at you. "You. They're offering to deliver you." He looks 		
ClubFloyd | over you for a moment. "And the List, wherever it is you've put 		
ClubFloyd | it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Who's offering all of this?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "How long has this been going on?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "How did you know I would be here?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
		DavidW says, "I guess we made the best choice with the List, then."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly, yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd like to buy a D for "All of the above", please."
		Knight_Otu says, "Though I guess Cai has the ability to observe a lot of Faerie Rings."
		DavidW says, "yeah. But without a D, I like A the best. We can assume gossipers and traitors can rat our location to Cai or anyone else."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "I don't know," says Cai. "But they must be good. People are taking 		
ClubFloyd | this quite seriously." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "To be honest, I was hoping you could explain things to me. Can you 		
ClubFloyd | think of anyone who has it out for you? I might be able to help," 		
ClubFloyd | asks Cai. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Not that you know. Everybody? Nobody? You might as well just throw 		
ClubFloyd | out the first one that comes to mind. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "It could be Krinkle Corp. Their agents have been following me." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Flickering Flame asked me to join him. It was intense." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "The Kingdom of Dreams might be making a move." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "You assumed Flame can see through our eyes last week after that intense moment."
		DavidW says, "oh right. Forgot about that detail too."
		DavidW asks, "so B, I guess?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It could really be anyone, but sure."
		DavidW says, "yeah, it could be anyone."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Cai shakes head, clucking. "He doesn't like begging," he says. "I'm 		
ClubFloyd | so sorry for you." He looks over your shoulder, keeping an eye out. 		
ClubFloyd | He says, "I'm not sure it's him, though. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, in any case, I want you to be careful," says Cai. "I'll keep 		
ClubFloyd | an eye out, too." He taps the side of his nose and walks away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "We do have to decide on one of course."
		Knight_Otu says, "Multiple bodies, but only one eye to spare."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --With a bit of trepidation and a whole mess of caution, 		
ClubFloyd | you start your work, checking for the first name on the List. The 		
ClubFloyd | names skip around like a broken record until one stands out from 		
ClubFloyd | the rest: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Reginald Birmingham IV." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The List whispers, "Look to the right." There he is: a young blond 		
ClubFloyd | child wearing khaki shorts and a blue logo-emblazoned polo, 		
ClubFloyd | standing with a bored expression while his mother shouts at a clerk 		
ClubFloyd | over the price of handbags. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The List continues to whisper to you. It seems like the elf 		
ClubFloyd | Troubled Underwriter performed the initial assessment: "Willful. 		
ClubFloyd | Arrogant. Spoiled. Naughty. Coal recommended." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hmmmm. Troubled Underwriter has a history of being negative. A 		
ClubFloyd | personal touch is in order. It's hard to judge Reginald's 		
ClubFloyd | personality from afar. You'll need to manufacture a situation that 		
ClubFloyd | tests his character. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll shift into a lost service dog and approach Reginald. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'll release one of my robotic toys nearby. One of the shiny 		
ClubFloyd | ones. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'll walk by with a tray of thick, soft Christmas cookies with 		
ClubFloyd | fluffy frosting. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "doggy!"
		Knight_Otu says, "A is sort of our main thing."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we're in agreement."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Ducking behind a clearance rack, you close your eyes, concentrating 		
ClubFloyd | on thoughts of safety, loyalty and gentleness. Your body shrinks, 		
ClubFloyd | folding into itself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You open your eyes and find yourself in the form of a shiny-coated 		
ClubFloyd | Golden Retriever. When the foot traffic subsides, you trot out from 		
ClubFloyd | behind the clearance rack towards Reginald. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Shuffling up next to him you whine, looking around as if lost. 		
ClubFloyd | Reginald looks you over, bends down and examines your collar. 		
ClubFloyd | "Lost, are you?" he whispers. "I'm not allowed to play with dogs, 		
ClubFloyd | but you look like a good boy." He looks over at his mother. "I hate 		
ClubFloyd | my mother. Sometimes I wish she were dead." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You give him your best impassive stare, then shuffle back behind 		
ClubFloyd | the rack to transform back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The List seems pleased; names stir up and subside in a cheerful 		
ClubFloyd | rhythm. You've still got it. This ought to boost your confidence 		
ClubFloyd | with the other elves. You now know exactly how you're going to 		
ClubFloyd | evaluate Reginald. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) The mom and her son both need to go on the bad list. Naughty. 		
ClubFloyd | B) The boy shouldn't be punished for the way he was raised. Nice. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Maybe a well-chosen gift can change his attitude. Nice. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Rotten little monster. Naughty. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I can't tell from that short interaction."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, he didn't kick us or anything."
		DavidW asks, "So B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I really have no idea. A single moment like that really isn't sufficient to condemn or praise."
		DavidW says, "I know."
		Knight_Otu says, "But we've been Nice Elf for so long, we can continue to be Nice Elf."
		Knight_Otu says, "So I guess I can agree with B."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | He is clearly affected by his upbringing in an unfair way. You're 		
ClubFloyd | not going to punish him for her parenting style. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He hasn't reached high enough on the niceness scale to merit an 		
ClubFloyd | indulgent gift. Wouldn't suit him anyway. But something that could 		
ClubFloyd | teach him a valuable lesson, or send a message to his parents. That 		
ClubFloyd | could work. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) A biography of Helen Keller. Help him with compassion. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Plane tickets to see his grandparents. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Sea monkeys. 		
ClubFloyd | D) A chemistry kit. Let the parents clean that up! 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Unless he kills his mom. Then it's naughty list for him."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah.."
		Knight_Otu says, "I sometimes wonder if we check how our gifts are explained in the world."
		DavidW says, "Sea monkeys are an awful gift. They either die pretty quickly or you don't even get any at all."
		Knight_Otu asks, "They have to come from someone. Third grandcousin thrice removed, or something?"
		DavidW says, "The best thing is the instruction manual."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. No sea monkeys."
		DavidW says, "Grandparents could be as bad as the parents."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we only have the kid's word for how bad his parents are."
		DavidW says, "yeah, true."
		DavidW says, "I don't think the chemistry set is safe. He may try to poison his mother with that."
		DavidW says, "So either A or B, I guess."
		Knight_Otu says, "On the flipside, he may get punished badly for any mess he makes."
		Knight_Otu says, "Or he gets praised for previously unseen genius."
		DavidW says, "yeah, hard to tell."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think I like B here."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | An excellent choice. Reginald will be getting tickets for 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas. Having assigned him what he deserves, you feel more 		
ClubFloyd | confident. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You turn back to the mall, ready for another List check, when you 		
ClubFloyd | feel a sudden chill in your bones. Someone's watching you. Someone 		
ClubFloyd | from your world. And it's not Cai. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Moving nonchalantly, you look slowly from side to side, as if you 		
ClubFloyd | were just people-watching. There is a blur of movement in the 		
ClubFloyd | corner of your eye. You follow it with your head and see nothing 		
ClubFloyd | but a horde of shoppers. Could be anybody. Play it cool, you think, 		
ClubFloyd | but find out who they are. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There������you see it again, more of a shifting in space than 		
ClubFloyd | anything. It only moves when you move. You wouldn't have noticed it 		
ClubFloyd | if Cai hadn't forewarned you. Somehow you'll need to see it more 		
ClubFloyd | closely, though. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I've built a special pair of glasses that gives me a wider 		
ClubFloyd | visual range. I'll try to catch them. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I try to spring a surprise on them by performing my own 		
ClubFloyd | vanishing act. It might smoke them out. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I could get some help distracting them. I smell a few garbage 		
ClubFloyd | sprites in the food court. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I think B might work here."
		Knight_Otu says, "C I suspect would use our connections skill, whis is our worst."
		DavidW says, "oh. Okay, let's do B, although I would've liked to visit the garbage sprites."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You finger a small flash pellet in your pocket. With a graceful 		
ClubFloyd | motion, you flick the pellet out of your pocket and across the food 		
ClubFloyd | court. It lands with a bang and a bright light, and everyone's 		
ClubFloyd | attention turns to the left while you make a magically-enhanced 		
ClubFloyd | exit, stage right. From a new vantage behind a potted plant, you 		
ClubFloyd | scan the room. There: a humanoid-shaped disturbance. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It fades away again, but its shape seems somehow familiar. You 		
ClubFloyd | can't identify it, but you've definitely ruled out anything with 		
ClubFloyd | more than four limbs or over five feet tall. You still have no clue 		
ClubFloyd | what it could be. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's hard to know if you should be nervous or not. After all, 		
ClubFloyd | you're here in disguise, watching people. It's not like you have 		
ClubFloyd | the right to judge others doing the same. But who would be here? 		
ClubFloyd | The Spiders and the Emerald Empress don't send out emissaries like 		
ClubFloyd | this, not in disguise. But with all the sweets here, the Tooth 		
ClubFloyd | Fairy might have sent out some scouts for planning purposes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Of course, it's just as possible that one of your enemies is 		
ClubFloyd | monitoring you. You'll have to be on alert. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Results - inconclusive."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --There is a small tug on your sleeve. A small, 		
ClubFloyd | three-year-old girl is trying to get your attention. "Excuse me," 		
ClubFloyd | she says carefully, "Can you find my mommy? I was supposed to be at 		
ClubFloyd | the tree but I got lost." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You hunch down your aged-looking body and say, "No problem, hon. 		
ClubFloyd | Let me help." Taking her hand, you slowly make your way towards the 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas tree. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Mommy!" shouts the toddler, who takes off towards a concerned 		
ClubFloyd | looking woman holding six shopping bags. The mom drops the bags and 		
ClubFloyd | embraces her girl. "Theia, you shouldn't run away like that!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mom looks over at you, taking you in. Theia points at you and 		
ClubFloyd | says, "They helped me find you!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The mom smiles at you and says, "I'm so glad she was found by 		
ClubFloyd | someone nice like you!" She grabs her bags and walks away. Looks 		
ClubFloyd | like your disguise was fairly effective. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Our eternal battle with 'future cloudy - ask again tomorrow'."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --At the tree, you notice a child diving out from under the 		
ClubFloyd | tree and towards the food court behind. The List nudges you toward 		
ClubFloyd | the child. You look closer. She's familiar. Ah, that's right: 		
ClubFloyd | Alexandra Aleeyev! She's the other kid you came to see. And, right 		
ClubFloyd | on cue, you see her parents coming after her. She crawls around on 		
ClubFloyd | the floor, runs away from her parents, makes faces at other kids, 		
ClubFloyd | throws a tantrum, apologizes, all within thirty seconds. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The List reminds you of her First List-Checker's assessment: 		
ClubFloyd | "Cheerful. Vibrant. Headstrong. Nice. Toy bricks recommended. Goes 		
ClubFloyd | by Andy." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Seems straightforward. But then you see Alexandra bite an elderly 		
ClubFloyd | woman on the ankle. In the tussle that follows, you notice two 		
ClubFloyd | things: the woman has an extensive vocabulary, and Alexandra has an 		
ClubFloyd | extremely tenacious bite. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Once Alexandra is detached from the leg, she wanders over to an ice 		
ClubFloyd | cream store and stares at the board, looking at each picture on the 		
ClubFloyd | menu in turn. Looks like she'll be occupied for a while. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Might be better to get the mom's opinion. She's sitting at the 		
ClubFloyd | table, hair falling out of a bun, poring over what looks like work 		
ClubFloyd | notes. You take a seat next to her. She looks up and gives you a 		
ClubFloyd | wry smile, soothed by your calm presence. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "That your daughter?" you ask, pointing at Alexandra. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She smiles wryly. "Yeah, that's my girl. Why do you ask?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need to find a way to ask about Alexandra's behavior within 		
ClubFloyd | the bounds allowed to elves. The power delegated you from Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus prevents you from using it for idle snooping or malicious 		
ClubFloyd | purposes. You'll just have to draw out the mom by finding common 		
ClubFloyd | ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "She seems free-spirited. It's nice to see a kid who's allowed 		
ClubFloyd | to be herself." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "She sure seems active. What have you been feeding her?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "She's so energetic. She probably loves the outdoors." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "We are open-minded. That may point us to A."
		DavidW says, "I'd pick A, yes. I expect Andy has some sort of medical condition."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Thank you," says Mrs. Aleeyev, beaming. This seems to be a subject 		
ClubFloyd | she enjoys. "I'm a firm believer in hands-off parenting. Look," she 		
ClubFloyd | says, handing you a card. It says "Official Free-Range Kid: 		
ClubFloyd | Alexandra Aleeyev. If the holder is found alone, please let them 		
ClubFloyd | be." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This is genuinely intriguing. You nod vigorously, and say, 		
ClubFloyd | "Wonderful. I really admire that." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She beams, and leans in to tell you, "I have to admit, though, I've 		
ClubFloyd | had some trouble with her recently. She's taken to rifling through 		
ClubFloyd | the neighbors' mailboxes, looking for cash in birthday cards." She 		
ClubFloyd | notices your surprised face. "But I've talked to her about it. 		
ClubFloyd | That's part of the system. She has to learn for herself." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You nod in a non-committal manner. You've learned more about 		
ClubFloyd | Alexandra's behavior. She's an interesting kid. This experience 		
ClubFloyd | will make a good talking point in your end-of-year wrap-up with the 		
ClubFloyd | other elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Look at the time!" she says, "I've got to go. It's been nice 		
ClubFloyd | talking to you. Come on, Andy, let's go!" she says, taking her 		
ClubFloyd | daughter with her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In any case, you've got all the information you think you'll need. 		
ClubFloyd | Are you going to revise Alexandra's assessment? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) A brat is a brat. Naughty. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Childhood is a time of experimentation. She seems like a normal 		
ClubFloyd | kid. Nice. 		
ClubFloyd | C) She and her mother are upsetting. Naughty. 		
ClubFloyd | D) The mom is a jerk. I'll give the daughter a present just to make 		
ClubFloyd | up for it. Nice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Again, I just don't know."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd probably lean towards B."
		DavidW says, "Okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | So, you've decided to put her on the nice list. What kind of 		
ClubFloyd | present do you think she'll like? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) She seems to like the outdoors. I'll get her a display box for a 		
ClubFloyd | rock collection. 		
ClubFloyd | B) She certainly seems to like using her teeth. I'll get her a 		
ClubFloyd | packing crate full of jerky. 		
ClubFloyd | C) What kid doesn't like cash? I'll just get her that. 		
ClubFloyd | D) She seems like she enjoys running wild. I wonder if she'd like a 		
ClubFloyd | skateboard. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Can Christmas get sued if we choose D and Andy hurts herself?"
		DavidW says, "Let's find out. I like D too."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Alexandra Aleeyev, a skateboard," you record. The List whispers it 		
ClubFloyd | back to you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You're ahead of schedule. You've proven your bravery by pushing 		
ClubFloyd | forward in face of threats against your life. Maybe you'll even 		
ClubFloyd | have some time to check a third child. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You listen carefully for the List. But it sounds different, almost 		
ClubFloyd | like������breathing? Slowly, you realize that a shimmering, 		
ClubFloyd | transparent figure is standing inches away from you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your eyes widen, and the figure grabs at you, trying to find the 		
ClubFloyd | List. You jerk back and forth to shake them off. Mall-goers slow 		
ClubFloyd | down to watch you, concerned, before hurrying past. Thank your 		
ClubFloyd | lucky Christmas stars you made the List so insignificant. Finally, 		
ClubFloyd | you tug with all your might and fall to the ground with the List 		
ClubFloyd | intact. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You scramble forward and to your feet and whip around. The rippling 		
ClubFloyd | figure is there again, now a dozen steps behind but moving closer. 		
ClubFloyd | You need to take control of the situation. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll use my Christmas cheer to gather a crowd of carolers around 		
ClubFloyd | me, cut off the pursuer. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'll use one of my best tricks: short-range teleportation. I'll 		
ClubFloyd | surprise them from behind. 		
ClubFloyd | C) A mall this size has to have a powerful _genius loci_. I'll 		
ClubFloyd | plead for its help. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I don't think A would work."
		Knight_Otu says, "B might. I don't think C would."
		DavidW says, "I'm dubious about B and C, but I think B is our best option."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | It's time: you hold your breath, screw your eyes shut, and make a 		
ClubFloyd | little interdimensional leap. In a motion as smooth as silk, you 		
ClubFloyd | disappear and reappear. You open your eyes and find the rippled 		
ClubFloyd | figure directly before you. With the momentum from the teleport, 		
ClubFloyd | you put a firm foot to their rear end and send the blur flying. 		
ClubFloyd | They splash into a fountain, and a crowd gathers around, thinking 		
ClubFloyd | the sputtering water is part of a show. Then you make a quick exit. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But, given that an unseen assailant is trying to steal the List, 		
ClubFloyd | you feel more than justified in leaving work early. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You have to find somewhere to hide. Anywhere! There's a crowd, so 		
ClubFloyd | you jog through them towards the exit and the fairy circle in the 		
ClubFloyd | back. But a slender hand grabs you and pulls you around. You flinch 		
ClubFloyd | involuntarily, raising a hand to strike. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Stop, it's me!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's Cai! He pulls you after him. He throws a cloak around the two 		
ClubFloyd | of you, and you teleport together to the upper level, one of Cai's 		
ClubFloyd | more useful abilities. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Cai, we have to go," you say. "They're after the List!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Did you figure out who it was?" says Cai. "They might follow." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No," you say. "I've never seen anyone������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But you have. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Accepting any bets before I push enter."
		DavidW says, "I haven't the slightest idea. It could be Santa himself for all I know."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Zombie Santa!"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The incredibly effective invisibility charm, the cautious 		
ClubFloyd | approach������it's all familiar to you from years of security 		
ClubFloyd | meetings. This is Glass Ghost, the elf who betrayed you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You sniff for their scent. Too faint to notice without effort, but 		
ClubFloyd | now that you're looking for it, it's clear. Quickly, you run 		
ClubFloyd | towards the smell. Glass Ghost is going to pay. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The blurred shape is far below, backing away while searching for 		
ClubFloyd | you, and you whisper the counter-incantation, allowing you to 		
ClubFloyd | pierce the disguise. You see their skintight silver suit and their 		
ClubFloyd | faceless helmet. And you see them turn, startled, sensing your 		
ClubFloyd | enchanted eyes on them. And they take off running. With their 		
ClubFloyd | disguise gone, you have the advantage, and they know it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "Why not?"
		DavidW asks, "So who's this character?"
		Knight_Otu says, "The former security chief of Claus Castle. They disappeared with the implication that they're a traitor."
		DavidW says, "oh"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You skate along the slippery floor on the upper level of 		
ClubFloyd | the mall, keeping pace with Glass Ghost down below. They hop from 		
ClubFloyd | kiosk to kiosk. A small blur of motion is all you can see, and you 		
ClubFloyd | know the humans can't see a thing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your heart is jingling in your chest as you push yourself to 		
ClubFloyd | follow. Suddenly, you realize exactly where they're headed: 		
ClubFloyd | Stefani's Diamonds. Gemstones have a strong connection to both 		
ClubFloyd | worlds, and the mingled greed, love, and hope of humans pull them 		
ClubFloyd | even closer. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There is a crash and it tears your attention back to the chase. 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost has just been side-swiped by a rogue toddler on a 		
ClubFloyd | motorized scooter shaped like a zebra! The child looks confused and 		
ClubFloyd | drives on, fooled by the illusion, but your counter-spell shows you 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost rolling to their feet and trying to get past you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You make it to Stefani's Diamonds with just seconds to come up with 		
ClubFloyd | a plan. Your good work earlier should make this easier. You could 		
ClubFloyd | just let them go. After all, they're not much of a threat when 		
ClubFloyd | they're visible. But know they'll cause even more trouble if you 		
ClubFloyd | let them go. You've got to stop them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Glass Ghost isn't the only master of disguise here. I blend into 		
ClubFloyd | a display case and wait for them. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I can send a clean-up crew later. I smash the cases and make an 		
ClubFloyd | optical trap from the glass and diamonds. 		
ClubFloyd | C) It's diamonds this Christmas! I light up the place by summoning 		
ClubFloyd | a thousand strings of Christmas lights. It ought to trip Glass 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Wonder which group GG is helping."
		Knight_Otu says, "Good question."
		DavidW says, "I like A here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You focus on the light of the diamonds around you. They flash, and 		
ClubFloyd | you fade. It's a new spell, one that you came up with after Glass 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost left the Castle. There is a faint whisper of their boots 		
ClubFloyd | skating across the floor. Even more quietly than them, you leap 		
ClubFloyd | from behind a case and tackle Glass Ghost. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You feel the two of you vanish, reappearing in the alley behind the 		
ClubFloyd | mall. Cai is there with you, and helps you wrestle Glass Ghost to 		
ClubFloyd | their feet. Searching Glass, you find a packet full of papers. 		
ClubFloyd | Probably data on potential buyers. This ought to make for good 		
ClubFloyd | reading later on with the other elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "You have a lot of nerve attacking me, you two-timing pile of 		
ClubFloyd | reindeer crap." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "It may sound crazy, given the circumstances, but it's nice 		
ClubFloyd | seeing you again, Glass Ghost." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "You left, Glass Ghost. You went free. Why are you attacking 		
ClubFloyd | me?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "C"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost shakes themselves free from Cai's grasp and crosses 		
ClubFloyd | their arms. "Let me go," they say, impassive. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Tell me, now: who are you working for?" You menace them. 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Why in the Seven Heavens did you attack me? We know each other! 		
ClubFloyd | We respect each other!" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "What do you really have against us, Glass Ghost? Why did you 		
ClubFloyd | betray us? We miss you." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "What have you done with Santa's Heart, you thief?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think we can be menacing."
		DavidW says, "C again"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, that seems fine."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "C" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Your dental plan sucked," they say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Get real, Glass Ghost," you answer. "I'm serious." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Claus Castle was going downhill. Didn't want to be tied down to a 		
ClubFloyd | failure." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There is a rumble, and you are thrown to the ground. The entire 		
ClubFloyd | earth is shaking. Glass Ghost gets up and starts to stumble away. 		
ClubFloyd | Cai chases after them, but before he can reach Glass Ghost, the 		
ClubFloyd | earth trembles again, more violently, throwing Cai to the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | The air darkens and thickens, hiding the sun, and the air _rips_ in 		
ClubFloyd | front of you, revealing a desert landscape. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You recognize this landscape: it's near the tent city you visited 		
ClubFloyd | with Candid, where the Kingdom of Dreams was. This must be the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King's work, then. And in the mortal world! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost leaps into the hole, which seals behind him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "They're getting away!" you shout. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You have bigger things to worry about," says Cai. "Didn't you have 		
ClubFloyd | the List with you} earlier? It seems your song's been stolen." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your heart sinks. Christmas isn't looking so great. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Uh oh."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Seven The King Cometh] 		
ClubFloyd | "To Christmas," says Mrs. Claus. Together, you and Candid raise 		
ClubFloyd | your mugs of cocoa. "To Christmas." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Two more days, you think. It's a somber meeting for you all. Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus herself is in a particularly thoughtful mood. You haven't 		
ClubFloyd | seen her much, recently. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, we've made it this far," she says, "But we've had to make it 		
ClubFloyd | alone. The others of the Seven have made many promises to help. 		
ClubFloyd | Some with conditions we have not been able to meet, and some," she 		
ClubFloyd | says, staring at the last marshmallow melting in the cocoa, "that 		
ClubFloyd | have simply failed to follow through." She raises a finger at 		
ClubFloyd | Candid. "And you, what do you have to report?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid salutes Mrs. Claus. "Ma'am, I'm happy to say that toy 		
ClubFloyd | production is still at quota. The remaining toymakers are upset 		
ClubFloyd | that their friends are leaving for Flickering Flame, and have 		
ClubFloyd | thrown themselves into their work. And competing against Krinkle 		
ClubFloyd | Corp's toy scientists hasn't hurt, either." Mrs. Claus smiles, and 		
ClubFloyd | Candid curls up her toes in joy. She's in a particularly festive 		
ClubFloyd | mood today, wearing red and white striped stockings with a green 		
ClubFloyd | jumper and matching boots. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "And you, Club Floyd, what do you have to report?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, goddess, I've������uh������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You squirm in embarrassment. The last few months haven't been going 		
ClubFloyd | too well for you, with the List being stolen and elves resorting to 		
ClubFloyd | nonmagical backup copies. An entire forest in the Shadow Mountains 		
ClubFloyd | had to be leveled just to make enough paper for them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | All of this has taken hundreds of elves off the production lines 		
ClubFloyd | and, unfortunately, the guard posts. Claus Castle is stretched 		
ClubFloyd | thinner than it has been for centuries. You don't know which of 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's enemies hired Glass Ghost to take the List, but it's 		
ClubFloyd | benefiting all of them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Maybe you can think of something, however, that you actually have 		
ClubFloyd | been making progress on. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I've been studying Flickering Flame's recruitment patterns. 		
ClubFloyd | I've identified a few elves that I think might be vulnerable to 		
ClubFloyd | him." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I've been tracking down the suppliers for Krinkle Corp. I may 		
ClubFloyd | have had a breakthrough." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I've been reading some of the tracts from the Kingdom of 		
ClubFloyd | Dreams. I believe that Fractured Quartz may have a different 		
ClubFloyd | relationship with the Nightmare King than I expected." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Chapter end."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
		DavidW asks, "Shall we stop here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we should stop here for... yeah."
		DavidW asks, "I suspect that the List was going to be stolen no matter what we did. How the heck does someone grab a song?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Turn it into an earworm?"
		DavidW says, "I just thought of that before you said it."
		DavidW says, "Except I imagined the earworm swallowing the song."
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		DavidW says, "y'know, if we chose to be a Santa's Elf instead of a kindly gender-ambigious elder person, we might've left the List in its scroll form."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, the Christmas situation is looking more dire than ever, and a world-ending King is on the move."
		Knight_Otu says, "That may be the case."
		Knight_Otu says, "But then at least Cai would have seen it immediately, and probably Ghost as well."
		Knight_Otu says, "Might have made it easier to steal."
		DavidW says, "Wonder if all the children we rated will save Christmas for us. Andy on her skateboard and the rest of them."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can only hope."
		DavidW says, "Children always defeated Darkseid in the comics."
		Knight_Otu says, "But according to RPGs, it takes teens to defeat eldritch horrors that eat the world."
		DavidW says, "Teens will Attitude."
		DavidW says, "er with"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think some of the do attitude, regardless."
		Knight_Otu says, "*them."
		DavidW says, "Honestly, with only two days until Christmas, some sort of resolution has to happen fast."
		Knight_Otu says, "I am suspecting this chaper to be the climax, with a denuement afterwards. I actually assumed the previous chapter could be it, but I guess we needed to meet GG again before that."
		DavidW says, "I guess whoever has Santa's Heart on Christmas Day wins."
		Knight_Otu says, "A reasonable guess."
		
		
##### Session 6 		
		
		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 16% / Open Minded: 84% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 45% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 58% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 82% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 90% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: Elf Lord 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, last chapter sure jumped our relationship value with Cai, the multibody wizard."
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Chapter Seven The King Cometh] 		
ClubFloyd | "To Christmas," says Mrs. Claus. Together, you and Candid raise 		
ClubFloyd | your mugs of cocoa. "To Christmas." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Two more days, you think. It's a somber meeting for you all. Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus herself is in a particularly thoughtful mood. You haven't 		
ClubFloyd | seen her much, recently. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, we've made it this far," she says, "But we've had to make it 		
ClubFloyd | alone. The others of the Seven have made many promises to help. 		
ClubFloyd | Some with conditions we have not been able to meet, and some," she 		
ClubFloyd | says, staring at the last marshmallow melting in the cocoa, "that 		
ClubFloyd | have simply failed to follow through." She raises a finger at 		
ClubFloyd | Candid. "And you, what do you have to report?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid salutes Mrs. Claus. "Ma'am, I'm happy to say that toy 		
ClubFloyd | production is still at quota. The remaining toymakers are upset 		
ClubFloyd | that their friends are leaving for Flickering Flame, and have 		
ClubFloyd | thrown themselves into their work. And competing against Krinkle 		
ClubFloyd | Corp's toy scientists hasn't hurt, either." Mrs. Claus smiles, and 		
ClubFloyd | Candid curls up her toes in joy. She's in a particularly festive 		
ClubFloyd | mood today, wearing red and white striped stockings with a green 		
ClubFloyd | jumper and matching boots. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "And you, Club Floyd, what do you have to report?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, goddess, I've������uh������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You squirm in embarrassment. The last few months haven't been going 		
ClubFloyd | too well for you, with the List being stolen and elves resorting to 		
ClubFloyd | nonmagical backup copies. An entire forest in the Shadow Mountains 		
ClubFloyd | had to be leveled just to make enough paper for them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | All of this has taken hundreds of elves off the production lines 		
ClubFloyd | and, unfortunately, the guard posts. Claus Castle is stretched 		
ClubFloyd | thinner than it has been for centuries. You don't know which of 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's enemies hired Glass Ghost to take the List, but it's 		
ClubFloyd | benefiting all of them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Maybe you can think of something, however, that you actually have 		
ClubFloyd | been making progress on. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I've been studying Flickering Flame's recruitment patterns. 		
ClubFloyd | I've identified a few elves that I think might be vulnerable to 		
ClubFloyd | him." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I've been tracking down the suppliers for Krinkle Corp. I may 		
ClubFloyd | have had a breakthrough." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I've been reading some of the tracts from the Kingdom of 		
ClubFloyd | Dreams. I believe that Fractured Quartz may have a different 		
ClubFloyd | relationship with the Nightmare King than I expected." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "That does seem to be the major change."
		DavidW says, "oh right, the List was stolen."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, not our best moment."
		DavidW says, "At least we ourselves weren't stolen."
		Knight_Otu says, "So the chapter is titled "The King Cometh". That alone tempts me to choose C. Which may b the author's intention."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "True. I'm not sure how real that threat was, but it was mentioned."
		DavidW says, "C does seem the most interesting branch."
		DavidW says, "I'm okay with C."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Candid looks nervous. Is she worried about her former partner? Or 		
ClubFloyd | is she thinking about the oath she was forced to take? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You take a deep breath. "In the pamphlet _The King's Works_, they 		
ClubFloyd | list every time the King has appeared. But it's always described as 		
ClubFloyd | a miracle, or a chance blessing. In fact, the only recorded 		
ClubFloyd | instance where the King's appearance was announced ahead of time 		
ClubFloyd | was at Green Mountain." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You continue. "I don't think Fractured Quartz has control over the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus looks intrigued. "Fascinating," she says. "I'll send out 		
ClubFloyd | a few of the elves to talk to witnesses of previous sightings. 		
ClubFloyd | Perhaps we can learn more. Well done, Club." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "It seems like everyone is against us these days," says Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus agrees eagerly, almost viciously. "And I don't know how 		
ClubFloyd | it will ever end. If the Nightmare King were proved a fraud, 		
ClubFloyd | perhaps we could bring his followers to our side. If we could 		
ClubFloyd | figure out which Fae are helping Krinkle Corp, we could put an end 		
ClubFloyd | to their interference. But Flame, well, he won't stop seeking for 		
ClubFloyd | power until he's conquered us or died." She stares into her cup for 		
ClubFloyd | some time, then looks at you and Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I'm very pleased with you," says Mrs. Claus. "I think you've done 		
ClubFloyd | a marvelous job this year. I can't tell you how much you mean to 		
ClubFloyd | me, and to the whole castle." She tears up for a moment, wiping her 		
ClubFloyd | eyes on her gloved fingertips. "I've kept us all going for so many 		
ClubFloyd | years, but I've wondered so many times these last few months 		
ClubFloyd | whether this would be the end." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You reach over and pat her hand gently. You smile, and you mean it. 		
ClubFloyd | It may seem hard, now, but you still intend to restore Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | to her rightful place. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That's when everything goes to pieces. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I thought everything went to pieces when the heart was stolen."
		DavidW says, "There's layers to this cake."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Alarm bells begin to ring throughout the room. Mrs. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | leaps to her feet and kicks the door open, racing towards the 		
ClubFloyd | throne room as you and Candid struggle to keep up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Messenger elves pop up from every direction, shouting out the news: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "There was an explosion in the factory! Four elves are in the 		
ClubFloyd | infirmary. They believe it was sabotage." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Three war dragons are headed towards the castle from the Searing 		
ClubFloyd | Veldt!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Fractured Quartz is gathering the Kingdom of Dreams in the White 		
ClubFloyd | Wastes. They're saying they're going to enter the human world!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus shouts, "Candid, take the security team and secure the 		
ClubFloyd | factory. Find out who's behind this." Candid leaps into action, 		
ClubFloyd | shifting into the form of a commanding Amazon warrior. She salutes 		
ClubFloyd | Claus and runs out of the room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "ah, everything at once, eh?"
		Knight_Otu says, "As usual."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus sharply turns to you, her red cape billowing 		
ClubFloyd | through the air. "Club, I'll deal with the dragons. I've slain more 		
ClubFloyd | of their kind with my arrows than I can remember. I suspect 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame is behind this." She pauses as pain glimmers in 		
ClubFloyd | her eyes at his name. She says, "But I need you to stop the Kingdom 		
ClubFloyd | from entering the human world en masse. The Seven would never allow 		
ClubFloyd | such an audacious act without our approval. Delay the Kingdom until 		
ClubFloyd | I can notify the others." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a piece of her 		
ClubFloyd | magic-infused fruitcake, tossing it at you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You catch it. Before you can reply, she snaps her fingers, and the 		
ClubFloyd | Castle gapes open above her like a mouth, floor after floor opening 		
ClubFloyd | up to reveal the sky. She leaps into the air in a burst of flame, 		
ClubFloyd | transforming into a phoenix and soaring up and out of sight. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Stop an army alone? Mrs. Claus seems to have quite a bit of 		
ClubFloyd | confidence in you, as one of her most trusted followers. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll have to hurry to the Wastes. You can feel the intense power 		
ClubFloyd | radiating from the piece of fruitcake. This will get you there 		
ClubFloyd | right away, but it's going to hurt, one way or another. How are you 		
ClubFloyd | going to get there? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I use the energy to shift into a fully-grown lightning hawk and 		
ClubFloyd | bolt to the Wastes. The sonic boom might alert the Kingdom, though. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I can smooth-talk Cai into teleporting me directly, but magic 		
ClubFloyd | that intense would cost them one of their bodies. This fruitcake 		
ClubFloyd | might make up for it. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I have an experimental transporter that I haven't tried yet due 		
ClubFloyd | to energy costs. Too bad there's no time for testing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "hm. B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm seeing A and B as workable options here. And I suspect alerting the kingdom wouldn't matter much."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm fine with B."
		DavidW says, "I have NO idea how to stop or even delay an army, even with our abilities."
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll see what options we get, I guess."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The sweetshop isn't far away. One of Cai's newer bodies spends 		
ClubFloyd | almost all of their time there. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You dash down the stairs, slide through the door and almost crash 		
ClubFloyd | into Cai's body, a tall, slim man with dark eyes. He's busy 		
ClubFloyd | stuffing himself with wasabi-flavored candy canes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Whoa, Club!" he shouts. "What's the hurry!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Cai," you say, "I have to go to the White Wastes. Now. There's no 		
ClubFloyd | time to waste. I need you to teleport me there, directly." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He turns pale. "That kind of energy would kill me! This me, at 		
ClubFloyd | least," he says, waving at himself. "It's not pleasant, believe me. 		
ClubFloyd | The center of the White Wastes is highly resistant to this sort of 		
ClubFloyd | magic." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "I know what it would cost, Cai, but there's an entire 		
ClubFloyd | army of Fae marching towards the human world." You pull out the 		
ClubFloyd | piece of fruitcake, silently gambling on your persuasion skills. 		
ClubFloyd | "Would this gift change your mind?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Cai looks skeptical. "I understand where you're coming from, but I 		
ClubFloyd | really don't think I could part with this body. Couldn't I take you 		
ClubFloyd | halfway?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You're beginning to panic. Seems like your persuasive technique is 		
ClubFloyd | a bit wanting. "It has to be all the way, and it has to be now," 		
ClubFloyd | you say. A crowd of elves has gathered around, watching your 		
ClubFloyd | discussion. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Cai looks back and forth at the faces. "I feel like I'm being 		
ClubFloyd | bullied," he says. "But I'll do it. Send the fruitcake to my P.O. 		
ClubFloyd | box in Florida." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He pulls out a pinch of powdered silver from a coat pocket and 		
ClubFloyd | draws a circle around the two of you. He grabs a fistful of wasabi 		
ClubFloyd | candy canes from the rack nearby and stuffs them in his mouth. 		
ClubFloyd | "Let's do this," he says, chewing loudly. "Might as well go out 		
ClubFloyd | with a bang." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There's a flash like phosphor a hundred times over, and a horrific 		
ClubFloyd | ripping sound. You hear screaming from the nearby elves, but it 		
ClubFloyd | fades away. Your vision is filled with stars and your ears with 		
ClubFloyd | ringing, but both slowly fade until you find yourself in the White 		
ClubFloyd | Wastes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "One tends to fight armies with other armies, and I don't remember us having any."
		Knight_Otu says, "True, true."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe if we could re-route them to our chocolate moat?"
		DavidW asks, "Like, can we get the trees or anything local there to aid us?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect the wastes have their name for a reason."
		DavidW asks, "like a boneyard?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall the description, but I wouldn't count on ents or friendly locals."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The White Wastes are quieter than you might have 		
ClubFloyd | expected. You climb atop a small boulder and glance around. You 		
ClubFloyd | immediately notice two things: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A plume of dust, about an hour's march away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And a Ford Fiesta with California license plates. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You scoot down the boulder and move towards the Fiesta, curious. 		
ClubFloyd | What is this doing here? As you step near it, nature begins to 		
ClubFloyd | bloom. Grass springs up around the Fiesta, then palm trees, and, at 		
ClubFloyd | last, a full house. When you come to a stop a few dozen feet from 		
ClubFloyd | the car, you recognize it as Carl Alan's house, the bleeder who had 		
ClubFloyd | the cards from Krinkle Corp. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The truth hits your brain after a moment or two. The house isn't 		
ClubFloyd | _here_. There's an enormous rip in the worlds, and it connects 		
ClubFloyd | directly to his house. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Thunder rumbles across the wastes, and you think of the army. 		
ClubFloyd | Running towards the rift, the world around you slowly fades as the 		
ClubFloyd | human world replaces it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Once inside, you try to slow down, but discover that you seem to 		
ClubFloyd | have lost corporeality as your foot slips straight through the 		
ClubFloyd | sidewalk. Your momentum keeps you moving forward as you tumble 		
ClubFloyd | through the walls of the house, through a foot of insulation and 		
ClubFloyd | rat droppings, past three couches, finally coming to rest inside of 		
ClubFloyd | what appears to be a plasma television. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Oh, hello!" says a small voice. You look over your shoulder to see 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan himself staring at you, hands on the TV screen. It's a 		
ClubFloyd | bit odd that, despite being one of the most powerful human bleeders 		
ClubFloyd | in existence, the kid still doesn't know how to put his shirt on 		
ClubFloyd | right-side-out. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You're an elf, aren't you?" he asks, surprising you. He didn't see 		
ClubFloyd | you last time, did he? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Yes, I am. You must be a smart kid. How did you know?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Maybe. Why are you asking?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Definitely not. I'm a ghost, possessing your TV. Go away before 		
ClubFloyd | I start haunting the rest of your electronics." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "A"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "I had a dream about you. You were carrying a little list and 		
ClubFloyd | talking with reindeer." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Impressive. You knew he was a strong bleeder, but this is something 		
ClubFloyd | new, even for you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You've been dreaming about elves?" you ask. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Yes. Those are my favorite dreams. I hate the ones about that 		
ClubFloyd | awful green tentacle lady. Or the spiders." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Interesting. But you have more important things to worry about 		
ClubFloyd | right now. You move to get out of the TV, only to find that, 		
ClubFloyd | unfortunately, you are completely stuck. Your body passes through 		
ClubFloyd | everything, leaving you floating, partially inside the wall and 		
ClubFloyd | partially inside the television. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Carl Alan, who are you talking to?" says a woman from the kitchen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The person in the TV, Mom," answers Carl Alan, looking at you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Okay," shouts Mom as she bangs some pans. "Just make sure you 		
ClubFloyd | clean your room before dinner." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan looks back at you, peering into the TV. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Hello? Are you still here? How did you get in there?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You grit your teeth. You're generally a pleasant elf, but this 		
ClubFloyd | situation has you out of sorts. But you need Carl Alan. He's a 		
ClubFloyd | bleeder, after all, able to affect both worlds. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "A trans-dimensional vortex of unknown origin with phase-shift 		
ClubFloyd | properties brought me here. I could use some assistance in 		
ClubFloyd | extricating myself." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Thanks for asking. I found a hole in my world that led to 		
ClubFloyd | yours. But something's wrong, and I'm stuck in your TV." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Does it matter? Just help me out of here." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "B?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't care how smart the kid is, we shouldn'ttechno-babble him to sleep."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Your world?" says Carl Alan. "What do you mean, your world?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The world of the elves," you say. "The world of dreams and magic." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan looks at you carefully, then touches the glass of the TV 		
ClubFloyd | all over. "How can I help you?" he asks. "I can't even reach you in 		
ClubFloyd | there." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "You have a gift, Carl Alan. You may not know it, but 		
ClubFloyd | that's why you have those dreams. You're connected to my world. 		
ClubFloyd | Whenever you're feeling sad or happy or scared, it changes part of 		
ClubFloyd | my world. I need you to try to use your feelings to get me out of 		
ClubFloyd | here." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He squishes his face on the glass and stares at you. "You're kind 		
ClubFloyd | of weird, you know. I don't think I should trust you. Why do you 		
ClubFloyd | look so weird? In my dreams, you're always changing shape." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You shrug. "That's what elves do." "Well, I guess everyone has to 		
ClubFloyd | look like something," he answers. "But, I still don't trust you. 		
ClubFloyd | Why are you here? Are you checking on me for Santa?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Actually, I������" you say, but the screen bobbles for a bit as a 		
ClubFloyd | tremor passes through both worlds. Your words get cut off in the 		
ClubFloyd | jumble. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What?" shouts Carl Alan. "I can't hear you! Can you talk louder?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Carl Alan, please! Keep it down!" shouts his mother from the 		
ClubFloyd | kitchen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Sorry, Mom!" he shouts back. "I mean, sorry Mom," he repeats in a 		
ClubFloyd | softer voice. He turns back to you and whispers, "Sorry, I was 		
ClubFloyd | gonna ask you, why are you here?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "You had it right earlier, I'm just checking up on you ahead of 		
ClubFloyd | the big day." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I'm investigating your house. It shouldn't be in my world and 		
ClubFloyd | yours at the same time." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "There's an army of monsters coming. They're trying to get into 		
ClubFloyd | your world. I want to stop them." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Even if every word there is used correctly."
		DavidW says, "C"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was gonna say B, but I suppose."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan draws his brows together in concern. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He says, "Are the elves going to stop them?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Well, actually, it's just me for now." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "If you'll help us, we can definitely stop them." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Not if you keep talking and leave me stuck in here!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "He got us there."
		DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards B."
		DavidW says, "Full honesty is A, but we need this guy's help and soon."
		Knight_Otu says, ""I'm just a kid!""
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | He jumps up and down. "Yeah! I'll definitely help!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Carl Alan! Stop stomping on the floor!" shouts his mother from the 		
ClubFloyd | kitchen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He rolls his eyes, but stops. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Another tremor shakes the TV, rattling your bones. This 		
ClubFloyd | conversation has gone on long enough. It's time for you to get out 		
ClubFloyd | of here. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "Listen carefully, Carl Alan. You're a smart kid. We need 		
ClubFloyd | to synchronize our emotions. Then the iso-attraction of sympathetic 		
ClubFloyd | magic can pull me out." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The what?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The more strongly the two of us feel the same thing, the easier it 		
ClubFloyd | will be to get out. If we don't match up, though, it could rip the 		
ClubFloyd | world apart even more." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He looks frightened, but he says, "Okay, elf. I'll do it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Okay, Carl Alan," you say. "I need you to concentrate. Hard. Think 		
ClubFloyd | of������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "������the time you were the most upset and grumpy you've ever been 		
ClubFloyd | in your life. Feel the anger!" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "������the best tasting food you've had in your life. Chocolate, 		
ClubFloyd | cupcakes, chips, ice cream, anything!" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "������the person you are most loyal to, the person you care the 		
ClubFloyd | most about in the world." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Uh. Why no happy or open-minded option?"
		DavidW says, "Not strong enough, I guess."
		DavidW says, "I think C is our best bet."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, those are our strong points. Maybe not Carl's."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I don't see a totally risk-free option here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's see. Maybe if we fail, we get the other options."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "C" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan looks thoughtful for a moment. "The person I'm most loyal 		
ClubFloyd | to?" He brightens. "I know! Huxley! He's my dog! He's my favorite 		
ClubFloyd | person in the entire world. I would sell my tablet to keep him 		
ClubFloyd | alive if he was in the hospital." He tears up a bit, and the air 		
ClubFloyd | around him ripples. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You try to concentrate on your own friends and loyalties, but all 		
ClubFloyd | you can think of is betrayal and loneliness. There's a reason that 		
ClubFloyd | you've been more free-thinking, these last few years. Look at your 		
ClubFloyd | former friends, Flickering Flame, Glass Ghost, and the others. Have 		
ClubFloyd | they been kind back to you? Why be loyal if it's never rewarded? 		
ClubFloyd | Why be loyal if you'll only be betrayed? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This isn't working, you think. Carl Alan must sense it too, because 		
ClubFloyd | his concentration increases, trying to make up for it. Suddenly, 		
ClubFloyd | you feel an enormous ripping sensation, and are sent flying out of 		
ClubFloyd | the TV and into the room, crashing into Carl Alan. You stagger to 		
ClubFloyd | your feet. Looking back at the TV with Carl Alan, you realize that 		
ClubFloyd | there is a visible hole leading to the White Wastes in the screen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You and Carl Alan look at each other. "You weren't pulling hard 		
ClubFloyd | enough," he says. "I had to do it myself." You remain silent and 		
ClubFloyd | embarrassed. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The sound of marching feet from outside reminds you of the oncoming 		
ClubFloyd | threat. "Carl Alan, I have to go outside for a minute. I want you 		
ClubFloyd | to promise that if you see anything strange or frightening, you'll 		
ClubFloyd | let me know. Okay?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He nods. You run out of the house, but the rift you came in from 		
ClubFloyd | earlier is nowhere to be seen. It's just a typical Southern 		
ClubFloyd | California house, with a tall white fence and an enormous pit in 		
ClubFloyd | the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Wait, what? 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "What a pity."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You run over to the pit. Is this part of your world 		
ClubFloyd | bleeding through? No, it's substantial and firm, and blends 		
ClubFloyd | naturally into the environment. This pit must have been built for a 		
ClubFloyd | purpose. What is it humans use these for? Capturing wild beasts? 		
ClubFloyd | Storing roots and vegetables? Lairs for their treasure? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | No, that's it������it's a swimming pool! Or it will be, at any rate. 		
ClubFloyd | There is a glint in the bottom of the pool, like a sunlight on 		
ClubFloyd | metal. You take a single step forward, and the pool vanishes, 		
ClubFloyd | replaced by the White Wastes. Then you take a step back, and find 		
ClubFloyd | yourself back where you started in California. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You've found the edge of the rift. You creep back across, 		
ClubFloyd | determined to find the Kingdom of Dreams and delay them at all 		
ClubFloyd | costs. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Once you're back in the Fae world, you are startled by the sound of 		
ClubFloyd | many voices. Climbing up a small boulder, you peek out. There, to 		
ClubFloyd | the left, is a patrol of mounted skeletons armed to the teeth! 		
ClubFloyd | They're wearing the insignia of the Kingdom of Dreams: a 		
ClubFloyd | rainbow-colored thistle. They must be advance scouts, looking for 		
ClubFloyd | the rift. If you can distract them, it will delay the main body of 		
ClubFloyd | the army. There are only ten or twelve of them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I call down a Christmas snowstorm to bury the rift. There's no 		
ClubFloyd | way the patrol can get through that! 		
ClubFloyd | B) I trick them by creating an illusionary copy of the rift in the 		
ClubFloyd | opposite direction. That should lead them away for some time. 		
ClubFloyd | C) This is war, and I'm willing to fight. I pull out my latest 		
ClubFloyd | concussion grenades. It should take weeks for them to gather their 		
ClubFloyd | bones back together again. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "I wonder if the pit is from an avocado."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not that kind of pit."
		DavidW says, "pit-y"
		DavidW says, "I have no idea what our best bet is here. I suck at choice tactics."
		DavidW says, "I want to pick A, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think skill-wise, they all come out the same. We haven't used our cheer skill in a while, though, so sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Above else, you are a Christmas elf, one of the greatest. No one 		
ClubFloyd | does Christmas like you. You chant a carol in your head while you 		
ClubFloyd | crush a pinecone taken from your pouch, the sweet resin filling the 		
ClubFloyd | air. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The burning heat from the sun in the White Wastes is cut by a chill 		
ClubFloyd | breeze. The sky darkens, and flakes of snow begin to form in a 		
ClubFloyd | column above you. The column widens, the flakes grow fatter, and 		
ClubFloyd | the air grows more frigid. The skeletons look around themselves in 		
ClubFloyd | alarm, the skeletal horses jumping here and there to try and find 		
ClubFloyd | the source of the onslaught. But the snow begins piling up on the 		
ClubFloyd | ground, damping their jumps and slowing their steps until they are 		
ClubFloyd | completely buried underneath the snow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You suddenly feel nauseous, and you almost pass out. Something 		
ClubFloyd | unimaginable blots out the sky for a moment. Fear and terror roll 		
ClubFloyd | from it in palpable waves. And then, it's gone. The Nightmare 		
ClubFloyd | King������he's here, and not here, somehow slipping between 		
ClubFloyd | dimensions, leaving destruction in his wake. And the Kingdom of 		
ClubFloyd | Dreams must be marching somewhere behind. You only pray that you 		
ClubFloyd | can delay them long enough. Hopefully, Mrs. Claus and Candid have 		
ClubFloyd | dealt with their own problems and are sending reinforcements. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There is a creaking sound below you. Looking down, you notice that 		
ClubFloyd | half of the rock you've been standing on is gone, swallowed by a 		
ClubFloyd | new rift. The ground is pockmarked with them, little bits of the 		
ClubFloyd | human world floating around your own. The rock snaps, and you 		
ClubFloyd | tumble to the ground, falling into a rift. The King disappears from 		
ClubFloyd | view as you pop back through the rift into the human world. It 		
ClubFloyd | takes you through Carl Alan's house's kitchen, but somehow turned 		
ClubFloyd | sideways. You slide across the floor, knocking chairs over, and 		
ClubFloyd | fall smack into another rift. This tosses you back into the wastes, 		
ClubFloyd | where you roll down a slope before falling through yet another 		
ClubFloyd | large rift. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "I didn't see Carl's mom mentioned in our flight through the kitchen. Wonder if *she* fell through a rift?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Who knows?"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You come to a stop with a loud thud. You're back in the 		
ClubFloyd | human world, in Carl Alan's bedroom. But it's not������normal, for the 		
ClubFloyd | human world. For one, the door you came in through is now on the 		
ClubFloyd | floor, and the window is on the ceiling. Strangely, you seem to be 		
ClubFloyd | the only thing in the room affected by the unusual gravity. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Must be some kind of spatiotemporal anomaly that's affected the 		
ClubFloyd | gravity in the region, but only in connection with magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures such as yourself. A new connection between gravitational 		
ClubFloyd | forces and magic? It might make an interesting research topic back 		
ClubFloyd | home. But for now, it's troublesome. Only the Nightmare King has 		
ClubFloyd | shown this kind of power. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You feel a pull in your stomach and something smacks you hard 		
ClubFloyd | across the face. Then you push yourself to your feet, and realize 		
ClubFloyd | that the gravity has shifted again, and you've smacked face-first 		
ClubFloyd | into the bedposts. This room must be destabilizing. You've got to 		
ClubFloyd | get out of here, before it implodes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can feel another change coming. Feels like it's gonna be a big 		
ClubFloyd | one. It's time to get out. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Teleportation without seeing where you're going is a bit 		
ClubFloyd | advanced for a magic trick, but I've seen Cai do it plenty of 		
ClubFloyd | times. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I could make it out if I could anchor myself. I summon candy 		
ClubFloyd | cane pitons with thick taffy ropes to keep myself secure. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'll shift into a stormwind butterfly, adapt to the changes, and 		
ClubFloyd | fly my way out. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "We're pretty shifty."
		DavidW says, "yeah, butterfly power!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The stormwind butterfly lives in the fierce nimbus clouds of the 		
ClubFloyd | Five Peaks. Surely a bit of gravitational misdirection wouldn't be 		
ClubFloyd | an obstacle to them. You close your eyes, picturing their majestic 		
ClubFloyd | triple pair of iron-black wings, their razor-sharp antenna and 		
ClubFloyd | diamond-like body. You can feel yourself changing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When you open your eyes, you see a multi-faceted world around you. 		
ClubFloyd | The compound vision of the butterfly, together with the 		
ClubFloyd | multi-directional sets of wings, proves to be the perfect 		
ClubFloyd | combination to give you control in the room. You take a victory 		
ClubFloyd | lap, riding out the gravitational changes, before bursting through 		
ClubFloyd | the window with your iron-hard wings and floating to the ground 		
ClubFloyd | below, returning to your usual shape. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You turn to see the room softly shrinking. You send calming, 		
ClubFloyd | peaceful thoughts its way, and the change slows. The weak spot 		
ClubFloyd | between worlds seems to be mending itself. At least you've 		
ClubFloyd | prevented any more damage. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can hear Carl Alan's mother on the phone through the kitchen 		
ClubFloyd | window. "He's been acting weird all day. It's like he's been 		
ClubFloyd | talking to himself, but he swears there's someone there. Like an 		
ClubFloyd | imaginary friend. I know. I know. I just wonder if we should see 		
ClubFloyd | someone. But you know, things have been weird today. The stools in 		
ClubFloyd | the kitchen fell over when I had my back turned, but Carl Alan 		
ClubFloyd | wasn't there. And I swear I saw bones in the pool. Yeah, I wonder 		
ClubFloyd | if there was some sort of ancient graveyard underneath the house 		
ClubFloyd | when we built it. Anyway������" The sound cuts out as she moves from 		
ClubFloyd | the window. But a new sound is picking up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A low rumbling, like the approach of a thunderstorm. But the skies 		
ClubFloyd | are clear. You look around, but it seems to be coming from all 		
ClubFloyd | over. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The rumbling slowly resolves into a rhythmic thumping, and your 		
ClubFloyd | heart leaps into your throat. Despite your best efforts, the army 		
ClubFloyd | is arriving. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Everything shatters at once. A phalanx of rock trolls materializes 		
ClubFloyd | in the pool, while an enormous oak treant pushes its way through 		
ClubFloyd | the distortion in the upstairs bedroom, shattering the roof. You 		
ClubFloyd | hear a scream from below, but don't have enough time to 		
ClubFloyd | investigate. You stalled the army a bit earlier, but it clearly 		
ClubFloyd | wasn't enough. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I have connections with every part of the Fae realm. I know 		
ClubFloyd | exactly which of these clans and species have grudges against 		
ClubFloyd | others. I use this to my advantage. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'll use an illusion to disguise half of their army as elves. 		
ClubFloyd | It'll be exhausting, but it might work. 		
ClubFloyd | C) They don't know who they're messing with. I rig up a portable 		
ClubFloyd | machine gun that fires balls of despair and go out in a blaze of 		
ClubFloyd | glory. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, maybe there are ents after all. Just on the enemy's side."
		DavidW says, "oo, messy messy"
		Knight_Otu says, "A is probably connections, our weak point."
		DavidW asks, "How are we at illusions?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably trickery, at 44%. Machine gun should be tinkering, also at 44%."
		Knight_Otu says, "(Want more skill ups!)"
		DavidW says, "I like the idea of them fighting themselves."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Plumbing your depths for emotions to draw on for power, you find 		
ClubFloyd | mostly fear, anger, and a trickle of exhilaration. Blending them 		
ClubFloyd | into a mix of energy, you stream it out of your body, thickening 		
ClubFloyd | the air with heavy fog. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can feel the vital force draining from your body as you shape 		
ClubFloyd | the images of the creatures under the mist. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | With the last of your current reserves, and while feeling 		
ClubFloyd | emotionally numb, you blow the mist away with a wave of your fist. 		
ClubFloyd | It parts, revealing that the plan has worked. Spread throughout the 		
ClubFloyd | troops, covering the smallest of the combatants, are illusionary 		
ClubFloyd | elves shouting Christmas battle cries. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The others panic, striking out at the false elves, who retaliate in 		
ClubFloyd | turn. The air fills with gouts of flame, loud clangs, and angry 		
ClubFloyd | bleats as the battle spreads. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "So, did it work enough?"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Over the hubbub and the madness, you hear a bone-chilling 		
ClubFloyd | voice shouting out orders. "On Comet! On Cupid! On Donner! On 		
ClubFloyd | Blitzen!" You look up to see the sky full of red and white-striped 		
ClubFloyd | parachutes. The elvish cavalry has arrived, led by Mrs. Claus in 		
ClubFloyd | her war sleigh. Her red cloak is singed at the end, and her face is 		
ClubFloyd | set like granite. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You raise your fists to the skies in triumph, and the elves shout 		
ClubFloyd | your name. There will be songs about the Last Stand of Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | for years, you suppose. Then you slump to the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Yes, but I said this'll be messy. This is one big battle regardless of our choices."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You gave the elves time to arrive. Now it's up to them to 		
ClubFloyd | finish this. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Slowly climbing to your feet, you stumble to the entrance of the 		
ClubFloyd | house, breathing heavily. Your last effort took a lot out of you, 		
ClubFloyd | and you don't have to fight alone anymore. Candy cane arrows pierce 		
ClubFloyd | through the wings of papyrus dragons, and harpies battle reindeer 		
ClubFloyd | mid-air. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | All at once, the sky darkens, and a hush falls over the 		
ClubFloyd | battlefield. Everyone stops and stares directly at you. No, not at 		
ClubFloyd | you. Behind you. You turn around and look up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You almost feel as if you've gone blind. Something huge is there, 		
ClubFloyd | but ever-shifting, with impossible colors. Coming down out of the 		
ClubFloyd | sky, sprouting tentacles of shadow that form and dissolve, 		
ClubFloyd | constantly mutating in form. The Nightmare King has arrived in all 		
ClubFloyd | his grandeur. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You're closer to it than any other Fae, whether friend or foe. The 		
ClubFloyd | distortions in space, time and mind are filling your brain with 		
ClubFloyd | thoughts not your own, impossible thoughts, radiating from the 		
ClubFloyd | cloud. You can feel your identity and soul being ripped to shreds, 		
ClubFloyd | and you desperately look for something to cling on to. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I try to hold on to memories of beauty and form, crystal vases 		
ClubFloyd | and spidersilk gloves. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I have an unbreakable heart. I think of my friends, of my duty, 		
ClubFloyd | and of my iron will. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I think of the natural world, and everything I would lose if I 		
ClubFloyd | were gone: sunsets, and wyvernback rides, and fresh water from 		
ClubFloyd | mountain streams. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "A may be happy thoughts?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or elegant ones, which would be bad."
		DavidW says, "I can't remember how we've done previously with nature options."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think C could be good."
		DavidW says, "I want to pick C, yes."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect they go with rustic, which is at 60 something."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | In the cold and shadow of the darkness screaming above you, your 		
ClubFloyd | thoughts turn to warmth and light. A campfire in a lonesome desert, 		
ClubFloyd | the song of a phoenix in its empyrean lair. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The void still glowers above you, but it can't touch your heart. It 		
ClubFloyd | pulses for a minute, flashing a million points of light. Were those 		
ClubFloyd | stars? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This isn't what you expected at all. The Nightmare King above you 		
ClubFloyd | is motionless. For a fleeting moment, you feel as if you've come to 		
ClubFloyd | an understanding with the un-understandable. You feel a presence to 		
ClubFloyd | your side, and you see Carl Alan beside you, staring up at the 		
ClubFloyd | void. He feels it, too. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Together, you look up and watch as the Nightmare King engulfs you, 		
ClubFloyd | and you feel the presence of a mind unlike any other you've seen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You feel a rush of thoughts and feelings. Fear. An image of Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. Anger. Fractured Quartz. The earth, from space. The Fae 		
ClubFloyd | world from above. Confusion. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's suffocating. The Nightmare King is a being beyond anything 		
ClubFloyd | you've seen. But, amid all the messages and memories coming into 		
ClubFloyd | your brain, something is recognizable. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "He's a kid, isn't he?" says Carl Alan. You nod. It's true. The 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King is a child, small for his kind. And he's frightened 		
ClubFloyd | and alone. Something is wrong with him. You need to help him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I've spent the last year studying the Kingdom of Dreams and the 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King as often as I could. I understand this creature. I 		
ClubFloyd | know how to help. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I've gained Carl Alan's trust. Together, we can soothe the 		
ClubFloyd | beast. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I can sense the other elves nearby. If they trust me enough, I 		
ClubFloyd | can persuade them to enter the King as well, we could work 		
ClubFloyd | together. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "I like B."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm a bit sceptical that we have his trust, but that may be our best option."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Carl Alan," you say, "I need you to help me. This creature is 		
ClubFloyd | scared and alone. I need us to focus together like we tried 		
ClubFloyd | before." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan looks at you hesitantly. "What should we think about?" he 		
ClubFloyd | asks. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Are you excited about Christmas?" you ask. "We could think about 		
ClubFloyd | that. If he feels us united and focused, it could bridge the gap, 		
ClubFloyd | help us communicate." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Okay, but only if you tell me what I'm getting for Christmas," he 		
ClubFloyd | says. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You stare at him, but his eyes remain adamant. "You're getting a 		
ClubFloyd | book of magic tricks," you say. "Now, hurry!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Together, you think of Christmas with all your heart. You can feel 		
ClubFloyd | the Nightmare King's mind pulling closer to yours, joining in. He 		
ClubFloyd | projects an image into your mind: a small elf-child, shivering in 		
ClubFloyd | the cold. You project yourself into the mental image, showing 		
ClubFloyd | yourself throwing a blanket over the child. Carl Alan enters the 		
ClubFloyd | picture as well, bringing cookies. The mind-child smiles. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The King pulls away from you and Carl Alan both, lifting into the 		
ClubFloyd | air. You fall out of his inky darkness and onto the grass. The 		
ClubFloyd | bright light of the human world almost blinds you, but you can see 		
ClubFloyd | the armies of the Kingdom of Dreams on their knees in respect to 		
ClubFloyd | the King, while the elves and Mrs. Claus are waiting, alert for 		
ClubFloyd | what might happen next. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The King rises further, shrinking into himself as he pulls away 		
ClubFloyd | from these worlds. He diminishes to a small drop of inky black and 		
ClubFloyd | disappears. Hopefully he finds others of his kind, you think. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan runs back into the house to find his mother. The two 		
ClubFloyd | armies stare at each other in silence. Mrs. Claus turns to look at 		
ClubFloyd | you. And there, in the back of the Kingdom of Dreams, you see 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz trying to sneak away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The fate of both forces lies in the balance. What do you do? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) The Kingdom of Dreams started this war. We will end it. I lead 		
ClubFloyd | the elves against the Kingdom of Dreams. 		
ClubFloyd | B) My knowledge of the King and the Kingdom is enough to convince 		
ClubFloyd | them to follow me instead of Fractured Quartz. I stage a takeover. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Claus Castle is weak, now. I can invite the Kingdom to join and 		
ClubFloyd | strengthen us if I can convince Mrs. Claus and Fractured Quartz to 		
ClubFloyd | go along with it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "A was our stated goal."
		Knight_Otu asks, "But maybe C?"
		DavidW says, "I *really* don't know."
		Knight_Otu says, "I feel we fought too hard for Christmas to betray it with B."
		DavidW asks, "What does C even mean? I like the idea of turning enemies into friends, but how on earth would the creatures of Christmas and Nightmare interact?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Many of them are Fae creatures, to my understanding, recruited amongst others from the Castle."
		DavidW says, "C gives us a chance to be stronger against the other two forces we're up against."
		Knight_Otu says, "I wanted to say that, actually, but kind of forgot."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we try C?"
		DavidW says, "I guess I pick C, yes."
		DavidW says, "Hope it works."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Fae of the Kingdom of Dreams," you shout, "Your King is not what 		
ClubFloyd | you thought he was. You have been misled. But it need not be in 		
ClubFloyd | vain. Lay down your weapons and become one with us, not our slaves, 		
ClubFloyd | but our fellow citizens at Claus Castle. Repair the error you have 		
ClubFloyd | made." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You turn to Fractured Quartz. "Prophet of the Kingdom," you say, 		
ClubFloyd | "Will you promise, under oath, to serve Mrs. Claus, and to work 		
ClubFloyd | together with us?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz looks at Mrs. Claus, and she stares back. Both 		
ClubFloyd | sides are silent. You wonder if Fractured Quartz is thinking about 		
ClubFloyd | Candid. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But your efforts are fruitless. Their faces both set into frowns, 		
ClubFloyd | and they turn from each other. Quartz paces a few feet away, then 		
ClubFloyd | turns back. "We will never serve the elves! As long as we live, we 		
ClubFloyd | will seek what was once ours!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz stalks away, and the Kingdom of Dreams follows 		
ClubFloyd | them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --As the day winds down, elves and the followers of the 		
ClubFloyd | King together walk through the holes in the world back into their 		
ClubFloyd | own. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus approaches you. "This has been a grim day. But, I'm glad 		
ClubFloyd | you were able to hold them off," she says. "Candid was able to get 		
ClubFloyd | the factory running again, and I had very little trouble with the 		
ClubFloyd | dragons. It's likely that Flickering Flame saw our confusion and 		
ClubFloyd | took advantage." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She puts a hand on your shoulder, and says, "Thanks, Club. I don't 		
ClubFloyd | know what I'd do without you." She's standing very close, and you 		
ClubFloyd | can smell wintermint and pine needles from her hair. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I give her a hug. 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I don't know what I'd do without you, goddess." 		
ClubFloyd | C) I take a small step away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "B, I guess."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You grin at each other. Claus grips your hand for a moment, and 		
ClubFloyd | says, "Then we'll just have to support each other, won't we?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you look at the house together. The entire thing has 		
ClubFloyd | been crushed, and swirling portals riddle the nearby landscape. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "What are we going to do about this place?" you ask Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | "It's going to be hard to keep this secret from the humans. The 		
ClubFloyd | neighbors have probably been recording everything." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | At the mention of the neighbors, a door opens in the side of the 		
ClubFloyd | house closest to you. Out walks a tall, dark-eyed woman wearing a 		
ClubFloyd | black suit. She seems unfazed by the presence of you, Mrs. Claus, 		
ClubFloyd | or the gaping portals to another world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I couldn't help but overhear you," she says. "Yes, it's true that 		
ClubFloyd | you've been recorded. But the general public won't know. We've been 		
ClubFloyd | taking care of the situation. Consider it a gift from Krinkle Corp. 		
ClubFloyd | We'll clean up here." Out of the corner of your eye, you notice a 		
ClubFloyd | long convoy of black vans coming down the road. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus frowns. "And what if we decline your assistance?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She hands a small business card to Mrs. Claus. "My employer, Mr. 		
ClubFloyd | Leontari, would be interested in discussing the matter with you in 		
ClubFloyd | person. Here's his card. I hope to see you soon." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She turns and walks back towards the house. Over her shoulder, she 		
ClubFloyd | says, as she enters, "I suggest you two go, now. The process we'll 		
ClubFloyd | be using here is hazardous for those of your������particular nature." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus looks at you, and the convoy, and at the card in her 		
ClubFloyd | hand. She turns and strides towards the portal, and you follow her 		
ClubFloyd | back to the Fae world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "well"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "Shooed off by the Neighbourhood Watch."
		Knight_Otu says, "More like Neighborhood Krinkle Corp."
		DavidW asks, "Why were they even in the area?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Inside intel, I would guess."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Eight Enter the Beast] 		
ClubFloyd | There is little time to process your relief over the Nightmare 		
ClubFloyd | King. Events are piling on each other, and Krinkle Corp's 		
ClubFloyd | invitation has had an electrifying effect on Mrs. Claus. She 		
ClubFloyd | arranges for your visit in haste. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's gray and cold as you and Mrs. Claus pull up to Krinkle Corp 		
ClubFloyd | headquarters in New York City in a cab. Glowing animated billboards 		
ClubFloyd | display ads for Krinkle Corp's Lenswarden and Madame Time action 		
ClubFloyd | figures. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This deep into the human world, you've had to adopt a more human 		
ClubFloyd | disguise. You're used to changing your form quite a bit anyway, so 		
ClubFloyd | it won't be a great burden for you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The Corporation seems aware of your true nature, of course, but you 		
ClubFloyd | doubt that knowledge extends to the lower ranks. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus has gone for a muted look in a burgundy peacoat, but her 		
ClubFloyd | piercing eyes and frost-white hair demand attention. Her normal 		
ClubFloyd | form is fairly human, so she hasn't had to change much. What 		
ClubFloyd | disguise have you chosen? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'm dressed as a hairy, knuckle-cracking thug in a dingy fedora 		
ClubFloyd | and matching overcoat. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I prefer a subtle approach. I'm disguised as Mrs. Claus's child 		
ClubFloyd | with a neat hat and tidy braids. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I match Mrs. Claus's tough-as-steel style as closely as 		
ClubFloyd | possible. We could be twins. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I may have to be disguised, but I can still stand out. I am a 		
ClubFloyd | mysterious figure with a domino mask and a feathered headdress. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "Have we heard of Leontari before?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I *think* so. But I'm not sure where."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Probably during our visit to... Crank?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, new chapter after all. I guess it's another three chapters dealing with each of the threats after the three chapters scoping them out."
		DavidW says, "I'm leaning towards B here. This place does make toys after all. They might give free samples to visiting kids."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, that's reasonable."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you step out of the cab. Mrs. Claus nods towards the 		
ClubFloyd | driver, whom you pay with a small wad of dollar bills. She pulls 		
ClubFloyd | off. The neon light from the billboards plays over the car as it 		
ClubFloyd | drives away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look at Mrs. Claus, who seems lost in thought. The 		
ClubFloyd | confrontation with the Kingdom of Dreams wore out both of you. And 		
ClubFloyd | now this. Sometimes you wish you could take a vacation. At least 		
ClubFloyd | with Fractured Quartz having gone to ground somewhere, you feel 		
ClubFloyd | more at ease, although Candid has been especially morose recently. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You shake your head and look around. Krinkle Corp headquarters 		
ClubFloyd | rises in front you, dozens of stories tall. The weathered stone is 		
ClubFloyd | old and full of memories. It almost seems resentful of the gaudy 		
ClubFloyd | electronics strung across the front of it. The entrance archway is 		
ClubFloyd | grandiose, stonework and stained glass rising twenty feet or more 		
ClubFloyd | in the air, while the doors themselves are modern steel and 		
ClubFloyd | plexiglass. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll be going in first, as Mrs. Claus's bodyguard and confidante. 		
ClubFloyd | It's time to work on your strategy. A first impression sets the 		
ClubFloyd | tone for the entire negotiation. You've already made a conciliatory 		
ClubFloyd | choice of appearance. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I walk confidently to the doors and push them open without 		
ClubFloyd | waiting for security. They need to know that we take action. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I want to start things off amicably. I walk to the doors and 		
ClubFloyd | knock politely. 		
ClubFloyd | C) They need to show respect for Mrs. Claus. They can come to us. 		
ClubFloyd | We wait stoically. 		
ClubFloyd | D) It's cold, and I just want to go inside. I shout "Hello!" and 		
ClubFloyd | hope someone hears us. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "The last chapter was short. Hopefully this one will be as well."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "B"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "B" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You take a few quick steps to the doors and tap. After a moment's 		
ClubFloyd | wait, you hear a buzzer. The door clicks open, gliding on automatic 		
ClubFloyd | hinges. Then you enter, and Mrs. Claus follows close behind you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The lobby is brightly lit, with a sweeping antique staircase 		
ClubFloyd | dominating the open space. Rows of stainless steel doors, painted 		
ClubFloyd | in brown and gold, flank the staircase to either side. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Four guards in suits stand in a line in front of the staircase, 		
ClubFloyd | each wearing dark glasses and a headset. One of the guards steps 		
ClubFloyd | forward. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Mr. Leontari will be a few minutes. He invites you to the 		
ClubFloyd | reception hall to wait." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus graciously inclines her head, and the guards escort you 		
ClubFloyd | up the stairs. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The oldest guard, a man with a salt and pepper beard, 		
ClubFloyd | looks down at you as you skip up the stairs. You smile sweetly at 		
ClubFloyd | him, then stick out your tongue. The guard looks away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are brought to a large room, filled with mostly empty tables 		
ClubFloyd | and chairs covered in dust covers. One table has been prepared with 		
ClubFloyd | an exquisite banquet. Caviar, lobster tail, warm pastries, baklava, 		
ClubFloyd | and other delicacies are provided for your pleasure. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus, still seemingly lost in some distant thought, leans 		
ClubFloyd | over you to grab a honey cake. She whispers to you as her mouth 		
ClubFloyd | grazes your ear, "I need to investigate something for a moment. 		
ClubFloyd | Distract them." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She takes a bite out of the cake and walks away. You keep a 		
ClubFloyd | straight face but start devising your plan. You'll need to play off 		
ClubFloyd | your strengths. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I show the guards just how much food this body can fit. This 		
ClubFloyd | ought to be fun. 		
ClubFloyd | B) There's a piano in the corner. I play a complex and elegant 		
ClubFloyd | concerto, something that will dazzle them. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I use my natural open-mindedness and curiosity to my benefit. I 		
ClubFloyd | ply the guards with questions until I wear them down. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "C?"
		DavidW says, "oh yes"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You slowly sidle up to the guard with a goatee and wait patiently, 		
ClubFloyd | looking at them, trying to come up with a question. One pops into 		
ClubFloyd | your head. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "So, you seen anything interesting on the job here?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He shrugs. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You try to think of something else you'd be interested in knowing. 		
ClubFloyd | "Do you like any of this food?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He shrugs again. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Honestly, you're not a naturally curious person, and trying to find 		
ClubFloyd | topics in this line is turning out to be fairly difficult. The 		
ClubFloyd | guard turns and walks away. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus watches you with a perturbed expression on her face. You 		
ClubFloyd | shrug helplessly. She sighs and sits back at the table, glumly 		
ClubFloyd | pulling apart a roll and buttering each piece. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "But, but..."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The largest set of doors at the end of the room open and 		
ClubFloyd | a tall, awkward man in an olive-colored suit peeks in. The guards 		
ClubFloyd | all snap to attention. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The man waves apologetically at the guards, and strides to Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. He grasps her by the hand. "Phil, Phil Archer. I'm the Vice 		
ClubFloyd | President of Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus nods politely without breaking eye contact. "Diana 		
ClubFloyd | Claus." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil grins, but it doesn't extend to his still-cautious eyes. He 		
ClubFloyd | says, "I'd just like to extend my welcome to you and your, uh, kid 		
ClubFloyd | here on behalf of Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He clears his throat, and says, "Mr. Leontari is ready for you. 		
ClubFloyd | Please follow me." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He leads you towards the double doors, and the three of you enter a 		
ClubFloyd | long corridor, with the guards following behind. You immediately 		
ClubFloyd | feel a dull, gray presence. A magic inhibitor? This might be what 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus was talking about, in the walls. But she wasn't able to 		
ClubFloyd | finish her investigations, so you'll have to deal with this on your 		
ClubFloyd | own. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I have a thaumaturgical signal scrambler in my pocket. I 		
ClubFloyd | activate it and hope for the best. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Christmas magic is different from other kinds and might be 		
ClubFloyd | harder to inhibit. I establish a conduit of magical hope and wonder 		
ClubFloyd | leading past the range of the inhibitor, like a high-voltage 		
ClubFloyd | magical wire. 		
ClubFloyd | C) The system might be targeting visible magic. I subdue our auras, 		
ClubFloyd | hiding our magic with trickery where it can't find it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 16% / Open Minded: 84% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 66% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 65% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 75% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: Legendary Elf 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The largest set of doors at the end of the room open and a tall, 		
ClubFloyd | awkward man in an olive-colored suit peeks in. The guards all snap 		
ClubFloyd | to attention. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The man waves apologetically at the guards, and strides to Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. He grasps her by the hand. "Phil, Phil Archer. I'm the Vice 		
ClubFloyd | President of Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus nods politely without breaking eye contact. "Diana 		
ClubFloyd | Claus." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil grins, but it doesn't extend to his still-cautious eyes. He 		
ClubFloyd | says, "I'd just like to extend my welcome to you and your, uh, kid 		
ClubFloyd | here on behalf of Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He clears his throat, and says, "Mr. Leontari is ready for you. 		
ClubFloyd | Please follow me." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He leads you towards the double doors, and the three of you enter a 		
ClubFloyd | long corridor, with the guards following behind. You immediately 		
ClubFloyd | feel a dull, gray presence. A magic inhibitor? This might be what 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus was talking about, in the walls. But she wasn't able to 		
ClubFloyd | finish her investigations, so you'll have to deal with this on your 		
ClubFloyd | own. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I have a thaumaturgical signal scrambler in my pocket. I 		
ClubFloyd | activate it and hope for the best. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Christmas magic is different from other kinds and might be 		
ClubFloyd | harder to inhibit. I establish a conduit of magical hope and wonder 		
ClubFloyd | leading past the range of the inhibitor, like a high-voltage 		
ClubFloyd | magical wire. 		
ClubFloyd | C) The system might be targeting visible magic. I subdue our auras, 		
ClubFloyd | hiding our magic with trickery where it can't find it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "That must have been an unlucky roll, I guess."
		DavidW says, "I like B."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You focus on a Christmas memory of watching a family of seven 		
ClubFloyd | children open gifts that you had hand-chosen for them. The parents' 		
ClubFloyd | memories had been altered, as usual, so their joy was just as real 		
ClubFloyd | as the children's. Concentrating, you extrude the memory, spooling 		
ClubFloyd | it out like thread in your palm, and you ball it up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Then you make a discreet casting motion, throwing the ball of 		
ClubFloyd | thread behind you. The guards shouldn't notice concentrated hope 		
ClubFloyd | rolling by. Unless they're Fae, which is doubtful, given their 		
ClubFloyd | scent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The ball rolls down the hall and bounces off the door, headed back 		
ClubFloyd | your way. It smacks into the foot of one of the guards and gets 		
ClubFloyd | absorbed. She smiles and breathes deeply, blindly absorbing your 		
ClubFloyd | magical cheer. Oh well. It was worth a shot. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You sigh. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil stops briefly before an imposing door carved with a lion's 		
ClubFloyd | head. He ushers you into a penthouse office with wrap-around 		
ClubFloyd | windows letting in the twilight. Bookshelves line the interior 		
ClubFloyd | wall. Mr. Leontari stands behind a broad desk, facing away from 		
ClubFloyd | you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil and the guards leave. The doors close behind you with a solid 		
ClubFloyd | "thunk." You can't suppress a shiver. Mrs. Claus squeezes your 		
ClubFloyd | hand. She leans in and whispers, "Be firm. It will be all right." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mr. Leontari turns and faces you. His appearance is astonishing. 		
ClubFloyd | You don't know what to focus on first. What's your first 		
ClubFloyd | impression? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) The well-oiled and neatly-trimmed tawny beard spilling over his 		
ClubFloyd | chest. It's impressive. 		
ClubFloyd | B) The dark eyes hidden under lowering brows. They seem to take in 		
ClubFloyd | everything at once. It's unsettling. 		
ClubFloyd | C) The expertly-tailored suit and well-cobbled shoes. They look 		
ClubFloyd | hand-made by an expert. The ostentatious display is off-putting. 		
ClubFloyd | D) The expert grace that he carries himself with. It's surprising, 		
ClubFloyd | given his musculature. And it's welcoming. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "Well, he is a lion, yes?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		DavidW says, "well, maybe not literally, but in essence, he's a lion in human form. The kingliness, strength, majesty, etc."
		DavidW says, "And also a predator with teeth."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess I could see that."
		DavidW says, "And claws."
		DavidW says, "I like A or D here."
		Knight_Otu says, "I could go with any of them."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Please, be seated," says Mr. Leontari. He gestures, indicating a 		
ClubFloyd | pair of armchairs near an end table with two cups of tea. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus sits down. She pulls off her gloves and folds them 		
ClubFloyd | before grabbing a cup. It's clear she intends you to follow her 		
ClubFloyd | lead and sit calmly. The tension is getting to you, though. The 		
ClubFloyd | guards, the inhibitor. Mr. Leontari is trying to intimidate you. 		
ClubFloyd | How do you react? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I sit down, imitating Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I sit down, but I subtly keep my weight on my toes, ready to 		
ClubFloyd | spring into action. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I remain standing, partly between Mr. Leontari and Mrs. Claus, 		
ClubFloyd | ready to defend her in case of danger. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I remain standing, refusing to participate in this farce. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "A, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You settle yourself down by plopping into the provided chair. Then 		
ClubFloyd | you grab the tea and sip. Mrs. Claus smiles briefly, and Mr. 		
ClubFloyd | Leontari seems pleased at your acquiescence. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mr. Leontari breaks the silence. "Mrs. Claus," he says, leaning his 		
ClubFloyd | bulk forward, "let me be brief. Krinkle Corp can no longer tolerate 		
ClubFloyd | the influence of magical beings in the mortal world. And yes, we 		
ClubFloyd | know exactly who you are. But, before we take action, I am giving 		
ClubFloyd | you one chance. I'm offering to buy you out." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus merely raises an eyebrow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You may find us beyond your means," says Mrs. Claus. "Our 		
ClubFloyd | organization is vast and has been under independent management for 		
ClubFloyd | millennia. " 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No, I don't think you're quite as strong as you say, Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | I'm told you've lost a considerable investment in the last few 		
ClubFloyd | months. Multiple investments. A Heart, and," he says as he turns to 		
ClubFloyd | you, "a List." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You wince. Mrs. Claus is impassive, but her eyes are gleaming. She 		
ClubFloyd | always did love the deadly dance of corporate negotiation. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She looks at you. "What do you think, Club? Should we sell 		
ClubFloyd | ourselves to Krinkle Corp?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) You laugh contemptuously. Ridiculous! 		
ClubFloyd | B) You speak to him directly. "Mr. Leontari, I'll be frank. I think 		
ClubFloyd | you're biting off more than you can chew." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "We don't know what they have to offer yet. We should give him a 		
ClubFloyd | chance to explain himself." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I'm sure we can figure this out together. But the idea does 		
ClubFloyd | seem pretty ridiculous." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "hm. D looks best to me."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Mr Leontari, are you mistaking yourself for the President of the Mortal wworld?"
		Knight_Otu says, "D seems fine, yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Mr. Leontari frowns at you. Mrs. Claus smiles and sips her tea. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mr. Leontari says, "Cards on the table. I'm prepared to facilitate 		
ClubFloyd | the return of your two artifacts. Offer you positions on the board, 		
ClubFloyd | a thirty percent interest in the conglomerate. Independence in your 		
ClubFloyd | own sphere." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "In return for?" asks Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "In return, we ask that you remain in that sphere. We ask that the 		
ClubFloyd | pathways between worlds be closed to all traffic except official 		
ClubFloyd | Krinkle Corp business. We ask that the Fae world remove itself from 		
ClubFloyd | the interests of our world." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "And what of Christmas?" asks Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The practice of Christmas would be abolished," says Mr. Leontari. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No Christmas?" you think. Your overarching goal is to restore Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus to her rightful place. But would you still feel comfortable 		
ClubFloyd | if that place didn't involve Christmas? If Mrs. Claus led you into 		
ClubFloyd | a new direction, a corporate partnership? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This is Mrs. Claus's decision, of course. But how would you feel 		
ClubFloyd | about Christmas being gone? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Good riddance. Quasi-religious holidays do no good for the 		
ClubFloyd | mortals. But a corporate partnership could bring me influence in 		
ClubFloyd | the human world. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I would honestly be happy to see Christmas go. But I would 		
ClubFloyd | rather work in the Nine Hells than become a business executive. 		
ClubFloyd | C) A partnership between the realms is an exciting idea. But I 		
ClubFloyd | would hate to lose Christmas. It means so much to me. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Any choice that involves ending Christmas is off the table. I'm 		
ClubFloyd | a Yuletide elf to the core. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I'd say D. We've fought so hard for it..."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | While you are pondering your own feelings, Mrs. Claus rises to her 		
ClubFloyd | feet. "Mr. Leontari," she says. "I'm afraid that I must reject your 		
ClubFloyd | offer. You are naive. The dealings of the Fae realm are beyond your 		
ClubFloyd | ken if you believe that I could oppose the will of the Great Seven. 		
ClubFloyd | I pity you for the oncoming storm that you have brought upon 		
ClubFloyd | yourself by challenging them." She stands, opens the door, and 		
ClubFloyd | motions for you to follow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I think not, Mrs. Claus." He extends his hand, and a feeling of 		
ClubFloyd | intense anger floods the room. He flicks his wrist, and the door 		
ClubFloyd | slams shut. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus does not seem surprised. In one fluid motion, she brings 		
ClubFloyd | an obsidian dagger from inside her sleeve and slings it across the 		
ClubFloyd | room. It hits Leontari's suit jacket and bounces off. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Mr. Leontari grins, and his face softens and morphs. He 		
ClubFloyd | shifts, growing even larger, his beard and hair lengthening. His 		
ClubFloyd | suit shifts into a heavy lion's skin wrapped around him. He can't 		
ClubFloyd | be a bleeder. He must be a Fae. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus says, "Hercules. I've long suspected you were at the 		
ClubFloyd | head of Krinkle Corp. I had to piece the clues together by myself. 		
ClubFloyd | By the time I entered this building, I knew it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "And yet you stayed, dear sister." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Half-sister, Hercules. You don't think I knew what I was doing? I 		
ClubFloyd | didn't get where I am by leaving loose ends, Hercules. I'm here to 		
ClubFloyd | make _you_ an offer. Shut down Krinkle Corp, and return to the Fae 		
ClubFloyd | world where you belong." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He shakes his head. "No." He then slams his hand down on a button 		
ClubFloyd | on the table. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | From every angle of the room, you feel a terrible pull on your 		
ClubFloyd | magic. Dampeners, like the ones in the hallway, but far more 		
ClubFloyd | powerful. You can feel the clockworks in your pocket grinding to a 		
ClubFloyd | halt, the disguise you wear being stripped away, and your emotions 		
ClubFloyd | being dampened. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mr. Leontari shrinks a bit and loses some of his luster, but he 		
ClubFloyd | still towers over the two of you. Mrs. Claus looks frailer, older 		
ClubFloyd | and worn, but her eyes are still hard and cold as ice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He grabs a heavy cane from behind his chair and stalks forward 		
ClubFloyd | around his desk. You need to stop him, but you don't have access to 		
ClubFloyd | your magic. All you have left is your years of knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I can see a structural instability in one of the bookshelves. I 		
ClubFloyd | send the whole thing toppling towards him. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I've heard hundreds of rumors about Hercules over the years. I 		
ClubFloyd | know his weaknesses, and I take advantage. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I may not have magic, but I still have a trick or two up my 		
ClubFloyd | sleeve. I distract him with sleight of hand and let Mrs. Claus get 		
ClubFloyd | the jump on him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think A and C are potentially viable."
		DavidW says, "I'm very curious about B, if he can be stopped with mere words."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. Rumors are rumors. Who knows how real those rumors are."
		DavidW says, "Hero to zero in no time flat."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "Since it's just the two of us, you'll have to be the tie-breaker. Pick your own choice and ignore mine."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | There it is, on the right side of the third shelf. One of the 		
ClubFloyd | anchoring bolts is strained, holding more weight than it should. 		
ClubFloyd | You make your move. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's hard, sprinting without magic. You feel slow and bloated. But 		
ClubFloyd | you scramble as quickly as you can toward the bookshelf. You snatch 		
ClubFloyd | up a paperweight along the way and throw it at the bolt. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The paperweight hits the bolt, but it just knocks it back in the 		
ClubFloyd | hole. Your structural analysis failed: the bolt was just loose, not 		
ClubFloyd | holding up anything. Mr. Leontari raises the cane and brings it 		
ClubFloyd | swiftly down towards Mrs. Claus. She jumps out of the way, but it 		
ClubFloyd | strikes her side on the way down. She winces. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you square off, facing Hercules. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Shouts echo down the hallway outside. You can make out Phil's 		
ClubFloyd | voice, and the guards. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules grins, and says, "I've trained them for this. You aren't 		
ClubFloyd | leaving this room until I'm finished with you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus says, "I thought you might bring reinforcements. That's 		
ClubFloyd | why I've brought my own. There's someone you're probably dying to 		
ClubFloyd | see." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Darnit."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --She whistles sharply, and you hear sleigh bells in the 		
ClubFloyd | distance. Hercules's face reddens. He says, "That feels 		
ClubFloyd | like������Dad?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Outside the windows, piercing through the clouds, come four of the 		
ClubFloyd | reindeer with Donner at their head. He tosses his head, shaking the 		
ClubFloyd | bells, and charges at the window. Your heart fills with hope. 		
ClubFloyd | Donner is a close friend of yours, and you trust him here. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As they get close, though, they drop drastically. Pulling away, 		
ClubFloyd | they circle again for another try. Mrs. Claus says, "It's the 		
ClubFloyd | inhibitors! Try to weaken them as much as you can. Help the 		
ClubFloyd | reindeer get through!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules is absorbed by the scene outside the window. His hand is 		
ClubFloyd | on the glass, and he's staring at his transformed father as all the 		
ClubFloyd | reindeer climb back upwards. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need to find a way to stop the inhibitors������without magic, 		
ClubFloyd | of course. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) They might be electrically powered if they dampen magical 		
ClubFloyd | sources. I try to create a short in the circuitry of the room. 		
ClubFloyd | B) The devices seem to have a short lag before taking effect. I can 		
ClubFloyd | try to scramble the circuits by attempting to shift into dozens of 		
ClubFloyd | forms in succession. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Hercules would have trouble making this equipment on his own. I 		
ClubFloyd | think I might have seen something like this before. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Should we hope for B to work?"
		DavidW says, "I want to pick A. Pour some of that tea on anything electrical."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You notice a gold-looking statue on the desk. Given Hercules's 		
ClubFloyd | fondness for extravagance, it probably is gold������an excellent 		
ClubFloyd | conductor. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But there aren't any visible sockets to put it in. Everything is 		
ClubFloyd | sleek lines and solid surfaces. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Suddenly, you get an idea. You crawl under the desk, lifting up the 		
ClubFloyd | rug to try and find a hidden outlet. Unfortunately, all you see is 		
ClubFloyd | a pile of chicken bones. Hercules must hide them there after his 		
ClubFloyd | lunches. Come to think of it, you really should have known there'd 		
ClubFloyd | be no outlet there, as there are no electrical devices on the 		
ClubFloyd | computer. Your tech skills might be getting rusty. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Seeing your struggle, Mrs. Claus decides to take matters into her 		
ClubFloyd | own hands. She lowers down and sprints at the wall, leaping and 		
ClubFloyd | striking it dead-center with her heeled boot. It cracks, and Donner 		
ClubFloyd | and the other reindeer plummet from an angle, smashing through the 		
ClubFloyd | glass and tromping into the room. Donner immediately charges into a 		
ClubFloyd | wall with his antlers, tearing it up and revealing machinery behind 		
ClubFloyd | the wood paneling. He kicks it until it stops sparking, then 		
ClubFloyd | surveys the room. He sees Mrs. Claus kneeling on the floor and 		
ClubFloyd | holding a bleeding leg. He looks at you and glares. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "geez, we keep messing it up and Mrs C has to rescue us."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "She might have been better off going alone."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus points at the door, and the other reindeer 		
ClubFloyd | rush to hold it against the oncoming guards. Donner then looks at 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules. With the magic returning in the room, Hercules reverts to 		
ClubFloyd | his human disguise, as do you. Mrs. Claus looks taller again, 		
ClubFloyd | stronger, more present. But Donner stays the same. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules notices this and is perturbed. "What did you do to him, 		
ClubFloyd | Diana?" he asks. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "It wasn't me. It was blood magic, by the others in the 		
ClubFloyd | war������transformation into an animal, irreversible," she says. 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules starts breathing faster. Donner reaches down and pulls a 		
ClubFloyd | shard of glass out of his right foreleg with his teeth. There's 		
ClubFloyd | blood on it. Mrs. Claus gestures and the blood begins to glow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules looks back and forth at everyone desperately. "You all 		
ClubFloyd | left me to rot in the mortal world, because I was half-human! What 		
ClubFloyd | did you expect I would do? Worship you? I hated you, but I hated 		
ClubFloyd | you with reason. You had no right to punish me for what you 		
ClubFloyd | caused." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He turns to you, finally, imploring. "You see what they're doing, 		
ClubFloyd | don't you? The old guard, caring about nothing but themselves and 		
ClubFloyd | preserving their rights. Merging the human world and the Fae and 		
ClubFloyd | leaving those of us caught in the middle to die. My own father 		
ClubFloyd | abandoning me and all his other half-breeds! You, you seem 		
ClubFloyd | different. Don't let them do this." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Everyone is looking at you now. Even the sounds from outside the 		
ClubFloyd | room have died down. What do you say? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Take him back to the Fae world to stand trial. He's used magic. 		
ClubFloyd | He's one of us now, and should be punished accordingly. But don't 		
ClubFloyd | transform him." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Take your revenge on him. Transform him. He's just a thug and a 		
ClubFloyd | criminal." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "If what he says is true, you have both done wrong. Let him go. 		
ClubFloyd | Give him one last chance." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "'Thank you for helping to save Christmas, Club. Here's your pink slip and a referral.'"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		DavidW says, "I'm not even beginning to understand the larger picture."
		Knight_Otu says, "So, I don't think I want C."
		Knight_Otu says, "There is probably a number of back story snippets in options we didn't choose."
		DavidW says, "Sorry, I just dropped my ham and relish mixture all over the floor."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh damn."
		DavidW says, "I guess I'm not eating that."
		DavidW says, "So pick A, then. It probably ends this chapter."
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll see."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus glares at Hercules, but says, "Very well. I have no 		
ClubFloyd | doubt that a tribunal would feel the same as I do. But I can afford 		
ClubFloyd | to wait." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules looks at you and says, "Thanks, I suppose. Though I'm not 		
ClubFloyd | sure this will be any better." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus says, "You will need to be bound." She hands him a 		
ClubFloyd | crystal orb, and says, "Look deeply into the orb." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Hercules scoffs. "How will that bind me? What's inside the������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | While he peers at the orb, Mrs. Claus clasps her hands and chops 		
ClubFloyd | him viciously in the back of the neck. He passes out, and she drags 		
ClubFloyd | him over Donner's back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She notices you watching, and shrugs. "Safer this way." She 		
ClubFloyd | produces silk ropes and ties him down securely, then kneels and 		
ClubFloyd | whispers in Donner's ear. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You watch as Donner and the reindeer fly off until they 		
ClubFloyd | are no more than a twinkle in the sky. Mrs. Claus sinks into a 		
ClubFloyd | chair. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The door is pushed open quietly, and Phil walks in. He looks 		
ClubFloyd | distraught: his eyes are red, and his sleek hair is strayed. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I've been watching on the security cameras," he says, indicating a 		
ClubFloyd | recess in the corner of the ceiling. "Mr.������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He chokes a bit. "Mr. Leontari gave me very specific instructions 		
ClubFloyd | about his meeting. I was aware of his nature, but I didn't������I 		
ClubFloyd | didn't expect him to be taken away. And certainly not with such 		
ClubFloyd | force, ma'am," he says, looking at Mrs. Claus. "Anyway, I've been 		
ClubFloyd | asked to negotiate the relationship between Krinkle Corp and you 		
ClubFloyd | folks at Claus Castle." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus stands wearily, and says, "As you wish. I am feeling 		
ClubFloyd | unwell, and will not be able to negotiate at this time. My 		
ClubFloyd | associate, Club Floyd, will be able to conduct my affairs in my 		
ClubFloyd | stead." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil looks at you. With magic back, you've returned to your little 		
ClubFloyd | child disguise, although you're sure he saw your Fae form in the 		
ClubFloyd | tapes. How do you respond to this assignment? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I'd be more than happy to represent the Fae world during these 		
ClubFloyd | negotiations, Mr. Archer." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Let's do this, Phil. But be aware that I'm never letting you 		
ClubFloyd | guys get a foothold in the Fae realm again." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I'll do it, goddess, but this is really something you should 		
ClubFloyd | have done yourself." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "It seems rather pointless, doesn't it? But I suppose I have to. 		
ClubFloyd | That doesn't mean I have to like it, though." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "I kinda want to say C."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm thinking A may get us an ally if we don't mess up again."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, C is both true and a bit antagonistic."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus regards you coldly, then turns and walks out of the 		
ClubFloyd | broken glass window, forming a clear stairway of ice rising up into 		
ClubFloyd | the air. She is gone in moments. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil looks at you, nervous, but impressed. The two of you sit next 		
ClubFloyd | to each other in a couple of the armchairs that escaped the 		
ClubFloyd | destruction. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Closer to Phil, now, you can see the emotional toll he's suffered. 		
ClubFloyd | His face looks pale and clammy, and he seems as if he might throw 		
ClubFloyd | up at any minute. But he composes himself and addresses you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Okay, buddy, let's get this done with. Herc������Mr. Leontari and I 		
ClubFloyd | have talked about this a lot. We both agree our primary goal is to 		
ClubFloyd | retain coverage of the toy market and to diffuse sales away from 		
ClubFloyd | the holiday season as much as possible, to create a more uniform 		
ClubFloyd | market and income stream." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He coughs. "Our secondary goal is to, as completely as possible, 		
ClubFloyd | control all access between the two realms, and to prevent 		
ClubFloyd | unauthorized travel between the two. While the connections between 		
ClubFloyd | the worlds have been relatively stable, there are far too many for 		
ClubFloyd | human comfort." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He pulls out a mostly-empty water bottle and drinks the last few 		
ClubFloyd | drops, then asks, "What about you and your group? What are you 		
ClubFloyd | hoping to gain from this negotiation?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "To be honest, Phil, I've been considering leading a change in 		
ClubFloyd | the management at Claus Castle, and I could use a partner." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Our main goal is the continued safety of Mrs. Claus, Claus 		
ClubFloyd | Castle, and Christmas." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Well, Phil, the problem is that our goals are opposed. You'd 		
ClubFloyd | like to separate the worlds. I'd like to bring them together, 		
ClubFloyd | change the order, shake things up." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Frankly, Phil, I'm just looking for stability. Put something in 		
ClubFloyd | place that will keep us in lasting peace, and then move on." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Have you Krinkle guys heard about birthdays? Turns out kinds have them all around the year."
		DavidW says, "B seems to be how we've been playing, but I could be persuaded to D."
		Knight_Otu says, "I like B."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Tonight's events must have been extremely trying for Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | The best you can do is to set things right by her. That is your 		
ClubFloyd | main goal, after all. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil smiles, and some of the weariness leaves his face. "Loyalty to 		
ClubFloyd | your boss. I can appreciate that." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | He looks out at the glass, thinking. "I could be willing to propose 		
ClubFloyd | a withdrawal from our interactions with the other realm. But you 		
ClubFloyd | need to show me you can be trusted, first." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You've got to convince him to follow your plan. In all the mess, 		
ClubFloyd | it's hard for you to remember if you've been playing the tough elf 		
ClubFloyd | or the kind-hearted elf. But this is the time for your strategy to 		
ClubFloyd | shine. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Might as well be fully aggressive. "You can work with me or die. 		
ClubFloyd | You saw what we're capable of tonight." 		
ClubFloyd | B) It can't hurt to play nice. "Frankly, Phil, your company has 		
ClubFloyd | extensive resources. We can't afford not to negotiate." 		
ClubFloyd | C) I can play on our common goals. "Phil, we need each other. We're 		
ClubFloyd | not the only players in our respective fields. Peace is wiser." 		
ClubFloyd | D) He needs to know where he stands. "Mr. Archer, you're not 		
ClubFloyd | exactly in a position to negotiate. I'll only make this offer 		
ClubFloyd | once." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "B?"
		DavidW says, "yes, B"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | He sighs with relief and leans back. "Well, you've been more than 		
ClubFloyd | reasonable during your visit today, given the circumstances. I wish 		
ClubFloyd | I could say the same for your associates. Let's make this deal." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You smile. "We'll send you a copy of the agreement," you say, "and 		
ClubFloyd | you can look it over." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Alright, then. And don't worry about Mrs. Claus. After tonight, 		
ClubFloyd | I'll definitely stay out of her way," says Phil. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Not many can say to have gone toe to toe with Hercules and come out on top."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, we didn't, but Mrs. Claus did."
		DavidW says, "right"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Phil stands and walks out the door, leaving it open 		
ClubFloyd | behind him. An ashen-faced guard peeks his head in, but sees you 		
ClubFloyd | and retreats down the hallway. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look around the room. All the windows are shattered, and the 		
ClubFloyd | ground is wet. A puddle of blood lies by the door, the furniture is 		
ClubFloyd | smashed, and the entire wrap-around window is shattered, leaving 		
ClubFloyd | the room open to the elements. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The sky has cleared, leaving the stars to peek through. The wind 		
ClubFloyd | from outside blows through the room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | So much has happened these last few days. The Kingdom of Dreams is 		
ClubFloyd | no longer a threat, and Krinkle Corp just lost its leader. And 		
ClubFloyd | soon, you hope, you'll see Flickering Flame again. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Nine Flames Strike] 		
ClubFloyd | You limp across the snow, leaving a thin trail of crimson blood 		
ClubFloyd | behind you. You didn't have enough energy left to teleport directly 		
ClubFloyd | home, so you're hiking the last little bit. There's a lot on your 		
ClubFloyd | mind. Finding a long-lost sibling must have been shocking for 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. And to have them try to murder her. You shake your head. 		
ClubFloyd | It's all too much. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus Castle is silent and motionless ahead of you. Only the 		
ClubFloyd | torches on the battlements give any sign of life. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Something dark passes in front of a torch. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Who's there?" you ask. You crouch next to a dark bush. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No," says a voice, "you tell me who you are. Show yourself!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Candid?" you ask, stepping out from the shadow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Club?" says Candid, stepping into the light. She's taken the form 		
ClubFloyd | of a squat dwarf woman laden with heavy armor and a massive 		
ClubFloyd | battle-axe. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What you are doing up so late, Candid?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Is there something wrong at the Castle?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Has Mrs. Claus come back yet?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Where are the other guards?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Let's stop here for today, please."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, lets."
		Knight_Otu says, "We've made it through two chapters and threats."
		DavidW says, "yeah. Somehow."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Because Mrs Claus is much more competent than us?"
		DavidW says, "We did better against a nightmare army than I thought we even could be."
		DavidW says, "But yeah, Mrs C had to do *all* the heavy lifting in the Krinkle Corp chapter."
		Knight_Otu says, "True. Appeased an eldritch abomination, stumped by a corporate CEO."
		Knight_Otu says, "The fact that said CEO was Herc being not so important in our failings."
		DavidW says, "I gotta go dump this ham mixture into the kitchen trash. The smell of it is really annoying me now."
		Knight_Otu says, "I can only imagine."
		DavidW says, "ok, it's gone."
		Knight_Otu says, "So I guess next week we'll see how Mrs. Claus manages to loki up Flickering Flame."
		DavidW says, "I guess Flame is the largest threat? Unless there's a hidden danger we've all overlooked, which I imagine there must be."
		Knight_Otu says, "I imagine Flame has both the list and the heart."
		Knight_Otu says, "But yeah, something seems not to add up quite yet. It seemed as though the three threats were cooperating earlier, but the strikes are separate now.rather than a single coordinated attack."
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, I'll log off for tonight. Good night."
		DavidW says, "Maybe Morgan Le Fey will surprise us by being one of the kitchen help and causing trouble all along with the essence of gingerbread."
		
		
##### Session 7 		
		
		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 16% / Open Minded: 84% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 53% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 66% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 75% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: Legendary Elf 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Considering that we basically chided Mrs Claus for wanting to rest after that battle, 53% is surprisingly high."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Chapter Nine Flames Strike] 		
ClubFloyd | You limp across the snow, leaving a thin trail of crimson blood 		
ClubFloyd | behind you. You didn't have enough energy left to teleport directly 		
ClubFloyd | home, so you're hiking the last little bit. There's a lot on your 		
ClubFloyd | mind. Finding a long-lost sibling must have been shocking for 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. And to have them try to murder her. You shake your head. 		
ClubFloyd | It's all too much. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus Castle is silent and motionless ahead of you. Only the 		
ClubFloyd | torches on the battlements give any sign of life. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Something dark passes in front of a torch. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Who's there?" you ask. You crouch next to a dark bush. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "No," says a voice, "you tell me who you are. Show yourself!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Candid?" you ask, stepping out from the shadow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Club?" says Candid, stepping into the light. She's taken the form 		
ClubFloyd | of a squat dwarf woman laden with heavy armor and a massive 		
ClubFloyd | battle-axe. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What you are doing up so late, Candid?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Is there something wrong at the Castle?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Has Mrs. Claus come back yet?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Where are the other guards?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "We're doing our best to help her, but yeah, it fraying the relationship."
		Knight_Otu says, "So here I'd lean B I guess."
		DavidW says, "any of those should be okay. I need to visit the bathroom quickly."
		* ardi has joined the channel.
		Knight_Otu asks, "Hello ardi, you're here for ClubFloyd?"
		DavidW says, "back"
		ardi says (to Knight_Otu), "Yes, that was the idea."
		Knight_Otu says, "We're in the Clubhouse room right now. Jacq will have to add you to be able to come here."
		Knight_Otu says, "She seems to be busy right now, but you may be able to joinchannel Clubhouse to see what is going on."
		ardi says (to Knight_Otu), "Oh Okay"
		Knight_Otu says, "We're in -probably- the last chapters of a choice game that can't be saved, which is one of the reasons we're here."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | She rubs her downy beard thoughtfully. "I don't know, Club. I have 		
ClubFloyd | a bad feeling tonight. And it's not just me. The kitchen elves have 		
ClubFloyd | been especially grim. The souffl����s are falling and the soup is 		
ClubFloyd | burning. Something's bad, Club." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She asks, "What happened at Krinkle Corp, anyway? I honestly 		
ClubFloyd | haven't heard a thing about it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "They wanted to try a hostile takeover. It didn't go well for 		
ClubFloyd | them." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Mrs. Claus found a long-lost brother, apparently." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Krinkle Corp is not a problem anymore." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "I don't know which is the more relevant point."
		DavidW asks, "B maybe?"
		DavidW says, "Except Mrs C sorta already knew."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd think A. It implies C and I don't think Herc is quite as immediately relevant."
		DavidW says, "okay."
		ardi says (to knight_otu), "Thanks for letting me know. I'll probably grab something to eat and check back in later or next week"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry. I don't have the ability to add you myself, sadly."
		DavidW says, "We really should have asked Jacq to make temporary passes that we could hand out ourselves."
		ardi says (to Knight_Otu), "Never mind, joining in on the last chapter of something probably wouldn't have done me much good anyways."
		Knight_Otu says, "It probably would have been confusing. We have some trouble ourselves at times with long sessions."
		ardi asks, "If I might ask, what are you playing?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "The Mrs Claus game. I think the full title is "In service of Mrs Claus"?"
		DavidW says, "Yes: [LINK]"
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks, David."
		ardi says, "Thanks, I'll check it out"
		DavidW asks, "so, we're going with A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we are."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "A hostile takeover? How would that even work?" asks Candid. "We 		
ClubFloyd | don't live in the mortal world. We don't even accept American 		
ClubFloyd | currency." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Exactly. I think it was more of a conquest. Apparently Mr. 		
ClubFloyd | Leontari was Hercules in disguise. Mrs. Claus said she had 		
ClubFloyd | suspicions. Did she tell you at all?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid shakes her head. "No," she says. "She's been keeping things 		
ClubFloyd | to herself a lot. It makes sense, I guess. Especially since that 		
ClubFloyd | time I had to swear secrecy to the Kingdom of Dreams with an oath 		
ClubFloyd | rod. Who knows what other kind of things could be affecting us? I'm 		
ClubFloyd | worried to sleep because I might visit the Dreamlands and 		
ClubFloyd | sleep-talk around the wrong creatures." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You respond with a glum nod of the head and a quick smile. Candid 		
ClubFloyd | has been one of the constants during this time of chaos. You're 		
ClubFloyd | glad to have at least one good friend among the elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I'm concerned about the lack of guards," you say. "Something feels 		
ClubFloyd | off about tonight. But I'll take care of it." You think for a 		
ClubFloyd | moment before you make your suggestion. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I'll activate some of my automated sentries for the night." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I can create an illusion of more guards. The appearance of 		
ClubFloyd | strength might be all we need." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I've been keeping up with castle gossip. I know the guards that 		
ClubFloyd | I can trust to fill in tonight." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, more skill choices that are bad-ish for us."
		DavidW says, "I don't want to use illusion."
		DavidW says, "And have we kept up with any gossip? I don't remember us doing that."
		Knight_Otu says, "We've had some success with illusion and trickery. Also with tinker-y stuff. But the third is probably connections, our very worst skill."
		DavidW says, "geez"
		DavidW says, "So many the automata then. Even McGonagall used animated statues."
		DavidW says, "er s/many/maybe/"
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Candid sighs. "It shouldn't have to come to this," she says. "But I 		
ClubFloyd | think that's a good idea." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You walk over to a certain paving stone on the parapet and kneel 		
ClubFloyd | down. Then you touch it and a panel pops open, responding to your 		
ClubFloyd | magical signature. There is a keypad and a large red button. After 		
ClubFloyd | dialing in the appropriate code, you slam the button. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Nothing happens. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You slam it again, hoping for a better response. Annoyed, you dial 		
ClubFloyd | in a different number and try once more. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This time, there is a muffled series of pops and cracks below the 		
ClubFloyd | catwalk. A few paving stones shift here and there as the clockwork 		
ClubFloyd | soldiers underneath try to break free. Finally, a few manage to 		
ClubFloyd | push their way out. They look badly rusted. There's no use trying 		
ClubFloyd | to get the rest activated, they've probably rusted to the core. You 		
ClubFloyd | curse under your breath. At least you have a good dozen that made 		
ClubFloyd | it out. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You hope that works. You have an uncertain feeling about the 		
ClubFloyd | effectiveness of your defenses. Hopefully they aren't tested 		
ClubFloyd | tonight. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The halls are brightly lit, a stark contrast to the darkness 		
ClubFloyd | outside. You can hear a murmuring of voices from deep within the 		
ClubFloyd | castle. Following the trail, you find yourself outside the great 		
ClubFloyd | hall. You peek in. It looks like a large group of elves have 		
ClubFloyd | gathered. They look unhappy. You can hear your name and Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's mentioned, as well as another name spoken with hushed 		
ClubFloyd | whispers: Flickering Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I use my Christmas cheer to lighten the mood before approaching 		
ClubFloyd | them. I can learn more without the gloomy atmosphere. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I shift into a new form and mingle with them. I'll figure out 		
ClubFloyd | what's going on. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I make myself invisible and slink in along the walls, listening 		
ClubFloyd | to everything. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "B should be our specialty."
		DavidW says, "yeah, okay."
		DavidW says, "Watch this backfire too, though."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, statistically, it'll happen some time."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You've worked with some of these old elves for a millennium or two. 		
ClubFloyd | You'll need a new form they haven't seen before. Blue-tailed 		
ClubFloyd | fendragon? No, you tried that one in Normandy. A wild-haired crone 		
ClubFloyd | in a purple jumpsuit? No, that was Greenwich Village in the 80's. 		
ClubFloyd | Hmmm������ 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Why not rely on chance. Your skill in shifting has been honed 		
ClubFloyd | enough that you can just let it lead you and see what you end up 		
ClubFloyd | with. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You close your eyes and let your mind go blank. You feel a violent 		
ClubFloyd | shift in yourself. Opening your eyes, you find that you've become a 		
ClubFloyd | short, squat barefoot creature with large, hairy feet and a curly 		
ClubFloyd | head of hair. Pleased, you enter into the banquet hall. No one pays 		
ClubFloyd | you the least mind as you wander around, listening. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | One elf in particular is speaking vehemently. He says, "They say 		
ClubFloyd | that Claus has gone soft, and allowed the Fae world to go to chaos. 		
ClubFloyd | Flame is the only one willing to stand up against the humans and 		
ClubFloyd | the Council of Seven. If we join Flame's army, we wouldn't have to 		
ClubFloyd | sit here afraid in the castle while our enemies circle like wolves. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus is selfish!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You have been personally interested in seeing Flame again. The raw 		
ClubFloyd | charisma of that elf is really something else. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | More and more people begin speaking up, interrupting each other. 		
ClubFloyd | Soon the crowd is in a full-blown argument. But you've heard what 		
ClubFloyd | you needed to. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You quickly retreat, unnoticed, into the corridor. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's time to regroup. The castle is in disarray, Mrs. Claus is out 		
ClubFloyd | of sight somewhere, probably recovering from the ordeal with her 		
ClubFloyd | brother, and Flickering Flame is up to something. What are you 		
ClubFloyd | going to do? You can't handle all of this at once. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I try to find Mrs. Claus and make sure she's okay. I care about 		
ClubFloyd | her. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I head up to the tower to keep an eye out for Flickering Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | This sounds serious. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I try to restore order to the castle. We need to be prepared. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW says, "I think C, although I have no idea how to succeed at that sort of thing."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I'm not sure either."
		Knight_Otu says, "But we can try it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Above all else, the castle needs to pull together. You peek into 		
ClubFloyd | the ballroom. There's an actual fistfight in the corner. A couple 		
ClubFloyd | of elves are rocking back and forth on the floor. Quite a few are 		
ClubFloyd | just running around flailing. But most are murmuring to each other 		
ClubFloyd | in concerned whispers. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You back up again. The chaos in there is too much for you to 		
ClubFloyd | handle. You'll have to find a way to restore order. And quickly, 		
ClubFloyd | too. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'm an eternal optimist, and it's infectious. I try to turn the 		
ClubFloyd | tide by winning over elves one by one. 		
ClubFloyd | B) No time for fancy words! I'm gonna knock some sense into these 		
ClubFloyd | elves the old-fashioned way. 		
ClubFloyd | C) My loyalty to Claus Castle is unquestioned. I'll give them a 		
ClubFloyd | stirring speech, even if I have to filibuster for hours. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "We are a happy helper."
		Knight_Otu says, "That would point to A."
		DavidW says, "yeah, A sounds good."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You edge back into the ballroom. A few of the calmer elves in the 		
ClubFloyd | back corner look more approachable. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Then you put on your best, most confident smile and stride towards 		
ClubFloyd | them. "Shimmering Siren! Flatulent Fern! Deadly Steel!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Shimmering looks at you with dull fear in their eyes. "Floyd, what 		
ClubFloyd | are we going to do? Flickering Flame is going to crush us." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I can't fault you for feeling that way. I can't fault anyone. 		
ClubFloyd | Those elves who wish to leave can leave," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The elves closer to your group start to turn and pay attention. 		
ClubFloyd | Soon a small crowd is gathered around you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The fewer the elves, the greater the glory! Flickering Flame 		
ClubFloyd | cannot defeat Christmas itself. Those elves who run away will come 		
ClubFloyd | to regret their choice, and those who stay will have stories to 		
ClubFloyd | tell around the yule log for centuries to come!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The elves around you begin to cheer, and soon the whole room is 		
ClubFloyd | watching you. The elves begin to spread your message. The mood 		
ClubFloyd | lightens considerably. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "That sounds like a successful roll at least."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --With the elves inspired and cooperating, your defenses 		
ClubFloyd | are much stronger than before. Whatever else happens, you've 		
ClubFloyd | increased your respect among the elves, and made them a more 		
ClubFloyd | dangerous force to face. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A loud thud echoes through Claus Castle. There is a mingling of 		
ClubFloyd | screams, cries, and muttering from every direction. You head 		
ClubFloyd | towards the sound. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Another thud. The murmuring begins to peter out. You are in the 		
ClubFloyd | foyer, in front of the main door. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Another thud. You can hear the entire building going silent, 		
ClubFloyd | listening to the sound. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are standing alone, the other elves hidden nearby in the 		
ClubFloyd | hallways, watching. Everyone knows who is on the other side of that 		
ClubFloyd | door. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can feel that this moment is critical for your future. What do 		
ClubFloyd | you do? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I approach Flame, pretending to personally challenge him. In 		
ClubFloyd | reality, I'll ask to join his army, and pray they accept me. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I approach Flame personally, offering to meet him in personal 		
ClubFloyd | combat. It can give our troops an advantage, if I can goad him into 		
ClubFloyd | accepting. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I order the elves to fortify the doors, and send detachments to 		
ClubFloyd | the weakest areas of the castle. We won't give Flame a single inch. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "yes. About time we did something right."
		DavidW asks, "B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure. Flame will flambé us probably, but hey."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You stride forward and throw the doors open. The elves behind you 		
ClubFloyd | gasp. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame stands before you in all her glory. She's chosen 		
ClubFloyd | the form of a regal empress clad in scarlet. Her head bears a heavy 		
ClubFloyd | crown laden with rubies and garnets. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She smiles sardonically. "Hello, Club, come to let me in?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Flickering Flame," you say, "I challenge you to personal combat!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I'm sorry, Club Floyd, but my personal respect for you will not 		
ClubFloyd | allow me to do that." She smiles, and you can see the elves behind 		
ClubFloyd | you confused by Flame's approval. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flame points to the largest golden troll standing by her. "Heavy 		
ClubFloyd | Hammer here would be more than happy to. The rest of you, take the 		
ClubFloyd | castle!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) They can pick on someone their own size. I assume the form of a 		
ClubFloyd | golden troll myself and take on the brute. 		
ClubFloyd | B) If Flame thinks she can pull one over on me, she's in for a 		
ClubFloyd | surprise. I activate my Personal Defense Mechanism. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'll be at a disadvantage going head to head. I use my knowledge 		
ClubFloyd | of the golden trolls to gain the upper hand. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "A, surely."
		DavidW says, "yes please"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | With no time to waste, you flood your mind with thoughts of your 		
ClubFloyd | opponent. You study their hulking golden biceps and their metallic 		
ClubFloyd | face, their enormous weight and their sharp claws, their statuesque 		
ClubFloyd | figure. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You feel your body flowing, growing and hardening. Your new weight 		
ClubFloyd | is incredible, sinking your feet slightly into the ground below. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you charge towards the center, crashing into each other 		
ClubFloyd | and gripping each other in a deadly embrace. You rend their back 		
ClubFloyd | with your claws, and they try to bite off your ear. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But you are fighting for your life. You lift them in both your 		
ClubFloyd | hands, and slam them deep into the ground, leaving a crater to trap 		
ClubFloyd | the troll. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You walk away victorious. You've taken care of one of the strongest 		
ClubFloyd | warriors in the army. Flame can't ignore that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The battle is in full force now. Bolts of lightning are 		
ClubFloyd | met by volleys of sharpened candy canes, trolls wrestle with hags, 		
ClubFloyd | and gargoyles drop massive stones on burrowing weremoles. The whole 		
ClubFloyd | castle and grounds are full of smoke and conjured fog. Flickering 		
ClubFloyd | Flame is out of sight, and Mrs. Claus hasn't made an appearance 		
ClubFloyd | yet. Did Flame know Claus would be weakened from visiting Krinkle 		
ClubFloyd | Corp? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Looking around you, you see that many of the combatants are former 		
ClubFloyd | friends and coworkers. Flame has a lot to answer for. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As if summoned by your thoughts, Flame herself appears before you. 		
ClubFloyd | Her clothing is immaculate and she appears as calm and composed as 		
ClubFloyd | before the battle. The only change is that her hands are covered in 		
ClubFloyd | blood. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Oh. It's you," she says, looking around nonchalantly. "I thought 		
ClubFloyd | it was someone important." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "You're sick, Flickering Flame. Why are you even here?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "You ought to hire better troops. The ones you have don't seem 		
ClubFloyd | to be doing their job." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "You've made your point, Flame. You don't have to continue 		
ClubFloyd | this." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Let's settle this one-on-one." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW says, "A. I don't know what his/her deal really is."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "This is who I am, Club. Chaos." She points at you. "You tried to 		
ClubFloyd | be like me, and you failed. But I was born this way. An agent of 		
ClubFloyd | entropy. And Claus's time is up." She looks pleased at the chance 		
ClubFloyd | to monologue. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You know, in a way, you set this all in motion," she says, 		
ClubFloyd | gesturing around the castle. "I put an enchantment on you, when you 		
ClubFloyd | visited my camp. I've been watching through your eyes. It's been 		
ClubFloyd | useful, if a bit boring." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I suppose I should be flattered." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "You've been scrying me? All the time? That's disgusting." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "That's intrusive. I thought you were all about freedom. Or did 		
ClubFloyd | you forget?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "If you were watching me, then you know what I'm capable of." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Confirmation that our eyes were spies."
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems you were right about Flame scrying."
		Knight_Otu asks, "B? C?"
		DavidW says, "C."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | She frowns. "You can thank Claus for that. She's been hounding me 		
ClubFloyd | for years now. Oh, she didn't tell you?" asks Flame, seeing your 		
ClubFloyd | expression. "She's been sending members of her private guard after 		
ClubFloyd | me. She stopped after I killed two and persuaded the last one to 		
ClubFloyd | join me." Flame shakes her head. "Force must be met with force, and 		
ClubFloyd | oppression with oppression." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She continues, saying, "As your ever-watchful companion, I saw you 		
ClubFloyd | bungling your way through dealing with the Nightmare King and 		
ClubFloyd | Krinkle Corp, wearing yourselves out in the process. And now I can 		
ClubFloyd | collect the pieces while Claus sleeps." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "As for today, your opposition has been an annoyance. It's a shame 		
ClubFloyd | you opposed me, Club Floyd. You would have made an excellent 		
ClubFloyd | lieutenant." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your conversation is cut short as the entire mountain beneath you 		
ClubFloyd | shakes. Flickering Flame looks all around hurriedly. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --There is a sound of bells, faint enough to be almost 		
ClubFloyd | inaudible, but somehow drowning out almost all other sounds. 		
ClubFloyd | Vine-like mistletoe springs up from the ground, trapping every 		
ClubFloyd | landbound creature in its grasp. At the same time, star-like shards 		
ClubFloyd | fill the Fae sky with a million points of light before plummeting 		
ClubFloyd | down to the earth below. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You see the star shards slamming down into Flickering Flame's army 		
ClubFloyd | all across the castle. An especially large shard hurtles directly 		
ClubFloyd | towards you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The shard slams directly into Flame, and you are knocked backwards. 		
ClubFloyd | Flame cries in pain. When you stagger to your feet, you see that 		
ClubFloyd | she's been blinded in one eye. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A terrible figure springs up between you. It's Mrs. Claus. She 		
ClubFloyd | looks furious. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Goddess, you're awake! I'm so glad you're here!" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Get Flickering Flame! Go!" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Careful, goddess! She has blood on her hands." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Took you long enough. We've been dying out here!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "C? I'm not sure about the significance of the blood, but..."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I'm confused too, but C is what I'd choose."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus nods, backing up towards you. Flame grins through her pain, 		
ClubFloyd | extending her palms towards Claus. "It's true, Claus." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flame says, "I'm surprised you managed to pull this off, Claus. I 		
ClubFloyd | didn't think you had it left in you, what with your lost Heart and 		
ClubFloyd | all." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus smiles bitterly, and says, "You don't live as long as I do 		
ClubFloyd | without being prepared, Flame. You're not the first traitor I've 		
ClubFloyd | had to deal with. This curse you've brought upon yourself has been 		
ClubFloyd | building in strength for centuries, ready to be wielded against the 		
ClubFloyd | first ones foolish enough to oppose me on my own land." She gives a 		
ClubFloyd | meaningful nod towards Flame's damaged eye. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "You're not the only one who prepared," says Flame. She pulls a 		
ClubFloyd | dark crystal from her battle robe and throws it to the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A gout of flame shoots up and spreads outward in a fiery ring. It 		
ClubFloyd | singes you slightly as it passes by, but completely disintegrates 		
ClubFloyd | the vines, leaving Claus Castle covered in ash. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus and Flame throw themselves at each other, each conjuring 		
ClubFloyd | blades. Claus looks at you and shouts, "Leave her to me! Take 		
ClubFloyd | charge of the troops in the castle!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You rush towards the doors of the castle, if anything else to 		
ClubFloyd | escape the frightening and destructive energies in play. These 		
ClubFloyd | critical times may have given you a new outlook on life. How are 		
ClubFloyd | you feeling about your role in all of this? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) It's cemented my desire to follow Claus. I'm happy to help 		
ClubFloyd | where I am. 		
ClubFloyd | B) This is all insane. I'm sick of people bossing me around, and 		
ClubFloyd | it's seriously giving me a worse attitude. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm going to listen to orders better from now on, but I feel 		
ClubFloyd | more cynical from all of this. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I chuckle a little to myself. Life is just crazy, isn't it? 		
ClubFloyd | Might as well do as I please and not stress about it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "This feels like it would shift our attributes. Odd that it would come up again so late though."
		DavidW says, "B or D, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "A > more happy; B > more grumpy; C > more steadfast; D > more open-minded, I'd expect."
		Knight_Otu says, "And sure, D."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You crash through the castle gates and directly into the belly of a 		
ClubFloyd | massive ogre. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The ogre takes one look at you before walloping you with her 		
ClubFloyd | enormous club. You are sent soaring through the air, until you thud 		
ClubFloyd | into a table and roll off to the ground, tangled in a tablecloth. 		
ClubFloyd | Strong hands grab your shoulders and pull you out; you find 		
ClubFloyd | yourself face to face with a gargoyle. You recognize her. She's 		
ClubFloyd | part of Flickering Flame's crew. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She hisses at you and digs her claws into your back. You try to 		
ClubFloyd | break free, but you're at a disadvantage. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I shrink, becoming a tiny mouse, and scurry away from her grasp. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I can't reach my tool kit, but there's an encouraging amount of 		
ClubFloyd | cutlery, cloth, and ceramic near me. I improvise a weapon. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Only a Christmas miracle could help us now. Fortunately, I'm an 		
ClubFloyd | expert in Christmas miracles. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I scan the melee around me for people I know. I was friends with 		
ClubFloyd | many of Flame's troops before they left. Surely one will help me 		
ClubFloyd | out! 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | This ought to be a fairly simple use of your abilities, but she's 		
ClubFloyd | viciously clawing at your head, and it's proving incredibly 		
ClubFloyd | difficult to concentrate. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You focus as much as you can, and find yourself vanishing with a 		
ClubFloyd | loud pop. You've successfully become a sleek, brown mouse. The 		
ClubFloyd | gargoyle hits the ground hard, and you leap triumphantly onto the 		
ClubFloyd | table before resuming your original form. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The gargoyle dealt with, you return to the fray, leading the elves 		
ClubFloyd | against Flame's troops. The tide is turning, and you beat them 		
ClubFloyd | back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --"Club Floyd!" rings out a clear, hard voice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus stands in the doorway, panting heavily. She says, "Flame 		
ClubFloyd | has fled. I need you to hold things down here. Candid and I will 		
ClubFloyd | take the outside." She ducks away and is gone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flame's troops crumble without their leader. Most flee from the 		
ClubFloyd | room, but you capture a good number of the leftovers. Within hours, 		
ClubFloyd | the castle is secure, and you, Candid, and Claus find yourselves at 		
ClubFloyd | tea in Mrs. Claus's sitting room. She's exhausted and covered in 		
ClubFloyd | smoke and blood, but she's grinning from ear to ear. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She says, "For the first time I can remember, I feel like I'm 		
ClubFloyd | really living. Maybe this is the way everyone feels, at the end of 		
ClubFloyd | their days." She sips her tea, while you and Candid exchange 		
ClubFloyd | concerned glances. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus isn't acting like herself at all. But then again, neither are 		
ClubFloyd | you. Everything about the two of you is up in the air, including 		
ClubFloyd | your relationship. Over the last year, there have been multiple 		
ClubFloyd | times where you felt a strong connection to her. Even now, in this 		
ClubFloyd | room, looking at Claus, you know that things are different. Your 		
ClubFloyd | actions don't lie. You're in love with Mrs. Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW says, "I didn't know that, no."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Ten The Last Christmas] 		
ClubFloyd | There's more than one kind of tension in the air tonight. You, 		
ClubFloyd | Candid and Mrs. Claus are having a hushed conversation together in 		
ClubFloyd | her parlor when a messenger elf brings Claus word of a visitor. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You are shocked to see Glass Ghost enter in chains, flanked by 		
ClubFloyd | guards, their glass mask cracked and their gray suit streaked with 		
ClubFloyd | grime. You approach Ghost eagerly, but they turn away. One of the 		
ClubFloyd | guards hands Claus a hand-written note. "From the prisoner," the 		
ClubFloyd | guard says. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She grabs the note eagerly, sitting down and perusing it. She 		
ClubFloyd | doesn't seem surprised at all by this sudden appearance, although 		
ClubFloyd | Candid looks startled. She leans over and whispers, "What is Ghost 		
ClubFloyd | doing here?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This is the last sort of thing you want to deal with. After the 		
ClubFloyd | battle with Flame, all you want to do is regroup and consult with 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. Glass Ghost doesn't seem as happy to see you as you were to 		
ClubFloyd | see them. Hopefully Claus will send them packing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus goes pale while reading the note, and stares at Ghost, then 		
ClubFloyd | at you. "Candid, if I could ask you to excuse us for a moment," she 		
ClubFloyd | murmurs. Candid nods, grabbing an extra biscuit, and flits out of 		
ClubFloyd | the room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus speaks directly to you, ignoring Ghost. "I'm sure you're 		
ClubFloyd | aware we've been looking for Ghost. They were captured during the 		
ClubFloyd | battle. I don't think Ghost came with Flame, I think that, as 		
ClubFloyd | usual, they were being opportunistic and looking for a way to 		
ClubFloyd | profit off the confusion. We've been unable to recover The List," 		
ClubFloyd | she says, glaring at Glass Ghost. "But this is something much more 		
ClubFloyd | valuable. Ghost claims to have access to the location of my late 		
ClubFloyd | husband's heart." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus continues. "I don't need to tell you how important this is. I 		
ClubFloyd | am going to verify this information. In the meantime," she says, 		
ClubFloyd | "I'll leave it to you to deal with Glass Ghost." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus strides quickly out of the room, and you are left alone with 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost and their guards. Ghost is silent. You were closest to 		
ClubFloyd | them out of anyone there. Not that that's saying much. What do you 		
ClubFloyd | say to them? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Glass Ghost, we were allies before. Enough of being a rogue 		
ClubFloyd | agent! Join us." Hopefully, Ghost is interested enough. 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I release you, in return for your gratitude." The others may 		
ClubFloyd | refuse to go along unless I can pull my weight. 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Glass Ghost, for your crimes against all of the Fae world, I 		
ClubFloyd | sentence you to imprisonment." It's the simplest choice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Not B."
		DavidW says, "we can try A."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try. I don't expect much of it though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost sighs, and speaks their first words since they arrived. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I'm sorry, Floyd. I'm not interested in working with a team that 		
ClubFloyd | has you on it." You whistle, and a guard enters, taking Ghost away 		
ClubFloyd | to prison. Perhaps if the two of you were on better terms, things 		
ClubFloyd | would have been different. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | What a strange saga. To be head of security of one of the most 		
ClubFloyd | powerful forces in the world, and then to end up like this. They 		
ClubFloyd | couldn't even be a successful traitor, like Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You wait for what feels like an hour or more before Claus returns 		
ClubFloyd | with a glowing smile on her face. "Come, Club Floyd! The Heart is 		
ClubFloyd | in a dark spot, stuck between two worlds: a grim fortress of 		
ClubFloyd | unknown origins. I can't trust anyone else with this information. I 		
ClubFloyd | want you to come with me personally." She lays her hand on your 		
ClubFloyd | arm. You can feel your heart beating faster, but she doesn't 		
ClubFloyd | notice. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Are you sure you can believe Glass Ghost?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "How do you know this is the right place to go?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Are you sure we should be doing this? Flame might be planning a 		
ClubFloyd | counterattack." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Do you think we should bring more people?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Well. A?"
		DavidW says, "B, I'd choose."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus runs her fingers through her hair thoughtfully. It makes you 		
ClubFloyd | wish you could do it for her. "It took me some time just to know if 		
ClubFloyd | I could trust Glass Ghost," she says. "But I'd rather not reveal my 		
ClubFloyd | methods. Once I knew they were reliable, the directions were easy. 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost placed a tracker, a scented trail that is almost 		
ClubFloyd | indistinguishable if not known of ahead of time. The reindeer can 		
ClubFloyd | smell it, now that I've given them the scent." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "But come, Club, we need to depart," says Claus. Within minutes, 		
ClubFloyd | you are in the war sleigh, soaring through the night, headed 		
ClubFloyd | towards the rumored fortress. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As you fly towards its location at a breakneck pace, you see the 		
ClubFloyd | stars slowly darken and wink out one at a time. A deeply unsettling 		
ClubFloyd | feeling rises through your body, a nauseous feeling. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In the distance, you see a low shape slowly rising from the 		
ClubFloyd | foothills, but it's too dark to see from this far. As you approach 		
ClubFloyd | it, the feeling intensifies until you pass some sort of invisible 		
ClubFloyd | barrier. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "and Flame is probably STILL looking through our eyes. When do we get to tell Mrs C that factoid?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear, we never did that, true."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Inside, things are still. You arrive at the fortress at 		
ClubFloyd | midnight on Christmas Eve. You and Claus dismount and observe it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I've been here before," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus treads carefully up next to you and looks over the 		
ClubFloyd | fortress. "Are you sure? I've never seen anything like this." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The structure before you looks like something from a nightmare. 		
ClubFloyd | It's a meandering building built of heavy stone bricks and 		
ClubFloyd | weathered wooden beams. Its heavily-reinforced windows are obscured 		
ClubFloyd | by curtains. It looks so different, but you are certain you 		
ClubFloyd | recognize it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Not here, but in the human world. It's twisted beyond belief, but 		
ClubFloyd | this is Katya Andreeva's house." Claus looks at you quizzically. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "She's a bleeder. I delivered her present a year ago. But 		
ClubFloyd | that was in the mortal world. This is some kind of shadow version 		
ClubFloyd | of her house. She must be connected to this somehow. But I don't 		
ClubFloyd | know how." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You add, "During my journey, I've done much to preserve the barrier 		
ClubFloyd | between the worlds. Only some twisted kind of bleeder magic could 		
ClubFloyd | create something like this. My attempts to preserve the balance of 		
ClubFloyd | the worlds should make this easier for us." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus nods. "According to our sources, this is where we'll find my 		
ClubFloyd | late husband's heart. If you are familiar with this location, it 		
ClubFloyd | might make sense for you to take charge. Unless, of course, you 		
ClubFloyd | feel more comfortable under my guidance." Claus looks serious, but 		
ClubFloyd | smiles at you and says, "I can't think of anyone I'd rather be with 		
ClubFloyd | tonight." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There's a lot to think about with how the two of you are going to 		
ClubFloyd | work together tonight. How are you going to handle the exploration? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I plan on letting Claus take the lead on this operation. I trust 		
ClubFloyd | her. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I was brought along for a reason. I'll be pro-active on this 		
ClubFloyd | heist, and I'll make Claus proud. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Honestly, it looks dangerous. I'll let Claus take the lead. She 		
ClubFloyd | can take the hits better than me. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'll take charge of this. I'll show Claus how it's done. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | And do you have feelings for Claus? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I do. I'd like to become closer. 		
ClubFloyd | B) No. Let's just keep things exactly as they are. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I've decided I'm not really into Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I don't know. I'd rather just see how she feels and go off of 		
ClubFloyd | that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "D at this point."
		Knight_Otu says, "Just a few choices ago you told us how we feel, game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I guess we can choose D."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You look over at Claus. She seems to be in a strange mood. She's 		
ClubFloyd | discarded her fur coat for a light, combat-ready outfit. She 		
ClubFloyd | alternates between smiling distractedly and staring off into space. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | What is she thinking? Is she thinking about you? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "We need to find a way in." She agrees. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The main gate of the fortress looks to be solid irontree. The 		
ClubFloyd | windows are barred. The surrounding hills are dark and silent 		
ClubFloyd | except for the quiet sounds of insects at night. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | How do you get in? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) We shift into mist and pass through an upper window. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm not going to be intimidated. I use my lockpicking device on 		
ClubFloyd | the door. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I might be able to get one of these insects to talk. You never 		
ClubFloyd | know what they might have seen. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Should be A?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You point to a window just to the left of the main entrance. "An 		
ClubFloyd | entrance in mist-form would be silent and simple," you say. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | nods. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you concentrate in tandem. It's a bit of an unusual 		
ClubFloyd | feeling, shifting simultaneously. It's not something you and Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus have done together very often. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The energy between you is synergizing. As one, you dissolve, and as 		
ClubFloyd | one, you slip through the window bars and into the ground floor 		
ClubFloyd | room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The two of you look around. The layout of this fortress 		
ClubFloyd | is confusing and erratic. Hallways stretch all around you, lined 		
ClubFloyd | with cobweb-covered candles and burned-out torches. You see no 		
ClubFloyd | doors. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus snaps her fingers, and a glowing ball manifests in front of 		
ClubFloyd | her. She blows on it gently, and it dissolves into tiny luminescent 		
ClubFloyd | snowflakes that spread out around you, lightening the area. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus takes a step forward, but you reach out a hand to hold her 		
ClubFloyd | back. "The floor is trapped," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Now that you're paying attention, you can feel a dull ache 		
ClubFloyd | emanating from the floor. This is a powerful emotional trap, masked 		
ClubFloyd | by a countercharm that is equally as strong. It could have fried 		
ClubFloyd | your feet off. Interesting. It really is just like you remember at 		
ClubFloyd | Katya's house. The floor was trapped that night, as well. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look at Claus. "We'll need to work together on this one," you 		
ClubFloyd | say. "Concentrate to counter the emotion in the floor." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "It's Christmas Eve, and we haven't eaten in hours. Let's think 		
ClubFloyd | of feasts in the past." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Let's think of our goal: the Heart. Our dedication towards a 		
ClubFloyd | single objective could carry us through." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Let's think of all the pleasant times we've had in the past, 		
ClubFloyd | goddess." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Let's think of something famous we've seen together. Art. The 		
ClubFloyd | Colossus of Olympus, perhaps?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "B"
		Knight_Otu asks, "C, to go with our happiness value?"
		DavidW says, "I don't think She's that happy."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe, but we aren't that singlemindedly dedicated either. We're more open-minded."
		DavidW says, "ugh. I hate min-maxing."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, if you want B, we can choose it."
		DavidW says, "I do want B. If it fails, it fails."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus looks thoughtful. "I can't think of anything I care about 		
ClubFloyd | more right now than getting his heart back." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you step forward, trying to focus on the Heart with all 		
ClubFloyd | of your might and clearing all distractions. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus is doing the best that she can, but she has to be thinking of 		
ClubFloyd | all the crazy things that have happened these last few days. You're 		
ClubFloyd | finding it increasingly difficult to focus, yourself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your concentration fizzles and fails. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus says, "This isn't going anywhere. I'll take care of this." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She furrows her brow in concentration, then strides forward, 		
ClubFloyd | directly into the trap. The magic hisses around her, and you can 		
ClubFloyd | see her shivering in pain. But whatever she's thinking about, it's 		
ClubFloyd | working. The trap evaporates. But she is injured. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you stand silently while she recovers. You try to think 		
ClubFloyd | of something to say during the awkward silence. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Well, this is probably the strangest Christmas Eve we've had 		
ClubFloyd | yet, eh?" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "What are you going to do with Santa's Heart if you get it 		
ClubFloyd | back?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Do you have any regrets in life?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Who do you think set this place up?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "D?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "This?" she asks, pointing at the dark fortress around you. "At 		
ClubFloyd | this point, I wonder who didn't set this up. It seems like 		
ClubFloyd | everyone's against me, Club. So many elves left me for the Kingdom 		
ClubFloyd | of Dreams. Sure, many are back now, but they left. So, so many, 		
ClubFloyd | have left me for Flame. And my own brother was working against me. 		
ClubFloyd | Sometimes it feels like it's just me against the world, Club. Me 		
ClubFloyd | against the whole, messy, angry world. And I wouldn't have it any 		
ClubFloyd | other way. But to answer your question, I have no idea who set this 		
ClubFloyd | up." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The moment passes. The two of you make your way around the corner 		
ClubFloyd | when you experience a bit of deja vu. This really does remind you 		
ClubFloyd | of Katya's house. The fortress divides into two here, with what 		
ClubFloyd | appears to be a kitchen and galley area on the left and a ballroom 		
ClubFloyd | on the right with a sweeping staircase. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus looks at you questioningly. You point towards the kitchen. It 		
ClubFloyd | makes more sense to finish the bottom floor before heading up. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The galley is dimly lit, with row after row of tables stretching to 		
ClubFloyd | the kitchen in the back. The tables and walls are decorated with 		
ClubFloyd | bizarre images of some creature you've never seen before, a kind of 		
ClubFloyd | two-headed rodent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In the middle of the room, a single table has a glowing crystal 		
ClubFloyd | placed on it, a roughly spherical shape hard to see. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Is that it?" you ask her incredulously. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She is staring at the Heart, her eyes glowing. "It could be. We'll 		
ClubFloyd | have to get closer to be sure. But I don't trust this place." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I push forward, ignoring her and heading straight for the Heart. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I hover behind her, watching. I don't want to be the first to 		
ClubFloyd | check this out. 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Let's go together," I say, and head towards the table. 		
ClubFloyd | D) "What do you think we should do?" I ask Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "C"
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus nods and walks shoulder to shoulder with you towards the 		
ClubFloyd | Heart. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As you get closer, you begin to hear a rustling sound. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You lift up a hand. "Wait, do you hear that?" You both pause, but 		
ClubFloyd | the rustling continues. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The paintings and markings around you shift, slowly emerging into 		
ClubFloyd | life. Two-headed rat creatures spring up around the two of you, 		
ClubFloyd | encircling you completely. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The Heart itself dims and unfolds, revealing itself as another 		
ClubFloyd | two-headed rat in disguise. "It's a trap!" you yell. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus says, "Of course it would be." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | One of the rat creatures flings itself at you. You try to kick it 		
ClubFloyd | away, but it sticks to your foot, squishing out of shape. You take 		
ClubFloyd | a step back and realize that the sticky mass is gluing you to the 		
ClubFloyd | floor. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) They feel like magical constructs more than living things. I 		
ClubFloyd | might be able to hide us with an illusion. 		
ClubFloyd | B) We need a distraction. I use my holiday cheer to fill the 		
ClubFloyd | tables with baked goods. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I've seen this kind of magic before. If only I could remember 		
ClubFloyd | where������ 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		DavidW asks, "So we remember?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, I don't."
		DavidW says, "I don't eitehr."
		Knight_Otu asks, "But maybe we do?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe. I want info more than escape at this point."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So we try C and hope Mrs Claus can get us out again?"
		DavidW says, "sure. She managed well enough at Krinkle."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You stare wildly around the room, racking your brain for 		
ClubFloyd | information. Two-headed rats, two-head rats������where have you seen 		
ClubFloyd | those before? And the stickiness������rats and stickiness. Think! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A sudden memory comes to you. A convention at Claus Castle. It was 		
ClubFloyd | for a rodentologist conference. The hallways were filled with 		
ClubFloyd | cages: nutrias, jerboas, naked were-rats, and some kind of 		
ClubFloyd | two-headed abominations that were kept in the back. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You were supposed to give an address that day on the incident of 		
ClubFloyd | the Nutcracker-Rat War of 1892, but you were occupied with other 		
ClubFloyd | tasks at the time. You had no time to spare to meet and greet with 		
ClubFloyd | the scientists. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As you were shirking your responsibilities, you passed by the open 		
ClubFloyd | doors of the great assembly hall. You still remember the words: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "The two-headed sticky rat, native to the Jungles of the Yellow 		
ClubFloyd | Temperance, is a dire threat to any kitchen. However, I have 		
ClubFloyd | developed a simple method to deal with this pest, as follows������" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But you didn't stick around long enough to hear. You weren't 		
ClubFloyd | interested in developing connections that day. Ah, well. The rats, 		
ClubFloyd | who had waited patiently during your flashback, spring on you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Rats."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The rats set on the two of you, accreting more and more 		
ClubFloyd | gelatinous mass. Claus is trembling under the weight of the 		
ClubFloyd | rodents. You try and pull them off, but you're going under as well. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Suddenly, out of the pile of rats covering Claus comes a frigid 		
ClubFloyd | blast of air. The mass freezes, creaks, and then shatters. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | emerges, gasping for air. She looks immensely annoyed. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She gestures wildly around the room, freezing rat after rat until 		
ClubFloyd | the whole ensemble is buried under inches of ice. Mrs. Claus stalks 		
ClubFloyd | out of the room, and you skate after her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She coughs. "Well, this seems to be getting worse the further we 		
ClubFloyd | go," says Claus. "I'm sorry you had to be involved in this. But I 		
ClubFloyd | don't have many options right now." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you sit for a moment, recovering. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Let's keep going," you say. The two of you walk side by side into 		
ClubFloyd | the ballroom. You've grown closer over the night. It's hard to know 		
ClubFloyd | how you feel about Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The room looks as if it were once majestic, with space 		
ClubFloyd | for hundreds. The ceiling above is lost in shadow. A grand 		
ClubFloyd | staircase descends from on high to the cobwebbed floor, which is 		
ClubFloyd | littered in debris from shattered chandeliers and rusted suits of 		
ClubFloyd | armor. The bottom seems to have fallen in, leaving a gaping black 		
ClubFloyd | hole the size of a truck. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Wait, is that a hole, or something massive and dark? You take a 		
ClubFloyd | step forward, and the darkness moves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You hear a low growl echoing through the room. It's soon joined by 		
ClubFloyd | another, and another. Slowly, six red, glowing eyes open, their 		
ClubFloyd | crimson light revealing an enormous three-headed beast. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus whispers, saying, "Cerberus! I thought she was dead. This is 		
ClubFloyd | bad, Club. This is really bad. None of us could handle her in the 		
ClubFloyd | past. Except������" She frowns. "We'll just have to distract her. Take 		
ClubFloyd | on as many heads as you can, but don't engage in direct combat!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus moves cautiously forward. You only have a few moments to act. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Maybe cheer can overcome gloom. I use Christmas magic to conjure 		
ClubFloyd | a massive pile of doggy treats. 		
ClubFloyd | B) There's a good deal of metal among the debris. I build a horde 		
ClubFloyd | of spiders to distract the creature. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Cerberus is legendary for being protective. I could take the 		
ClubFloyd | shape of a three-headed pup and try to distract it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "C?"
		DavidW asks, "okay?"
		Knight_Otu says, "As long as Cerberus doesn't adopt us..."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Most animals have an instinct to preserve their own young, right? 		
ClubFloyd | Although, as far as you know, Cerberus is unique������but then again, 		
ClubFloyd | she's not especially bright either. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You kneel on the ground and howl, trying to get into character, and 		
ClubFloyd | focus all of your thoughts on Cerberus, her form, and thoughts of 		
ClubFloyd | infants. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You feel yourself morphing, your body sprouting hair and your 		
ClubFloyd | vision trebling. Looking at yourself with your multiple heads, you 		
ClubFloyd | see that you succeeded! Cerberus looks astounded. With one head on 		
ClubFloyd | Claus, the other heads crowd at you, licking you playfully. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | While you have most of the heads occupied, Claus creeps forward. 		
ClubFloyd | Cerberus turns to look, but Claus conjures an enormous chewy toy, 		
ClubFloyd | which she tosses behind Cerberus's remaining head. She then quickly 		
ClubFloyd | climbs the stairs. Claus smiles at you, then crooks her finger. You 		
ClubFloyd | find yourself transported next to her while Cerberus, below, turns 		
ClubFloyd | around confusedly. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Cerberus bellows at you, but doesn't chase. Looking closer, you see 		
ClubFloyd | a heavy iron chain bolting her to the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus looks pale. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Let's head up," she says, before giving you a long glance. "Glass 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost never said who set this up, and I wasn't able to discover it 		
ClubFloyd | either. Someone's had the Heart this whole time. I have my guesses, 		
ClubFloyd | though. What are your thoughts?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I think that Krinkle Corp's had it all along. They were the 		
ClubFloyd | best able to pay Glass Ghost." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Flame would make the most sense. Why else would he be so 		
ClubFloyd | bold?" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Honestly, at this point I don't know. Maybe you've had it this 		
ClubFloyd | whole time?" 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I think Glass Ghost never found a buyer. Too risky of a 		
ClubFloyd | purchase. This is some new scheme." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Well. I'd say D?"
		DavidW says, "okay? We really don't have enough info."
		DavidW says, "I kinda want to say C, but D is safer."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus looks thoughtful and says, "Interesting idea. It would 		
ClubFloyd | explain Glass Ghost's being the one coming here. And I remember 		
ClubFloyd | listening to you tell me about when they stole the List from you. 		
ClubFloyd | They seem to be operating as a lone wolf. But, why would they 		
ClubFloyd | invite us after turning themselves in? It doesn't make much sense. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "But," she continues, "we have other issues at hand. What do you 		
ClubFloyd | suppose this is all about?" She points up the stairs. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You take a long look. These stairs are even taller than they looked 		
ClubFloyd | from below, the top lost in shadows. Or, is it? No, the shadows are 		
ClubFloyd | flowing down the stairs! You can feel intense anger rolling off 		
ClubFloyd | from the darkness. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus holds up one hand, wreathed in glittering ice. She blasts the 		
ClubFloyd | shadows with her power, but it only slows the darkness, not 		
ClubFloyd | stopping it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "We can't go back," you say, "Cerberus is still down there. We'll 		
ClubFloyd | have to find some way past the shadows." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I have an experimental grappling harness in my pouch. It might 		
ClubFloyd | be strong enough to support us both. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I shift into a were-bat and lift her to safety. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I conjure a ladder made of diamond-hard candy canes. Hopefully, 		
ClubFloyd | it reaches to the top! 		
ClubFloyd | D) I've heard of magic like this before, with the power to animate 		
ClubFloyd | shadows. If only I could remember who told me about it! 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "B"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Are we shifty again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we are."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | This is certainly the right atmosphere for bats. The haunted 		
ClubFloyd | atmosphere, the dark shadows and abandoned rooms. You think of 		
ClubFloyd | chittering and squeaking, of wings and claws. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can feel yourself beginning to shift and grow. Just before the 		
ClubFloyd | darkness enfolds the two of you, you finish transforming. Your 		
ClubFloyd | muscular wings feel glorious as you stretch them two, three times 		
ClubFloyd | the width of the grand staircase. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You snatch up Claus and rocket to the sky. The shadows slowly fade 		
ClubFloyd | and lighten until they are gone completely. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When you reach the top, Claus turns to you and grins. "You did it!" 		
ClubFloyd | Her eyes gleam with subdued energy, and she smiles approvingly at 		
ClubFloyd | you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You reach the upper landing together, which stretches far in either 		
ClubFloyd | direction. Only one door is open, and you hear faint, echoing 		
ClubFloyd | sounds from inside. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You creep towards the door, with Claus following. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You burst into the room with a wild cry, but it's empty. It looks 		
ClubFloyd | like some kind of former barracks, with decayed beds covering the 		
ClubFloyd | floor. A lone window's curtain flaps rhythmically, clapping the 		
ClubFloyd | wall. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus sighs in relief, sitting heavily onto a nearby bed. "I have 		
ClubFloyd | to rest, Club. Let's have just a moment here." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You sit across from her, and the two of you breathe for a moment. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus speaks first. "You know, Club, two years ago, I never would 		
ClubFloyd | have imagined this. The Heart gone, the List gone, betrayals, 		
ClubFloyd | battles, my brother." She takes a deep breath. "And now we're here. 		
ClubFloyd | I can feel it, so close. We might be able to get back what we've 		
ClubFloyd | lost. I don't think I'm going to be the same after all of this." 		
ClubFloyd | She looks up at you, and says, "Just in case������in case things don't 		
ClubFloyd | go well. You'll be left in charge. I wanted to give you something, 		
ClubFloyd | a gift to light your way, one that reflects your heart and your 		
ClubFloyd | vision of the future. What do you think Claus Castle will be like, 		
ClubFloyd | after all of this?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "If it's not too forward, goddess, I'm not really thinking of 		
ClubFloyd | Claus Castle. I'm more interested in you, personally. I love you." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "We'll stick together. That's what we've always been about." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I think everything is going to change. We'll have to adapt, and 		
ClubFloyd | think new." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "We need optimism. The future of Claus Castle will be bright if 		
ClubFloyd | we make it bright." 		
ClubFloyd | E) "We need to settle in for dark times. Only the gritty are going 		
ClubFloyd | to thrive." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "D?"
		DavidW says, "D"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | She smiles. "Optimism! Yes, I think that Claus Castle will benefit 		
ClubFloyd | the most from those that are happy and willing to work towards a 		
ClubFloyd | bright future. I love that idea, Club." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Here," she says, "I want you to have this." She hands you a 		
ClubFloyd | miniature carved with the sun breaking through the storm over the 		
ClubFloyd | sea. "I look at it from time to time to remind me that there is 		
ClubFloyd | always light behind the darkness. I want you to have it, as a token 		
ClubFloyd | of your cheerfulness." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look at your miniature carving with gratitude. You can feel the 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit growing in you. The two of you nod at each other 		
ClubFloyd | and leave the room. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Together, the two of you walk to the other end of the landing. 		
ClubFloyd | There is only one door that wasn't visible from inside the 		
ClubFloyd | barracks. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You push open the door and you both enter. Inside, you see a small 		
ClubFloyd | room cluttered with dusty cushions and worn blankets. On a mound in 		
ClubFloyd | the middle, you see the Heart. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | To your surprise, the Heart is not shaped like an actual heart. 		
ClubFloyd | Instead, it is a perfectly smooth and round crystal filled with a 		
ClubFloyd | pulsing green light. The whole room is lit up with its glow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Lionheart asks, "So where is whatever this is going down, if not the toyshop?"
		DavidW says, "The clubhouse."
		Knight_Otu says, "We're in the Clubhouse. We're playing a choice game that can't be saved, so we're here in a locked room."
		Knight_Otu says, "Jacq seems to be busy, otherwise she'd be able to add you."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Claus says, "I'll take it from here, Club. Know that 		
ClubFloyd | everything that happens, the Norns predicted. Thank you for coming 		
ClubFloyd | with me, and for serving me all of these centuries." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She strides forward and grabs the Heart. As she does so, the room 		
ClubFloyd | changes. Cushions and blankets shift and move, and robotic arms 		
ClubFloyd | rise, pointing towards the center of the room. Their tips begin to 		
ClubFloyd | glow. "Claus, watch out!" you shout. Why didn't she check the room 		
ClubFloyd | first? This is reckless! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus looks calmly back at you, and gives you a fond salute. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Bright white beams fire like spokes of a wheel, converging on Claus 		
ClubFloyd | and the Heart. The energy knocks you back, holding you against the 		
ClubFloyd | wall. This power! No wonder you sensed nothing, they seem to be 		
ClubFloyd | some kind of negative energy, the antithesis of magic. Claus 		
ClubFloyd | conjures a protective orb of ice around her, trying to block the 		
ClubFloyd | beams. But the beams pierce the globe, shattering it and holding 		
ClubFloyd | her in place. This has to be Krinkle Corp's work, an advanced 		
ClubFloyd | version of their magic drainer. How is it here? Are they behind 		
ClubFloyd | this? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus looks weak. Months and months of fighting, even the 		
ClubFloyd | challenges tonight, have contributed to her injuries. She sinks to 		
ClubFloyd | the floor and fades for a moment. The machines for some reason, 		
ClubFloyd | though, stop targeting her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The Heart is the sole target of the beams now, but it seems to be 		
ClubFloyd | reacting violently. There is a green flash of light, and all of the 		
ClubFloyd | arms shatter backward. You fall to the floor, released from the 		
ClubFloyd | energy. The Heart pulses more dimly now. Claus didn't have enough 		
ClubFloyd | strength to fully protect it. Now she's not moving. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The machine shuts down. The room seems quiet now. You slowly reach 		
ClubFloyd | forward and take the Heart for yourself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "and what's the other shoe?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm afraid to find out."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Eleven Silent Night] 		
ClubFloyd | As you take the Heart, the walls of the fortress around you fade 		
ClubFloyd | into shadow and dissolve. The ceiling and cushions evaporate, but 		
ClubFloyd | the remains of the machine linger. You sink through the floor, 		
ClubFloyd | which slowly melts and becomes transparent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As you sink in up to your waist, you watch the pieces of the foul 		
ClubFloyd | machine falling with you. Everything shudders as the fortress walls 		
ClubFloyd | bend inwards and fall on top of you. You prepare for an impact, but 		
ClubFloyd | feel nothing. You are simply immersed in shadow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Deep at the bottom, you see where you are headed: a ragged hole in 		
ClubFloyd | space, like the ones you saw before. This is a connection to the 		
ClubFloyd | human world, and you catch glimpses of toys and blankets on the 		
ClubFloyd | other side. Unlike the other holes you've seen, the edges of this 		
ClubFloyd | tear are chaotic, pulsing in rainbow colors, almost as if they are 		
ClubFloyd | inflamed. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In the center of the hole, half in and half out, is none other than 		
ClubFloyd | Katya Andreeva. She's asleep, in a nightgown, and someone's 		
ClubFloyd | attached a kind of metal headset to her. Wires trail from all 		
ClubFloyd | around her, some leading into her room, others towards the 		
ClubFloyd | machinery falling nearby. As you get closer, a light on the headset 		
ClubFloyd | goes out, and the helmet pops off. Katya stirs in her sleep but 		
ClubFloyd | slowly slips through the tear, which heals behind her. She's gone, 		
ClubFloyd | and the last of the shadows go with her. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You're left in a green field under the Fae sky. Cerberus is still 		
ClubFloyd | here, chained about thirty yards away. Claus's withered and 		
ClubFloyd | motionless body is here as well. A screen on a monitor attached to 		
ClubFloyd | the machine springs to life. It says, "STANDBY. INCOMING VIDEO CALL 		
ClubFloyd | FROM PHIL ARCHER." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A million thoughts are racing through your mind. You don't know 		
ClubFloyd | what to process first. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I have it! I have Santa's Heart! I did it! 		
ClubFloyd | B) What happened to Claus? 		
ClubFloyd | C) What was Katya doing there? What were they doing to her? 		
ClubFloyd | D) Phil? This was Krinkle Corp's doing! Why is he calling now? 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "New chapter. Maybe the last one?"
		DavidW asks, "Phil Archer? Was that the guy that showed up after Hercules was defeated?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW says, "Should we stop here? This is another chapter and it's almost 4."
		DavidW says, "Unless you think this is a short last chapter where we take over everything."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, thanks to DST it's earlier over here, so I could go longer."
		DavidW says, "oh, ok. Let's continue then. Maybe we can end this."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try it."
		DavidW says, "B. I'm more concerned with Claus than the others."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You kneel down and look at the body. Claus has dried and withered, 		
ClubFloyd | like a leaf left too long in the sun. You touch above her heart and 		
ClubFloyd | feel warmth with a faint sense of movement. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your thoughts are disturbed by the screen, which blacks out and 		
ClubFloyd | then fades into an image of Phil Archer. Loud, scratchy audio 		
ClubFloyd | echoes from the device. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Hello, Club Floyd. I see that you've managed to obtain the Heart. 		
ClubFloyd | It's impressive. I didn't expect two to come tonight. When I 		
ClubFloyd | released Glass Ghost out into the world, I knew he would lead 		
ClubFloyd | someone powerful here, but I never expected anyone would be willing 		
ClubFloyd | to share such power. We just needed a single subject for the final 		
ClubFloyd | test of our new devices. According to our deal, I had it set not to 		
ClubFloyd | completely kill Mrs. Claus. I've now fulfilled our bargain. At any 		
ClubFloyd | rate, I feel like it was a rollicking success." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | His voice keeps blaring. "Pardon me for going on, Floyd, but Katya 		
ClubFloyd | was necessary for setting it all up. With her innate bleeder powers 		
ClubFloyd | and the energy from the rift, she was able to completely form a 		
ClubFloyd | house from her nightmares. Cerberus here was sufficient to keep her 		
ClubFloyd | in a frightened mood, even in her dreams." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "What you did to Claus is inexcusable!" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Capturing an innocent child for your twisted schemes? You're 		
ClubFloyd | sick, Phil." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I have to admit, having the Heart has put me in a superior 		
ClubFloyd | position. Thank you." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "New devices? You're planning on making more of these?" 		
ClubFloyd | E) "Hercules is in this world. You could have hurt him." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I could see A, B, or D, I guess."
		DavidW says, "A and B and D."
		DavidW says, "I don't want to OR that."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think the game will accept f ABD."
		Knight_Otu says, "If it did, I'd be with you in a heartbeat."
		DavidW says, "B then? It really is sick to intentionally use a girl that way. Mind rape."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Phil answers, "Her powers have grown dangerous to those around her. 		
ClubFloyd | The device we gave her wasn't just a weapon; it was a way to soften 		
ClubFloyd | her damage to our world. With the power we drained from her today, 		
ClubFloyd | her bleeder abilities will be inactive for months." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "Why are you telling me all of this? Just to gloat?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil chuckles. "No, Floyd. No, no. You see, I needed to keep you 		
ClubFloyd | here. When you broke the fortress, you set off a beacon that's been 		
ClubFloyd | broadcasting to the entire Fae world for the last twenty minutes. 		
ClubFloyd | Now everyone knows that Santa's Heart is found and up for grabs, 		
ClubFloyd | only guarded by one sad, weakened elf. Goodbye, Floyd." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The screen turns off. You hop to your feet and look around. Is 		
ClubFloyd | anyone out there, coming? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | All around the horizon, in every direction, you can see distant 		
ClubFloyd | specks approaching. Some are larger, some are smaller, most are in 		
ClubFloyd | the air, but something enormous is coming on the ground. There's no 		
ClubFloyd | way you're going to be able to handle this. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You panic and clutch the Heart. In an instant, it flashes, and you 		
ClubFloyd | are blinded by its light. You feel yourself vanish. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Krinkle Corp is behind everything: the List, Glass Ghost, the theft 		
ClubFloyd | of the Heart. You realize that now. But with half the Fae world on 		
ClubFloyd | your tail, including Flame, you'll have to save revenge for another 		
ClubFloyd | day. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You reappear in Claus Castle before Candid and the 		
ClubFloyd | others. Claus's body appears, too, and you hear gasps of shock and 		
ClubFloyd | astonishment. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid says, "Club Floyd, what is going on? What happened to Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus? Is she dead?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You hold up the Heart, and Candid gasps. "We found the location of 		
ClubFloyd | the Heart. It was a setup by Krinkle Corp, and Mrs. Claus was 		
ClubFloyd | attacked. She's still alive, but barely." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Candid hugs you and sobs. "Oh, Club, I can't believe it! What are 		
ClubFloyd | we going to do?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You see other elves crowding up behind Candid. They're looking for 		
ClubFloyd | leadership. You need to show everyone that you can take Claus's 		
ClubFloyd | place. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I've proven my leadership talent over and over. I point out my 		
ClubFloyd | experience taking charge. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I point out that I know the enemy better than anybody. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I can lead because I was the closest to Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. I'm not feeling that any of these fit too well. Maybe B. Maybe."
		DavidW says, "yeah, I don't like these choices either. I had no wish to be in charge of the Heart."
		DavidW asks, "Is B the most helpful?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't know. It may be the closesst to the truth."
		DavidW says, "B then."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You begin your speech. First, you cite your experience hunting down 		
ClubFloyd | Krinkle Corp, starting from a simple toy you discovered in Claus's 		
ClubFloyd | vault. Then you describe your close confidences in centuries pasts 		
ClubFloyd | with Flame, and the careful relationship you had developed in order 		
ClubFloyd | to gain information about them and their capabilities. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your words are coming easily now. You describe walking the halls of 		
ClubFloyd | Krinkle Corp, damaging their tech, and confronting Mr. Leontari 		
ClubFloyd | personally. Then you mention the special insights about Flame, his 		
ClubFloyd | overpowering sense of self-importance and his blindness to 		
ClubFloyd | criticism. It's obvious that you know what you're talking about. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Everyone leaps to their feet in applause. Claus Castle is yours! 		
ClubFloyd | Even Simmering Stew the chef is stamping her feet and shouting your 		
ClubFloyd | approval. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look around at your band of elves. This won't be nearly enough 		
ClubFloyd | for what's coming. You now know the Heart is capable of 		
ClubFloyd | instantaneous teleportation. You'll have to use it to gather as 		
ClubFloyd | many allies as you can. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | First, you're going to need to see Cai������the big one. You grab the 		
ClubFloyd | Heart and disappear in a flash. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW asks, "Cai is the multi-bodied one?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yes."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You reappear in an enormous throne room. Cai's largest, 		
ClubFloyd | and original, body, is sprawled across his golden throne. He's 		
ClubFloyd | wearing the largest top hat and tails you've ever seen. Dozens of 		
ClubFloyd | smaller copies of Cai are fanning him or running errands across the 		
ClubFloyd | hall. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "So, you've come!" booms Cai's thunderous voice. "You are in quite 		
ClubFloyd | the pickle, my friend. There's a resonant frequency blaring your 		
ClubFloyd | news across the world, as I'm sure you well know. Let me guess. Is 		
ClubFloyd | this your card?" He flicks his wrist, revealing a card and sending 		
ClubFloyd | a gust of wind that knocks over a few child-Cais on the floor. The 		
ClubFloyd | card is blank except for the word "'HELP!"' 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You could use the help of the Cais. In fact, you can use all of 		
ClubFloyd | them. But you'll have to take what you can get. You'd love to lead 		
ClubFloyd | them against Krinkle Corp, but you know that Flame will have heard 		
ClubFloyd | the beacon and will be coming soon. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I rely purely on my friendship with Cai. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I know the secret behind Cai's bodies. I can help make one, but 		
ClubFloyd | I'd have to give up some of the trickster part of me. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I bribe him with power from the Heart. That will easily secure 		
ClubFloyd | his cooperation. But it will take a lot. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I think I want to see our stats."
		DavidW says, "okay. I don't know how strong our friendship is."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 15% / Open Minded: 85% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 71% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 66% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 76% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 75% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 77% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: Legendary Elf 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Our standing with Mrs C went up."
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure did."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure any of our options are all that great."
		DavidW says, "They're not, no. I don't want to spend the Heart's coin so soon."
		DavidW says, "So either A or B."
		DavidW says, "And it's not like we have a great Tinkering skill."
		DavidW says, "We'll go from Average to Poor."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, C is out. B implies it's a skill-reduction rather than a skill check, so maybe that works."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You reappear in an enormous throne room. Cai's largest, and 		
ClubFloyd | original, body, is sprawled across his golden throne. He's wearing 		
ClubFloyd | the largest top hat and tails you've ever seen. Dozens of smaller 		
ClubFloyd | copies of Cai are fanning him or running errands across the hall. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "So, you've come!" booms Cai's thunderous voice. "You are in quite 		
ClubFloyd | the pickle, my friend. There's a resonant frequency blaring your 		
ClubFloyd | news across the world, as I'm sure you well know. Let me guess. Is 		
ClubFloyd | this your card?" He flicks his wrist, revealing a card and sending 		
ClubFloyd | a gust of wind that knocks over a few child-Cais on the floor. The 		
ClubFloyd | card is blank except for the word "'HELP!"' 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You could use the help of the Cais. In fact, you can use all of 		
ClubFloyd | them. But you'll have to take what you can get. You'd love to lead 		
ClubFloyd | them against Krinkle Corp, but you know that Flame will have heard 		
ClubFloyd | the beacon and will be coming soon. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I rely purely on my friendship with Cai. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I know the secret behind Cai's bodies. I can help make one, but 		
ClubFloyd | I'd have to give up some of the trickster part of me. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I bribe him with power from the Heart. That will easily secure 		
ClubFloyd | his cooperation. But it will take a lot. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "And I'm not sure our friendship with Cai is all that good anymore after we cost them a body to get to the Wastes."
		DavidW says, "yeah, that sucked"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we try B?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | "Cai, I really need your help. I'll let you make another body from 		
ClubFloyd | me." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Cai's eyes widen. "You know the cost? And you'd be willing to do 		
ClubFloyd | that?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Yes." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Very well then," says Cai's giant main body. He stands and extends 		
ClubFloyd | his right hand, which has a glyph the size of a direwolf scarred 		
ClubFloyd | into the palm. The glyph glows with a golden light, and you see a 		
ClubFloyd | similarly-colored aura surrounding you. It flows from you to his 		
ClubFloyd | hand, and you see images in the aura: you cloaking yourself with 		
ClubFloyd | shadow, a deck of cards with you shuffling it and spinning in the 		
ClubFloyd | air, a juggling performance. Were those your memories? Not anymore. 		
ClubFloyd | You've lost part of you, a trickster part. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Cai cradles your light, then sets it down. It's a child, wearing an 		
ClubFloyd | oversized top hat that keeps slipping over the eyes. Cai looks a 		
ClubFloyd | little disappointed. "I suppose you didn't have as much in you as I 		
ClubFloyd | thought. Ah, well. This body will be useful in the future. In the 		
ClubFloyd | meantime, I can offer you a battalion of my bodies." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You bow and make your exit to plan your next move. Ah, you know 		
ClubFloyd | exactly who you should see next. He'll be in for a shock. Few find 		
ClubFloyd | him without wandering long in his domain. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that worked well enough."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The Heart flashes, and you find yourself in a towering 		
ClubFloyd | stadium filled with cheering creatures of every shape and size. You 		
ClubFloyd | are in a private box at the top of the stadium, with full view of 		
ClubFloyd | the spectacle before you. Two riders, a gnome and a minotaur, are 		
ClubFloyd | jousting on top of four-winged dragons. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Gray looks at you, and his eyes widen for just a second. He's 		
ClubFloyd | always been good at restraining himself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I heard the news. I thought I recognized the name in that signal. 		
ClubFloyd | You came through here earlier this year." It's not a question. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "A whole bunch of the Fae are coming my way, right now, 		
ClubFloyd | and I'm looking for allies any way that I can get." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Gray shrugs, conjuring himself a frosty, cool tropical drink with a 		
ClubFloyd | gold-plated umbrella sticking out. "I have little interest in such 		
ClubFloyd | things. Power like the Heart's is not unfamiliar to me, and I have 		
ClubFloyd | no need to seek it out. And, above all, I have no desire to leave 		
ClubFloyd | my lands. Why should I help you?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I have worked hard to weaken the barrier between the worlds. 		
ClubFloyd | That's done a whole lot for you." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I know a human bleeder child, very sharp kid. I could ask them 		
ClubFloyd | to send you news of the human world in their dreams." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I am a high-ranking elf at Claus Castle. I know the Spiders, 		
ClubFloyd | and that they've harassed you. I can make peace between you two." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Because someone I love very much was just taken from me. Have 		
ClubFloyd | pity on me." 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "we should check stats again"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 15% / Open Minded: 85% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 71% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 66% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 76% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 75% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: Legendary Elf 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "...huh."
		DavidW says, "hmph. Maybe the skill still exists but only in that other body."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The Heart flashes, and you find yourself in a towering stadium 		
ClubFloyd | filled with cheering creatures of every shape and size. You are in 		
ClubFloyd | a private box at the top of the stadium, with full view of the 		
ClubFloyd | spectacle before you. Two riders, a gnome and a minotaur, are 		
ClubFloyd | jousting on top of four-winged dragons. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Gray looks at you, and his eyes widen for just a second. He's 		
ClubFloyd | always been good at restraining himself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I heard the news. I thought I recognized the name in that signal. 		
ClubFloyd | You came through here earlier this year." It's not a question. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You say, "A whole bunch of the Fae are coming my way, right now, 		
ClubFloyd | and I'm looking for allies any way that I can get." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Gray shrugs, conjuring himself a frosty, cool tropical drink with a 		
ClubFloyd | gold-plated umbrella sticking out. "I have little interest in such 		
ClubFloyd | things. Power like the Heart's is not unfamiliar to me, and I have 		
ClubFloyd | no need to seek it out. And, above all, I have no desire to leave 		
ClubFloyd | my lands. Why should I help you?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "I have worked hard to weaken the barrier between the worlds. 		
ClubFloyd | That's done a whole lot for you." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I know a human bleeder child, very sharp kid. I could ask them 		
ClubFloyd | to send you news of the human world in their dreams." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I am a high-ranking elf at Claus Castle. I know the Spiders, 		
ClubFloyd | and that they've harassed you. I can make peace between you two." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "Because someone I love very much was just taken from me. Have 		
ClubFloyd | pity on me." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we go B here?"
		DavidW says, "I guess? I don't remember who this Grey person is."
		DavidW says, "er Gray"
		Knight_Otu says, "Gray is a human in a coma, I believe, and a strong Dreamer."
		DavidW asks, "ok, so B would give him a friend?"
		DavidW says, "even better"
		Knight_Otu says, "And a connection to the mortal world."
		DavidW says, "Is that good or bad"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, depends on the news I guess."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Shall we?"
		DavidW says, "Hey, Gray, here's a Twitter account. Try to just look at the cute animal gifs and ignore the rest!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		DavidW says, "yes B"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Gray frowns. "A child? I'd much rather find an adult to ask for 		
ClubFloyd | news. Children can be tedious. But, I suppose I can instruct a few 		
ClubFloyd | of my messenger pixies to talk with them about the news, and 		
ClubFloyd | summarize it for me in a mature and concise style. Perhaps they 		
ClubFloyd | could bring a newspaper in their sleep for the pixies to deliver, 		
ClubFloyd | so I could avoid childish communication entirely. And I could find 		
ClubFloyd | out about the World Cup, I suppose." He brightens at that. "What's 		
ClubFloyd | their name?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Carl Alan. He is a friend of the Nightmare King and helped free 		
ClubFloyd | him." Gray looks extremely impressed. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Done," says Gray. "Tell Carl Alan to call for Melliflower when he 		
ClubFloyd | arrives. And to bring two newspapers with him. I'll be on the field 		
ClubFloyd | of battle. Wait for me." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | That's one more for your list. Excellent. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --The Heart flashes again, and you are taken to a cavernous 		
ClubFloyd | factory, filled with shadows. Sparks of electricity fly from some 		
ClubFloyd | machine in front of you, something tall. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You walk closer and see Copper Crank wearing a welding helmet and 		
ClubFloyd | holding an arc welder. She takes off the mask and looks you up and 		
ClubFloyd | down. Her face is inscrutable. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She folds her arms. It looks like she's letting you make the first 		
ClubFloyd | move here������or asking you to go. It's hard to tell. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Copper Crank, I need your help. I'm asking sincerely, will you aid 		
ClubFloyd | me against Flame? I know we weren't the best of friends. But I'm 		
ClubFloyd | asking you, please." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | She snuffs a bit and adjusts her tool belt. She presses a button on 		
ClubFloyd | a remote. A spotlight clanks on, far above you, illuminating a 		
ClubFloyd | towering battle mech. It's built for extreme combat conditions, 		
ClubFloyd | with heavy armor plating and all sorts of ports and barrels 		
ClubFloyd | attached to every surface. You whistle. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I've felt it for a while. I knew war was coming. And I've already 		
ClubFloyd | had offers from the other side today. But there's one thing I 		
ClubFloyd | respect, and that's skill. I can't get this thing to work. There's 		
ClubFloyd | a very subtle electrical fault, somewhere in the internal wiring. 		
ClubFloyd | If you can find it and fix it, I'll join you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I was born for this. I take out my electrical equipment and find 		
ClubFloyd | the fault with pure technical skill. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I can deal with this in other ways. I shift into a lightning 		
ClubFloyd | mite and travel through the entire system. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I can't solve this myself, but I know exactly who can, and they 		
ClubFloyd | work for me now. Hopefully Crank respects that. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "B may work."
		DavidW says, "yes, I think we must try B."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You will yourself into a smaller, sleeker, electric being, your 		
ClubFloyd | whole body electricity. You feel yourself shrinking, but it's not 		
ClubFloyd | enough. Smaller, you think. Smaller, smaller, smaller. You imagine 		
ClubFloyd | tiny electric legs. Smaller. You are lightning. Smaller. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When you open your eyes, you see a world of ripples and echoes. You 		
ClubFloyd | are electricity itself. When you zip into the machine, it feels 		
ClubFloyd | like a slide at a water park, but with jet engines every ten feet. 		
ClubFloyd | Now you rocket through the system over and over, dozens of times 		
ClubFloyd | every second. There's a bump that jostles you every time you go 		
ClubFloyd | through. So you lash out over your next hundred trips, striking it 		
ClubFloyd | again and again until it smooths out. Finally, you leap out of the 		
ClubFloyd | wire and return to yourself. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The machine lights up: barrels spinning, viewports blinking, 		
ClubFloyd | actuators testing out their strength. Copper Crank claps in glee. 		
ClubFloyd | "You'll see me and my giant fighting robot HALstaff there. Count on 		
ClubFloyd | us!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "whew"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Whoo!"
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You give her a thumbs up, and head on out. You've talked 		
ClubFloyd | to Cai, Gray, and Copper Crank, and consolidated power at Claus 		
ClubFloyd | Castle. But you're not done yet. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your skill with teleportation is increasing. You feel as if you're 		
ClubFloyd | using less and less of the Heart's power with each jump now, almost 		
ClubFloyd | as if it were just introducing you to paths that already existed. 		
ClubFloyd | Interesting. You take a quick path and end up in your own dungeon. 		
ClubFloyd | You grab a startled Glass Ghost and teleport them and you high to 		
ClubFloyd | the top of a mesa near the White Wastes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost staggers back, staring at the cliff and back to you, 		
ClubFloyd | before lingering on the Heart. "So you got it then. Could have told 		
ClubFloyd | me without the show. I hate heights." That makes you feel a bit 		
ClubFloyd | bad. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "I wanted to make sure you didn't run away. I was wondering if 		
ClubFloyd | there was any way that you would be willing to work with us. We can 		
ClubFloyd | use all the help we can get." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost crosses their arms angrily. "You threw me in jail. Why 		
ClubFloyd | would I do anything for you?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost has a complex personality, and your history is long. You'll 		
ClubFloyd | need to find an approach that draws on multiple strengths of yours. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Ghost, you need stability in your life. You've been wandering 		
ClubFloyd | all across the world, alone. You need community and friendship." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I'm tired of your nonsense. Everyone's been treating you with 		
ClubFloyd | kid gloves. You help us, or I'll beat the happy holidays out of 		
ClubFloyd | you." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "Look at you. You're basically penniless and alone. We can 		
ClubFloyd | provide for you: food, clothes, equipment, dental insurance." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Hey now, Glass, we offered."
		DavidW says, "A. I don't understand why they're upset with us."
		Knight_Otu says, "I have no idea."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost shakes their head. "That's rich, coming from you. You're not 		
ClubFloyd | the most likable and trustworthy person in the world, you know. I'm 		
ClubFloyd | staying out of this fight." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, I can't have you running around during the fight," you say. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I use the Heart to turn Ghost into a reindeer. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I use the Heart to put Ghost to sleep until after the battle. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I leave Ghost on the mesa. I have better things to do. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I put Ghost back exactly where I found them. It won't cost me 		
ClubFloyd | anything, the pathways are easy to open now. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "D?"
		DavidW says, "yeah, D."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Ghost disappears before they can say anything. They're now safely 		
ClubFloyd | back in the dungeon. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Well, that's that. It would have been nice to have Ghost on your 		
ClubFloyd | team. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You consider going to see Fractured Quartz and the Kingdom of 		
ClubFloyd | Dreams. But the last time you saw them, you had apparently defeated 		
ClubFloyd | their God and shamed their prophet. The memory is still fresh, 		
ClubFloyd | happening less than two days ago. Best to leave them alone. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You return to the main courtyard of Claus Castle. Candid is there. 		
ClubFloyd | So are the elves. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can't help but think about Krinkle Corp. You should be chasing 		
ClubFloyd | them down right now, not fighting for your life with other Fae. 		
ClubFloyd | Phil set you up for this, and one day, you'll repay him. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Already, you can see the shadow of troops in the distance. It's 		
ClubFloyd | time for the battle to begin. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Your army stands by you with fervor in their eyes. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Cai's battalion of bodies is lined up on the right. The lead, a 		
ClubFloyd | wiry woman with camouflage coattails, salutes you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | To your left, you hear an enormous rumbling sound. Copper Crank's 		
ClubFloyd | machine is here, presumably with Crank inside. The steel and bronze 		
ClubFloyd | have been given a chrome finish with gold highlights, and the mech 		
ClubFloyd | gleams like the paladins of old in Charlemagne's service. It sends 		
ClubFloyd | a mighty gout of flame into the air with one hand. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You're keeping an eye out for Gray, but he hasn't shown up yet. But 		
ClubFloyd | he promised he'd be here during the battle. Hopefully, he comes 		
ClubFloyd | soon. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And, last of all, a wispy ghost-boy wearing a nightgown and holding 		
ClubFloyd | a candle floats up to you. Candid Mistletoe, as the Ghost of 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Past. He'll be leading your main forces today. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A vast, fiery portal opens in the air before Claus Castle. 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame himself, dressed head-to-toe in glowing red armor, 		
ClubFloyd | exits the portal, leading his army. You can see emerald tentacles 		
ClubFloyd | holding the portal open, despite their obvious pain in the flames. 		
ClubFloyd | Flame must have called in a few favors. He's pointing directly at 		
ClubFloyd | you. You'll have to deal with him personally. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | What will your strategy be to defeat Flame? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'll face him in physical combat. I'll create a weapon for 		
ClubFloyd | myself with the Heart. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'll keep my distance and use ranged attacks. I'll rely on the 		
ClubFloyd | Heart to give me speed. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I don't want to use the Heart any more than I need to. I rely 		
ClubFloyd | purely on my own skills. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think we have achance without the heart."
		DavidW asks, "C will still let us use the Heart if we must, right?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I have my doubts."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I mean, maybe after a few failed rolls?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or failed rolls do cause us to rely on the heart, if that's what you mean."
		DavidW says, "yeah. It'll be backup the way Mrs C was backup when we failed earlier."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I suppose that may work. Do we want C then?"
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You carefully tuck the Heart in a secure pouch and make sure it's 		
ClubFloyd | secured firmly to your body. This isn't going to be easy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flame is closer now, with her army close behind. You can see a 		
ClubFloyd | group of gnomish archers taking aim. You raise your hand and signal 		
ClubFloyd | your counterattack. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank's mech stamps forward. Raising both arms, it releases 		
ClubFloyd | a double-barreled hail of bullets that sweeps through the archers. 		
ClubFloyd | Dozens of arrows ring hollow against the outer surface. Copper 		
ClubFloyd | Crank doesn't relent, and marches steadily forward, pinning down 		
ClubFloyd | Flame's ranged attackers. Your army cheers enthusiastically. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You've taken the early initiative. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | None of the arrows come near you. The archers must be purposely 		
ClubFloyd | avoiding you. But one person isn't. Flickering Flame's armor glows 		
ClubFloyd | even brighter, and he leaps through the air at an astonishing rate. 		
ClubFloyd | He slams into the ground in front of you, and a ring of fire 		
ClubFloyd | surrounds the two of you, at least twenty paces across. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame gathers up a ball of intense, white flame in his 		
ClubFloyd | hand, chucking it at you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I shift into a stronger form and bat it away with my terrible 		
ClubFloyd | claws. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I try to quickly deploy an energy reflector I've been working 		
ClubFloyd | on. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I throw a smokeball at my feet as a distraction and sneak behind 		
ClubFloyd | Flame, trying to get a quick strike in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "A?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | With all your strength, you focus on transforming into a powerful 		
ClubFloyd | were-dragon. You call to your mind the scales, the savage teeth, 		
ClubFloyd | and the enormous, vicious claws. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your body melts and reforms in an instant. You become a were-dragon 		
ClubFloyd | faster than the fireball can travel. You bat it away with your 		
ClubFloyd | rock-hard claws. The missile goes flying directly back at Flame, 		
ClubFloyd | who shouts in pain. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A rustling overcomes the battlefield beyond your personal arena. It 		
ClubFloyd | seems that Flame has brought allies: a fierce gathering of tooth 		
ClubFloyd | fairies, clad in enamel armor, sweeps towards your army like 		
ClubFloyd | locusts towards a helpless field of wheat. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The battalion of Cai's bodies is holding down that flank, and they 		
ClubFloyd | charge towards the tooth fairies. Bursts of smoke, teleporting 		
ClubFloyd | Cais, and razor-sharp decks of cards turn the battle into chaos. 		
ClubFloyd | Both sides fight bitterly. Your army presses the advantage, and 		
ClubFloyd | soon you have the upper hand again. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But you have your own battle to deal with. Flame is distracted by 		
ClubFloyd | the tooth fairy battle. You can press your advantage. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) My personality has led me into too many fistfights to mention. I 		
ClubFloyd | rely on close combat. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I've stuck to a consistent, rigorous aerobics routine for a long 		
ClubFloyd | time. I get past Flame's defenses with my agility. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I've always been willing to learn new, beautiful forms of 		
ClubFloyd | martial arts and fighting styles. I'll think my way to success. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "lordy. C."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Hm. C?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently so."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | With a calm, open mind, you begin a series of combat forms you 		
ClubFloyd | learned in a diner in Luckenbach, Texas. Flame stares at you, 		
ClubFloyd | stupefied by your bizarre contortions and occasional grunts and 		
ClubFloyd | screeches. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But what Flame fails to see is the true beauty of your greasy spoon 		
ClubFloyd | moves. You glide through the forms with intense concentration. Just 		
ClubFloyd | when Flame scoffs in mockery, you unleash your attack, leaping with 		
ClubFloyd | true aim to wallop him in the face, making him stagger backward. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You and Flame pause as an enormous roar echoes through the camp. 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame lets out an evil laugh. The two of you turn to see 		
ClubFloyd | an enormous mad-beast blotting out the sun. Surely this slithering, 		
ClubFloyd | flying, loathsome sack of hideous flesh was dragged from the 		
ClubFloyd | Emerald Empress's deepest pits. What foul favors did Flame call in 		
ClubFloyd | for this? 		DavidW says, "Spaz our dance moves to victory."
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your troops are like leaves before the wind. The living horror 		
ClubFloyd | swoops from above and devours large masses of them like grains of 		
ClubFloyd | rice. Sated, it drifts off again, leaving the rest of your army 		
ClubFloyd | shaken and fearful. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame gives a long and wild laugh. "Now that," he 		
ClubFloyd | shouts, "is how you win a battle!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flame's army cheers and charges forward. The tide has turned to 		
ClubFloyd | them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you stand facing each other and panting. The battle 		
ClubFloyd | around you is drawing to a close, and soon your own battle will be 		
ClubFloyd | over as well. It's become a battle of pure will. The air between 		
ClubFloyd | you crackles with violent energy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You can tell that Flame is fighting out of an insatiable desire for 		
ClubFloyd | power, and out of a steadfast determination to conquer at all 		
ClubFloyd | costs. These are powerful reasons. What gives you the drive to keep 		
ClubFloyd | fighting? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I'm fighting for the friends I've made. I owe it to them to win. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'm fighting for the win. I've conquered many times already this 		
ClubFloyd | year, and I intend to conquer again. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm fighting for destiny. I've learned so much and come so far 		
ClubFloyd | with all my enemies: the Kingdom, Krinkle Corp, and now Flame. It's 		
ClubFloyd | meant to be. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I'm fighting for love. I can't lose now, not when I'm just 		
ClubFloyd | discovering my true feelings. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
		DavidW says, "A or C."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do you prefer any over the other?"
		DavidW says, "hm. I'm tipping towards C. We *are* the PC, after all."
		Knight_Otu says, "Very meta."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Yes. You've looked into everything from the theft of Santa's Heart 		
ClubFloyd | to evil toys and houses falling between worlds. You've worked so 		
ClubFloyd | hard on your investigations. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And they've been successful. You know more about the goings-on in 		
ClubFloyd | the human and Fae world than just about anyone else right now. And 		
ClubFloyd | you've accomplished more. No one could do this much on their own. 		
ClubFloyd | It has to be destiny. You are meant to win! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your passion fills your heart, and Flame cannot withstand you 		
ClubFloyd | anymore. The energy between the two of you explodes towards him, 		
ClubFloyd | knocking him backward. He rolls over slowly, rising to his feet. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The two of you square off again, but Flame sags to the ground. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "This is over," you say to Flame. You dismiss the circle of flame 		
ClubFloyd | surrounding you with the wave of a hand. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look at the outside battle. Your army has been beaten down over 		
ClubFloyd | and over. Only your most devoted followers are still with you. But 		
ClubFloyd | the enemy is tiring as well. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Just then, an avenue of escape appears from an unexpected angle. 		
ClubFloyd | The air towards the direction of Sleep wavers and becomes faint. 		
ClubFloyd | Then it explodes in color. You can feel a rush of emotion coming 		
ClubFloyd | from within the burst of colors. They resolve themselves into 		
ClubFloyd | fantastic, boiling images. You recognize them instantly: they're 		
ClubFloyd | dreams. It's too far away to see, but only Gray would have enough 		
ClubFloyd | strength to bring the Dreamlands themselves to the battlefields. 		
ClubFloyd | The terror of the Dreamlands frightens the remaining enemy, who 		
ClubFloyd | begin to break off and flee. This gives your troops a chance to 		
ClubFloyd | depart. But you are unreachable, the area around you and Flame 		
ClubFloyd | crackling with power. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You survey all of this as you stand personally triumphant 		
ClubFloyd | before Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame falls to a knee but struggles to rise again. He is 		
ClubFloyd | silent in the end. Perhaps it's easier that way. What are you going 		
ClubFloyd | to do with him? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I keep the old traditions. I transform him into a beast: a 		
ClubFloyd | reindeer. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I end his life by dissolving him into his respective elements. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I try to coerce him into my service. I'm not sure how effective 		
ClubFloyd | it will be. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I offer my friendship as a final gesture. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Okay..."
		DavidW says, "'In the service of Club Floyd' is tempting, but I wanna be friends."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's try it, then."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You set down the Heart as a sign of peace, and walk towards Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | Flame staggers towards it, but collapses to the ground in front of 		
ClubFloyd | you, too weakened to take it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You crouch and reach out your hand towards him. "Let's cease this 		
ClubFloyd | useless arguing. And be friends." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame laughs raucously. "Friends! Friends. No, I'll 		
ClubFloyd | never be your friend. I'll tell you why, just you, because no one 		
ClubFloyd | else will ever know. You came too close. You beat me, knocked me 		
ClubFloyd | down. If we were friends, I'd always know in my heart that you were 		
ClubFloyd | my better. And I cannot live with a better." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You shake your head, but Flame says, "I'll leave you something to 		
ClubFloyd | remember me by. You can always look on this and think of me, 		
ClubFloyd | 'friend' of mine." His body hardens and grays, until he becomes a 		
ClubFloyd | statue. There he stands, made from obsidian, one hand raised, a 		
ClubFloyd | frozen flame ascending from it. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It seems that you've won against your strongest enemy, but your 		
ClubFloyd | army needs you. Without Flame, the enemy forces will scatter, but 		
ClubFloyd | you'll need to shepherd your army in the meantime. You take a last 		
ClubFloyd | look at the battlefield before departing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I guess he's solid. Solid as a rock."
		DavidW says, "For now."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Interlude A Blue Christmas] 		
ClubFloyd | With Claus out of commission, you have complete control over 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas. The ancient holiday still provides energy to the Heart 		
ClubFloyd | that you possess. Of course you support Christmas. The argument 		
ClubFloyd | with Hercules and Phil made you realize that. There's hardly any 		
ClubFloyd | time to send out the gifts. You'll have to work fast. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Everyone at the Castle is still traumatized by what happened. 		
ClubFloyd | People are looking to you for guidance. At least Candid is here to 		
ClubFloyd | help you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's time for work. You look over the new List, skimming through. 		
ClubFloyd | _William Karl, naughty. Alex Zenith, nice. Chris Jender, naughty. 		
ClubFloyd | Fava Lee, definitely not nice._ So many people relying on you 		
ClubFloyd | personally. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I ask the elves to keep Christmas exactly as it has been. No 		
ClubFloyd | need to rock the boat. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I couldn't care less about Christmas Spirit, but I'm concerned 		
ClubFloyd | for morale. I'll let them run it. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I love this! I want to personally help deliver the gifts. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "Another chapter."
		Knight_Otu says, "Calling itself an interlude."
		Knight_Otu says, "Rather than epilogue or denuement."
		DavidW says, "C"
		DavidW says, "C implies possible growth and change."
		Knight_Otu says, "I suppose I can go another hour."
		DavidW says, "oh gosh, I forgot the time."
		Knight_Otu says, "I like A myself, but C also works."
		DavidW says, "We can stop here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nah, we can go, but this should be the last chapter for today."
		DavidW says, "alright. C please."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You review your own personal assignment. Reginald Birmingham IV is 		
ClubFloyd | getting tickets. Alexandra Aleeyev is getting a skateboard. And 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan is getting a book of magic tricks. You eagerly gather 		
ClubFloyd | everything and head off with Cupid. It's odd, you reflect to 		
ClubFloyd | yourself, that Cupid is one of the few reindeer to still carry 		
ClubFloyd | their former name. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Off through the air you go, laughing to the frozen sky. "Ho, ho, 		
ClubFloyd | ho!" you cry, holding Santa's Heart. "Ho, ho, ho!" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You place Reginald's gift under the largest of his fifteen 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas trees at his grandmother's estate. You make a hole in the 		
ClubFloyd | mess in Alexandra's living room and place her gift. And you put 		
ClubFloyd | Carl Alan's gift next to the TV, a reminder of how you first met. 		
ClubFloyd | Your heart is filled with joy as you return to Claus Castle. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | When the next day dawns, you sigh in relief. One more Christmas 		
ClubFloyd | done with. And what a Christmas it's been. The last few days have 		
ClubFloyd | been a blur. But with Krinkle Corp's machinations in the 		
ClubFloyd | background, you have no time to rest. The new year awaits. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Twelve Krinkle Incorporated] 		
ClubFloyd | You float in a void, holding the Heart. The only thing you see are 		
ClubFloyd | the members of the Council of Seven. Well, most. The Emerald 		
ClubFloyd | Empress isn't here in person (to keep everyone sane, of course), 		
ClubFloyd | and only one of the Spiders has attended. As for Mrs. Claus, well, 		
ClubFloyd | that's where you come in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The head of the tooth fairies looks at you sternly. "You have to 		
ClubFloyd | understand how we feel. Claus was struck down in mysterious 		
ClubFloyd | circumstances, with you as the only witness." She points at you. 		
ClubFloyd | "How do you explain what happened?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "Claus made a dangerous choice. I did what I could." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Claus was attacked by a dangerous group of mortals. We need to 		
ClubFloyd | stand together!" 		
ClubFloyd | C) "I have no need to explain myself to you. Accept me, or not." 		
ClubFloyd | D) "I can swear on an oath rod that I never sought to damage 		
ClubFloyd | Claus." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "That sure was an interlude."
		DavidW asks, "A?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | The Spider leers at you menacingly, and hisses, "That is your 		
ClubFloyd | defense? That she made a mistake, and you had no responsibility to 		
ClubFloyd | preserve her?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You go to explain, but you find yourself unable to speak. The words 		
ClubFloyd | won't come out of your throat, no matter how hard you try. Everyone 		
ClubFloyd | else looks at the envoy of the Emerald Empress. She murmurs, "You 		
ClubFloyd | do not understand. We already know the answers to our questions. 		
ClubFloyd | These are questions you must ask yourself. We already know the 		
ClubFloyd | course we will take. You are free to go. We will be observing you." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Just then, one of your magical alerts goes off. Krinkle Corp must 		
ClubFloyd | be at it again. This is an opportune time for you to leave. You bow 		
ClubFloyd | to the other members, then depart. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You use the pathways of the Heart to teleport to a small meadow 		
ClubFloyd | deep in the Blue Forests. You appear in the top of a tree a safe 		
ClubFloyd | distance away. There you hide, watching a group of Krinkle Corp 		
ClubFloyd | agents assembling yet another one of their hideous portal devices. 		
ClubFloyd | This is the second one this week! Probably got some bleeder stuck 		
ClubFloyd | in there again. You feel more pressure than usual, knowing the 		
ClubFloyd | remaining members of the Council of Seven are watching. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | But first, you have a bit of reconnaissance to do. Not that you 		
ClubFloyd | have to do it alone anymore. You've brought along a companion to 		
ClubFloyd | help, part of the new crew you're trying to train in subterfuge and 		
ClubFloyd | sabotage. One of the many odd denizens in Claus's castle. Whom have 		
ClubFloyd | you brought? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Seventh Sister, a hardliner isolationist elf from the old days. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Golden Boulder, a kind and friendly golem who wants to 		
ClubFloyd | annihilate Krinkle Corp. 		
ClubFloyd | C) Winding Water, a nymph who is excited to see things shaken up, 		
ClubFloyd | old ways turned new. 		
ClubFloyd | D) Spring Bonnet, pixie, professor of mortal studies, and human 		
ClubFloyd | enthusiast. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "B or D"
		Knight_Otu says, "I can almost see how each of these choices can go horribly wrong."
		DavidW says, "oh yes"
		Knight_Otu asks, "D, I guess?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Spring Bonnet dances back and forth in excitement. "Oh, I've got to 		
ClubFloyd | see them!" She turns invisible and, presumably, departs. Minutes 		
ClubFloyd | later, she reappears. "How very, very interesting! Their 		
ClubFloyd | interpersonal dynamics are even better than I expected. There's a 		
ClubFloyd | love triangle and one of the males doesn't even know it! They've 		
ClubFloyd | got an older man with them, too, and he seems to be sedated. I wish 		
ClubFloyd | we could sedate them all, I'd love to study them." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You give the signal. Spring Bonnet grabs her dart gun and gives you 		
ClubFloyd | a cheery grin. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Then you slide down the back of the tree to take your part in this 		
ClubFloyd | affair. Not only are you trying to take down this group of Krinkle 		
ClubFloyd | Corp agents, but you're also training your future staff. What do 		
ClubFloyd | you show them? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I infiltrate the camp with perfect silence, sabotaging the 		
ClubFloyd | machine. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I activate an electromagical device that should disable all of 		
ClubFloyd | their equipment. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I transform into a mud lizard and go on the rampage. Gotta have 		
ClubFloyd | fun. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I turn all their guns into gumdrops������or gundrops������whatever you 		
ClubFloyd | want to call them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "C?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You sigh. This has all been exhausting. At least this will be 		
ClubFloyd | something new. You concentrate and release the bounds of your body 		
ClubFloyd | through your mind. You feel yourself expanding and growing. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You extend your claws and roar with your new-found gullet. Then you 		
ClubFloyd | leap towards the group, knocking over their device. They pull out 		
ClubFloyd | their weapons, taking aim at you with bright rays. They glance off 		
ClubFloyd | your moist hide. You strike quickly, sending humans flying in every 		
ClubFloyd | direction. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | While you're causing a mighty distraction, Spring Bonnet fires with 		
ClubFloyd | incredible speed, piercing the skin of each of the agents with her 		
ClubFloyd | tranquilizer darts. She starts taking copious notes about each of 		
ClubFloyd | the agents while you break open the device. The bleeder is revealed 		
ClubFloyd | inside, an elderly man with grizzled hair. Another human in the Fae 		
ClubFloyd | world. You handle him like you handled all the others. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I push him back through the rift. No more, no less. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I bring him with us. He could be friendly. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I leave him here. No need to get involved. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I investigate the rift to make sure he'll be alright, then put 		
ClubFloyd | him in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "d, I'd say."
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You have a soft spot for humans, after your years of Christmas 		
ClubFloyd | service. But you don't like these rifts crossing the two worlds. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You return to Claus Castle, or your castle, now. You haven't 		
ClubFloyd | changed the name yet. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | You look over your materials from Krinkle Corp. With enough of 		
ClubFloyd | these, you think, you might be able to do it. To bring back Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Another month passes. It's closer to Easter, now. You 		
ClubFloyd | receive news that Krinkle Corp is heavily investing in an ad 		
ClubFloyd | campaign against Easter, and against all holidays, really. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's not openly against holidays, of course. That would be too 		
ClubFloyd | obvious. Instead, it's a campaign for buying now. "Why wait?" is 		
ClubFloyd | the slogan. The idea is that people deserve pampering year-round, 		
ClubFloyd | and buying something you don't like because it's "in season," or 		
ClubFloyd | waiting on a nice gift because it's not some random calendar date 		
ClubFloyd | is just silly. They're advertising with new 3-D hologram 		
ClubFloyd | projectors. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Whatever the humans think of this, it's bad for the Fae. While 		
ClubFloyd | individual bleeders can change small portions of your world, the 		
ClubFloyd | collective human consciousness is its very lifeblood. Holidays are 		
ClubFloyd | a means of channeling that. Without a doubt, this campaign will 		
ClubFloyd | decrease the Christmas Spirit in the world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In fact, you've received notice that Copper Crank is gone. She only 		
ClubFloyd | had a tenuous connection to the mortal imagination to begin with, 		
ClubFloyd | and this was the last thread. Witnesses say that Copper just faded 		
ClubFloyd | away, a smile on her face. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your prot����g����, Spring Bonnet, has spent hours online researching 		
ClubFloyd | their advertising strategy and compiling notes for you. You are too 		
ClubFloyd | busy to organize a counter-campaign in person, but hopefully your 		
ClubFloyd | own skills and talents have rubbed off on your team. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I let Krinkle Corp continue their ads in peace. I'm not 		
ClubFloyd | concerned about protecting Christmas. But I want one of those 		
ClubFloyd | projectors taken and analyzed. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I ask Spring Bonnet to mount a counter-campaign promoting 		
ClubFloyd | holiday spirit and cheer. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I send a covert team to engage in sabotage against the campaign. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "B"
		Knight_Otu asks, "B or C I guess, but what would be more efficient?"
		Knight_Otu says, "B, then."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Unfortunately, you haven't spent much time with your team working 		
ClubFloyd | on Christmas cheer. Your campaign actually increased anger against 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas and the holidays. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Fall is coming, and things are getting worse. Cai is the latest to 		
ClubFloyd | be struck, with dozens of their bodies dissolving into thin air 		
ClubFloyd | over the last few weeks. There is news of Krinkle Corp shutting 		
ClubFloyd | down the faerie circles, severely limiting your people's ability to 		
ClubFloyd | traverse the worlds. The Ocean of Sorrows has been hit particularly 		
ClubFloyd | hard. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This area is exactly in the domain which you have control over 		
ClubFloyd | under your agreement with the Council of Seven. Fae are panicking 		
ClubFloyd | and calling on you to do something to stop the damage there. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I have been making diplomatic overtures to the bog faeries. I 		
ClubFloyd | might negotiate with them to make more rings. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I get Spring Bonnet to lead a team to shift into mock faerie 		
ClubFloyd | rings in order to ambush Krinkle Corp. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I instruct my agents to use subterfuge to pretend to do rituals 		
ClubFloyd | to strengthen the bond between worlds. But I'd rather let that bond 		
ClubFloyd | die, and this will help. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Ouch."
		Knight_Otu asks, "B?"
		DavidW says, "I dunno. We can try that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | You instruct your prot����g���� to gather a team together, and you lead 		
ClubFloyd | them in shifting exercises. Fungi can be particularly hard to 		
ClubFloyd | handle when shifting, so you give strict attention to that part. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your leader returns with a glowing report. All of the team had been 		
ClubFloyd | successful in producing accurate-looking mimics, and they ambushed 		
ClubFloyd | five different Krinkle Corp parties. Spring Bonnet shows you the 		
ClubFloyd | extensive notes she's developed concerning Krinkle Corp. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | With all that in the past, one of your little projects you've been 		
ClubFloyd | working on has now come to fruition. You've acquired enough of 		
ClubFloyd | Krinkle Corp's equipment to understand how it works. You've been 		
ClubFloyd | able to actually reverse some of its effects. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In fact, you might be able to bring back Claus from her weakened 		
ClubFloyd | state. The fact that you have a living body to work with should 		
ClubFloyd | make things easier. How do you feel about it? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Let's do it! I'd love to have Claus back and in charge. I'm sick 		
ClubFloyd | of being responsible for everything. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I'll do it, but if Claus thinks she can boss me around, she has 		
ClubFloyd | another thing coming. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I'm not going to do it. I have no interest in the return of 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "A."
		DavidW says, "A"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | With careful steps, you descend into the cellars of Claus Castle. 		
ClubFloyd | Down past the ruins of Christmas past, down past the Olmecs and the 		
ClubFloyd | Greeks, down to the coffin that once held Santa's Heart, and which 		
ClubFloyd | now holds the body of Claus, surrounded by mounds of metallic 		
ClubFloyd | components and wires. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | With a deep breath, you pull a switch. Bolts of electricity streak 		
ClubFloyd | out from the casing, striking everything in the room, including 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's body and you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The equipment sparks and smokes, but continues to work. You thank 		
ClubFloyd | your lucky stars that you managed to steal parts from Krinkle Corp 		
ClubFloyd | at every opportunity. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Mrs. Claus looks around, understanding slowly dawning on 		
ClubFloyd | her face. She stretches, her bones cracking from long disuse, then 		
ClubFloyd | steps out of the coffin. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | "Well, Club Floyd, it seems some time has passed since our last 		
ClubFloyd | meeting. What's happened since then?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) " Something bad happened to you. I fixed it." 		
ClubFloyd | B) "I found the Heart, defeated Flame, and have been struggling 		
ClubFloyd | with Krinkle Corp." 		
ClubFloyd | C) "A lot. But we kept Christmas going." 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu asks, "C?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | She looks concerned. "How many did I miss?" You give her a big 		
ClubFloyd | smile and say, "Only one. I hurried as fast I could." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Her smile fades as she notices the Heart in your hand. "So, what 		
ClubFloyd | are you going to do, now? What are your intentions with the Heart?" 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) "It's yours, unconditionally. Of course I wouldn't take it from 		
ClubFloyd | you!" 		
ClubFloyd | B) "Well, I've grown accustomed to holding this. I'd like to keep 		
ClubFloyd | it that way for now." 		
ClubFloyd | C) I panic and use the machine to kill her. I wasn't prepared for 		
ClubFloyd | this. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Our precious!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "A?"
		DavidW says, "A"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus sighs in relief and accepts the Heart from you. "Thank 		
ClubFloyd | you, Club Floyd. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | This is going to take some getting used to. You're both different 		
ClubFloyd | people than you were before. But you're looking forward to the 		
ClubFloyd | upcoming weeks. It'll be great to get to know each other again. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You and Claus have been talking. Claus's return was 		
ClubFloyd | heralded with enthusiasm by her former subordinates. But the 		
ClubFloyd | celebrations and feasts didn't last long. Krinkle Corp has been 		
ClubFloyd | pressing ever closer. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Today, the two of you are discussing your plans for ending the war. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's idea is to call Phil in for negotiations. Compromise. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | What's your idea? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I call in Phil directly for negotiations on neutral ground. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I send Spring Bonnet to assassinate Phil. Hopefully, she's 		
ClubFloyd | trained enough. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I pretend to go along with Claus, but defect to Phil. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "We should retain our teleportation ability, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "A"
		Knight_Otu says, "I am almost tempted by B, but yeah, A."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "a" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus smiles at you, pleased you've accepted the 		
ClubFloyd | recommendation. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You and Claus are meeting in conference to determine the 		
ClubFloyd | future of Christmas and of both worlds. Phil is seated opposite of 		
ClubFloyd | you. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Phil says, "I want to make it clear that I am here on behalf of not 		
ClubFloyd | only Krinkle Corp, but all humans. I strongly believe the meddling 		
ClubFloyd | of Fae in the human world is irresponsible and must stop. Let's see 		
ClubFloyd | what your requests are." 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | It's time to make your choices as equals (more or less). Hopefully 		
ClubFloyd | you can reach an agreement. But you may not be able to achieve all 		
ClubFloyd | of these goals. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | What do you think should be the fate of the two worlds? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I suggest we bring the worlds as close together as possible. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I suggest we ensure that no one interfere with the connections 		
ClubFloyd | between the worlds. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I suggest we keep the worlds separate. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "They're still mistaking themselves as the president of Humanity."
		DavidW says, "yeah, that's weird."
		DavidW asks, "B?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems the status quo. Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "B" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus votes for things to be as they were. Phil votes to keep the 		
ClubFloyd | worlds apart. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | After much discussion, the committee has come to an agreement. The 		
ClubFloyd | worlds must be separated as far as you can make them. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And what are your thoughts about Christmas? 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I think it's time to stop Christmas altogether. 		
ClubFloyd | B) It shouldn't be up to us. I suggest we keep Christmas exactly as 		
ClubFloyd | it is. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I suggest we strengthen Christmas and the Heart as much as 		
ClubFloyd | possible. 		
ClubFloyd | 		DavidW says, "C"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "c" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | Claus votes to strengthen Christmas. Phil votes for a weaker 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas. Well after midnight, you finish your discussions and 		
ClubFloyd | come to a consensus. Christmas needs to be rejuvenated and expanded 		
ClubFloyd | upon. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | With your views made known, you go to a well-earned rest. The dawn 		
ClubFloyd | will shine on a new world, one that you had a part in. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next Chapter --[IMAGE: Chapter Thirteen Epilogue] 		
ClubFloyd | The decisions made that night work their way through the fabric of 		
ClubFloyd | the worlds, and influence all the years that follow. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Despite the committee's resolutions, the worlds' relationship to 		
ClubFloyd | each other has remained largely the same. Dreamers still pass into 		
ClubFloyd | your world. Elves and monsters still pass into the mortal world. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The stability allows your world to heal faster than it otherwise 		
ClubFloyd | could have. The worst of the damage done by Krinkle Corp and by the 		
ClubFloyd | incursions of the Nightmare King is slowly cleaned up or sealed 		
ClubFloyd | away. The tooth fairies continue their raids for the disposable 		
ClubFloyd | bones of mankind. The Emerald Empress still conducts her bizarre 		
ClubFloyd | experiments into human anatomy, capturing the weak and helpless in 		
ClubFloyd | her saucer-shaped skyboats to take them to her kingdom. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | As for Christmas, the committee's choices have influenced the 		
ClubFloyd | holiday's future, but so have your actions over the last few years. 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is now stronger than it ever was. The presence in China, 		
ClubFloyd | India, and sub-Saharan Africa grows without bound. A new 		
ClubFloyd | international carol singing competition springs up, and 		
ClubFloyd | universities begin offering courses in the theory of Christmas. The 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas shopping season starts in April now, and a secondary 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas celebration is established in March for those workers who 		
ClubFloyd | were unable to get the main Christmas off. Many people celebrate 		
ClubFloyd | both. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | In the Fae world, Claus Castle becomes a metropolis, with thousands 		
ClubFloyd | upon thousands of Fae flocking there for jobs and opportunities for 		
ClubFloyd | advancement. Great trade routes are established by land, sea, and 		
ClubFloyd | air, and soon the largest industries in the Fae world are all 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas-related: toy making, list checking, sleigh-making. 		
ClubFloyd | Desperate Fae volunteer to be turned into reindeer to help pull the 		
ClubFloyd | additional sleighs of toys in return for a guaranteed lifetime of 		
ClubFloyd | comfort in the new, modern stables. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Epilogue."
		Knight_Otu asks, "What have we wrought!?"
		DavidW says, "Double-Christmas."
		DavidW says, "Jesus is twins now."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Nightmare King, take me with you!"
		DavidW says, "yeah, we may have made a mistake in strengthening Christmas this much."
		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't expect it to go this strong."
		DavidW says, "Neither did I."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Krinkle Corp has been put on the defensive. With 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas more popular than ever, Krinkle Corp finds its market 		
ClubFloyd | share shrinking and its foothold against the Fae ever more tenuous. 		
ClubFloyd | Soon, it is reduced to guerrilla tactics. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Flickering Flame is no longer a force in the land. The 		
ClubFloyd | statue of Flame posed you a bit of a conundrum, but you settled on 		
ClubFloyd | donating it to a mortal children's museum that had a medieval 		
ClubFloyd | fantasy section. Being constantly bumped into by sticky-fingered 		
ClubFloyd | toddlers seems like an appropriate fate for Flame. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | The Fae world does seem a bit drabber without him, though. If 		
ClubFloyd | anything, he provided a bit of color to the universe whenever he 		
ClubFloyd | wasn't fear-mongering, war-mongering, or any other kind of 		
ClubFloyd | mongering. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "I guess it beats the serpent's venom imprisonment."
		DavidW says, "yes, since he chose his own prison."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --You remain faithfully employed to Mrs. Claus. Even death 		
ClubFloyd | is not able to keep the two of you down, and your working 		
ClubFloyd | relationship seems destined to last for quite a long time. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is stronger than ever, and so Claus is working harder 		
ClubFloyd | than ever. She is constantly busy in the workshop, throwing out 		
ClubFloyd | ideas: Christmas animatronics that make and hand out presents, new 		
ClubFloyd | varieties of Christmas treats that incorporate cuisine from around 		
ClubFloyd | the world, and a rebranding of Santa to better represent the new 		
ClubFloyd | market. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Your daily work hasn't changed too much. Claus regained the hearts 		
ClubFloyd | of her people as soon as she was revived and restored to power. And 		
ClubFloyd | you returned to your place. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Recently Claus, due to your actions in restoring her to life, has 		
ClubFloyd | decided to recognize you in an official capacity. She������s left it 		
ClubFloyd | up to you to decide what you'd prefer in the way of ceremony. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) I request a grand convocation in the Great Hall of Claus Castle 		
ClubFloyd | with speeches and a choir. 		
ClubFloyd | B) I request a small gathering with my closest friends, including 		
ClubFloyd | Claus. 		
ClubFloyd | C) I request a piece of artwork to be displayed in my honor. 		
ClubFloyd | D) I ask for no ceremony at all. My actions are their own reward. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "B or D"
		DavidW says, "B"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		
ClubFloyd | # 		
ClubFloyd | In a quiet meeting in Mrs. Claus's parlor, you are presented with a 		
ClubFloyd | certificate of achievement. More importantly, though, everyone 		
ClubFloyd | present goes through their favorite memories of you, your noblest 		
ClubFloyd | deeds and your funniest adventures. You leave feeling warm and 		
ClubFloyd | happy inside. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | There's one last thing that you think about before you go to sleep 		
ClubFloyd | this night. A long time ago, you set a goal for yourself. You told 		
ClubFloyd | yourself that you wanted to get Santa's Heart back and restore Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus's power. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And you did it. Christmas magic has survived. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | And so, you did what you set out to do. You saw the future you 		
ClubFloyd | wanted and you took it with both hands, and you are, by your own 		
ClubFloyd | measure, a success. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | -- End --We hope you've enjoyed playing _In the Service of Mrs. 		
ClubFloyd | Claus._ 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Choice of Games releases new games like this one on a regular 		
ClubFloyd | basis. Email us at subscribe@choiceofgames.com to subscribe to our 		
ClubFloyd | mailing list! 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
		DavidW asks, "We finished?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "achivements" 		
ClubFloyd | -- Next --Thanks for playing! 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Play again. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Quit. 		
ClubFloyd | 		Roger says, "our long yuletide nightmare is over"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We did!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "achivements" 		
ClubFloyd | Invalid response. Type a letter, or STATS, ACHIEVEMENTS, RESTART, 		
ClubFloyd | or QUIT 		DavidW says, "Thank Christmas."
		Roger says, "hmmm yeah weird we can't see our final score. Oh, there we go, maybe"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "achievements" 		
ClubFloyd | Achieved 5 out of 15 		
ClubFloyd | Score: 225 out of 550 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Achieved: 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A Mini Me: Witness the birth of a smaller piece of you. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Ho Ho Ho: Deliver presents in Santa's sleigh. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Three-headed Friend: Befriend Cerberus. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | It's Alive: Bring someone back from the dead. (50 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Eternal: Save Christmas for future generations. (100 		
ClubFloyd | points) 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | Achievements remaining: 		
ClubFloyd | Dark Secrets: Learn the truth about Santa's death. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Nine to Five: Find a job in the mortal world. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Ten Thousand Followers: Become the head of a cult. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Friends in High Places: Have your heart's wish granted by an 		
ClubFloyd | extradimensional being. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Scrooge: Destroy Christmas. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | There Can Be Only One: Be the last person standing at the end. (25 		
ClubFloyd | points) 		
ClubFloyd | Shocking: Meet Shank Zappa. (25 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Wedding Bells: Celebrate your wedding day! (50 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Triumphant: Win a war decisively. (50 points) 		
ClubFloyd | Turncoat: Betray Mrs. Claus and the rest of the elves. (50 points) 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "Misspelled that."
Knight_Otu presses the yellow enter button. 		
ClubFloyd | Invalid response. Type a letter, or STATS, ACHIEVEMENTS, RESTART, 		
ClubFloyd | or QUIT 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stats" 		
ClubFloyd | Name: Club Floyd 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Traits] 		
ClubFloyd | Grumpy Goose: 7% / Happy Helper: 93% 		
ClubFloyd | Steadfast: 15% / Open Minded: 85% 		
ClubFloyd | Gluttonous: 53% / Temperate: 47% 		
ClubFloyd | Elegant: 38% / Rustic: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Skills] 		
ClubFloyd | Shifting: 80% 		
ClubFloyd | Tinkering: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Trickery: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer: 44% 		
ClubFloyd | Connections: 32% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Relationships] 		
ClubFloyd | Mrs. Claus: 76% 		
ClubFloyd | Candid Mistletoe: 66% 		
ClubFloyd | Flickering Flame: 76% 		
ClubFloyd | Cai the Magician: 62% 		
ClubFloyd | Donner: 52% 		
ClubFloyd | Fractured Quartz: 56% 		
ClubFloyd | Nightmare King: 75% 		
ClubFloyd | Gray the Dreamer: 70% 		
ClubFloyd | Copper Crank: 49% 		
ClubFloyd | Glass Ghost: 50% 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | [IMAGE: Other] 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas Spirit: 76% 		
ClubFloyd | Elf Rank: Legendary Elf 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *A Brief Explanation* 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Shifting* represents the ability to transform your body into 		
ClubFloyd | various shapes, species, etc. High shifting will allow you to mimic 		
ClubFloyd | others or, more often, to gain the powers of a specialized form. 		
ClubFloyd | Low shifting may cause you to shift into something slightly 		
ClubFloyd | different than what you were going for, sometimes with disastrous 		
ClubFloyd | consequences. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Tinkering* represents the ability to create and understand 		
ClubFloyd | complicated devices. Elves with high tinkering carry an assortment 		
ClubFloyd | of mechanical pieces and tools with them at all times. High 		
ClubFloyd | tinkering also represents scientific understanding and spatial 		
ClubFloyd | reasoning. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Trickery* represents sneakiness and shadowiness. High trickery 		
ClubFloyd | allows an elf to be invisible, to perform sleight of hand and other 		
ClubFloyd | magic tricks, and to be stealthy. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Cheer* is Christmas magic. Elves with high cheer are prone to 		
ClubFloyd | miraculous occurrences and the creation of oversized food objects. 		
ClubFloyd | Cheer can lift spirits or create Christmas decorations or music. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Connections* is a measure of how much you know other magical 		
ClubFloyd | creatures, both personally and from rumor. Connections may help you 		
ClubFloyd | remember a legend, or a helpful spirit who owes you a favor. Low 		
ClubFloyd | connections represents gaps in your knowledge. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Grumpy Goose/Happy Helper* measures your attitude. A Happy Helper 		
ClubFloyd | is more friendly and relatable, but sometimes you need a Grumpy 		
ClubFloyd | Goose to knock some sense into people. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Steadfast/Open Minded* describes your views on change. A Steadfast 		
ClubFloyd | elf is loyal to friends and resistant to temptation, while an Open 		
ClubFloyd | Minded elf is a quick learner and can handle new situations and 		
ClubFloyd | viewpoints with ease. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Gluttonous/Temperate* describes your relationship with food and 		
ClubFloyd | fun. A Gluttonous elf is fun at parties but struggles with 		
ClubFloyd | self-control, while a Temperate elf is level-headed but a bit dull. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elegant/Rustic* measures your sophistication. An Elegant elf is 		
ClubFloyd | comfortable with high fashion, etiquette, art, and crystals, while 		
ClubFloyd | a Rustic elf is suited to the outdoors and to plain speaking. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Christmas Spirit* represents how strong the faith and belief in 		
ClubFloyd | Christmas is throughout the mortal world. It gives Mrs. Claus power 		
ClubFloyd | through an unknown mechanism, but the elves rumor that it involves 		
ClubFloyd | her deceased husband. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | *Elf Rank* is your standing with your fellow elves. A higher elf 		
ClubFloyd | rank allows you to command their respect and obedience. 		
ClubFloyd | 		
ClubFloyd | A) Return to the game. 		
ClubFloyd | B) Learn more about American Christmas traditions 		
ClubFloyd | 		Knight_Otu says, "All that Christmas, and Christmas Spirit is only at 76%."
		DavidW says, "We just didn't eat enough."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess that is true."
		DavidW says, "And we shoulda turned Phil into a go-go potted plant."
		Knight_Otu says, "As I said, I was tempted a bit by the assassination option."
		Knight_Otu says, "But that's no way to solve problems."
		DavidW says, "yes, but we weren't really playing as killers this time 'round."
		Knight_Otu says, "That, too. We were happy helpers, not killing krampuses."
		DavidW says, "I wonder how Santa really died."
		Knight_Otu says, "We could replay the game.... eventually."
		DavidW says, "I'm in no hurry."
		DavidW says, "It'll be so good to play something else next week."
		Knight_Otu says, "Certainly no replay in the near future."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But hey, with two Christmases a year, we have a chance at Christmas games twice as often!"
		DavidW says, "I was sad to see Copper Clank go."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we should have pushed for bringing the worlds together more, and less for strengthening Christmas."
		DavidW asks, "hm. And what would that be like?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Perhaps an urban fantasy world?"
		DavidW asks, "Bugbears with cell phones playing Pokemon GO?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Kids with actual pokemons?"
		DavidW asks, "Starbucks using actual unicorn poo?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ew."
		DavidW says, "Gosh, actual pokemon everywhere would change up things a lot."
		DavidW says, "The Council of Squirrels would get quite nutty."
		Knight_Otu says, "The world itself would, probably."
		DavidW says, "Dogs would be barking a lot more often."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Napier's Cache by Vivienne Dunstan
As played on ifMUD on April 5, 2020

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 Napier's Cache by Vivienne Dunstan. Napier's Cache was originally released as part of the 2018 IntroComp, and then saw full release as part of Spring Thing 2020. 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 ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask napierscache" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Scotland, 1594:
Floyd | The sea spray blasts your face, as you stand on the exposed
Floyd | clifftop,
Floyd | looking towards Fast Castle on the outcrop ahead. Your master
Floyd | stands
Floyd | beside you, leaning heavily on his stick, seemingly deep in
Floyd | thought.
Floyd | Little wonder, given what faces him in there. What a hellish place.
Floyd | You pause to remember what Napier told you about the reasons for
Floyd | this
Floyd | visit ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW asks (of KO), "Did you want to drive or should I?"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd |
Floyd | Napier's Cache
Floyd | An Interactive Scottish Historical Adventure by Vivienne Dunstan
Floyd | Release 1 / Serial number 200328 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33
Floyd | lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | This room in Napier's home, Gartness Castle, is where he spends
Floyd | most
Floyd | of his waking hours, working on numerous projects and conducting
Floyd | strange experiments. Beside one wall, a desk and chair sit, the
Floyd | desk
Floyd | covered with papers lying haphazardly on the surface, though
Floyd | somehow
Floyd | Napier always finds what he is looking for. A cupboard provides
Floyd | storage, and, on the floor, a rich rug provides warmth, one of the
Floyd | few
Floyd | signs of conventional comfort. A small window is the only source of
Floyd | natural light, though your master usually works late at night,
Floyd | burning
Floyd | many a candle. Through a stone archway a staircase leads down to
Floyd | the
Floyd | floors below. A ladder is propped up near one wall, leading up to
Floyd | an
Floyd | opening in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a handwritten note here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I can drive."
		DavidW says, "go for it"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get not" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET NOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get note" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Written in your master's barely legible handwriting, this is a list
Floyd | of
Floyd | the items he needs you to find to take on the trip to Berwickshire.
Floyd | They are his grimoire, crystal ball, wooden chest, alchemical
Floyd | supplies
Floyd | and his familiar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Huh. Weird line breaking. Was our game last week doing that?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think so."
		Knight_Otu says, "But I'm not 100% sure."
		Jacqueline says, "fwiw, I'm also okay with us consulting DW's notes or our prior transcript to catch up to where we were."
		DavidW says, "It's probably because ClubFloyd is 4 characters longer than Floyd."
		Jacqueline exclaims (at DW), "You're right!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Gazing through the window you see the Stirlingshire countryside
Floyd | outside, and wish you were out there, not stuck in here. But then
Floyd | you
Floyd | notice something on the window sill: a curious shape. You approach,
Floyd | and realise that it is a glass globe, your master's crystal ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The crystal ball is on the window."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, that would make sense."
		DavidW says, "The box of alchemy is in the cupboard."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get globe" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GLOBE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the crystal ball carefully, reminded again of its
Floyd | surprising weight, and its unnerving power to pull your gaze
Floyd | within.
Floyd | Your master uses it to divine and scry for information. You do not
Floyd | understand how it works; it must be some strange power. You
Floyd | shudder,
Floyd | and put the object carefully on the desk, ready for the journey to
Floyd | Fast Castle. Perhaps he will find it useful there, in the hunt for
Floyd | the
Floyd | castle's hidden treasure.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline wonders, "Should maybe shorten his name to Cloyd..."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open cupboard" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CUPBOARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the cupboard, revealing an ornate wooden box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Search the books upstairs for the grimoire. Look under the bed downstairs."
		Knight_Otu says, "That sounds wrong."
		DavidW says, "And wave the lure at the bird."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get box" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully pull out the highly ornate wooden box of alchemical
Floyd | supplies, chemicals and glassware, taking care not to damage its
Floyd | precious contents. There is a scientific method to much that your
Floyd | master does. He is highly skilled in techniques in chemistry,
Floyd | natural
Floyd | philosophy and biology, as well as in alchemy. But always alongside
Floyd | the more rational scientific approaches runs something darker, less
Floyd | acceptable to the authorities even in these dangerous times,
Floyd | something
Floyd | that your master's "clients" like Logan of Restalrig know full well
Floyd | when they hire him to work for them. You decide to put the box on
Floyd | the
Floyd | desk for now, rather than carry it around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to KO), "It really does sound wrong. I agree."
		Jacqueline says, "But maybe CFloyd."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Where was the lure again?"
		Jacqueline says, "Or Phloyd."
		DavidW says, "I think search the papers on the desk here."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x papers" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPERS
Floyd |
Floyd | A disorganised mess of varied sheets of paper, all covered with
Floyd | Napier's scribbles. You wonder, yet again, how he ever finds any
Floyd | old
Floyd | notes again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search them" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You consider looking through the papers, but Napier is obsessive
Floyd | about
Floyd | what he writes on them, and their haphazard order. So you leave
Floyd | them
Floyd | alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb carefully up the ladder to the library.
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | It is no wonder your master sends you up to fetch the books now.
Floyd | Climbing that ladder is hazardous enough for anyone. This is a
Floyd | cramped
Floyd | space, squeezed into the top of the castle turret, with a rickety
Floyd | ladder leading down to the workshop below. Gaps in the roof
Floyd | structure
Floyd | allow shafts of light to slant through, but the room is just about
Floyd | watertight. Piles of books lie all around, in no particular order.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search books" 		

Floyd ]  Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH BOOKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You search thoroughly through the books, and after ages are about
Floyd | to
Floyd | give up, then you spot something important poking out from one
Floyd | pile.
Floyd | You carefully ease it out. It is your master's grimoire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Maybe it's just on the desk."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get grimoire" 		

Floyd ]  Library
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET GRIMOIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach over for the grimoire, struck again by its weight and
Floyd | heft.
Floyd | It is just one of many books that Napier uses to research solutions
Floyd | to
Floyd | problems, but it is by far his most precious, containing notes and
Floyd | spells collected over many years. It is a large leather-bound
Floyd | volume,
Floyd | with a black cover, and his family crest on the front. The pages
Floyd | inside are fragile, and bear the signs of much use. All are covered
Floyd | with his rapid handwriting, as well as writing in other hands that
Floyd | you
Floyd | do not recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | You do not think the volume contains much information about Robert
Floyd | Logan of Restalrig, who invited your master to Berwickshire on this
Floyd | latest quest, though there may be some notes about Logan's ancestry
Floyd | and his connections with various noble and royal families. However,
Floyd | the grimoire will certainly contain other information that may help
Floyd | on
Floyd | the spot there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | This room in Napier's home, Gartness Castle, is where he spends
Floyd | most
Floyd | of his waking hours, working on numerous projects and conducting
Floyd | strange experiments. Beside one wall, a desk and chair sit, the
Floyd | desk
Floyd | covered with papers lying haphazardly on the surface, though
Floyd | somehow
Floyd | Napier always finds what he is looking for. A cupboard provides
Floyd | storage, and, on the floor, a rich rug provides warmth, one of the
Floyd | few
Floyd | signs of conventional comfort. A small window is the only source of
Floyd | natural light, though your master usually works late at night,
Floyd | burning
Floyd | many a candle. Through a stone archway a staircase leads down to
Floyd | the
Floyd | floors below. A ladder is propped up near one wall, leading up to
Floyd | an
Floyd | opening in the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | On Napier's desk are an ornate wooden box and a round ball of
Floyd | multi-coloured glass.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | You cast your eyes over your master's desk. As well as a messy pile
Floyd | of
Floyd | varied papers, all covered in his handwriting, you spot a corded
Floyd | rope
Floyd | lure that he uses for his pet bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "There it is."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get lure" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, search DESK not search PAPERS."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Bedroom
Floyd | Napier's bedroom is a large room, but largely empty beyond the
Floyd | modest
Floyd | bed in the middle of the room, and clearly little used, certainly
Floyd | no
Floyd | more than necessary. Through a stone arch, the staircase of the
Floyd | tower
Floyd | runs up and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look under bed" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER BED
Floyd |
Floyd | You kneel down and look under the bed. Yes, there is something
Floyd | there.
Floyd | You reach in, and drag something out. It is a chest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get chest" 		

Floyd ]  Bedroom
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the chest towards you, and throw it open. The smell of old
Floyd | wood and something else that you can't quite put your finger on
Floyd | assails you. This is the chest that Napier always takes on journeys
Floyd | and research trips, to store his equipment. Though of course it is
Floyd | you, the assistant, who has to carry it about. You know that where
Floyd | you
Floyd | are going, Fast Castle, is remote and isolated, lashed by the waves
Floyd | and balanced precariously over the North Sea. You will have to make
Floyd | sure that Napier has all that he might need there, and the chest
Floyd | will
Floyd | be put to good use. You close the chest for now, relieved to have
Floyd | found it, ready for this latest journey. It is heavy, so you leave
Floyd | it
Floyd | on the floor here for now. At least you know where it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Servants' Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Servants' Area
Floyd | This simple unfurnished space leads from the tower Napier
Floyd | appropriated
Floyd | for his own use through the servant rooms to the more comfortable
Floyd | sections intended for the family. Steps lead back up to Napier's
Floyd | rooms, and an arched doorway leads east to the rest of the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a maid and a large black bird here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wave lure" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave the lure towards the bird, and attract its attention. It
Floyd | flies over to you, and seems willing to go with you, perhaps
Floyd | realising
Floyd | that its master needs it to do this. You shudder as it approaches,
Floyd | reminded how much you despise it. Undoubtedly the truest physical
Floyd | representation of your master's dark arts, this jet black bird
Floyd | strikes
Floyd | terror into all others who see it. Servants and neighbours mutter
Floyd | darkly of it, and even the local parish minister has preached
Floyd | against
Floyd | it none too subtly in the kirk pulpit. Yet your master seems to
Floyd | find
Floyd | it helpful, even if all others loathe it. You now carry the bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Just as you locate the last item on the list, Napier appears, a
Floyd | flurry
Floyd | of black cloak and long beard. "Ah you found everything we need.
Floyd | Good!
Floyd | We must leave soon for Fast Castle, though whether we will find the
Floyd | treasure Logan seeks I am not so sure. I certainly hope so. The
Floyd | reward
Floyd | would be great."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		DavidW says, "And now for new stuff"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CFloyd ] Dining Room 		
CFloyd | Some days later, you arrive at Fast Castle. Soon after entering the 		
CFloyd | castle your master is admitted to the presence of Robert Logan. You 		
CFloyd | accompany him. 		
CFloyd | 		
CFloyd | Dining Room 		
CFloyd | This modestly-sized room is somewhat claustrophobic, an effect only 		
CFloyd | slightly relieved by the candles burning rather erratically on the 		
CFloyd | table in the middle of the room. Chairs for diners surround the 		
CFloyd | table, 		
CFloyd | and you see plates of food. 		
CFloyd | 		
CFloyd | You can see John Napier of Merchiston, Sir Robert Logan of 		
CFloyd | Restalrig 		
CFloyd | and Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell here. 		
CFloyd | 		
CFloyd | "Sit down man!" says Logan brusquely. Clearly addressing Napier. 		
CFloyd | Logan 		
CFloyd | pays you no attention. You might as well be invisible. 		
CFloyd | 		
CFloyd | > 		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. Still not enough."
		Jacqueline asks, "Better, though?"
		Knight_Otu says, "A bit better, yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I could just make it, like, CF."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x napier" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your master is tall and imposing, with a fiercely intelligent gaze.
Floyd | Now in his forties, his brown hair and long beard are speckled with
Floyd | grey. He wears his usual outfit: a long, black robe. Often he
Floyd | reminds
Floyd | you more of a rook than a man.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your master sits down. You stay standing, just behind him. "My
Floyd | lords,
Floyd | greetings," says Napier, nodding to both men in turn.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Huh."
		DavidW says, "I played out this dining room scene. It's a bit tense."
		Jacqueline says, "Nope."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure that's the issue, DW."
		Knight_Otu says, "Odd that."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "hm. I wonder the issue is, then."
		Jacqueline says, "I do like the look of CF"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x logan" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOGAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Tall and red-haired, the laird of Restalrig and also, of course, of
Floyd | Fast Castle is smartly dressed, in trousers, shirt, jacket and even
Floyd | a
Floyd | ruff. At times you catch a brief glimpse of a sheathed blade, and
Floyd | remember how dangerous people say this man can be, however elegant
Floyd | his
Floyd | attire here may be.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an explosion of laughter from the man you recognise as the
Floyd | Earl of Bothwell. "Dinnae stand on ceremony man, even if it is good
Floyd | that you know your betters. Who's this with you, Napier?" asks the
Floyd | Earl, looking keenly at you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "It's easier to skim"
		Knight_Otu says, "May take a bit to get used to it."
		Jacqueline says, "(Sorry. I'm focusing on the game now. Honest.)"
		DavidW says, "Examine the 3rd man there."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x stewart" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STEWART
Floyd |
Floyd | Smaller than his cousin Logan, Francis, Earl of Bothwell is of
Floyd | medium
Floyd | size, with dark hair, and slight build. You look at him
Floyd | uncertainly,
Floyd | wondering if he has inherited any of the character of his notorious
Floyd | uncle, Queen Mary's ill-fated last husband. But then you remember
Floyd | that
Floyd | he was recently outlawed by King James, so it is somewhat
Floyd | surprising
Floyd | to find him here.
Floyd |
Floyd | "My apprentice, your lordship," says your master. "Bow to the
Floyd | lords!"
Floyd | he whispers sideways to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bow" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Logan of Restalrig smiles grimly as you bow before him. You think
Floyd | he
Floyd | approves.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bothwell laughs again, but Logan looks fierce. "You are lucky to
Floyd | meet
Floyd | my cousin Bothwell here," says Logan, nodding towards the Earl.
Floyd | "But
Floyd | tell no-one else he is here, or else!" and he makes a slicing
Floyd | motion
Floyd | across his throat. You quake with fear, and shake your head
Floyd | vigorously. You will tell no-one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Eep."
		DavidW says, "Until years later, you make the episode into a work of IF, of course."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Made from a dark wood, the long table provides eating space for up
Floyd | to
Floyd | eight diners.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a sudden sound of something falling over. Glancing to the
Floyd | table, you see that Napier has knocked over his glass of wine.
Floyd | Fortunately it was only part full, but a pool of red starts to
Floyd | spread
Floyd | across the table. "Clean it up then!" barks Logan at you, while
Floyd | your
Floyd | master trembles in terror.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clean table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't have anything to hand to clean up the spill with. Perhaps
Floyd | there is something useful on the table?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Examine the table again. There's something new."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Made from a dark wood, the long table provides eating space for up
Floyd | to
Floyd | eight diners. You notice a napkin lying on the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clean table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Using the napkin you mop up the wine spill as best you can. Logan
Floyd | glowers throughout, while Bothwell laughs and Napier trembles with
Floyd | fear. Finally, you right the wine glass again, and step back.
Floyd | "Anyway
Floyd | to business!" says Logan fiercely, leaning to refill Napier's glass
Floyd | with wine, while at the same time staring sternly at Napier.
Floyd | "Treasure! Yes you are here to find my missing fortune, supposedly
Floyd | hidden somewhere in the castle a century ago."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "What a pleasant fellow."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x food" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | The food served is a mix of meats, including game, and vegetables.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is the story reliable, my lord?" asks your master tentatively. "Of
Floyd | course I am happy to look ..."
Floyd | "There's the challenge Robert!" says Bothwell, laughing again. "Oh
Floyd | you're right man," he continues, looking at Napier. "It's a legend,
Floyd | no
Floyd | more, but surely worth looking for. Possibly French gold, aye
Floyd | Robert?"
Floyd | Logan nods. "Or English silver," says Logan, "supposedly somewhere
Floyd | in
Floyd | the castle depths." He strokes his chin thoughtfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'm worried that if Napier doesn't find the treasure, Logan will claim US instead."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x chairs" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | A number of chairs sit around the table.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well yes, I can look," says Napier carefully. "And hopefully I
Floyd | will
Floyd | find the treasure." Then a pause. "But if I don't find it, I must
Floyd | have
Floyd | your guarantee that I can leave safely, and unharmed." He looks
Floyd | shakily towards Logan. Bothwell watches, keen to see what his
Floyd | temperamental cousin will say.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear, what a prospect."
		DavidW asks, "Napier will go safe. But will we, a mere apprentice?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x candles" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANDLES
Floyd |
Floyd | The candles around the edge of the room flicker, as they provide
Floyd | much-needed illumination.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Och man, have no fear," says Logan. "We agreed in that contract
Floyd | you
Floyd | drew up. And I give you my word." But his expression is cold,
Floyd | especially his eyes. You feel scared, and worried.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x eyes" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EYES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wait" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is an awkward silence, that lasts for an uncomfortable length
Floyd | of
Floyd | time. Then Bothwell claps his hands together. "Go on then man! And
Floyd | may
Floyd | God be with you in your hunt." Napier rises, stepping backwards
Floyd | from
Floyd | the table. "My lords ..." he says, bowing again, before leaving the
Floyd | room. You follow closely behind.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | After a night of poor sleep, you accompany your master to start to
Floyd | search for the hidden treasure. An ancient but surprisingly
Floyd | sprightly
Floyd | servant, Ralph, leads you both down to the cellar, while you drag
Floyd | your
Floyd | master's chest behind you. The further down you go, the darker
Floyd | things
Floyd | get, and you soon need the light from the lantern Ralph is carrying
Floyd | to
Floyd | see properly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cellar
Floyd | This cellar is roughly cut into the stone of the rock the castle
Floyd | sits
Floyd | on. It is not a large space, but probably large enough for the
Floyd | storage
Floyd | needs of this small castle. In the nooks and crannies around here
Floyd | you
Floyd | glimpse bottles of wine, barrels of ale and other supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy wooden chest (closed), Ralph and John Napier of
Floyd | Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x ralph" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RALPH
Floyd |
Floyd | Ralph is an old castle servant, probably in his fifties or so, and
Floyd | rather bent over with age. You wonder what secrets he has witnessed
Floyd | over the years.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x napier" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your master is tall and imposing, with a fiercely intelligent gaze.
Floyd | Now in his forties, his brown hair and long beard are speckled with
Floyd | grey. He wears his usual outfit: a long, black robe. Often he
Floyd | reminds
Floyd | you more of a rook than a man.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x chest" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | About three foot wide by two foot deep and another two foot tall,
Floyd | this
Floyd | wooden chest is relatively compact and eminently suitable for
Floyd | travelling purposes.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Get my alchemical kit out!" says your master, suddenly. Ralph
Floyd | looks
Floyd | alarmed for a moment, while Napier glares fiercely around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open chest" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CHEST
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the heavy wooden chest, revealing a round ball of
Floyd | multi-coloured glass and an ornate wooden box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give box to napier" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BOX TO NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the ornate wooden box)
Floyd | Napier grunts some words of gratitude, and takes the box. He lays
Floyd | it
Floyd | carefully down, and throws it open, revealing the mass of
Floyd | mysterious
Floyd | chemicals and containers inside. He takes out a number of small
Floyd | glass
Floyd | jars. "Och, but we need oil!" He turns to Ralph. "Do you have any
Floyd | in
Floyd | the castle, man?" Ralph nods, mutely, seemingly uneasy at what
Floyd | Napier
Floyd | is doing. "Go with him to fetch some," says Napier to you urgently.
Floyd | "Here, take this." He hands you a glass jar to carry the oil. Ralph
Floyd | turns, then remembers to hand the lantern to Napier. Ralph steps
Floyd | back,
Floyd | into the semi-shadow, and beckons to you to follow him back up into
Floyd | the castle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "follow ralph" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FOLLOW RALPH
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow Ralph back up a gloomy winding staircase of rough-cut
Floyd | stones. You watch carefully as he steps ahead, and are confident
Floyd | that
Floyd | you can remember the route back. The walls beside you here are wet
Floyd | and
Floyd | glistening, reminding you of the castle's dangerous location above
Floyd | the
Floyd | wild North Sea. Shortly the light increases, and you emerge into
Floyd | the
Floyd | kitchen area. "Just wait here a moment, and I will fill this jar up
Floyd | with oil," says Ralph, taking the jar, and scurrying off through a
Floyd | doorway to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A gloomy stone-lined chamber, this is where the castle's food is
Floyd | prepared. A fire and hearth are in one wall, with a chimney
Floyd | reaching
Floyd | up. A table is pushed against the opposite wall, and pots, pans and
Floyd | cooking utensils hang around. Exits lead to the west and east, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | can smell fresh air from both directions. Steps lead back down to
Floyd | the
Floyd | castle cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "This is as far as I played."
		DavidW says, "I didn't examine the kitchen at all."
		Knight_Otu says, "Entering new territory now."
		Knight_Otu says, "I have a feeling tarrying will not be good."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf5" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The kitchen table is empty, ready for cooking later.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Well, yeah, what if we're ordered to something else while waiting for Ralph?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x utensils" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X UTENSILS
Floyd |
Floyd | The utensils look to be comprehensive, though you are too
Floyd | unfamiliar
Floyd | with cooking to be able to identify them all.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Or if Ralph never returns?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x chimney" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHIMNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | A fire burns brightly in the hearth in the kitchen, providing both
Floyd | heat and a way of cooking the food for the castle. A chimney
Floyd | stretches
Floyd | upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah there you are!" says Ralph, returning. "Here you are," he says,
Floyd | handing you the jar, now full of oil. "You should get back to your
Floyd | master with that." Or alternatively perhaps you could take the
Floyd | chance
Floyd | to explore the castle a bit more first? Ralph scurries off,
Floyd | muttering
Floyd | something about not being witness to ungodly things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Could we really take the chance?"
		DavidW says, "I think it would be prudent to return with the oil, honestly."
		Jacqueline says, "There you are! Here you are."
		Knight_Otu asks, "What if we run into Logan?"
		Jacqueline says, "Also, sorry, my internet flaked out and I was gone for a bit but I am back."
		DavidW says, "Imagine if we spill oil on some carpet somewher."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrace your steps back down to the cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cellar
Floyd | This cellar is roughly cut into the stone of the rock the castle
Floyd | sits
Floyd | on. It is not a large space, but probably large enough for the
Floyd | storage
Floyd | needs of this small castle. In the nooks and crannies around here
Floyd | you
Floyd | glimpse bottles of wine, barrels of ale and other supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy wooden chest (in which is a round ball of
Floyd | multi-coloured glass) and John Napier of Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh dear."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give oil to napier" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE OIL TO NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | (the jar of oil to John Napier of Merchiston)
Floyd | You hand the jar of oil to Napier, who nods brief thanks, before
Floyd | proceeding to dab spots of oil around the cellar. You watch, in
Floyd | silence, familiar with his methods. He pulls the grimoire out from
Floyd | his
Floyd | robes, and flicks through its pages quickly. "Ah, but I need my
Floyd | bird
Floyd | for this. Go and fetch it. Here, you'll need this," he says,
Floyd | reaching
Floyd | into a pocket and pulling out the rope lure, which he hands to you.
Floyd | "Go! Get it from our room."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh geez."
		Knight_Otu says, "Well now we have to explore."
		DavidW says, "That bird is its own horror."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A gloomy stone-lined chamber, this is where the castle's food is
Floyd | prepared. A fire and hearth are in one wall, with a chimney
Floyd | reaching
Floyd | up. A table is pushed against the opposite wall, and pots, pans and
Floyd | cooking utensils hang around. Exits lead to the west and east, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | can smell fresh air from both directions. Steps lead back down to
Floyd | the
Floyd | castle cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Suddenly a woman comes in to the kitchen and starts busying herself
Floyd | at
Floyd | the table. From the mess of flour all over her arms and down her
Floyd | front, you guess that she must be the castle cook.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I kind of wish Napier were a bit nicer, even if we are his servant."
		Knight_Otu says, "Those were less free times."
		DavidW asks, "Do we ask the cook where our room is?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask cook about room" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COOK ABOUT ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook looks puzzled. Maybe ask about something else?
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook shakes out some flour, and starts to pound some dough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask cook about napier" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COOK ABOUT NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | "Your master? I know nothing about him," says the cook, shaking her
Floyd | head.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook glances up at the kitchen tools, either deep in thought,
Floyd | or
Floyd | more likely trying to decide what tool she needs next.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask cook about our room" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COOK ABOUT OUR ROOM
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook looks puzzled. Maybe ask about something else?
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook shakes out some flour, and starts to pound some dough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't seem to know it."
		DavidW asks, "You just know the bird is going to attack her new loaf of bread, right?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess I'll try east firsz?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, definitely."
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | Here you find yourself in the open air again, in part of the castle
Floyd | grounds partially enclosed by other buildings. To the west is the
Floyd | kitchen, a small building, but essential to the castle's well
Floyd | being.
Floyd | The main part of the castle rises up to the north, by far the best
Floyd | built part of the castle complex. Other than that, the only way you
Floyd | can go from here is to the east, where you see the edge of the
Floyd | castle
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x main" 		

Floyd ]  Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd ]  Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | The castle is built on a flat platform of land, high on this rocky
Floyd | promontory reaching out into the North Sea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "North I suspect?"
		DavidW says, "I hope the bird doesn't just fly away, either."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sleeping Area
Floyd | This is the sleeping area for guests to the castle. Your master and
Floyd | you slept here last night, him in the bed, you trying to get
Floyd | comfortable on the floor. The only exit is back out to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large black bird here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Not even a straw bed?"
		DavidW says, "guess not"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wave lure" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Using the lure, you reluctantly tempt the bird over to you. It
Floyd | comes
Floyd | over, and seems willing to come with you. You now carry the bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We carry the bird. For now."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | As you step back out into the hallway there is a sudden, sharp
Floyd | hissing
Floyd | noise. Looking down, you see a fierce ginger cat, its fur on end,
Floyd | standing blocking the exit to the courtyard. It glares at the bird
Floyd | you
Floyd | are carrying. The bird, by contrast, appears to have no interest in
Floyd | the cat, and sits calmly, preening itself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That wasn't so bad."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Fierce cat!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat is a fierce-looking animal. Must be some age too, and
Floyd | clearly
Floyd | it's been in some scraps over the years.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat growls, a low, disturbing sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "afk, but continue without me. back soon"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf6" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat rises up fiercely, hissing and spitting. It won't let you
Floyd | past.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat glares fiercely at the bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat hisses, but lets you go in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | You remember this place from your meeting with Logan and Bothwell
Floyd | earlier. Now it is deserted, and has a very different feel, with
Floyd | the
Floyd | table and chairs unoccupied. The only exit is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm. No other exit."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large black bird
Floyd |   a corded rope lure
Floyd |   a napkin
Floyd |   a handwritten note
Floyd |   some trousers (being worn)
Floyd |   a plain shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x napkin" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPKIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The napkin is soaked with red wine. You touch it as little as
Floyd | possible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Take off our trousers, toss them on the cat."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "My!"
		Jacqueline says, "I am, mostly, kidding. Unless you decide to try it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ginger cat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "It might be a better plan than going up."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remove shirt" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE SHIRT
Floyd |
Floyd | Best not. Napier doesn't want you going around underdressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh well"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "put napkin on cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT NAPKIN ON CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the ginger cat would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give napkin to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE NAPKIN TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The ginger cat doesn't seem interested.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat growls, a low, disturbing sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "back"
		Knight_Otu says, "I really do ot want to run into Logan."
		Knight_Otu says, "But I fear we have to go up."
		DavidW says, "You could try kicking the cat or dropping the bird, I suppose."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drop bird" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | Best not. Goodness only knows what might happen then, given how the
Floyd | cat feels about the bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "no"
		Jacqueline says, "NO."
		Jacqueline says, "Do not kick the cat."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wave lure" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have the horrible creature.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment you think the cat is about to leave, as it turns on
Floyd | the
Floyd | spot. But just as quickly it is back on guard, its hackles raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I mean, unless we have no other choice."
		Jacqueline likes cats. Even mean ones, for some reason.
		DavidW asks, "Take the cat?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we can still go up and be taken prisoner by Logan."
		DavidW asks, "Pet the cat?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pet cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat hisses at you, and you think better of touching it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | Sure you like picking things up, but I don't suppose the ginger cat
Floyd | would care for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat growls, a low, disturbing sound.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "kick cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KICK CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "phew?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Jacq!"
		Roger says, "boo"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Knight_Otu says, "So up we go."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You'd better not. That's Logan's own area, and you're pretty sure
Floyd | he
Floyd | wouldn't want you snooping about.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "So are we going through the dining room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "There was no other exit there."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat hisses, but lets you go in that direction.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dining Room
Floyd | You remember this place from your meeting with Logan and Bothwell
Floyd | earlier. Now it is deserted, and has a very different feel, with
Floyd | the
Floyd | table and chairs unoccupied. The only exit is to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "really?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Made from a dark wood, the long table provides eating space for up
Floyd | to
Floyd | eight diners.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x chairs" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIRS
Floyd |
Floyd | A number of chairs sit around the table, currently unoccupied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You kneel down but find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search table" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Dining Room
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a large black bird
Floyd |   a corded rope lure
Floyd |   a napkin
Floyd |   a handwritten note
Floyd |   some trousers (being worn)
Floyd |   a plain shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We could put the bird back in the room and ask the chef about the cat?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ginger cat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | For a moment you think the cat is about to leave, as it turns on
Floyd | the
Floyd | spot. But just as quickly it is back on guard, its hackles raised.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sleeping Area
Floyd | This is the sleeping area for guests to the castle. Your master and
Floyd | you slept here last night, him in the bed, you trying to get
Floyd | comfortable on the floor. The only exit is back out to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "That's what I was just about to suggest, D!"
		Jacqueline says, "like, we need a piece of tuna or something."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drop bird" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP BIRD
Floyd |
Floyd | The bird hops around a bit, but still seems to be paying you
Floyd | attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ginger cat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat glances up, but pays you little attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat relaxes, sits down, and starts washing itself. It seemingly
Floyd | has no interest in you any more, and you are able to pass.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | Here you find yourself in the open air again, in part of the castle
Floyd | grounds partially enclosed by other buildings. To the west is the
Floyd | kitchen, a small building, but essential to the castle's well
Floyd | being.
Floyd | The main part of the castle rises up to the north, by far the best
Floyd | built part of the castle complex. Other than that, the only way you
Floyd | can go from here is to the east, where you see the edge of the
Floyd | castle
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A gloomy stone-lined chamber, this is where the castle's food is
Floyd | prepared. A fire and hearth are in one wall, with a chimney
Floyd | reaching
Floyd | up. A table is pushed against the opposite wall, and pots, pans and
Floyd | cooking utensils hang around. Exits lead to the west and east, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | can smell fresh air from both directions. Steps lead back down to
Floyd | the
Floyd | castle cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask cook about cat" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK COOK ABOUT CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh that monster!" she says, shaking her head. "If he wasn't such a
Floyd | good mouser I'd rather he was in a pie." She pauses, her finger on
Floyd | her
Floyd | lips as she thinks. "Here, take this. The cat likes it. Give it to
Floyd | him." She hands you a piece of beef steak, which you handle
Floyd | gingerly.
Floyd | Some diet this cat must get, at the lord's expense.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook glances up at the kitchen tools, either deep in thought,
Floyd | or
Floyd | more likely trying to decide what tool she needs next.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That'll do"
		Knight_Otu says, "Good."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | Here you find yourself in the open air again, in part of the castle
Floyd | grounds partially enclosed by other buildings. To the west is the
Floyd | kitchen, a small building, but essential to the castle's well
Floyd | being.
Floyd | The main part of the castle rises up to the north, by far the best
Floyd | built part of the castle complex. Other than that, the only way you
Floyd | can go from here is to the east, where you see the edge of the
Floyd | castle
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ginger cat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give steak to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE STEAK TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat glances up, but doesn't seem interested right now. Maybe
Floyd | try
Floyd | again when it might be feeling more hungry?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sleeping Area
Floyd | This is the sleeping area for guests to the castle. Your master and
Floyd | you slept here last night, him in the bed, you trying to get
Floyd | comfortable on the floor. The only exit is back out to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a large black bird here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wave lure" 		

Floyd ]  Sleeping Area
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Using the lure, you reluctantly tempt the bird over to you. It
Floyd | comes
Floyd | over, and seems willing to come with you. You now carry the bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was thinking we"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Living Quarters
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | Living Quarters
Floyd | This is the castle's main living area. A number of rooms lead off
Floyd | from
Floyd | here, including stairs up to the family quarters. To the west is
Floyd | the
Floyd | dining room you were in before, and sleeping quarters lie to the
Floyd | east.
Floyd | Your master and you slept there last night. An exit to the south
Floyd | leads
Floyd | back out to the castle courtyard.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a ginger cat here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat growls a low, worrying growl as you enter again with the
Floyd | bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "we'd get the bird first"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give steak to cat" 		

Floyd ]  Courtyard
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE STEAK TO CAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cat looks up eagerly, and takes the meat from you. It glares at
Floyd | the bird before starting to eat the meat. You take this opportunity
Floyd | to
Floyd | escape back outside - with the bird.
Floyd |
Floyd | Courtyard
Floyd | Here you find yourself in the open air again, in part of the castle
Floyd | grounds partially enclosed by other buildings. To the west is the
Floyd | kitchen, a small building, but essential to the castle's well
Floyd | being.
Floyd | The main part of the castle rises up to the north, by far the best
Floyd | built part of the castle complex. Other than that, the only way you
Floyd | can go from here is to the east, where you see the edge of the
Floyd | castle
Floyd | platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "There we go."
		Jacqueline says, "woo"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Kitchen
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Kitchen
Floyd | A gloomy stone-lined chamber, this is where the castle's food is
Floyd | prepared. A fire and hearth are in one wall, with a chimney
Floyd | reaching
Floyd | up. A table is pushed against the opposite wall, and pots, pans and
Floyd | cooking utensils hang around. Exits lead to the west and east, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | can smell fresh air from both directions. Steps lead back down to
Floyd | the
Floyd | castle cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cook here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The cook shakes out some flour, and starts to pound some dough.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Cellar
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You retrace your steps back down to the cellar.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cellar
Floyd | This cellar is roughly cut into the stone of the rock the castle
Floyd | sits
Floyd | on. It is not a large space, but probably large enough for the
Floyd | storage
Floyd | needs of this small castle. In the nooks and crannies around here
Floyd | you
Floyd | glimpse bottles of wine, barrels of ale and other supplies.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy wooden chest (in which is a round ball of
Floyd | multi-coloured glass) and John Napier of Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give bird to napier" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BIRD TO NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Napier takes the bird gratefully. He places the lantern on the
Floyd | ground,
Floyd | and steps into the area outlined by oil spots. "Show the way, my
Floyd | familiar!" he cries, releasing the bird. It flies around
Floyd | uncertainly.
Floyd | There is a moment of silence, then Napier raises his arms, and
Floyd | starts
Floyd | chanting. You know not what he says, or even what language he is
Floyd | speaking. The lantern flickers, and the bird swoops down
Floyd | repeatedly,
Floyd | flying back up each time, before diving down again. "Come on,
Floyd | bird!"
Floyd | he cries. But the bird just keeps swooping down through the air,
Floyd | then
Floyd | rising again. "Ach, it's not here!" says Napier, lowering his arms,
Floyd | dejectedly. "But it must be below this level somehow." He reaches
Floyd | out
Floyd | an arm to the bird, which settles on him, and caws quietly. Napier
Floyd | rubs his face, puzzled, then exclaims loudly "We need to speak to
Floyd | Logan!"
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		Knight_Otu says, "I am surprised it wasn't the bird itself causing problems here."
		DavidW says, "Not yet, anyway."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  In the Rowing Boat
Floyd | Some time later Napier is before Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig
Floyd | again,
Floyd | with you beside him. "Well, have you found it!" demands Logan. "No,
Floyd | my
Floyd | lord, but I believe it is below the level of the cellar. What is
Floyd | down
Floyd | there?" asks Napier. "Just the sea, man. Though, now I think about
Floyd | it,
Floyd | there is a cave below. It can only be reached by sea - the tides
Floyd | and
Floyd | rocks are treacherous," says Logan. "But Ralph could take you there
Floyd | by
Floyd | boat." Logan bellows for his servant, who appears suddenly. "Napier
Floyd | needs you to take him by boat to the cave beneath the castle. Do
Floyd | it,
Floyd | man!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Ralph guides you and Napier out of the castle and down the rocky
Floyd | cliff
Floyd | edge to a narrow inlet, where a rowing boat is moored. You climb in
Floyd | carefully, dragging aboard the chest that Napier insisted you
Floyd | bring.
Floyd | He sits at the front of the boat, wrapped in his cloak, the wind
Floyd | blowing his hair and beard wildly. Most bizarre of all is the black
Floyd | bird sitting calmly on Napier's leg, looking keenly ahead, as if
Floyd | it,
Floyd | too, knows where you are going. Ralph pushes the boat into the sea,
Floyd | jumps in, and starts rowing with a confident stroke, belying his
Floyd | age.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the Rowing Boat
Floyd | You are in the boat, bobbing alarmingly on the water, which is all
Floyd | around you.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see Ralph and John Napier of Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wave of nausea rolls over you. Please let this boat journey end
Floyd | soon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  In the Rowing Boat
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh geez, we're gonna be seasick"
		Knight_Otu says, "Aw, dear."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x boat" 		

Floyd ]  In the Rowing Boat
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOAT
Floyd |
Floyd | The boat is worryingly small, or at least not large enough for you
Floyd | to
Floyd | feel secure. It bobs unnervingly in the water, which splashes
Floyd | against
Floyd | the timber. You remember how much you hate being on water.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x ralph" 		

Floyd ]  In the Rowing Boat
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RALPH
Floyd |
Floyd | Ralph is an old castle servant, probably in his fifties or so, and
Floyd | rather bent over with age. You wonder what secrets he has witnessed
Floyd | over the years.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the sound of gulls all around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "life is but a dream"
		DavidW says, "ask ralph about the cave"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x napier" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your master is tall and imposing, with a fiercely intelligent gaze.
Floyd | Now in his forties, his brown hair and long beard are speckled with
Floyd | grey. He wears his usual outfit: a long, black robe. Often he
Floyd | reminds
Floyd | you more of a rook than a man.
Floyd |
Floyd | The boat edges slowly around the castle promontory. You suddenly
Floyd | see a
Floyd | dark opening in the rock. "Aye, that's where we're headed," says
Floyd | Ralph, as he steers the boat towards the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Come on," says Napier, climbing nimbly out of the boat. The bird
Floyd | rises into the air and flaps after him. Ralph helps you lift the
Floyd | chest
Floyd | onto the rocks. Internally cursing, you pick it up, and follow
Floyd | Napier
Floyd | into the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | You stand at the entrance to a seemingly large, dark cave cut into
Floyd | the
Floyd | rocks under the castle. Behind you, the sea water laps against the
Floyd | water-rounded rocks around you. Ahead, to the north, you can see
Floyd | little, and the place fills you with unease.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy wooden chest (closed), Ralph and John Napier of
Floyd | Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Napier stands leaning on a staff, a tall figure buffeted by the
Floyd | winds
Floyd | whirling around. He lights a lantern and passes it to you. "Go on
Floyd | then, see what you can find in there." You shiver.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Jacqueline says, "I keep feeling a bit put off by her descriptions of people in their 50s, but I suppose it was a different time, when 50 was more like 80."
		Roger says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "It was a different time indeed."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask ralph about cave" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK RALPH ABOUT CAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's an eerie place indeed," says Ralph. "I'd rather stay out of
Floyd | there."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks, Ralph."
		DavidW asks, "Guess we're going in there alone, eh?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Send in the expendables, I guess."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not that we can warn them if we run into a dragon."
		DavidW says, "or a grue"
		Knight_Otu says, "Or that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering the Cave
Floyd | You stand just inside the entrance to the cave. Behind you is the
Floyd | sea,
Floyd | with the sound of water lapping against the rocks. Above you the
Floyd | arched cave entrance rises up. You can continue into the cave to
Floyd | the
Floyd | north and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x entrance" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ENTRANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | The entrance is a ragged arch shape, rising above you. It reminds
Floyd | you
Floyd | of an animal's mouth. Maybe best not dwell on that thought.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I love me a sea cave."
		Knight_Otu asks, "North, west?"
		DavidW says, "north"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go east and south, but a mound of rubble blocks
Floyd | further
Floyd | access to the north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "x rubble"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x rubble" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RUBBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The mound of rubble blocks your way further in to the north. You
Floyd | might
Floyd | be able to clear a way through though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "move it" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You start moving rocks aside. It is hard work, and takes time, but
Floyd | eventually it pays off. You can now go north, further in to the
Floyd | cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That worked."
		DavidW says, "yeah. Usually doesn't."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm surprised by some of the things like that in this game."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, you expect it to be a puzzle, and then it's not."
		Knight_Otu asks, "East or further north?"
		DavidW says, "north"
		Knight_Otu says (to Jacq), "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Running your hands over the rocky wall you can almost make out
Floyd | handholds. It might be possible to climb up here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We're alone?"
		DavidW says, "At the moment."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, Ralph and Napier sent is to be eaten by the imaginary(?) dragon alone."
		DavidW says, "Evil cousin will probably catch us."
		Jacqueline asks, "I missed something, I guess, but, um, isn't our master supposed to be looking for this treasure? Doesn't he need to cast a circle or something here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe we find a likely spot, and tell our master."
		DavidW says, "climb the wall, see if there's a coffer or an IOU."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb wall" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to climb up, but your foot slips and you fall back quickly.
Floyd | Maybe give it another go?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf7" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb wall" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Feeling a little more confident this time, you tackle the climb
Floyd | afresh. It's not easy, but you make it!
Floyd |
Floyd | Crevice
Floyd | This cramped space is above the back of the cave. There is little
Floyd | room
Floyd | to move here, and the only way out is back down where you came
Floyd | from.
Floyd | You notice a small shelf jutting out from the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach in tentatively. There is something here! But you can't
Floyd | quite
Floyd | reach far enough to pull it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Do we have the lure still?"
		Roger says, "what that's not how shelves work"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, well. Also, better furnished than I expected."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a lantern (providing light)
Floyd |   a corded rope lure
Floyd |   a napkin
Floyd |   a handwritten note
Floyd |   some trousers (being worn)
Floyd |   a plain shirt (being worn)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Maybe it means a rock shelf."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wave lure" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave the lure around, rather ineffectually.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		DavidW says, "yes, a rock lure."
		Jacqueline) Bluto says, "Rocks friends."
		DavidW says, "er. damn. yes a rock SHELF. But use the LURE as a extender."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get thing with lure" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET THING WITH LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach in tentatively. There is something here! But you can't
Floyd | quite
Floyd | reach far enough to pull it out.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait. I guess his name was Ludo, not Bluto. Bluto is from Popeye. My bad."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "reach into shelf with lure" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REACH INTO SHELF WITH LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search shelf with lure" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SHELF WITH LURE
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to search the shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put lure in shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LURE IN SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You jump on the spot. That was fun!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "okay, search the side passages for a hooked rod"
		Jacqueline asks, "We didn't pass a rock or something on our way here, right? Something we can push down here, then stand on?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "We passes at least two side passages."
		DavidW says, "er passeD"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think so, and I'm not sure we could realistically get a rock up here."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, we climbed up? For some reason I thought we climbed down."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Probably not, then."
		Knight_Otu says, "But who knows."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go north, east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "okay this probably isn't /this/ puzzle, but a good puzzle would be putting the lantern up there and inspecting the shadow"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says (to Roger), "That might be it."
		Knight_Otu says, "If we don't find anything in the passages that's worth a try."
		DavidW says, "yes"
		Knight_Otu says, "Even if we find something."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern Cranny
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Eastern Cranny
Floyd | This part of the cave is a cramped area at the eastern edge. It is
Floyd | a
Floyd | tight space, with a pile of rocks that have fallen down lying next
Floyd | to
Floyd | the wall. From here you can only go back to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern Cranny
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The pile of rocks have fallen here, and lie against the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search them" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern Cranny
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see 'them' (nothing) at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "search rocks. or move 'em"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern Cranny
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "move rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Eastern Cranny
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MOVE ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | It is fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go north, east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering the Cave
Floyd | You stand just inside the entrance to the cave. Behind you is the
Floyd | sea,
Floyd | with the sound of water lapping against the rocks. Above you the
Floyd | arched cave entrance rises up. You can continue into the cave to
Floyd | the
Floyd | north and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Western Wall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Western Wall
Floyd | This part of the cave ends abruptly at a craggy wall of rock,
Floyd | rising
Floyd | above you. The only exit from here lies to the east, back towards
Floyd | the
Floyd | cave entrance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Western Wall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The rocky wall reaches up here, at the western edge of the cave.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb it" 		

Floyd ]  Western Wall
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The wall is a sheer surface, with no signs of handholds. You can't
Floyd | go
Floyd | up there.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering the Cave
Floyd | You stand just inside the entrance to the cave. Behind you is the
Floyd | sea,
Floyd | with the sound of water lapping against the rocks. Above you the
Floyd | arched cave entrance rises up. You can continue into the cave to
Floyd | the
Floyd | north and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go north, east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crevice
Floyd | This cramped space is above the back of the cave. There is little
Floyd | room
Floyd | to move here, and the only way out is back down where you came
Floyd | from.
Floyd | You notice a small shelf jutting out from the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put lantern on shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LANTERN ON SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the shelf would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put lantern in shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT LANTERN IN SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we go tell master."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No glory for us today."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go north, east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering the Cave
Floyd | You stand just inside the entrance to the cave. Behind you is the
Floyd | sea,
Floyd | with the sound of water lapping against the rocks. Above you the
Floyd | arched cave entrance rises up. You can continue into the cave to
Floyd | the
Floyd | north and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | You stand at the entrance to a seemingly large, dark cave cut into
Floyd | the
Floyd | rocks under the castle. Behind you, the sea water laps against the
Floyd | water-rounded rocks around you. Ahead, to the north, you can see
Floyd | little, and the place fills you with unease.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy wooden chest (closed), Ralph and John Napier of
Floyd | Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Maybe the oar?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tell napier about shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL NAPIER ABOUT SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "This might be useful?" he asks, looking puzzled. "Take it then."
Floyd | He
Floyd | hands the staff to you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. staff"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh ho."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering the Cave
Floyd | You stand just inside the entrance to the cave. Behind you is the
Floyd | sea,
Floyd | with the sound of water lapping against the rocks. Above you the
Floyd | arched cave entrance rises up. You can continue into the cave to
Floyd | the
Floyd | north and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go north, east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Crevice
Floyd | This cramped space is above the back of the cave. There is little
Floyd | room
Floyd | to move here, and the only way out is back down where you came
Floyd | from.
Floyd | You notice a small shelf jutting out from the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You reach in tentatively. There is something here! It is just out
Floyd | of
Floyd | reach, but using the staff you can just poke in further to pull it
Floyd | out. It is a silver box. You pick it up carefully, feeling a
Floyd | strange
Floyd | tingle as you do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | Obviously of some age, the silver box is just under a foot long,
Floyd | with
Floyd | rusting metal edges.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf8" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | > SAVEOk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Crevice
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to open it, but nothing you try works. It stays resolutely
Floyd | shut.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Back of the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Back of the Cave
Floyd | Here the cave ends, at its deepest and darkest point, at a stone
Floyd | wall
Floyd | reaching upwards. Again you are uncomfortably aware of the mass of
Floyd | rock above you. Of course it should not suddenly fall onto you, but
Floyd | you can't help thinking uneasily of the possibility. From here the
Floyd | only obvious exit is back to the south, though your eyes are drawn
Floyd | to
Floyd | the stone wall leading upwards.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Large Cavernous Chamber
Floyd | This is the heart of the cave, and here its roof rises to the
Floyd | highest
Floyd | point. You can just barely feel the breeze from the air outside.
Floyd | The
Floyd | overall impression is a strange combination of space and an uneasy
Floyd | sense of claustrophobia, how you always feel going underground.
Floyd | From
Floyd | here you can go north, east and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Give it to Napier"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Entering the Cave
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Entering the Cave
Floyd | You stand just inside the entrance to the cave. Behind you is the
Floyd | sea,
Floyd | with the sound of water lapping against the rocks. Above you the
Floyd | arched cave entrance rises up. You can continue into the cave to
Floyd | the
Floyd | north and west from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "On my way."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | You stand at the entrance to a seemingly large, dark cave cut into
Floyd | the
Floyd | rocks under the castle. Behind you, the sea water laps against the
Floyd | water-rounded rocks around you. Ahead, to the north, you can see
Floyd | little, and the place fills you with unease.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy wooden chest (closed), Ralph and John Napier of
Floyd | Merchiston here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give box to napier" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE BOX TO NAPIER
Floyd |
Floyd | "You found it!" exclaims Napier, his hands reaching out eagerly for
Floyd | the box. He cradles it, lovingly. "We must get back to shore.
Floyd | Come!"
Floyd | and he strides over towards the boat.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ralph rows you back to shore. As you approach the beach you see two
Floyd | figures waiting there. It is Logan and Bothwell! You feel a chill
Floyd | inside, and looking over to Napier he looks alarmed too.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Well, did you find it?" thunders Logan. Napier nods, trembling.
Floyd | "Well
Floyd | come on man, let's go indoors and see what you have."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]
Floyd | Soon after you are all gathered again in the castle's dining room.
Floyd | "Hand it over then," says Logan, reaching out his hand fiercely.
Floyd | Napier pulls the box shakily from his pocket. "Here, my lord," he
Floyd | says, as he hands it over.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Is that it?" asks Logan, wonderingly. Bothwell also reaches
Floyd | forward
Floyd | to have a look. "That's quite something, Robert," he says to his
Floyd | cousin. "What's inside, I wonder?" Logan picks it up, and scrabbles
Floyd | at
Floyd | the box, trying to open it, without success.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Let me, my lord," says Napier. Logan nods, and your master
Floyd | stretches
Floyd | his hand over the box, closes his eyes, and mutters an incantation.
Floyd | There is a pause, then a click, and the box opens. Napier's eyes
Floyd | shoot
Floyd | open again as he pulls his hand back. You all peer towards the box,
Floyd | to
Floyd | see what is inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | Underneath old crinkly paper is a hint of gold! Logan reaches in
Floyd | eagerly. "Bullion maybe, or coins?" he says, then goes quiet as he
Floyd | fumbles among the cracking paper. Then his hand emerges, holding an
Floyd | ornate gold cross. About six inches long, it is exquisitely
Floyd | crafted,
Floyd | with rich decoration, and even jewels embedded in the gold. It must
Floyd | be
Floyd | centuries old, you think, and the most beautiful thing you have
Floyd | ever
Floyd | seen. "A Christian cross!" says Logan, laughing loudly. "And to
Floyd | think
Floyd | what the local minister says of me." He rubs his chin, thinking.
Floyd | "Ah,
Floyd | but it's a bonnie item. Maybe I'll no sell it or melt it down after
Floyd | all."
Floyd |
Floyd | "And my fee?" says Napier, shakily. "Aye man, I'd no forgot," barks
Floyd | Logan. He reaches over to one side, and brings out a small bag.
Floyd | "Here's the money I promised. I keep my word! Now begone, and
Floyd | remember
Floyd | say nothing of Bothwell here, if you value your lives."
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Please press SPACE to continue.

		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | With the treasure found, your master and you are free to leave.
Floyd | Though
Floyd | you enjoyed the treasure hunt, and found what you were seeking, you
Floyd | are glad to put Fast Castle and its owner far behind you. Even if
Floyd | part
Floyd | of you thinks yet of that cross ...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** The End ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT or UNDO the
Floyd | last
Floyd | command?
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "We won!"
		DavidW says, "yay!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice, and quick."
		DavidW says, "And no cats were kicked."
		Knight_Otu says, "Indeed."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		DavidW says, "I do wonder what if we went west from the kitchen."
		Jacqueline says, "I was somehow expecting it to be longer. That we would be waylaid on the journey back to shore, or beaten by Logan."
		Knight_Otu says, "(I really ought to get Implements finished.)"
		DavidW says, "We all have games to finish writing, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "We've been playing so many long games, a short one is very nice."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "True, true."
		Jacqueline says, "So, on the one hand, I wish this had been more fleshed out, richer somehow. On the other, I keep coming back to Vivienne's comment that this is based on a true story in her family history and I'm glad she didn't go wild."
		DavidW says, "I've almost forgotten what I wanted to do in Fox Dragon Bread."
		Jacqueline says, "And I have a bunch of questions for her. Might drop her an email."
		Jacqueline asks, "Like, was the servant her relation? Or Napier? Or... one of the other two?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Cave Entrance
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is based on real historical events. The original contract
Floyd | drawn up between Robert Logan of Restalrig and John Napier for the
Floyd | treasure hunt still survives today. And Napier was infamous for his
Floyd | occult practices, alongside his perhaps better known mathematical
Floyd | skills.
Floyd |
Floyd | But much of the game is fictional. For example, relatively little
Floyd | is
Floyd | known about Fast Castle, which is now barely more than a few rocks
Floyd | on
Floyd | a stump of rock jutting out into the North Sea. Nor do we know if
Floyd | Napier really found the treasure. But it's a great tale that a game
Floyd | can be spun from.
Floyd |
Floyd | The author also has a family link with the story. Robert Logan of
Floyd | Restalrig was my direct ancestor (my 12 times great grandfather),
Floyd | definitely one of my more infamous relatives!
Floyd |
Floyd | For thanks to playtesters etc. please use the CREDITS command.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		DavidW says, "oh wow"
		Knight_Otu says, "I remembered that from the Intro version."
		Jacqueline says, "See, that makes the whole thing awesome."
		DavidW says, "Wonder where *she* hid the treasure."
		Jacqueline says, "Even though the game is short and quick."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "credits" 		

Floyd ]  Cave Entrance
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CREDITS
Floyd |
Floyd | Inform 7 is the work of Graham Nelson.
Floyd |
Floyd | Many thanks to my testers for the game: Chris Selmys, Jason Guest,
Floyd | Jennifer Schmidt (bikibird), Marnix van den Bos, Martin Dunstan,
Floyd | mathbrush, Mike Carletta, Mike Spivey, Nick Marsh and Stian R��dven
Floyd | Eide.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thanks also to Victor Ojuel, for encouraging me to write this game
Floyd | in
Floyd | the first place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "A solid list of peeps."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, all."
		DavidW says, "yes, good game"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
77 Verbs by Mathbrush
As played on ifMUD on April 19, 2020

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 77 Verbs written by Mathbrush. This game was originally entered in the Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive Fiction, where it took second place in Event Three. It was then submitted to the Back Garden of Spring Thing 2020. 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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clubfloyd] Jacqueline says, "Ah, he doesn't go to the ClubHouse by default. I thought he did last week. Weird." 		Jacqueline asks, "Anyway. 77?"
		DavidW says, "Looking at the descriptions, 77verbs should be an easy intro piece, landofbreakfast should be an easy IF Art Show style piece, and prongleman should be a standard IF Comp get-them-jewels sort of game."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		DavidW says, "yes, 77 is fine to start with."
		Roger says, "ayup"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask ssverbs" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | What is your name? >

		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "ClubFloyd" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Area                                         0/1
Floyd | What is your name? >
Floyd | > CLUBFLOYD
Floyd |
Floyd | Hi, ClubFloyd!
Floyd |
Floyd | 77 Verbs
Floyd | An Introduction to Inform's Standard Verbs by Mathbrush
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 200328 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33
Floyd | lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Today is your day, ClubFloyd! On site at Parser United, wearing
Floyd | your
Floyd | special visitor's badge, you walk among the famous and the
Floyd | infamous.
Floyd | Oooh, look, there's the original adventurer from Adventure! He's
Floyd | sure
Floyd | had a lot of surgery. You gawk at animate marble statues and
Floyd | aqueous
Floyd | balls of slime in their soundstages. A flock of birds dressed as
Floyd | cowboys are shooting ineffectively at each other. A burst of acid
Floyd | gas
Floyd | to your right makes an entire set start to dissolve, and you dodge
Floyd | out
Floyd | of the way as it collapses. You hurry to catch up with your guide.
Floyd | This is it; your day to become an Interactive Fiction PC!
Floyd |
Floyd | You still can't believe that they accepted your application. Of
Floyd | course, you know what to expect; you've read the brochures. An
Floyd | introductory video, some classes spread out over a few weeks.
Floyd | You've
Floyd | got it made.
Floyd |
Floyd | You find your guide, and they usher you towards a low, squat
Floyd | building.
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Area
Floyd | A faded sign hangs crookedly on the outside wall:
Floyd |
Floyd | "To Get Your Bearings In A New Parser Game, Try Typing INVENTORY, X
Floyd | ME, or ABOUT! Try anything else to move on."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Club.. you're faster than I can type."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		DavidW says, "This seems very much like the version in the Ryan Veeder Expo."
		Jacqueline says, "I like how we just saw how decrepit Adventurer is and we're like, "Be an IF PC? SIGN ME UP, BAYBEE!""
		Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Oh, was this in the Veeder expo as well?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Also got a lap cat right now, so can't really type fast."
		DavidW says, "With slightly more verbs, yes."
		DavidW says, "It was 83 or something like that."
		Jacqueline says, "Hrm. And I have a chocolate chip muffin, so I was just about to ask if someone else could drive. But you can't drive with a cat on your lap."
		Knight_Otu says, "(And just as I finish typing it, he jumps off.)"
		Jacqueline says, "HOORAY NO CAT"
		Jacqueline says, "I mean... I'm sorry for your loss."
		Knight_Otu says, "Cats are fickle beasts."
		Jacqueline asks (of KO), "Willing to drive?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Area                                         1/2
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   some beef jerky
Floyd |
Floyd | Two guys in tank tops and holding cash say, "I need to know the
Floyd | score!" One shouts, "NOTIFY !", and the other says, "Yeah, NOTIFY
Floyd | ON!". A stern-looking dryad says, "NOTIFY OFF!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Area                                         1/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | It's you, ClubFloyd!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "about" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Area                                         1/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ABOUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Hello! This game was written by Brian Rushton (as Prismatik) and
Floyd | entered into the Second Quadrennial Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good
Floyd | Interactive Fiction.
Floyd |
Floyd | After the Exposition, this game was beta tested by Arthur DiBianca,
Floyd | Daniel Worm, Lance Campbell, FriendofFred and Kenneth Pedersen and
Floyd | entered into Spring Thing as a Back Garden game.
Floyd |
Floyd | This game is designed to use every standard inform verb as listed
Floyd | in
Floyd | the "command" index in Inform 7. There are only two not mentioned
Floyd | in
Floyd | this game: getting off from something and removing something from
Floyd | something. These actions aren't real actions, as they are more
Floyd | complicated ways of wording "exit" and "take".
Floyd |
Floyd | If you're stuck, don't worry. People will be shouting at you
Floyd | shortly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "We don't get a point for that?"
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking maybe we got a point for every verb."
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably just for the first command of that set."
		DavidW says, "I don't think it's a point per verb, no."
		DavidW says, "Try the notify on, though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "notify on" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Area                                         1/3
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NOTIFY ON
Floyd |
Floyd | Score notification on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x jerky" 		

Floyd ]  Tutorial Area                                        1/4
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JERKY
Floyd |
Floyd | You try examining the beef jerky, but the guide glares at you, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | hurry in the doors with the rest.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tutorial Area
Floyd | This is not what you expected; where's the video? You're standing
Floyd | in a
Floyd | cavernous, abandoned warehouse with a dirty, bare metal floor.
Floyd | Cables,
Floyd | pulleys and hooks hang from the rusted metal ceiling, and what dim
Floyd | light there is is filtered through dingy plastic sheets covering
Floyd | the
Floyd | windows. A keypad is placed high on the wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your group huddles together in the middle of the room. Only you
Floyd | notice
Floyd | your guide slowly stepping towards the door, a smile on his face.
Floyd | When
Floyd | he reaches the door, he clears his throat, and everyone turns.
Floyd |
Floyd | "I regret to inform you that your applications have been rejected.
Floyd | You
Floyd | will be incinerated shortly. Unless, of course, you can find the
Floyd | code.
Floyd | It ought to be in here somewhere."
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd |
Floyd | CUE EVIL LAUGHTER
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd |
Floyd | He leaves and closes the door, and flames spurt from the walls.
Floyd | Everyone panics, except for a gangly alien with the name tag Skrit,
Floyd | who jumps to the keypad and begins typing numbers frantically.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey!" he shouts. "Help me out here! Try to find the code! EXAMINE
Floyd | everything you can! Or just X it to be faster!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a dirty yellow sticky note, a faded ID card and a
Floyd | pristine
Floyd | sheet of notebook paper here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "As in life, 'If you're stuck, don't worry. People will be shouting at you shortly.'"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "It's a trap!"
		DavidW says, "Following Skrit's instructions is our best course of action."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x note" 		

Floyd ]  Tutorial Area                                        2/5
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X NOTE
Floyd |
Floyd | A yellow sticky note with a foul-smelling, wet stain. On it is
Floyd | written
Floyd | the number 24601.
Floyd |
Floyd | You shout, "Hey, let's do 24601!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit types it in and shouts, "It doesn't work!" The crowd tears up
Floyd | the dirty yellow sticky note and you keep looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | A man in a yellow hat shouts "L KEYPAD!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't know what happens if you deviate, though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x card" 		

Floyd ]  Tutorial Area                                        2/6
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CARD
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of plastic with the picture and the name faded beyond
Floyd | recovery. The card number was punched directly into the plastic,
Floyd | though. It's 8675309.
Floyd |
Floyd | You yell, "Hey! Hey! I got another one! It's 8675309!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit types it in and shouts, "It doesn't work!" The crowd tears up
Floyd | the faded ID card and you keep looking.
Floyd |
Floyd | A shadowy person of indeterminate gender says, "LOOK CEILING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x paper" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Pit                                             2/7
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAPER
Floyd |
Floyd | This piece of paper ripped from a notebook is in mint condition,
Floyd | its
Floyd | natural grey sheen interrupted only by the gentle blue lines and a
Floyd | hastily scrawled number: 250624.
Floyd |
Floyd | You scream "Hurry! Try 250624!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit types it and the floor opens with a loud clang, dropping
Floyd | everyone into a pit below.
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd |
Floyd | THUD
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd | Deep Pit
Floyd | You are in a deep pit with earthen walls. Tunnels lead in every
Floyd | direction, but you hear menacing barks and growls from those
Floyd | directions.
Floyd |
Floyd | A refuse pile festers in the corner, and a rock shelf juts out from
Floyd | one side of the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit shouts, "Try to SEARCH for something to use!".
Floyd |
Floyd | An elderly monkey says, "QUIT!" and disappears. A newt says "Q"
Floyd | and disappears as well.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Ouch."
		Roger says, "that phone number gag is pretty close to aging out already"
		DavidW asks, "oh, I didn't think of phone codes. What did they say? Anything good?"
		Roger says, "no, it's just the song: 8675 3oh9"
		Knight_Otu says, "(I am going to guess we weren't in much danger of being incinerated, but who knows.)"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "(It may also be a case of "The last item examined is the one that's correct, perhaps?)"
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking that as well."
		DavidW says, "oh yes, for that puzzle, definitely."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Pit                                             2/8
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | SEARCHing might not work, but LOOKing UNDER it could.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "And I was also, like, don't tear up the notes when the codes don't work! what if it's that code, but backwards? Or scrambled?!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look under it" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Pit                                             3/9
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You bend over and look around under the shelf, and spot a handful
Floyd | of
Floyd | dry dog food!
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit says "Great! TAKE the dog food and DROP it so we can dodge
Floyd | the
Floyd | dogs!
Floyd |
Floyd | An ugly muffin says, "VERIFY!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice booms, saying:
Floyd |
Floyd | The game file has verified as intact.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that crossed my mind as well."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get food" 		

Floyd ]  Deep Pit                                             4/10
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET FOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab the dog food. Now you can DROP it to distract the dogs!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drop it" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             5/11
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You scatter the dog food all over, and the dogs' voices change from
Floyd | anger to eagerness.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit shouts, "Let's go!" and leads everyone down a small,
Floyd | insignificant crack in the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd |
Floyd | DOWN WE GO
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd | Gauntlet
Floyd | You are in a room with damp, stone walls formed from rectangular
Floyd | blocks. There are exits which lead north and up.
Floyd |
Floyd | Another PC shouts "GO NORTH!" and disappears towards the room
Floyd | ahead.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "ah, the directions section."
		Roger says, "I didn't think being yelled at all the time would be as annoing as I'm finding it"
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "The more you know..."
		Jacqueline says, "SHOOTING STAR"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Follow the other PC, or shall we go up?"
		DavidW says, "We just came from up."
		DavidW says, "Go north."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. I missed that in the auto-moving."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             6/12
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You run north. Now there are exits to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess there's only one way to go"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             6/13
Floyd | >
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You run north. Now there are exits to the west and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             6/14
Floyd | >
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You run west. Now there are exits leading inside and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             6/15
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You run inside. Now there are exits to the east and outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             6/16
Floyd | >
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You run east. Now there are exits leading outside and west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/17
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | An earnest-looking man pushes up his glasses. "Technically, typing
Floyd | OUT
Floyd | or EXIT is the exiting action, while GO OUT or GO OUTSIDE or just
Floyd | OUTSIDE moves you in the outside direction."
Floyd |
Floyd | One PC shouts "OUTSIDE", while another PC screams "GO OUT!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "go out" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/18
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GO OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You run outside. Now there are exits to the south and inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/19
Floyd | >
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You run south. Now there are exits up and north.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/20
Floyd | >
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd | You run up. Now there are exits to the northeast and down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/21
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You run northeast. Now there are exits down and southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/22
Floyd | >
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You run down. Now there are exits to the southeast and up.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/23
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You run southeast. Now there are exits to the southwest and
Floyd | northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Gauntlet                                             7/24
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You run southwest. Now there are exits to the northwest and
Floyd | northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger asks, "shall we try >EXITS ?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            7/25
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | You are in a large room packed full of junk. Debris and random
Floyd | gizmos
Floyd | of every kind are jumbled together in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sounds of heavy boots and shouting come from the tunnel. The
Floyd | entrance
Floyd | has a metal door that is hanging open. Skrit slams the door shut
Floyd | and
Floyd | yells, "We have to barricade the door! LOOK AT everything to figure
Floyd | out how you can help!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A bang comes from the doors and they open a crack, straining
Floyd | against
Floyd | the lock. A number of PCs start making a barricade.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glass fixture, a big desk, a tall bookcase, some
Floyd | heavy
Floyd | drapes, a wrecking ball, a barbed mattress, some fire ant bait,
Floyd | some
Floyd | extra large bubble wrap, a tear gas canister, a rusty iron wheel
Floyd | and
Floyd | some loose tripwire here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Oops, sorry. Though I guess exits wouldn't be implemented, not being standard?"
		DavidW says, "correct, I assume"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I - yeah."
		Roger says, "seems likely"
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, now we know our directional ABCs."
		Jacqueline says, "Man. So puzzly."
		Knight_Otu says, "A...barbed mattress."
		DavidW says, "Start looking at some of it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sound uncomfortable."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            7/26
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | A massive, heavy desk lies in the middle of the room. If you push
Floyd | it
Floyd | to the barricade, it could reinforce it!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push desk" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            7/27
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit is clinging to the wall. It looks over and says "Whoa whoa
Floyd | whoa!
Floyd | Don't just push it all over! You need to PUSH THE DESK TO THE
Floyd | BARRICADE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push desk to barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/28
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH DESK TO BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | A fedora-ed detective leaps up to assist you as you push the desk
Floyd | up
Floyd | against the barricade. Great!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x trip wire" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/29
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TRIP WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | A pile of loose tripwire with a few rusty splotches. This would be
Floyd | great to TIE it TO something immobile to trip up the enemy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tie wire to desk" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WIRE TO DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the loose tripwire to the big desk)
Floyd | You hurry and tie the tripwire to a handy protuberance on the big
Floyd | desk. That'll be a surprise when they get through!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I liked the desk until I saw the wrecking ball, and was like, the wrecking ball is heavier than the desk, and THEN I was like, but the wrecking ball is round and will roll away... and that's when I gave up and remembered that you all love to solve puzzles, and that I enjoy watching you all solve puzzles."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x bookcase" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | A rickety old bookcase towers above you. It wobbles back and forth.
Floyd | One push and it should go down!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push bookcase" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            9/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the tall bookcase and it smashes down on top of the
Floyd | barricade! Nice job!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x bait" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            9/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The label says "THIS OUTSTANDING PRODUCT WILL SUMMON FIRE ANTS FROM
Floyd | THE ELEMENTAL PLANE OF FORMIDOPIA! SIMPLY PLACE IN A DARK PLACE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit looks over and says, "Hey! You should put that in the
Floyd | barricade!" Then it roars a battle cry and jumps away. You pick up
Floyd | the
Floyd | fire ant bait, ready for action!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "We didn't get a point for tying. I think we were supposed to tie it to the barricade."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put bait in barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BAIT IN BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the bait inside the barricade. Within seconds it goes
Floyd | off,
Floyd | sending fire ants swarming over the barricade!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "untie wire" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNTIE WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your first word had a typo or is one I'm not familiar with. Try a
Floyd | different word.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "if at first you do not succeed, tie, tie again"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get wire" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET WIRE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | An unhappy man shouts, saying "I hate reading all of this!
Floyd | SHORT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman in tails says scornfully, "I prefer SUPERBRIEF."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tie wire to barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WIRE TO BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have nothing useful to tie with.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess it's stuck."
		DavidW says, "I guess so. Hope it's not a problem."
		Roger says, "might as well get our UNDO point now"
		Knight_Otu asks, "That's a few undos. Shall we?"
		DavidW says, "sure, try"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/35
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "BRB - reboot"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/34
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            9/33
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            9/32
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/31
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/30
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            8/29
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That should be it."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tie wire to barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            9/30
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TIE WIRE TO BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the loose tripwire to the barricade)
Floyd | You hurry and tie the tripwire to a handy protuberance on the
Floyd | barricade. That'll be a surprise when they get through!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push bookcase" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            10/31
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BOOKCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the tall bookcase and it smashes down on top of the
Floyd | barricade! Nice job!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put bait in barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            11/32
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT BAIT IN BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the bait inside the barricade. Within seconds it goes
Floyd | off,
Floyd | sending fire ants swarming over the barricade!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            12/33
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | You are in a large room packed full of junk. Debris and random
Floyd | gizmos
Floyd | of every kind are jumbled together in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glass fixture, some heavy drapes, a wrecking ball, a
Floyd | barbed mattress, some extra large bubble wrap, a tear gas canister
Floyd | and
Floyd | a rusty iron wheel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x canister" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            12/34
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CANISTER
Floyd |
Floyd | A small metal canister trembling with the incredible pressure of
Floyd | the
Floyd | gas inside..
Floyd |
Floyd | A rat in a pirate costume jumps onto your shoulder and whispers
Floyd | into
Floyd | your ear. "Hey, you should THROWING that AT the barricade." He
Floyd | jumps
Floyd | down and runs away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "throw canister at barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            13/35
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW CANISTER AT BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the tear gas canister)
Floyd | You chuck the tear gas at the barricade and it bursts, releasing
Floyd | massive amounts of tear gas! The clouds are sucked down into the
Floyd | tunnel on their way outside, and you hear gasps and wheezes from
Floyd | the
Floyd | other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "yay rat in pirate costume."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Captain Verdeterre, what are you doing here?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x wrap" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            13/36
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | This is a massive piece of bubble wrap. As you contemplate it, a
Floyd | robot
Floyd | zombie sasquatch shouts, "HEY! Try to SQUEEZE or SQUASH it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Probably his brother."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "squeeze wrap" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            14/37
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SQUEEZE WRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch your arms around the wrap and squeeze with all your
Floyd | might!
Floyd | It pops with a loud "BANG!" and is ripped to indistinguishable
Floyd | shreds!
Floyd | The enemy combatants go silent and hide, mistaking your BANG for a
Floyd | powerful attack!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		Jacqueline says, "Back"
		Knight_Otu says, "That bubble wrap was more effective than I expected."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x drapes" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            14/38
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DRAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | These drapes are huge! You can see, high above, the rod holding
Floyd | them
Floyd | is just barely holding on. You're confident you can knock them down
Floyd | if
Floyd | you pull the curtains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Bubble wrap with the power of PC enhancement."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pull curtains" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            15/39
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PULL CURTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull with all your might, and the curtains come down, rod and
Floyd | all!
Floyd | Actually, rod and wall; you've ripped out a chunk of masonry with
Floyd | it!
Floyd | PCs jump and leap out of the way.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		Jacqueline says, "golly"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            15/40
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | A huge wrecking ball hangs from the ceiling on a sturdy chain. It
Floyd | looks like you can swing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "swing wrecking ball" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            16/41
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SWING WRECKING BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You place your palms on the wrecking ball and shove with all your
Floyd | might! The ball swings into the barricade, shoving it further into
Floyd | the
Floyd | entrance and making it more compact.
Floyd |
Floyd | An unhappy man shouts, saying "I hate reading all of this!
Floyd | SHORT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman in tails says scornfully, "I prefer SUPERBRIEF."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That's precision wrecking."
		Jacqueline says, "Indeed"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            16/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | This saggy old mattress has innumerable little springs sticking out
Floyd | like wicked barbs. It looks like you could take it and put it on
Floyd | the
Floyd | barricade!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "sing wrecking ball" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            16/42
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING WRECKING BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Your first word had a typo or is one I'm not familiar with. Try a
Floyd | different word.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
		DavidW sings, 'I came in like a compressing ball'
		Jacqueline says, "heehee"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get mattress" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            16/43
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET MATTRESS
Floyd |
Floyd | You grab the mattress, and it is surpisingly easy to lift! Now you
Floyd | can
Floyd | put it on the barricade!
Floyd |
Floyd | A dog turns to you, the reader, and says "SORRY".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put it on barricade" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            17/44
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT IT ON BARRICADE
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the mattress on the barricade. Let's see them get past
Floyd | that
Floyd | now!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            17/45
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | A rusty old wheel is set firmly in the wall. It looks like you can
Floyd | TURN it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn wheel" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            18/46
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN WHEEL
Floyd |
Floyd | With a mighty heave, you turn the wheel. An awful screech echoes
Floyd | through the room; suddenly, a portcullis falls from the ceiling and
Floyd | covers part of the barricade!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "BAM"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            18/47
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | Barricade
Floyd | You are in a large room packed full of junk. Debris and random
Floyd | gizmos
Floyd | of every kind are jumbled together in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a glass fixture here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "More portcullises, and only one oject left."
		Knight_Otu says, "*object"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x fixture" 		

Floyd ]  Barricade                                            18/48
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FIXTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A fragile glass globe hangs on loose wire from the ceiling. If you
Floyd | break it, the glass shards could stop your pursuers in their
Floyd | tracks!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "break it, maybe?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "break it" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             19/49
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAK IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You smash the glass globe into pieces! The glass shards fly
Floyd | everywhere!
Floyd |
Floyd | A chorus of voices support you:"ATTACK GLOBE! BREAK GLASS! SMASH
Floyd | FIXTURE! HIT WIRE! FIGHT FRAGILE! TORTURE GLASS FIXTURE! WRECK
Floyd | GLASS
Floyd | GLOBE! CRACK FRAGILE WIRE! DESTROY GLOBE! MURDER GLASS! KILL GLOBE!
Floyd | PUNCH IT! THUMP THE GLOBE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit laughs, and says, "That's it! We've stopped them!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Then a lit explosive is hurled through the doors. There is an
Floyd | explosion, and a sensation of falling.
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd |
Floyd | EVERYTHING FADES AWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It's dark when you awake.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see anything, no matter how you try. Your other sense
Floyd | might
Floyd | work, though, if you LISTEN or SMELL.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "Violence was the answer to that one."
		Jacqueline says, "wow. That was a lot."
		Knight_Otu says, "For once it was. And all the synonyms."
		Jacqueline says (to Roger), "heehee. True, for once."
		DavidW says, "We should THUMP more often."
		Roger says, "'your other sense'. Just one, though."
		DavidW says, "> COMMON"
		Knight_Otu exclaims (at David), "What kind of sense is that supposed to be?!"
		DavidW says, "One that makes the penny drop."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "listen" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             20/50
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LISTEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear the confused cries of a hundred frightened PCs, and the
Floyd | grim
Floyd | mutters of the enemy on the other side of the barricade. An odd
Floyd | whiff
Floyd | of ozone is coming from somewhere, and you hear a rhythmic thumping
Floyd | sound
Floyd |
Floyd | If you LISTEN TO the thumping, or SMELL the ozone, you might be
Floyd | able
Floyd | to tell where it's coming from.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "smell ozone" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             21/51
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL OZONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You sniff the ozone; it seems to be coming from lower down. You
Floyd | crouch
Floyd | down and sniff again. It seems to be coming from the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hey everybody!" you say.  "I think there's something under the
Floyd | ground! Everyone FEEL or TOUCH the ground!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "touch ground" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             22/52
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH GROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear dozens of voices shouting "I got dirt over here! Nothing
Floyd | here! I found a peanut!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You run your hands over the ground and feel a large hatch that you
Floyd | might be able to OPEN.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                             23/53
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch creaks open. "Down here, everybody!" You reach and feel a
Floyd | ladder that you can CLIMB.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "We rock."
		Knight_Otu says, "Smelling specific scents or listening to specific sounds is a rarity."
		Jacqueline says, "All these other losers are going to become PCs on OUR coat tails."
		DavidW says, "Grue fodder"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               24/54
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully climb down the ladder, followed by a horde of PCs.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunker
Floyd | You are in a clean, bare metal bunker lit by a few small but bright
Floyd | fixtures on the low ceiling. The floor has faint rectangular
Floyd | markings
Floyd | and a few small holes, showing where furniture once rested.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit jumps to the ladder and heaves, rolling it up into the
Floyd | ceiling.
Floyd | "Hurry, close the hatch!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The large hatch is open on the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | A beat up old locker is in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small brass key lies on the floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, we should take that key, of course."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "close hatch" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               25/55
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You grasp the edges of the hatch and slam upwards. It sinks to be
Floyd | flush with the rest of the ceiling and disappears.
Floyd |
Floyd | A warning light flashes, and a robotic voice says, "Decontamination
Floyd | commencing". Nozzles begin to spray a fine mist into the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit's red eyes gleam under his bushy eyebrows. "Everyone grab
Floyd | their
Floyd | emergency suit from the welcome kit!" He grabs an orange pouch from
Floyd | his pocket and everyone else does the seem. Voices shout: "PUT ON
Floyd | SUIT! WEAR SUIT! DON SUIT! PUT SUIT ON!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You go to do the same, but you realize you forgot to bring your
Floyd | welcome kit today! Skrit points to the locker and says, "In there!
Floyd | There might be an extra."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I seem to remember this room being one of the trickier ones."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open locker" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               25/56
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | It seems to be locked.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Of course."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get key" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               25/57
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | Yes! The key looks like it fits the rusty locker. Skrit yells,
Floyd | "Hurry!
Floyd | You need to UNLOCK the LOCKER with that key!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock locker with key" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               26/58
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK LOCKER WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You unlock the locker. Skrit shouts, "Now you can OPEN it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               26/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the locker. There is a haz mat suit in the locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | A gibbering monster shouts "THINK!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wear suit" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               26/59
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR SUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the girl in a dog suit, the man in a giant cat
Floyd | suit
Floyd | or the haz mat suit?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Well, now that you've asked..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Erm."
		Jacqueline says, "I didn't realize I had a choice."
		DavidW says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "haz mat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               27/60
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HAZ MAT
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the haz mat suit)
Floyd | You grab the haz mat suit. Skrit says, "Hurry, put that on!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You scurry to wear the haz mat suit. You see that everyone else has
Floyd | theirs on now.
Floyd |
Floyd | Something feels off about it. You look down and find a small manual
Floyd | attached to the suit with sticky adhesive. You peel it off and take
Floyd | the book.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stout alien says, "TRANSCRIPT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A piece of paper appears in its hands that says: ">
Floyd | TRANSCRIPT".
Floyd | It frowns and says, "TRANSCRIPT OFF!" and puts it in its
Floyd | pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               27/61
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an operations manual. Skrit says, "You can LOOK UP something
Floyd | IN
Floyd | the manual, or CONSULT the manual ABOUT something, or READ ABOUT
Floyd | something IN the manual, or READ something IN the manual, but
Floyd | whatever
Floyd | you do, hurry! We need to figure out the alarm!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up alarm in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               28/62
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UP ALARM IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You pore through the book anxiously. You find ALARM, and begin to
Floyd | read:
Floyd |
Floyd | "To shut off the alarm:
Floyd |
Floyd | You must ENTER the command center, conveniently disguised as a
Floyd | rusty locker. You must then CLOSE and LOCK it from the inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | TURN ON the main power switch.
Floyd |
Floyd | Inside the command center, CLEAN the shutdown panel if there's
Floyd | any
Floyd | dust, and SET the dial TO the number you see. Then TURN OFF the
Floyd | main
Floyd | power switch."
Floyd |
Floyd | Don't forget to turn off the main power before exiting."
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "think" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               28/63
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THINK
Floyd |
Floyd | You've been doing a lot of that recently, and it hasn't helped
Floyd | much.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Aw."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "enter locker" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               29/64
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | You get into the rusty locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "close it" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               29/65
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the rusty locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lock it with key" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               30/66
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOCK IT WITH KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You lock the rusty locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn on switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               31/67
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN ON SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear a thrum of energy. It's working! The panel lights up, but
Floyd | it's too dirty to read. You'll have to CLEAN it or RUB it or POLISH
Floyd | it
Floyd | or SWEEP it or DUST it or WIPE it or SCRUB it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You hear others shouting: "TURN SWITCH ON! ROTATE ON SWITCH! TWIST
Floyd | ON
Floyd | POWER! UNSCREW ON POWER SWITCH! SCREW POWER ON! SWITCH SWITCH!
Floyd | SWITCH
Floyd | ON SWITCH! SWITCH SWITCH ON!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clean panel" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               32/68
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The panel is clean now! It's lit up and says 45.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "set dial to 45" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               33/69
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SET DIAL TO 45
Floyd |
Floyd | Bingo! You hear a loud CLICK! Now you can TURN OFF the power
Floyd | switch!
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn off switch" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               34/70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN OFF SWITCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything is shutting down!  The locker unlocks and pops open
Floyd | again.
Floyd | The nozzles stop spraying gas. You did it! You can EXIT the locker
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "unlock locker" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               34/70
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNLOCK LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to unlock the rusty locker with?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "key" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               34/71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KEY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's unlocked at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, overread that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "exit locker" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               34/71
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT LOCKER
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit says, "Your sentence had too many words." And he's right: you
Floyd | can try typing just the part where you wanted to  exit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               34/72
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Your suit is too bulky. Skrit shouts, "Just DOFF SUIT or TAKE OFF
Floyd | SUIT
Floyd | or CARRY OFF HAZ MAT or REMOVE SUIT or HOLD MAT OFF or SHED HAZ MAT
Floyd | SUIT or DISROBE HAZ or whatever!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But it was fine going it!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remove haz mat" 		

Floyd ]  Bunker                                               35/73
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMOVE HAZ MAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You take off the haz mat suit.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a power switch, a shutdown panel and a dial.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "exit" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      35/74
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EXIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You get out of the rusty locker.
Floyd |
Floyd | Bunker
Floyd | You are in a clean, bare metal bunker lit by a few small but bright
Floyd | fixtures on the low ceiling. The floor has faint rectangular
Floyd | markings
Floyd | and a few small holes, showing where furniture once rested.
Floyd |
Floyd | A beat up old locker is in the corner.
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone cheers as you exit! They shout, "Yeah! GET DOWN! GET UP!
Floyd | GET
Floyd | OUT! STAND! STAND UP! LEAVE! OUT!" Your suit, key and manual are
Floyd | taken
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | A door opens in the wall. Skrit grabs you from the locker and
Floyd | carries
Floyd | you outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd |
Floyd | ENTER THE CLEARING
Floyd |
Floyd | ********************************
Floyd | Forest Clearing
Floyd | This large clearing is packed with savage PCs of all description:
Floyd | red-eyed detectives, mutated  dinosaurs, disembodied voices, thinly
Floyd | disguised metaphors, etc., leaping and howling and surrounding you.
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit stands before you, triumphant. "The time has come. We are
Floyd | here.
Floyd | Speak, PCs! Show me your worth! ASK me ABOUT anything." He smiles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask skrit about test" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      36/75
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SKRIT ABOUT TEST
Floyd |
Floyd | "No! I said ASK me ABOUT ANYTHING!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A happy baby looks at you, and gurgles, "WAVE!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hee"
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask skrit about anything" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      36/76
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SKRIT ABOUT ANYTHING
Floyd |
Floyd | He says, "Ah ha! Very good. I'll tell you about Anything: with me,
Floyd | Anything is possible!
Floyd |
Floyd | "Now," he continues, "TELL me ABOUT yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tell skrit about myself" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      37/77
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TELL SKRIT ABOUT MYSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | You pour out your life story to Skrit, as do several other
Floyd | prospective
Floyd | PCs. Skrit scratches his chin, and says, "Good, good. Now answer me
Floyd | this: What do you want most?"
Floyd |
Floyd | An apprentice enchanter says, "Skrit, Power!" Skrit nods.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Adventure?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "(Assuming it accepts anything.)"
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "skrit, adventure" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      38/78
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SKRIT, ADVENTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit says, "So, the thing you want most is adventure? Then you
Floyd | shall
Floyd | have it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The others shout out their desires as well.
Floyd | A hitchhiker with a towel says, "ANSWER LOVE TO SKRIT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A robotic dog barks. Her auto-translator says, "SHOUT A BONE TO
Floyd | SKRIT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A hassled barista says, "SPEAK TRUTH TO SKRIT!"
Floyd |
Floyd | Now Skrit asks, "Are you ready to become true PCs?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone shouts "YES!" or "Y!" The whole crowd turns to look at
Floyd | you.
Floyd |
Floyd | A sonorous monk chants, saying "VERSION".
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice booms, saying:
Floyd |
Floyd | 77 Verbs
Floyd | An Introduction to Inform's Standard Verbs by Mathbrush
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 200328 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33
Floyd | lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //EFA17B06-DA2C-4929-B646-1FFE5170948B//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "yes" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      39/79
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YES
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit nods and the crowd cheers. He continues, saying "And will you
Floyd | ever go back to the way things were?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Everyone shouts "No!" Then, of course, the whole crowd turns to
Floyd | look
Floyd | at you again.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "no" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      40/80
Floyd | >
Floyd | > NO
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit nods and the crowd cheers. He jumps down and walks through
Floyd | the
Floyd | crowd, distributing tickets.
Floyd |
Floyd | Multiple PCs say, "ASK SKRIT FOR TICKET," and Skrit hands tickets
Floyd | out
Floyd | to them.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Is this wrapping up?"
		Jacqueline says, "It feels like it is."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask skrit for ticket" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      41/81
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SKRIT FOR TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You ask Skrit for the ticket.
Floyd |
Floyd | He smiles at you as he hands you yours. "You did good, ClubFloyd.
Floyd | Just
Floyd | WAVE your ticket and I'll know you're ready to go to the feast!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "almost"
		Knight_Otu says, "I am assuming."
		DavidW says, "We need to EAT and DRINK."
		Jacqueline asks, "Have we used even close to 77 verbs?"
		Roger says, "feels close. We could check SCORE"
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I guess we've had 81 turns, so..."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wave ticket" 		

Floyd ]  Forest Clearing                                      42/82
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE TICKET
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit says, "Ah, I see it clearly now. Please GIVE me the ticket
Floyd | and
Floyd | go on your way!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "But 41 point..."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "give ticket to skrit" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              43/83
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE TICKET TO SKRIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You hand the ticket to Skrit and pass on to your reward!
Floyd |
Floyd | Banquet
Floyd | The large clearing has been emptied, cleaned, and filled with long
Floyd | tables full of bread and punch. A pit in the center holds an
Floyd | enormous
Floyd | bonfire, and creatures are eating, drinking, and jumping all around
Floyd | it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A stall is selling a lucky kissing stone and cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a huge sign with suggested activities on it.
Floyd |
Floyd | A woman with a nametag reading "Marina" is asleep here.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read sign" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              43/84
Floyd | >
Floyd | > READ SIGN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sign says:
Floyd |
Floyd | "Suggested activities!
Floyd |
Floyd | [ ] BUY a lucky kissing stone!
Floyd |
Floyd | [ ] CUT some cheese!
Floyd |
Floyd | [ ] EAT some bread!
Floyd |
Floyd | [ ] DRINK some punch!
Floyd |
Floyd | [ ] JUMP!
Floyd |
Floyd | [ ] TASTE some of the food and drink!
Floyd |
Floyd | Or, if you're sick of it all, just WAKE Marina.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, good, I almost woke her up first."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "buy stone" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              44/85
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit tosses you a coin. You hand it to the merchant, who smiles
Floyd | and
Floyd | says, "Great! It's yours!"
Floyd |
Floyd | You now have a lucky kissing stone! You can KISS it or SHOW it TO
Floyd | Skrit! He'll definitely love it!
Floyd |
Floyd | The lucky kissing stone kisses your hand! Short of BURNing it,
Floyd | there's
Floyd | no way to get rid of it!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "kiss stone" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              45/86
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KISS STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel luck infuse you!
Floyd |
Floyd | The lucky kissing stone kisses your hand! Short of BURNing it,
Floyd | there's
Floyd | no way to get rid of it!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "show stone to skrit" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              46/87
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW STONE TO SKRIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Skrit acknowledges you with a smile but backs away slowly.
Floyd |
Floyd | The lucky kissing stone kisses your hand! Short of BURNing it,
Floyd | there's
Floyd | no way to get rid of it!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "burn stone" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              47/88
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURN STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh no! The lucky kissing stone burns away and is gone! How
Floyd | devastating.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "was it really that lucky?"
		DavidW says (to Narrator), "I can tell you're upset about the stone."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cut cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              48/89
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | The merchant shakes her head. "You didn't BUY it yet!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "buy cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              48/90
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BUY CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | The merchant says, "I'll put it on your bill. You can have a piece!
Floyd | Just CUT it!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cut cheese" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              48/91
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CUT CHEESE
Floyd |
Floyd | The merchant produces a knife with which you cut the cheese. A
Floyd | distinct odor pervades the area, and even the merchant takes a step
Floyd | back, coughing. You hand back the knife, which she hides. You eat
Floyd | the
Floyd | cheese.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "eat bread" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              49/92
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the bread)
Floyd | It's amazing! It's delicious!
Floyd |
Floyd | You eat the bread. Not bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drink punch" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              50/93
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DRINK PUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's refreshing! It's soothing!
Floyd |
Floyd | "What?" says a man in a giant cat suit. "I don't remember what
Floyd | that said. "VERBOSE!" he says. A girl in a dog suit says, "Yeah!
Floyd | LONG!".
Floyd |
Floyd | They look around. "Nah, I don't like it" says the man. "Yeah,"
Floyd | says the girl. She shouts, "NORMAL!" while he shouts, ""LONG!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "I think that swearing mildly and swearing profanely are both defaults, but I could be wrong."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              51/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | You leap, and dozens leap with you!
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Didn't they get rid of swearing?"
		DavidW says, "It's possible I7 got rid of it, yeah."
		Roger says, "I'm not sure."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think it was for school environments, but don't quote me on that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "laugh" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              51/94
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LAUGH
Floyd |
Floyd | The first word you typed was not recognized.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Other standard verbs that Inform dropped include SWIM and BLOW."
		Knight_Otu says, "Time to >Wake Marina, I guess."
		Roger says, "nonstandard but surely we must try XYZZY"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              51/95
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now Ryan Veeder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Laugh has never been a standard verb."
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh dear. Pander much?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Are we though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              51/96
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | It's you, Ryan!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "aren't we all"
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn. We're no longer ClubFloyd."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "xyzzy" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              51/97
Floyd | >
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You are now Ryan Veeder.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Well, then."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wake marina" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              52/98
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE MARINA
Floyd |
Floyd | She wakes up with a grumble and stalks away. She shouts back at
Floyd | you,
Floyd | "I was trying to SLEEP! You should try it, too!"
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "That may be one of the last commands. Anything else?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Wake up?"
		Roger asks, "wait?"
		Knight_Otu says, "(Unless that comes after sleep, which it well may.)"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              53/99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | You are getting very tired now. Every one around you is Z-ing and
Floyd | WAIT-ing. And even you are ready to SLEEP.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "version" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              53/99
Floyd | >
Floyd | > VERSION
Floyd |
Floyd | 77 Verbs
Floyd | An Introduction to Inform's Standard Verbs by Mathbrush
Floyd | Release 2 / Serial number 200328 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.33
Floyd | lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd | Identification number: //EFA17B06-DA2C-4929-B646-1FFE5170948B//
Floyd | Interpreter version 1.3.1 / VM 3.1.2 / Library serial number 080126
Floyd | Standard Rules version 3/120430 by Graham Nelson
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sleep" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              54/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SLEEP
Floyd |
Floyd | You try to sleep. You hear a nearby newly-minted PC say "NAP." But
Floyd | then you realize: you can't sleep. In fact, it's possible you're
Floyd | dreaming right now. It's time to AWAKE or WAKE UP!
Floyd |
Floyd | A persnickety librarian shouts, "NOUNS!" and a small toad says
Floyd | "PRONOUNS!"
Floyd |
Floyd | A voice booms, saying:
Floyd |
Floyd | At the moment, "it" means the punch, "him" means Skrit, "her"
Floyd | means Marina and "them" means the heavy drapes.
Floyd |
Floyd | [Your score has just gone up by one point.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wake up" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              55/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAKE UP
Floyd |
Floyd | You find yourself alone in a clearing. To the east is a small,
Floyd | white
Floyd | house...
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |     *** You are finally a true PC! ***
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In that game you scored 55 out of a possible 25, in 100 turns.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the
Floyd | last
Floyd | command, Get your FULLSCORE, Find MISSING points (if any), Find
Floyd | IMPOSSIBLE points or Find all CHARACTERS that are references to
Floyd | other
Floyd | games?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "aw"
		Knight_Otu says, "There we are at the end."
		DavidW asks, "Impossible points?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "impossible" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              55/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IMPOSSIBLE
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no way to get the following points, as the game does these
Floyd | actions "out of world":
Floyd |
Floyd |  quitting the game: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  saving the game: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  restoring the game: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  restarting the game: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  verifying the story file: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  switching the story transcript on: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  switching the story transcript off: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  requesting the story file version: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  requesting the score: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  preferring abbreviated room descriptions: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  preferring unabbreviated room descriptions: 1 impossible point
Floyd | preferring sometimes abbreviated room descriptions: 1 impossible
Floyd | point
Floyd |  switching score notification on: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  switching score notification off: 1 impossible point
Floyd |  requesting the pronoun meanings: 1 impossible point
Floyd |
Floyd | For a total of 15 impossible points.
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the
Floyd | last
Floyd | command, Get your FULLSCORE, Find MISSING points (if any), Find
Floyd | IMPOSSIBLE points or Find all CHARACTERS that are references to
Floyd | other
Floyd | games?
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "like QUIT perhaps"
		Jacqueline nods.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "missing" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              55/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > MISSING
Floyd |
Floyd | In your final score, you missed the following:
Floyd |
Floyd |  searching the refuse pile: 1 point
Floyd |  listening to the rhythmic thumping sound: 1 point
Floyd |  tasting the bread: 1 point
Floyd |  smelling nothing: 1 point
Floyd |
Floyd | You also missed the following bonus actions:
Floyd |
Floyd |  saying sorry: 1 bonus point
Floyd |  waving hands: 1 bonus point
Floyd |
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the
Floyd | last
Floyd | command, Get your FULLSCORE, Find MISSING points (if any), Find
Floyd | IMPOSSIBLE points or Find all CHARACTERS that are references to
Floyd | other
Floyd | games?
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "that was... sort of unrewarding, like an orientation video for a summer part-time job that you don't care about."
		Jacqueline says, "hahah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "characters" 		

Floyd ]  Banquet                                              55/100
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CHARACTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | The characters referenced are:
Floyd |
Floyd | The adventurer from Adventure
Floyd |
Floyd | The animate marble statue from Galatea
Floyd |
Floyd | The aqueous ball of slime from Coloratura
Floyd |
Floyd | The flock of birds dressed as cowboys from Birdland
Floyd |
Floyd | The man in the yellow hat from Curious George (not a game)
Floyd |
Floyd | The shadowy person of indeterminate gender from Fallen London
Floyd |
Floyd | The crystal goblin is inspired by A New Life from IFComp 2005,
Floyd | although there is no crystal goblin in that game
Floyd |
Floyd | The gnoll is inspired by the gnoll from the Dragonlance book Lord
Floyd | Toede
Floyd |
Floyd | The talking rat and rat in a pirate costume are both Captain
Floyd | Verdeterre
Floyd |
Floyd | The many detectives are from all of the Infocom and other detective
Floyd | games, with the red-eyed detective being from Make it Good
Floyd |
Floyd | The apprentice enchanter is from Enchanter
Floyd |
Floyd | The hitchhiker is from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay,
Floyd | books, game, and films)
Floyd |
Floyd | The robotic dog is from Rover's Day Out
Floyd |
Floyd | The hassled barista is from the game Tough Beans
Floyd |
Floyd | The sonorous monk is from Vespers
Floyd |
Floyd | The small white house is the opening scene of Zork
Floyd |
Floyd | Everything else is just random/generic weirdness
Floyd | Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game, QUIT, UNDO the
Floyd | last
Floyd | command, Get your FULLSCORE, Find MISSING points (if any), Find
Floyd | IMPOSSIBLE points or Find all CHARACTERS that are references to
Floyd | other
Floyd | games?
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "+a"
		DavidW says, "It was a strange approach, yes."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Land of Breakfast and Lunch by Daniel Talsky & Rabbit, Rabbit
As played on ifMUD on April 19, 2020

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 Land of Breakfast and Lunch written by Daniel Talsky & Rabbit, Rabbit. The Land of Breakfast and Lunch was an entrant in Spring Thing 2020. 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, "I think Land of Breakfast should be short."
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "quit" 		

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

		
CF asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" 		Knight_Otu says, "Sounds good to me."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask landofbreakfast" 		

Floyd ]  The Path
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Some would say that life is like a box of metaphors.  I would not
Floyd | say
Floyd | that.  I would say life is a land of metaphors.  You come to this
Floyd | land
Floyd | perhaps from a hidden door in the back of a piece of furniture,
Floyd | perhaps from a door in a dream.  Either way, you find yourself
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | ~ a land can contain both ~ by Daniel Talsky & Rabbit, Rabbit
Floyd | Release 12 / Serial number 200329 / Inform 7 build 6M62 (I6/v6.34
Floyd | lib
Floyd | 6/12N)
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path
Floyd | You are at the beginning of a path.  It is plain, even homely.  It
Floyd | leads forward towards The Land of Breakfast and Lunch.  If you
Floyd | "walk
Floyd | forward" you will follow the path.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It can tell me all about the eggs I haven't been eating."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Anyone else want to drive?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh huh. Daniel Talsky."
		DavidW says, "I can drive"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  The Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You are a fictional character who looks very much like the
Floyd | non-fictional you looks.  Almost exactly, in fact, except the
Floyd | non-fictional you is slightly more attractive, and the fictional
Floyd | you
Floyd | is a slightly better speller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Thanks. I am *still* picking slowly at my muffin."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You examine what you'd normally use to carry things, all the way
Floyd | from
Floyd | fingertip to elbow.  As you suspected, nothing is contained there.
Floyd | You briefly check for pockets or some kind of fanny pack.  There
Floyd | isn't
Floyd | anything like that.  You are forced to conclude that you have no
Floyd | possessions.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Longest way to say 'you got nuthin'.'"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "walk forward" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WALK FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch is a lot smaller than you were
Floyd | expecting.  It's actually just a small clearing near the road, like
Floyd | a
Floyd | roadside stop, with a painted picnic table containing a simple but
Floyd | nourishing breakfast on one end, and a simple but nourishing lunch
Floyd | on
Floyd | the other end.  A stubby little path leads backwards, and the path
Floyd | continues forward, towards The Land of Unrealized Possibilities.
Floyd | If
Floyd | you "walk forward" or just "forward" or even just "f" you will be
Floyd | walking towards it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a painted picnic table (on which are Breakfast and
Floyd | Lunch)
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a well-maintained picnic table painted in a bright, childish,
Floyd | civic style, depicting a crude sun with huge yellow beams bathing
Floyd | jagged pine trees in their light.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the painted picnic table are Breakfast and Lunch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Roger has arrived. 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sun" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | The sun is a simple yellow circle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | The pine trees are just a brown rectangle topped with a jagged
Floyd | green
Floyd | pine tree shape.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x breakfast" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BREAKFAST
Floyd |
Floyd | (Breakfast)
Floyd | Breakfast consists of a halved grapefruit with the membranes cut
Floyd | for
Floyd | easier eating, a soft-boiled egg in a specially designed holder,
Floyd | and a
Floyd | bowl of Lieutenant Chomp with a small pitcher of milk next to it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x grapefruit" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRAPEFRUIT
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a traditional grapefruit.  It's not one of the slightly
Floyd | sweeter
Floyd | red varieties, and it's not an exotic pomelo.  It looks as if a
Floyd | very
Floyd | thin sprinkling of sugar has been applied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "taste it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TASTE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Breakfast is kind of an all-or-nothing affair.  One really needs to
Floyd | sit down and tuck into it, rather than simply nibbling at one thing
Floyd | or
Floyd | another and leaving the rest of it to repel and disgust another
Floyd | traveller.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Interesting breakfast."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x egg" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X EGG
Floyd |
Floyd | The soft-boiled egg is a prim and underappreciated breakfast item.
Floyd | Sure, it's a lot of work to get to every bit of the egg, but it's a
Floyd | very delicate experience.  You would take the nearby small spoon
Floyd | and
Floyd | gently crack the top of the egg off, exposing the soft and rich
Floyd | partially-cooked egg inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x spoon" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SPOON
Floyd |
Floyd | The soft-boiled egg is a prim and underappreciated breakfast item.
Floyd | Sure, it's a lot of work to get to every bit of the egg, but it's a
Floyd | very delicate experience.  You would take the nearby small spoon
Floyd | and
Floyd | gently crack the top of the egg off, exposing the soft and rich
Floyd | partially-cooked egg inside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cereal" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CEREAL
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a bowl filled with the famous cereal known as
Floyd | Lieutenant
Floyd | Chomp.  You grew up seeing the commercials and can almost see the
Floyd | picture of the Lieutenant on the box in your mind's eye.  You know
Floyd | from experience that if you pour the milk too soon before you eat,
Floyd | the
Floyd | cereal will lacerate the roof of your mouth.  If you wait too long:
Floyd | sugary mush.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x milk" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MILK
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a simple, white pitcher of milk, like you'd find in a diner.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "remember chomp" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > REMEMBER CHOMP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | I'm not sure what you like to sing in a private moment.  Maybe it's
Floyd | Beyonc��, maybe it's a little Sinatra, maybe it's Neutral Milk
Floyd | Hotel,
Floyd | and maybe it's the worms song.  You sing it, whatever it is, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel slightly better.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "eat breakfast" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT BREAKFAST
Floyd |
Floyd | (Breakfast)
Floyd | You sit down for a moment and eat breakfast.  It is delicious but
Floyd | you
Floyd | still don't quite feel satisfied.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x lunch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (Lunch)
Floyd | Lunch is made up of a grilled cheese sandwich, a bowl of tomato
Floyd | soup,
Floyd | a small tray of antipasto, and a ramekin filled with a very
Floyd | enticing
Floyd | potato salad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "eat the sun"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "eat sun" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's plainly inedible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lick sun" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LICK SUN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "well, I can't argue with that."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a grilled cheese sandwich in the classic sense, in that
Floyd | there's
Floyd | nothing in it but cheese.  The sandwich has been cut in half
Floyd | diagonally and the tiniest bit of cheese has oozed out towards the
Floyd | table.  It looks like a combination of cheeses.  The bread is
Floyd | toasted
Floyd | to a perfect golden brown and glistens with its thin layer of
Floyd | butter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Also, might still be a bit hot."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x soup" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Warm, creamy, and comforting, and about two thirds the way to
Floyd | filling
Floyd | a fiestaware bowl.  There is a bit of coarsely cracked pepper at
Floyd | the
Floyd | top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pepper" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PEPPER
Floyd |
Floyd | Warm, creamy, and comforting, and about two thirds the way to
Floyd | filling
Floyd | a fiestaware bowl.  There is a bit of coarsely cracked pepper at
Floyd | the
Floyd | top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I like pepper."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x plate" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLATE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x salad" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SALAD
Floyd |
Floyd | It looks like a well-made potato salad, filled with richness and
Floyd | zing.
Floyd | You can see flecks of red onion and a light dusting of paprika.  In
Floyd | case you don't know what a ramekin is, it's a small straight-walled
Floyd | bowl with scalloped outside walls. Perfect for an attractive
Floyd | presentation of a small potato salad serving.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fork" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FORK
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "That's the only helpful thing I can think of to say right now is to tell you how very much I love pepper."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell lunch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL LUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (Lunch)
Floyd | It smells pretty nice, the individual lunch items each have their
Floyd | own
Floyd | smell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell sandwich" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL SANDWICH
Floyd |
Floyd | You mostly smell butter, but perhaps a hint of cheddar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell soup" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL SOUP
Floyd |
Floyd | You mostly smell the pepper, but with a warm tomato-ey bottom note.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell salad" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL SALAD
Floyd |
Floyd | Smells like smoked paprika and mustard.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "eat lunch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > EAT LUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | (Lunch)
Floyd | Lunch was wonderful.  Your stomach feels like a puzzle, where the
Floyd | final piece has finally been snapped into place.  You now feel as
Floyd | if
Floyd | you could take on the world.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "burp" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BURP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pat stomach" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PAT STOMACH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Now, now."
		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch is a lot smaller than you were
Floyd | expecting.  It's actually just a small clearing near the road, like
Floyd | a
Floyd | roadside stop, with a painted picnic table containing the empty
Floyd | dishes
Floyd | from a simple but nourishing breakfast on one end, and the dishes
Floyd | of a
Floyd | simple but nourishing lunch on the other end.  A stubby little path
Floyd | leads backwards, and the path continues forward, towards The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  If you "walk forward" or just "forward"
Floyd | or
Floyd | even just "f" you will be walking towards it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a painted picnic table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dishes" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the breakfast dishes or the lunch dishes?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "breakfast" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BREAKFAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You've politely stacked the breakfast dishes, so the table doesn't
Floyd | look too messy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x lunch dishes" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LUNCH DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You've politely stacked the lunch dishes, so the table doesn't look
Floyd | too messy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clean dishes" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the breakfast dishes or the lunch dishes?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wash lunch dishes" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WASH LUNCH DISHES
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		jenrexrode says, "I thought eating the son was last Sunday."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "clean breakfast" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN BREAKFAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the breakfast dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "clean lunch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN LUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the lunch dishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

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

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Now that's just rude.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under table" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The grass underneath is getting a bit brown.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x grass" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | It's grassy.  And brownish.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "water grass" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WATER GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell grass" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL GRASS
Floyd |
Floyd | You smell nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | Then again, you don't have the best sense of smell.  Maybe if you
Floyd | smell specific things it will be easier to discern a smell.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | The Land of Breakfast and Lunch is a lot smaller than you were
Floyd | expecting.  It's actually just a small clearing near the road, like
Floyd | a
Floyd | roadside stop, with a painted picnic table containing the empty
Floyd | dishes
Floyd | from a simple but nourishing breakfast on one end, and the dishes
Floyd | of a
Floyd | simple but nourishing lunch on the other end.  A stubby little path
Floyd | leads backwards, and the path continues forward, towards The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  If you "walk forward" or just "forward"
Floyd | or
Floyd | even just "f" you will be walking towards it.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a painted picnic table here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take table" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Breakfast and Lunch
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's fixed in place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "forward or back?"
		Knight_Otu says, "And just last game I claimed smelling specific things is rare."
		Knight_Otu says, "I think forward."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Hopeful Path
Floyd | You are on the hopeful path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Breakfast and Lunch.  Forward is The Land of Unrealized
Floyd | Possibilities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x path" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a simple, foot-trod path that connects The Land of Breakfast
Floyd | and
Floyd | Lunch and The Land of Unrealized Possibilities.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sideways" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIDEWAYS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jump" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JUMP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok, this is weird, but for some reason, jumping doesn't appear to
Floyd | work
Floyd | here.  You bend your knees and then shove away from the earth with
Floyd | a
Floyd | snap like you're used to, but your feet don't leave the ground.
Floyd | It's
Floyd | a little disconcerting, sure, but it doesn't really change your
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dance" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DANCE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hop" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOP
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok, this is weird, but for some reason, jumping doesn't appear to
Floyd | work
Floyd | here.  You bend your knees and then shove away from the earth with
Floyd | a
Floyd | snap like you're used to, but your feet don't leave the ground.
Floyd | It's
Floyd | a little disconcerting, sure, but it doesn't really change your
Floyd | life.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "spin" 		

Floyd ]  Hopeful Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SPIN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | You are in the Land of Unrealized Possibilities.  Just being here
Floyd | gives you a sense of all that could be accomplished if enough time,
Floyd | effort, and focus were pointed in a specific direction.  There is a
Floyd | sense of both excitement and disappointment here that is almost
Floyd | palpable.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards The Land of
Floyd | Breakfast and Lunch, a place with a much clearer sense of purpose.
Floyd | The Seaside Path leads forward, towards The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a toy box (closed), a couch (on which is your brother),
Floyd | and a TV here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x brother" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BROTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Your brother is a lean masterpiece of laziness and force.  He is
Floyd | devoted to his wasting of time right now and has himself wedged
Floyd | into
Floyd | the couch like a part of it. He is watching TV, and frequently
Floyd | changing the channel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I wonder if jumping, but with your feet glued to the ground, would help stretch your back. Y'know, like put some brief traction on your sping."
		Jacqueline says, "spine, even"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | This is the blue corduroy couch of your youth.  You have rolled
Floyd | over
Floyd | on it many times and sat up to read its wrinkled poem on your arm.
Floyd | Why would anyone get a corduroy couch?
Floyd |
Floyd | On the couch is your brother.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | An early 35" flatscreen.  Bulky, black, and plastic.  It lived in
Floyd | your
Floyd | den for way too long, just because no one wanted to lift it.  It's
Floyd | odd
Floyd | to see it here, in The Land of Unrealized Possibilities.  It is
Floyd | showing "Survival Hoarders" on channel 43.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about tv" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT TV
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a TV, just look at it yourself."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x toy box" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TOY BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a large simple wooden toy box stained with a nice
Floyd | hand-painted
Floyd | varnish.  It has a hinged lid on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the toy box, revealing a wooden block, a skinny naked
Floyd | plastic
Floyd | doll, a closed jack-in-the-box, a lite-brite, a coloring book, a
Floyd | small
Floyd | heart shaped locket, and a small hobby horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "smell brother" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SMELL BROTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | Weirdly, he smells fine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x block" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a simple block made out of wood.  It is an unpainted cube,
Floyd | with
Floyd | very slightly rounded corners.  It's the kind of thing you would
Floyd | find
Floyd | at a Montessori school, usually in the company of many of its
Floyd | compatriots.  This one is alone.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x doll" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DOLL
Floyd |
Floyd | The face of the skinny plastic doll is forever frozen in an
Floyd | expression
Floyd | of bored self-satisfaction.  Its long naked arms and legs bend and
Floyd | articulate, but not much.  Its breasts are idealized, yet awkwardly
Floyd | shaped, like rounded pyramids.  It has nylon synthetic hair that
Floyd | cascades stiffly around its shoulders.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "comb hair" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > COMB HAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (the toy box)
Floyd | In the toy box are a wooden block, a skinny naked plastic doll, a
Floyd | closed jack-in-the-box, a lite-brite, a coloring book, a small
Floyd | heart
Floyd | shaped locket, and a small hobby horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | The title of the coloring book reads "Horse Party!"  Inside are
Floyd | drawings of horses in pastoral settings, but with festive party
Floyd | hats.
Floyd | They are doing no discernible celebrating.  Seems a little
Floyd | demented,
Floyd | really.  A couple of the pictures are colored neatly, and one is
Floyd | very
Floyd | carefully colored, as if by an adult.The last page is black with
Floyd | some
Floyd | kind of glow-in-the-dark ink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x last page" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LAST PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | The last page is printed on black construction paper, in some kind
Floyd | of barely visible ink.  It looks like it must be some kind of weird
Floyd | glow-in-the-dark ink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take last page" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LAST PAGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully tear the last page out.  It's actually perforated, so
Floyd | you don't feel so bad.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take block" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're looking at a white plastic case with a black plastic
Floyd | pegboard
Floyd | covering one side.   Attached to the back is a black power cord.
Floyd | It's
Floyd | got a little lightbulb inside, and usually comes with sheets of
Floyd | black
Floyd | construction paper to affix to the pegboard.  Usually comes with
Floyd | dozens of transparent, colored pegs too.  If you had them, you'd
Floyd | push
Floyd | the pegs into the pegboard to make little light-up pictures.You
Floyd | don't
Floyd | see any of that stuff though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put page on lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAGE ON LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Putting things on the lite-brite would achieve nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put page in lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAGE IN LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You slide the last page into the lite-brite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug in lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG IN LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug tv" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG TV
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only plug in and unplug things that have a power cord.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | (into the wooden block)
Floyd | The wooden block wasn't made to have anything plugged into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x box" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (the toy box)
Floyd | It is a large simple wooden toy box stained with a nice
Floyd | hand-painted
Floyd | varnish.  It has a hinged lid on top.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the toy box are a skinny naked plastic doll, a closed
Floyd | jack-in-the-box, a lite-brite, a coloring book, a small heart
Floyd | shaped
Floyd | locket, and a small hobby horse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x locket" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LOCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a small pewter locket.  It looks a bit old fashioned.  It has
Floyd | a
Floyd | small clasp on the side and looks like you could easily open it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the small heart shaped locket, revealing a faded picture
Floyd | of a
Floyd | child who looks a lot like you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x picture" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PICTURE
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't remember ever seeing any picture of you like this photo,
Floyd | but
Floyd | this one looks almost exactly like other pictures of you at about
Floyd | three.  There is a smile that's a mix of sadness and joy on the
Floyd | child's face.  When you look at it, you can almost feel the
Floyd | feeling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show picture to brother" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PICTURE TO BROTHER
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the faded picture of a child who looks a lot like
Floyd | you)
Floyd | Your brother is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put picture in locket" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PICTURE IN LOCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the faded picture of a child who looks a lot like you into
Floyd | the
Floyd | small heart shaped locket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close locket" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE LOCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the small heart shaped locket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wear locket" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WEAR LOCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | You put on the small heart shaped locket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x horse" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the pictures or the small hobby horse?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, he may have riffled through the box already."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hobby" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HOBBY
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a small, wooden hobby horse.  It's very sturdily built, but
Floyd | made
Floyd | to entertain a three-year old.  It has yarn for a mane.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "yarn" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > YARN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride hobby horse" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE HOBBY HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | The hobby horse takes up most of the box, and doesn't allow a lot
Floyd | of
Floyd | room to ride it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take horse" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small hobby horse)
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "drop horse" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DROP HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small hobby horse)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride horse" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE HORSE
Floyd |
Floyd | (the small hobby horse)
Floyd | You were pretty sure it was going to be awkward to do this, and it
Floyd | sure is.  Your legs are splayed way out and the hobby horse creaks
Floyd | dangerously under your weight.  It holds solid though, and you
Floyd | creak
Floyd | your way back and forward a few times.  You can say you did it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE LITE-BRITE
Floyd |

		Knight_Otu says, "Surprised that worked."

Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take box" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (the toy box)
Floyd | You could probably lift it, but it's a sturdy wooden box and
Floyd | heavier
Floyd | than anything you want to carry around.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in box" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | (the toy box)
Floyd | In the toy box are a skinny naked plastic doll, a closed
Floyd | jack-in-the-box, and a coloring book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "jack" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x jack" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | The jack-in-the-box is a brightly painted tin cube, and actually
Floyd | looks
Floyd | to be some sort of antique.  It is detailed with flames, and
Floyd | written
Floyd | on the back and front are the words "diable en bo��te".  It has a
Floyd | tightly fitted lid on top, and a small wire and wood hand crank on
Floyd | one
Floyd | side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take jack" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put jack on couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT JACK ON COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the closed jack-in-the-box on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You grasp the little wooden ball and begin to turn the crank as you
Floyd | hold the jack-in-the-box steady.  A dark little tune plinks its way
Floyd | out, echoing forth from the little tin box.  It's not "all around
Floyd | the
Floyd | mulberry bush" or any song you recognize, so you don't quite expect
Floyd | it
Floyd | when its last note ends, and the spring-loaded doll within leaps
Floyd | out
Floyd | with surprising agility.  You jump a tiny bit, in spite of
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd | The devil doll looks pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | For some reason, the crack of the jack-in-the-box opening unnerves
Floyd | your brother.  He leaps up from the couch for a moment. "Quit it,
Floyd | you
Floyd | craphead," your brother snarls.  He gives you an extremely intense
Floyd | look and lays back on the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "What a nice brother we have."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x tv" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TV
Floyd |
Floyd | An early 35" flatscreen.  Bulky, black, and plastic.  It lived in
Floyd | your
Floyd | den for way too long, just because no one wanted to lift it.  It's
Floyd | odd
Floyd | to see it here, in The Land of Unrealized Possibilities.  It is
Floyd | showing "Trial of Jetsy Watson" on channel 33.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yikes. Yeah."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | An early 35" flatscreen.  Bulky, black, and plastic.  It lived in
Floyd | your
Floyd | den for way too long, just because no one wanted to lift it.  It's
Floyd | odd
Floyd | to see it here, in The Land of Unrealized Possibilities.  It is
Floyd | showing "Beauty and the Embolism" on channel 25.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The channel and show are random."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   an open jack-in-the-box
Floyd |   a lite-brite
Floyd | a last page from the coloring book, black, and printed with some
Floyd | kind of glow-in-the-dark ink
Floyd |   a small heart shaped locket (being worn, and closed)
Floyd |   a wooden block
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you talking about, dogbreath?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Oh yeah, you know the coloring book came with a special lite-brite
Floyd | bulb.  If you put the last page in it and plug it in, the picture
Floyd | glows."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug in lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG IN LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, he can be helpful."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite in" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE IN
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Perhaps the outlet is elsewhere."
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, we knew that already, but he tried."
		DavidW says, "I assume we can return here if we leave."
		Knight_Otu says, "And yeah, I suspect the outlet is elsewhere."
		DavidW asks, "forward?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, unless we want to fully plunder the box."
		DavidW says, "If we find doll clothes, we can come back for Barbie."
		DavidW says, "I don't think we need everything."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Seaside Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seaside Path
Floyd | You are on the seaside path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  Forward is The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  You stand near the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the bay, and there is a sailing ship moored here with thick and
Floyd | aged
Floyd | ropes tied to a bollard.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards
Floyd | The
Floyd | Land of Unrealized Possibilities, a place you're not sure you want
Floyd | to
Floyd | be.  Forward, Sequel Path leads to The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | II:
Floyd | The Launchening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a swarthy hippie seaperson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x swarthy hippie seaperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SWARTHY HIPPIE SEAPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | She has thick blonde dreadlocks, and all her eyes and limbs.  You
Floyd | can't tell if she's the piratey kind of seaperson or not.
Floyd | Honestly,
Floyd | you can't even tell if she's a hippie or not, but her dreads do
Floyd | have
Floyd | little brass bands on them.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "play brass bands" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLAY BRASS BANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bands" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BANDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The little brass bands secure or adorn a few of the dreads.  One,
Floyd | you
Floyd | can see, has a celtic knot engraved in it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x knot" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X KNOT
Floyd |
Floyd | They're not knots you'd recognize.  They seem needlessly
Floyd | complicated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "greet seaperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GREET SEAPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "hi" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > HI
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to seaperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TALK TO SEAPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | To start a conversation, try to ASK the swarthy hippie seaperson
Floyd | ABOUT
Floyd | something or TELL the swarthy hippie seaperson ABOUT something.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about herself" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT HERSELF
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, I do not know about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  You stand near the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the bay, and there is a sailing ship moored here with thick and
Floyd | aged
Floyd | ropes tied to a bollard.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards
Floyd | The
Floyd | Land of Unrealized Possibilities, a place you're not sure you want
Floyd | to
Floyd | be.  Forward, Sequel Path leads to The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | II:
Floyd | The Launchening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a swarthy hippie seaperson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ship" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | Close your eyes and imagine a big sailing ship and what you're
Floyd | seeing
Floyd | is a Dutch fluyt.  It's pronounced kind of like "flouwt".  The
Floyd | Mayflower was a fluyt.  It has multiple masts with big, square
Floyd | sails.
Floyd | Its anchor is lowered.  Giant ropes stream out from the padeye of
Floyd | the
Floyd | ship to the land, attached securely to a bollard bolted to the
Floyd | retaining wall.  It's not going anywhere.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x bollard" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOLLARD
Floyd |
Floyd | It's an incredibly sturdy metal tie-down bolted to a cement
Floyd | retaining
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about seaperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT SEAPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm an able-bodied seaperson, who happens to be a woman."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about knot" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT KNOT
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a really obscure knot, you probably wouldn't know it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about ship" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | "Yes, that's The Chimera.  It's a Dutch cargo fluyt.  Fluyt is
Floyd | Dutch
Floyd | for flute.  Due to a trade dispute it's temporarily moored here
Floyd | since
Floyd | it can't legally be moored at any real harbor.  I am required to
Floyd | ensure it isn't stolen and that no one boards it, but otherwise I
Floyd | don't have much else to do.  That's ok though, I do not mind
Floyd | resting
Floyd | in the sun day after day.  I've worked hard all my life and I'm
Floyd | fine
Floyd | being right here in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  If The Chimera
Floyd | ever launched, I believe we'd have to change the name of the
Floyd | place."
Floyd | She snorts with a little laugh at the idea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about bollard" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT BOLLARD
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ah yeah, that's a mooring bollard."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about sea" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT SEA
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm just a simple seaperson, I don't know much about the bay."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "board ship" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > BOARD SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter ship" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER SHIP
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't figure out a way to get on the fluyt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Sequel Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Sequel Path
Floyd | You are on the sequel path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unlaunched Vessels.  Forward is The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II:
Floyd | The
Floyd | Launchening.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening.
Floyd | There
Floyd | is a launchpad here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in
Floyd | galaxy white and candy-apple red. The Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pad" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The launchpad appears to be just a featureless steel box set into
Floyd | the
Floyd | ground.  Only a few inches of it protrude up to support the rocket.
Floyd | It has a mirrory shine, as if the rocket had never been launched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Are we asking about the celtic knor, or the knot of the ropes?"
		DavidW says, "I assumed the celtic."
		Knight_Otu says, "I really wasn't sure about that."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x rocket" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROCKET
Floyd |
Floyd | On the launchpad sits a 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red.  Close your eyes and imagine the idea of a cartoon
Floyd | rocket (ok, now open them again) and that's what you've got here.
Floyd | It's got a bubble of a porthole, curvy fins, and an incredibly
Floyd | phallic
Floyd | body, coming to a point with an extra couple of spheres on the tip
Floyd | of
Floyd | the nose cone.  There is a small, retractable ladder that leads to
Floyd | the
Floyd | hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But I guess there would have been a disambiguation otherwise."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ladder" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You look at the retractable ladder very closely indeed, and to be
Floyd | completely honest, it looks about how you'd expect.  You think for
Floyd | a
Floyd | moment that there might be something slightly special about it but
Floyd | then, upon looking just a little closer, you see that there isn't.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open hatch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | You open the hatch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself into the rocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cockpit, a big metal unit containing a captain's
Floyd | chair
Floyd | and a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x cockpit" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COCKPIT
Floyd |
Floyd | The cockpit, containing the captain's chair and the control panel
Floyd | is
Floyd | firmly mounted to the inner wall of the rocket across from the
Floyd | porthole.  The captain's chair is angled so that you can sit in it
Floyd | when the rocket is vertical or horizontal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain's chair is rightfully named.  It looks fit for a
Floyd | captain.
Floyd | It's leather-clad, and the same galaxy white and candy-apple red as
Floyd | the exterior of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The control panel is an extremely austere, some might even say
Floyd | naive
Floyd | set of controls.  There is a large, shiny, red button labeled
Floyd | "Launch", a smaller black button that's labeled "Return", and then
Floyd | off
Floyd | to your right, a medium-sized bright blue button labeled "Forward".
Floyd | Finally, along the top is a small LED readout display that says
Floyd | "The
Floyd | Land of Unlaunched Vessels II: The Launchening".
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it.  Surely you should be able to operate a spacecraft with
Floyd | only those controls?  (You look on the front for a button marked
Floyd | "Fire
Floyd | Laser" or "Warp 7" but those buttons are not on the control panel
Floyd | or
Floyd | anywhere else inside the ship.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "The room names in this game feel like game titles in and of themselves."
		DavidW says, "should we try launching the rocket/"
		DavidW asks, "?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may as well."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close hatch" 		Jacqueline says, "In such a way that that's what my mind has been thinking is happening- that the name of the game keeps changing. I only just realized."

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE HATCH
Floyd |
Floyd | The hatch door is out of reach from where you're standing.  It
Floyd | doesn't
Floyd | seem possible to close it from inside the rocket.  There's probably
Floyd | some control inside the rocket that closes it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "sit on chair" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SIT ON CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | You settle into the captain's chair, and really feel Captain-ey
Floyd | immediately.  You practice buckling yourself into the protective
Floyd | webbing, and unbuckling it.  You get up eventually.  Now, when you
Floyd | are
Floyd | about to launch or land you will know what to do.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push launch" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's natural to expect blastoff immediately.  Instead, the hatch
Floyd | door
Floyd | whirrs slowly shut, coming to a solid clang.  You have just enough
Floyd | time to realize that you could buckle yourself into the captain's
Floyd | chair and you do.  Just in time, as you feel a tremendous slow and
Floyd | steady thrust of force wrap itself around you as the sky begins to
Floyd | move in the porthole window.  For just one moment you swear you can
Floyd | see The Land of Breakfast and Lunch streak by the window.  Finally,
Floyd | the sky begins to darken, and all sound becomes only a vibration.
Floyd | The
Floyd | deep, dark void of space is with you.  You absentmindedly unbuckle
Floyd | the
Floyd | webbing securing you to the seat, and you feel free to move about
Floyd | the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x stars" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain of stars is laid majestically over the black cloud of
Floyd | forever.  There are an infinite number of constellations you can
Floyd | make
Floyd | just by drawing pictures between different bright points, but out
Floyd | here
Floyd | there's too much to connect, and it almost looks like a continuous
Floyd | fabric.  Clusters, galaxies, pulsars, gas giants, form a vast
Floyd | curtain
Floyd | covering the outside of the porthole window, that almost appears to
Floyd | undulate before your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x galaxies" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GALAXIES
Floyd |
Floyd | The galaxies just look like cool spiral shapes, but really every
Floyd | single one of them is a vast collection of stars spinning around
Floyd | some
Floyd | incredibly attractive center.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x center" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CENTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Spoiler: The centers of the galaxies are black holes, probably.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x gas giants" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GAS GIANTS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are very big stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pulsars" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PULSARS
Floyd |
Floyd | The pulsars just look like blinking stars, but really they're
Floyd | rotating
Floyd | like little lighthouses in the sky.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x clusters" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CLUSTERS
Floyd |
Floyd | Clusters of galaxies, not nuts.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x constellations" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CONSTELLATIONS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cockpit, a big metal unit containing a captain's
Floyd | chair
Floyd | and a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x porthole" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PORTHOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | If you push your head out a little past the walls of the ship into
Floyd | the
Floyd | bubble of the porthole window, you can see quite a vista.   It's
Floyd | hard
Floyd | to make out any specific detail here, just a ceaseless curtain of
Floyd | stars that extends forever.  All of it looks very far away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "touch stars" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOUCH STARS
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel nothing unexpected.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open window" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open curtain" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN CURTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x curtain" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CURTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain of stars is laid majestically over the black cloud of
Floyd | forever.  There are an infinite number of constellations you can
Floyd | make
Floyd | just by drawing pictures between different bright points, but out
Floyd | here
Floyd | there's too much to connect, and it almost looks like a continuous
Floyd | fabric.  Clusters, galaxies, pulsars, gas giants, form a vast
Floyd | curtain
Floyd | covering the outside of the porthole window, that almost appears to
Floyd | undulate before your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x forever" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FOREVER
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The control panel is an extremely austere, some might even say
Floyd | naive
Floyd | set of controls.  There is a large, shiny, red button labeled
Floyd | "Launch", a smaller black button that's labeled "Return", and then
Floyd | off
Floyd | to your right, a medium-sized bright blue button labeled "Forward".
Floyd | Finally, along the top is a small LED readout display that says
Floyd | "The
Floyd | Deep, Dark Void of Space".
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it.  Surely you should be able to operate a spacecraft with
Floyd | only those controls?  (You look on the front for a button marked
Floyd | "Fire
Floyd | Laser" or "Warp 7" but those buttons are not on the control panel
Floyd | or
Floyd | anywhere else inside the ship.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm. I don't see much else to do put push launch again or push return."
		DavidW says, "or forward"
		Knight_Otu says, "We could try forward."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Nebula
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a giant space jellyfish made of light here.  It's not an
Floyd | actual jellyfish, but that's the closest thing you can think of to
Floyd | call it.Behind it is a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x jellyfish" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X JELLYFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | Just like a jellyfish is a being perfectly adapted to passively
Floyd | following the currents, with a bulbous body, and little tendrils of
Floyd | itself slowing and evening out its trajectory, so is this being of
Floyd | day-glo light (and...plasma(?)) seemingly perfectly adapted to the
Floyd | currents of the deep, dark void of space.  It pulses, shoving out
Floyd | the
Floyd | firmament of space behind it, either completely unaware of your
Floyd | rocket
Floyd | or maybe swimming in perfect tandem beside it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Pretty"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show page to jellyfish" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PAGE TO JELLYFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put page in window" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PAGE IN WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | (first taking the last page from the coloring book, black, and
Floyd | printed
Floyd | with some kind of glow-in-the-dark ink)
Floyd | That can't contain things.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "undo" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd |
Floyd | > UNDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Nebula
Floyd | [Previous turn undone.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x curtain" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CURTAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The curtain of stars is laid majestically over the black cloud of
Floyd | forever.  There are an infinite number of constellations you can
Floyd | make
Floyd | just by drawing pictures between different bright points, but out
Floyd | here
Floyd | there's too much to connect, and it almost looks like a continuous
Floyd | fabric.  Clusters, galaxies, pulsars, gas giants, form a vast
Floyd | curtain
Floyd | covering the outside of the porthole window, that almost appears to
Floyd | undulate before your eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x panel" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The control panel is an extremely austere, some might even say
Floyd | naive
Floyd | set of controls.  There is a large, shiny, red button labeled
Floyd | "Launch", a smaller black button that's labeled "Return", and then
Floyd | off
Floyd | to your right, a medium-sized bright blue button labeled "Forward".
Floyd | Finally, along the top is a small LED readout display that says
Floyd | "Elbow
Floyd | Nebula".
Floyd |
Floyd | That's it.  Surely you should be able to operate a spacecraft with
Floyd | only those controls?  (You look on the front for a button marked
Floyd | "Fire
Floyd | Laser" or "Warp 7" but those buttons are not on the control panel
Floyd | or
Floyd | anywhere else inside the ship.)
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Forward again?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "What are you all thinking about this game?"
		DavidW says, "It's larger than I thought it would be."
		Knight_Otu says, "It feels a bit less like a game and more like an art exhibit"
		DavidW says, "It's still very much an art-style piece, though."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a space station here, as crisp and clean in the near
Floyd | distance
Floyd | as 1960's  film.  Behind it is a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x station" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a wheel with four little crossbars connecting its two tubular
Floyd | circles.  It's dotted with windows and tiny devices you can't see
Floyd | clearly from here.  A few lights pulse on the surface from time to
Floyd | time.  Its surface is almost blindingly white and clean.  It is
Floyd | slowly
Floyd | turning end over end.  It is very well lit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Thanks. That's a good way to phrase it."
		DavidW says, "I wonder if can dock at the station somehow."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x lights" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LIGHTS
Floyd |
Floyd | You have no idea what the lights could be for.  A couple of them
Floyd | could
Floyd | be beacons or indicator lights, but there's really no reason for
Floyd | all
Floyd | those lights.  They do make the space station look cool though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Perhaps we get there with another forward?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x windows" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Just outside the window is a simian businessperson, with a tidy
Floyd | leather jetpack.  Behind them is a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW asks, "oo, can we buy a space encyclopedia?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | The simian businessperson looks like they could be a human or
Floyd | monkey,
Floyd | but with elaborate stage makeup.  Their fur is a pale pink, and
Floyd | they
Floyd | have an oddly shaped skull.  You think "businessperson", because of
Floyd | the exquisitely tailored suit of clothes.  The simian is just
Floyd | floating
Floyd | softly in space, as if killing time while waiting for a bus,
Floyd | fidgeting
Floyd | with eight-fingered, pink hands.  Paws.  You can't quite see what
Floyd | it
Floyd | is, but the simian is spinning some very small object in its
Floyd | fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't expect that, but maybe I should have."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x small object" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SMALL OBJECT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave to businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE TO BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | But you aren't in anything at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "knock on window" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > KNOCK ON WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The simian businessperson flicks an eye towards you, but otherwise
Floyd | doesn't pay any attention.  Vibration doesn't travel very well
Floyd | through
Floyd | the vacuum of space.  There's got to be some way to get the
Floyd | businessperson's attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Just wave?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave your little heart out, but that doesn't get the simian
Floyd | businessperson's attention.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to plug the lite-brite into?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "panel" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PANEL
Floyd |
Floyd | The control panel wasn't made to have anything plugged into it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "This universe needs more outlets."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "text businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TEXT BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "forward?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we're looping."
		DavidW says, "I think we're back where we were, yeah"
		DavidW says, "In which case, we should return unless there's a hidden something in here."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain's chair is rightfully named.  It looks fit for a
Floyd | captain.
Floyd | It's leather-clad, and the same galaxy white and candy-apple red as
Floyd | the exterior of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under chair" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | Looking underneath the captain's chair, you see a space-age
Floyd | electrical
Floyd | outlet.  It has a complicated set of holes to accept prongs and
Floyd | looks
Floyd | like it was designed to accept almost any prong style, including
Floyd | U.S.
Floyd | grounded or ungrounded plugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "OOH!"
		DavidW says, "OH HO"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite in outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE IN OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | What do you want to plug the lite-brite into?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You plug the lite-brite into the outlet.
Floyd |
Floyd | With the lite-brite plugged in, the special ink of the last page is
Floyd | activated.  A final horse party is depicted here, with horses in
Floyd | party
Floyd | hats like the rest of the coloring book, but brightly lit in
Floyd | multiple
Floyd | day-glo colors.  One of the horses has reared up in a joyful,
Floyd | victorious pose.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Nebula
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The space jellyfish seems to react to the luminous day-glo quality
Floyd | of
Floyd | the now-lit horse party.
Floyd |
Floyd | The jellyfish pulses rapidly and its tendrils begin to oscillate
Floyd | rapidly.  The space in front of the window begins to shimmer and
Floyd | shift, and pulses of light begin to form and coalesce.
Floyd |
Floyd | In the space in front of you, a version of the horse party scene
Floyd | depicted on the last page of the coloring book begins to form.  It
Floyd | looks as if the space jellyfish has manipulated its light or plasma
Floyd | or
Floyd | whatever to create a sparkling image that floats in space in front
Floyd | of
Floyd | the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | The space jellyfish wiggles its tendrils in what you can only
Floyd | assume
Floyd | is delight and satisfaction.
Floyd |
Floyd | If that's what you were trying to do, you won the game!  You can
Floyd | also
Floyd | throw the tennis ball to Mister Tuxedo and ride the kiddie ride if
Floyd | you're a completionist.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x party" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PARTY
Floyd |
Floyd | In the space in front of you, a version of the horse party scene
Floyd | depicted on the last page of the coloring book hovers in front of
Floyd | the
Floyd | porthole window.  It looks as if the space jellyfish has
Floyd | manipulated
Floyd | its light or plasma or whatever to create the sparkling image of a
Floyd | horse party.  It's adorable, really.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "thank jellyfish" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THANK JELLYFISH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "forward?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show lite-brite to businesswoman" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LITE-BRITE TO BUSINESSWOMAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a space station here, as crisp and clean in the near
Floyd | distance
Floyd | as 1960's  film.  Behind it is a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Station."
		DavidW says, "oh right"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Just outside the window is a simian businessperson, with a tidy
Floyd | leather jetpack.  Behind them is a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show lite-brite to businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW LITE-BRITE TO BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW says, "Not everyone is into horse parties."
		Knight_Otu says, "If they even know what horses are."
		DavidW asks, "push return?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push return" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh. At the end of the rocket's soft whoosh, its mighty
Floyd | engines begin to engage, slowing its fall as it pillows down to the
Floyd | landing pad in The Land of Once Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Once Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Strange as it seems, we appear to have exhausted the infinity of space for now."
		DavidW says, "oh, weird. The lite-brite is in another location."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, it might be in the in-flight rocket room."
		DavidW says, "yeah. Well, I guess it's safe there."
		DavidW says, "If we find another outlet, though..."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Once Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You exit the hatch opening and climb to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Once Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Once Launched Vessels.  There is a launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of Once
Floyd | Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of the liquor
Floyd | store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x store" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see the back of the liquor store off in the distance.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Once Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x boxes" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BOXES
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken down boxes are stacked behind the dumpster.  They are
Floyd | bound
Floyd | by nylon rope in stacks too big to carry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Those are some weirs lands."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "untie rope" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNTIE ROPE
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "*weird"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x dumpster" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X DUMPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | The dumpster is closed and locked, and has "Jerkins and Parkins
Floyd | Waste
Floyd | Management" written on the side of it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x pallets" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PALLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | (the stack of pallets)
Floyd | There are some wooden pallets and some plastic ones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x wooden pallets" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WOODEN PALLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are made of wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x plastic pallets" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PLASTIC PALLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | They are made of plastic.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take plastic pallet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PLASTIC PALLET
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to take the plastic
Floyd | pallets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Once Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fence" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden slat fence, about ten feet high.  It's too high to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x store" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X STORE
Floyd |
Floyd | The side of the liquor store is the least interesting part of the
Floyd | liquor store.  There's not even any graffiti.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ride" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X RIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | Off to the side a little ways is a mechanical kiddie ride.  It's a
Floyd | big
Floyd | (to a child) yellow humvee with cartoon human eyes where the
Floyd | headlights should be.  It's anchored to a diamond plate platform
Floyd | and
Floyd | looks to have stopped mid-tilt.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mounted on a post next to it is a coin box showing the coin
Floyd | denomination necessary to make it run: 25��, or one U.S. quarter
Floyd | dollar
Floyd | piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | There were once two of these rides outside every grocery store in
Floyd | America.  Whether they died out because kids collectively realized
Floyd | they weren't fun, or just liability, you're surprised to see this
Floyd | one
Floyd | here.  It's plugged into a commercial outlet in the liquor store
Floyd | wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | The kiddie ride is currently switched off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "huh. Another outlet."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Outlet!"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "get on ride" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GET ON RIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride ride" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE RIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up on the molded fiberglass seat of the humvee but it
Floyd | feels
Floyd | cold, joyless, and dead underneath you.  You distinctly feel the
Floyd | feeling of being so unloved that no one would put a quarter in the
Floyd | slot, not understanding how such a simple thing could make all the
Floyd | difference.  You slide slowly off.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x coin box" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X COIN BOX
Floyd |
Floyd | The coin box is a sturdy steel box with a coin slot in one end
Floyd | (25��)
Floyd | and a coin return on the other.  Next to the coin box is a small,
Floyd | cylindrical coin-release button.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push button" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH BUTTON
Floyd |
Floyd | It smoothly depresses all the way down into the coin box.  If there
Floyd | were a coin stuck in the mechanism, this action would theoretically
Floyd | release it into the coin release tray.  There does not appear to be
Floyd | a
Floyd | coin and the coin release button depresses and releases noiselessly
Floyd | and frictionlessly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Man."
		DavidW asks, "Can we get into the store?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "enter store" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ENTER STORE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can enter.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect not, but we can try."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x marks" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MARKS
Floyd |
Floyd | There are marks where a vending machine and a couple of other
Floyd | entertainments once were.  For some reason the kiddie ride is still
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x sidewalk" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SIDEWALK
Floyd |
Floyd | There are marks where a vending machine and a couple of other
Floyd | entertainments once were.  For some reason the kiddie ride is still
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "A quarter could be anywhere."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Idyllic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Idyllic Path
Floyd | You are on the idyllic path.  Backwards from here is the liquor
Floyd | store,
Floyd | probably.  Forward is The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or nowhere."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | The meadows are wide and rolling here.  Mister Tuxedo leaps and
Floyd | cavorts excitedly, barking every now and again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Mister Tuxedo is a young, healthy dog in the very prime of his
Floyd | life.
Floyd | He's black all over except the tips of his front paws, and the
Floyd | bottom
Floyd | of his chin and belly, giving him the appearance of permanent
Floyd | formalwear.  He is a very handsome dog, and his honoric (Mister) is
Floyd | never abbreviated as "Mr.".  You can call him "Mister" or "Tuxedo",
Floyd | but not "Mr." or "Mr. Tuxedo".  It's for a good reason, I promise.
Floyd |
Floyd | Mister Tuxedo lives only to leap, cavort, and catch a thrown ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pet tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Mister Tuxedo is too excited to settle down and be affectionate.
Floyd | He's
Floyd | in more of a prancing, cavorting, chasing things mood right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw block" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You check to make sure Mister Tuxedo is looking, and then you whip
Floyd | the
Floyd | wooden block as far as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden block arcs through the air and tumbles to the ground a
Floyd | little ways away.  Mister Tuxedo hardly managed to get up to a full
Floyd | run before he gets to the block and gingerly picks it up.  He trots
Floyd | over and sets it near you.  He's eager to fetch again.  You didn't
Floyd | really get him up to full speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Just like your grandma used to say: you have to be holding the
Floyd | wooden
Floyd | block before you can throw the wooden block.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess the businessperson may have a tennis ball, but how to get her attention?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take block" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw block" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You check to make sure Mister Tuxedo is looking, and then you whip
Floyd | the
Floyd | wooden block as far as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden block arcs through the air and tumbles to the ground a
Floyd | little ways away.  Mister Tuxedo hardly managed to get up to a full
Floyd | run before he gets to the block and gingerly picks it up.  He trots
Floyd | over and sets it near you.  He's eager to fetch again.  You didn't
Floyd | really get him up to full speed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take block" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "guess we need a ball here."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ground" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X GROUND
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu nods.
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | The meadows are wide and rolling here.  Mister Tuxedo leaps and
Floyd | cavorts excitedly, barking every now and again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x meadows" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X MEADOWS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  a white, hazy place that barely exists
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | a white, hazy place that barely exists
Floyd | You find yourself in a white, hazy place that barely exists.  You
Floyd | were
Floyd | going forward from the liquor store, and now you find yourself
Floyd | here.
Floyd | It feels confusing, and chilly, and fictional.  It feels like a
Floyd | dead
Floyd | end.  You don't know to a certainty how to go forward from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  a white, hazy place that barely exists
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't know to a certainty how to go forward from here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | The meadows are wide and rolling here.  Mister Tuxedo leaps and
Floyd | cavorts excitedly, barking every now and again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "We could ask bro for a quarter. We could go get the lite-brite from the rocket and plug it in the liquor outlet."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I guess we can backtrack to space to get the lite-brite back?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Idyllic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Idyllic Path
Floyd | You are on the idyllic path.  Backwards from here is the liquor
Floyd | store,
Floyd | probably.  Forward is The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Once Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of Once
Floyd | Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of the liquor
Floyd | store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Once Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Once Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Once Launched Vessels.  There is a launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Once Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself into the rocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Once Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cockpit, a big metal unit containing a captain's
Floyd | chair
Floyd | and a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push launch" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's natural to expect blastoff immediately.  Instead, the hatch
Floyd | door
Floyd | whirrs slowly shut, coming to a solid clang.  You have just enough
Floyd | time to realize that you could buckle yourself into the captain's
Floyd | chair and you do.  Just in time, as you feel a tremendous slow and
Floyd | steady thrust of force wrap itself around you as the sky begins to
Floyd | move in the porthole window.  For just one moment you swear you can
Floyd | see The Land of Breakfast and Lunch streak by the window.  Finally,
Floyd | the sky begins to darken, and all sound becomes only a vibration.
Floyd | The
Floyd | deep, dark void of space is with you.  You absentmindedly unbuckle
Floyd | the
Floyd | webbing securing you to the seat, and you feel free to move about
Floyd | the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under seat" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x seat" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X SEAT
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Nebula
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Chair?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x chair" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | The captain's chair is rightfully named.  It looks fit for a
Floyd | captain.
Floyd | It's leather-clad, and the same galaxy white and candy-apple red as
Floyd | the exterior of the ship.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under chair" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER CHAIR
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a space-age electrical outlet underneath the front of the
Floyd | captain's chair.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "outlet" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x outlet" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | Underneath the front of the captain's chair is some kind of
Floyd | space-age
Floyd | electrical outlet.  It looks like it could accept multiple
Floyd | different
Floyd | kinds of plugs, including U.S. grounded or ungrounded prongs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x lite-brite" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X LITE-BRITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You're looking at a white plastic case with a black plastic
Floyd | pegboard
Floyd | covering one side.   Attached to the back is a black power cord.
Floyd | It's
Floyd | got a little lightbulb inside, and usually comes with sheets of
Floyd | black
Floyd | construction paper to affix to the pegboard.  Usually comes with
Floyd | dozens of transparent, colored pegs too.  If you had them, you'd
Floyd | push
Floyd | the pegs into the pegboard to make little light-up pictures.With
Floyd | the
Floyd | lite-brite plugged in, the special ink of the last page is
Floyd | activated.
Floyd | A final horse party is depicted here, with horses in party hats
Floyd | like
Floyd | the rest of the coloring book, but brightly lit in multiple day-glo
Floyd | colors.  One of the horses has reared up in a joyful, victorious
Floyd | pose.
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | In the lite-brite is a last page from the coloring book, black, and
Floyd | printed with some kind of glow-in-the-dark ink.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take it" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the lite-brite.
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push return" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh. At the end of the rocket's soft whoosh, its mighty
Floyd | engines begin to engage, slowing its fall as it pillows down to the
Floyd | landing pad in The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You exit the hatch opening and climb to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of Twice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of the liquor
Floyd | store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was a bit weird."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite in outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE IN OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | I didn't understand that sentence.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite into outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE INTO OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | The kiddie ride is plugged into the only outlet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug ride" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG RIDE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull the industrial strength cord out of the liquor store wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug lite-brite into outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG LITE-BRITE INTO OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You plug the lite-brite into the outlet.
Floyd | The light in the lite-brite springs to life, activating the glowing
Floyd | ink in on the coloring book page.  A luminous horse party begins to
Floyd | glow on the page.  You can only imagine it's more vivid when it's
Floyd | not
Floyd | the broad daylight of The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "unplug it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > UNPLUG IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You unplug the lite-brite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "plug cord into outlet" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PLUG CORD INTO OUTLET
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the flimsy cord or the industrial strength cord?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "industrial" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > INDUSTRIAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You plug the kiddie ride into the outlet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was anticlimactic."
		DavidW says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Was the dumpster openable?"
		DavidW asks, "Any ideas on where to get a ball, how to signal the station or businessperson, find a quarter, get on the flout?"
		DavidW says, "The dumpster was locked, it said. I didn't test to see if the game was lying."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x fence" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X FENCE
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden slat fence, about ten feet high.  It's too high to climb.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You find nothing of interest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can ask our brother."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "open dumpster" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OPEN DUMPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | It isn't something you can open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb dumpster" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB DUMPSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Little is to be achieved by that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "stand on it" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > STAND ON IT
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not something you can stand on.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of Twice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of the liquor
Floyd | store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh look, the room name here changed"
		Knight_Otu says, "So it did."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | You are on the sequel path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unlaunched Vessels.  Forward is The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x path" 		

Floyd ]  The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PATH
Floyd |
Floyd | The The Spiritual Sequel Path connects two lands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  You stand near the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the bay, and there is a sailing ship moored here with thick and
Floyd | aged
Floyd | ropes tied to a bollard.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards
Floyd | The
Floyd | Land of Unrealized Possibilities, a place you're not sure you want
Floyd | to
Floyd | be.  Forward, The Spiritual Sequel Path leads to The Land of Twice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a swarthy hippie seaperson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about quarter" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT QUARTER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I do not make it a habit to carry coins about."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | "Oh, you want the tennis ball?  Hey, that seems reasonable."
Floyd |
Floyd | The seaperson puts both fingers in her mouth and emits an
Floyd | incredibly
Floyd | loud and shrill whistle.  A crewmember pops his head over the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the deck and she gives him a little nod.  A few minutes later, he
Floyd | appears at the retaining wall with a large rowboat.
Floyd |
Floyd | The seaperson hops in, and they row around to the opposite side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | fluyt.  Several minutes later, you see the hippie seaperson
Floyd | doggedly
Floyd | climbing the mast to get to the tennis ball.  It takes her quite a
Floyd | few
Floyd | minutes to get it pulled free from however it's attached to the
Floyd | mast.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finally, she's rowed back to the retaining wall and she returns to
Floyd | you, panting deeply.  "Here you go," she says wearily, "I hope you
Floyd | find some good use for it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That was random."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "thank seaperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THANK SEAPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "and yet, it worked. :)"
		Knight_Otu says, "It sure did."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a tennis ball.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Seaside Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seaside Path
Floyd | You are on the seaside path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  Forward is The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | You are in the Land of Unrealized Possibilities.  Just being here
Floyd | gives you a sense of all that could be accomplished if enough time,
Floyd | effort, and focus were pointed in a specific direction.  There is a
Floyd | sense of both excitement and disappointment here that is almost
Floyd | palpable.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards The Land of
Floyd | Breakfast and Lunch, a place with a much clearer sense of purpose.
Floyd | The Seaside Path leads forward, towards The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small hobby horse, a toy box (in which are a skinny
Floyd | naked plastic doll and a coloring book), a couch (on which is your
Floyd | brother), and a TV here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about quarter" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT QUARTER
Floyd |
Floyd | "I don't have a quarter, no, but I think there's a penny under the
Floyd | couch."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "search couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SEARCH COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | On the couch is your brother.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look under couch" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER COUCH
Floyd |
Floyd | There's nothing under there except a small, grimy penny.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take penny" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline exclaims, "Apologies, y'all. I need to step away. Not that I've been deeply involved. Good luck!"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x penny" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | It's a single penny, so grimy you can't read the date.  It looks
Floyd | older
Floyd | than 1982, which means it's made of solid copper, but coated in
Floyd | rust
Floyd | and grime.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about seaperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT SEAPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you talking about, dogbreath?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about mister tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT MISTER TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Aw yeah, Mister Tuxedo is adorable."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about liquor store" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT LIQUOR STORE
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you talking about, dogbreath?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No problem, Jacq. Stay safe."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about station" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you talking about, dogbreath?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask brother about businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK BROTHER ABOUT BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "What are you talking about, dogbreath?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "We could try the penny and hope it dislodges a quarter, I guess?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we clean it?"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "clean penny" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLEAN PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You rub the small, grimy penny from under the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't sound like it."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Seaside Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seaside Path
Floyd | You are on the seaside path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  Forward is The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  You stand near the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the bay, and there is a sailing ship moored here with thick and
Floyd | aged
Floyd | ropes tied to a bollard.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards
Floyd | The
Floyd | Land of Unrealized Possibilities, a place you're not sure you want
Floyd | to
Floyd | be.  Forward, The Spiritual Sequel Path leads to The Land of Twice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a swarthy hippie seaperson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | You are on the sequel path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unlaunched Vessels.  Forward is The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of Twice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of the liquor
Floyd | store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a lite-brite (in which is a last page from the coloring
Floyd | book, black, and printed with some kind of glow-in-the-dark ink)
Floyd | and a
Floyd | kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put penny in slot" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT PENNY IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | The penny slides down the chute, briefly contacts some mechanism
Floyd | inside, and clanks out the coin return tray.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "look in tray" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > LOOK IN TRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | In the coin return tray is a small, grimy penny from under the
Floyd | couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take penny" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Idyllic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Idyllic Path
Floyd | You are on the idyllic path.  Backwards from here is the liquor
Floyd | store,
Floyd | probably.  Forward is The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | The meadows are wide and rolling here.  Mister Tuxedo leaps and
Floyd | cavorts excitedly, barking every now and again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You check to make sure Mister Tuxedo is looking, and then you whip
Floyd | the
Floyd | tennis ball as far as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tennis ball sails in a perfect arc through the air, hitting the
Floyd | ground and bouncing even further.  Mister Tuxedo is running like a
Floyd | black streak.  His body fully extends like some kind of
Floyd | ball-seeking
Floyd | puppy missile.  He overshoots the tennis ball as it finally begins
Floyd | to
Floyd | roll to a stop and turns, leaping with joy upon the tennis ball,
Floyd | which
Floyd | fits perfectly in his little mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | He canters back towards you, full of pride and satisfaction,
Floyd | periodically giving the ball a little shake.  Finally, he drops it
Floyd | a
Floyd | few feet from you, panting and happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You check to make sure Mister Tuxedo is looking, and then you whip
Floyd | the
Floyd | tennis ball as far as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tennis ball sails in a perfect arc through the air, hitting the
Floyd | ground and bouncing even further.  Mister Tuxedo is running like a
Floyd | black streak.  His body fully extends like some kind of
Floyd | ball-seeking
Floyd | puppy missile.  He overshoots the tennis ball as it finally begins
Floyd | to
Floyd | roll to a stop and turns, leaping with joy upon the tennis ball,
Floyd | which
Floyd | fits perfectly in his little mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | He canters back towards you, full of pride and satisfaction,
Floyd | periodically giving the ball a little shake.  Finally, he drops it
Floyd | a
Floyd | few feet from you, panting and happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "pet tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PET TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Mister Tuxedo is too excited to settle down and be affectionate.
Floyd | He's
Floyd | in more of a prancing, cavorting, chasing things mood right now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You check to make sure Mister Tuxedo is looking, and then you whip
Floyd | the
Floyd | tennis ball as far as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tennis ball sails in a perfect arc through the air, hitting the
Floyd | ground and bouncing even further.  Mister Tuxedo is running like a
Floyd | black streak.  His body fully extends like some kind of
Floyd | ball-seeking
Floyd | puppy missile.  He overshoots the tennis ball as it finally begins
Floyd | to
Floyd | roll to a stop and turns, leaping with joy upon the tennis ball,
Floyd | which
Floyd | fits perfectly in his little mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | He canters back towards you, full of pride and satisfaction,
Floyd | periodically giving the ball a little shake.  Finally, he drops it
Floyd | a
Floyd | few feet from you, panting and happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I don't see that we're exhausting him."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "throw ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > THROW BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You check to make sure Mister Tuxedo is looking, and then you whip
Floyd | the
Floyd | tennis ball as far as you can.
Floyd |
Floyd | The tennis ball sails in a perfect arc through the air, hitting the
Floyd | ground and bouncing even further.  Mister Tuxedo is running like a
Floyd | black streak.  His body fully extends like some kind of
Floyd | ball-seeking
Floyd | puppy missile.  He overshoots the tennis ball as it finally begins
Floyd | to
Floyd | roll to a stop and turns, leaping with joy upon the tennis ball,
Floyd | which
Floyd | fits perfectly in his little mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | He canters back towards you, full of pride and satisfaction,
Floyd | periodically giving the ball a little shake.  Finally, he drops it
Floyd | a
Floyd | few feet from you, panting and happy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take ball" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BALL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Idyllic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Idyllic Path
Floyd | You are on the idyllic path.  Backwards from here is the liquor
Floyd | store,
Floyd | probably.  Forward is The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "We may not have to."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | The meadows are wide and rolling here.  Mister Tuxedo leaps and
Floyd | cavorts excitedly, barking every now and again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "He didn't follow us."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show ball to mister tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW BALL TO MISTER TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | Mister Tuxedo is unimpressed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask tuxedo about quarter" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK TUXEDO ABOUT QUARTER
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no reply.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe somehow the penny attracts the businessperson, and she has a quarter for some reason?"
		DavidW says, "oh. Worth a try, I guess."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Idyllic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Idyllic Path
Floyd | You are on the idyllic path.  Backwards from here is the liquor
Floyd | store,
Floyd | probably.  Forward is The Land of Puppy Cardiovascular Health.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a lite-brite (in which is a last page from the coloring
Floyd | book, black, and printed with some kind of glow-in-the-dark ink)
Floyd | and a
Floyd | kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path Around
Floyd | the
Floyd | Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of Twice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of the liquor
Floyd | store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Twice Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself into the rocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Twice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cockpit, a big metal unit containing a captain's
Floyd | chair
Floyd | and a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push launch" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's natural to expect blastoff immediately.  Instead, the hatch
Floyd | door
Floyd | whirrs slowly shut, coming to a solid clang.  You have just enough
Floyd | time to realize that you could buckle yourself into the captain's
Floyd | chair and you do.  Just in time, as you feel a tremendous slow and
Floyd | steady thrust of force wrap itself around you as the sky begins to
Floyd | move in the porthole window.  For just one moment you swear you can
Floyd | see The Land of Breakfast and Lunch streak by the window.  Finally,
Floyd | the sky begins to darken, and all sound becomes only a vibration.
Floyd | The
Floyd | deep, dark void of space is with you.  You absentmindedly unbuckle
Floyd | the
Floyd | webbing securing you to the seat, and you feel free to move about
Floyd | the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Nebula
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push foward" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FOWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | Just outside the window is a simian businessperson, with a tidy
Floyd | leather jetpack.  Behind them is a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "show penny to businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > SHOW PENNY TO BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "wave penny" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > WAVE PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | You wave the small, grimy penny from under the couch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "flip penny" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > FLIP PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "toss penny" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TOSS PENNY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "give penny to businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > GIVE PENNY TO BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | You can only do that to something animate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | The simian businessperson looks like they could be a human or
Floyd | monkey,
Floyd | but with elaborate stage makeup.  Their fur is a pale pink, and
Floyd | they
Floyd | have an oddly shaped skull.  You think "businessperson", because of
Floyd | the exquisitely tailored suit of clothes.  The simian is just
Floyd | floating
Floyd | softly in space, as if killing time while waiting for a bus,
Floyd | fidgeting
Floyd | with eight-fingered, pink hands.  Paws.  You can't quite see what
Floyd | it
Floyd | is, but the simian is spinning some very small object in its
Floyd | fingers.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think I'm out of ideas."
		DavidW asks, "Maybe the jack-in-the-box?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
		DavidW says, "Maybe the land of breakfast and lunch is serving dinner."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push return" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh. At the end of the rocket's soft whoosh, its mighty
Floyd | engines begin to engage, slowing its fall as it pillows down to the
Floyd | landing pad in The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		Knight_Otu asks, "Possibly, but I kind of doubt it?"

Floyd ]  The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You exit the hatch opening and climb to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | You are on the sequel path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unlaunched Vessels.  Forward is The Land of Thrice Launched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  You stand near the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the bay, and there is a sailing ship moored here with thick and
Floyd | aged
Floyd | ropes tied to a bollard.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards
Floyd | The
Floyd | Land of Unrealized Possibilities, a place you're not sure you want
Floyd | to
Floyd | be.  Forward, The Spiritual Sequel Path leads to The Land of Thrice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a swarthy hippie seaperson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about businessperson" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT BUSINESSPERSON
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, I do not know about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about space station" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT SPACE STATION
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, I do not know about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about mister tuxedo" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT MISTER TUXEDO
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, I do not know about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about celtic knot" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT CELTIC KNOT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sorry, I do not know about that."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about knots" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT KNOTS
Floyd |
Floyd | "It's a really obscure knot, you probably wouldn't know it."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x ropes" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X ROPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The ropes are weathered but sturdy, with crusty barnacles aplenty.
Floyd | They are tied with odd-looking knots to a giant metal bollard
Floyd | bolted
Floyd | to a cement retaining wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x barnacles" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X BARNACLES
Floyd |
Floyd | Those damn things will grow on anything that touches the water a
Floyd | lot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take barnacles" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE BARNACLES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's hardly portable.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ask seaperson about barnacles" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ASK SEAPERSON ABOUT BARNACLES
Floyd |
Floyd | "I'm just a simple seaperson, I don't know much about the
Floyd | barnacles."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  Seaside Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seaside Path
Floyd | You are on the seaside path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  Forward is The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "b" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > B
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | You are in the Land of Unrealized Possibilities.  Just being here
Floyd | gives you a sense of all that could be accomplished if enough time,
Floyd | effort, and focus were pointed in a specific direction.  There is a
Floyd | sense of both excitement and disappointment here that is almost
Floyd | palpable.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards The Land of
Floyd | Breakfast and Lunch, a place with a much clearer sense of purpose.
Floyd | The Seaside Path leads forward, towards The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a small hobby horse, a toy box (in which are a skinny
Floyd | naked plastic doll and a coloring book), a couch (on which is your
Floyd | brother), and a TV here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take jack" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You already have that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, we have it"
		DavidW says, "d'oh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "close jack" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLOSE JACK
Floyd |
Floyd | You shove the devil doll into the body of the box, and shut the lid
Floyd | with a satisfying snap.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "take doll" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unrealized Possibilities
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TAKE DOLL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Back to businesswoman?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Seaside Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Seaside Path
Floyd | You are on the seaside path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unrealized Possibilities.  Forward is The Land of Unlaunched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  You stand near the edge
Floyd | of
Floyd | the bay, and there is a sailing ship moored here with thick and
Floyd | aged
Floyd | ropes tied to a bollard.  The Hopeful Path leads backward towards
Floyd | The
Floyd | Land of Unrealized Possibilities, a place you're not sure you want
Floyd | to
Floyd | be.  Forward, The Spiritual Sequel Path leads to The Land of Thrice
Floyd | Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a swarthy hippie seaperson here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Spiritual Sequel Path
Floyd | You are on the sequel path.  Backwards from here is The Land of
Floyd | Unlaunched Vessels.  Forward is The Land of Thrice Launched
Floyd | Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad
Floyd | here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy white and
Floyd | candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads backwards
Floyd | towards
Floyd | The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Anticlimactic
Floyd | Path
Floyd | probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "climb ladder" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > CLIMB LADDER
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull yourself into the rocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Thrice Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a cockpit, a big metal unit containing a captain's
Floyd | chair
Floyd | and a control panel here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push launch" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH LAUNCH
Floyd |
Floyd | It's natural to expect blastoff immediately.  Instead, the hatch
Floyd | door
Floyd | whirrs slowly shut, coming to a solid clang.  You have just enough
Floyd | time to realize that you could buckle yourself into the captain's
Floyd | chair and you do.  Just in time, as you feel a tremendous slow and
Floyd | steady thrust of force wrap itself around you as the sky begins to
Floyd | move in the porthole window.  For just one moment you swear you can
Floyd | see The Land of Breakfast and Lunch streak by the window.  Finally,
Floyd | the sky begins to darken, and all sound becomes only a vibration.
Floyd | The
Floyd | deep, dark void of space is with you.  You absentmindedly unbuckle
Floyd | the
Floyd | webbing securing you to the seat, and you feel free to move about
Floyd | the
Floyd | interior.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Deep, Dark Void of Space
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't go that way.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push forward" 		

Floyd ]  Elbow Nebula
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH FORWARD
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Elbow Nebula
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Kamiro Quadrant
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "g" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > G
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh.  You thought maybe the engine engaged again, but
Floyd | something else already did.  It bent space softly around you, and,
Floyd | maybe the rocket moved a little.  Like with a soft whoosh.  It
Floyd | happened in less than a second.  Now, you think you're somewhere
Floyd | else.
Floyd |
Floyd | Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | You are inside the rocket as it cruises very slowly through the
Floyd | deep,
Floyd | dark void of space.  Outside the porthole window is the deep, dark
Floyd | void of space covered over with a curtain of stars.
Floyd |
Floyd | You notice something unusual outside the porthole window.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "turn crank" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > TURN CRANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You grasp the little wooden ball and begin to turn the crank as you
Floyd | hold the jack-in-the-box steady.  A dark little tune plinks its way
Floyd | out, echoing forth from the little tin box.  It's not "all around
Floyd | the
Floyd | mulberry bush" or any song you recognize, so you don't quite expect
Floyd | it
Floyd | when its last note ends, and the spring-loaded doll within leaps
Floyd | out
Floyd | with surprising agility.  You jump a tiny bit, in spite of
Floyd | yourself.
Floyd | The devil doll looks pleased.
Floyd |
Floyd | The simian businessperson's eyes whip suddenly to the face of the
Floyd | devil doll.  Its eyes widen and turn shockingly pale blue in a
Floyd | clearly
Floyd | recognizable look of total terror.  Their fingers whip forward
Floyd | towards
Floyd | you involuntarily, and you suddenly feel whatever they were holding
Floyd | in
Floyd | the palm of your own hand.  It is a shiny 1964 quarter.  The
Floyd | businessperson looks briefly dismayed but merely pulls something
Floyd | else
Floyd | out of its pocket.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "My."
		DavidW says, "And we have a quarter."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "x quarter" 		

Floyd ]  Chrysocolla Cluster
Floyd | >
Floyd | > X QUARTER
Floyd |
Floyd | Before 1964, quarters were made almost entirely of silver, so the
Floyd | shine of this mint-condition coin is brilliant.  It is otherwise
Floyd | like
Floyd | a U.S. quarter dollar piece in general, with the date, 1964, and a
Floyd | small letter "D", representing the Denver Mint, stamped into its
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Also, how did get the quarter into the rocket?"
		DavidW says, "Tele-quarter-esis"
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah, of course."
		DavidW says, "Maybe the businessperson is four-dimensional."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "push return" 		

Floyd ]  The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUSH RETURN
Floyd |
Floyd | Whoosh. At the end of the rocket's soft whoosh, its mighty
Floyd | engines begin to engage, slowing its fall as it pillows down to the
Floyd | landing pad in The Land of Thoroughly-Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Inside of the Parked Rocket
Floyd | You are within the smooth walls of the rocket.  It is very plain
Floyd | here,
Floyd | out the porthole window you can see the sky, and out the hatch you
Floyd | can
Floyd | see The Land of Thoroughly-Launched Vessels.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "out" 		

Floyd ]  The Land of Thoroughly-Launched Vessels
Floyd | >
Floyd | > OUT
Floyd |
Floyd | You exit the hatch opening and climb to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land of Thoroughly-Launched Vessels
Floyd | You are in The Land of Thoroughly-Launched Vessels.  There is a
Floyd | launchpad here, on which sits a large, 1950's era rocket in galaxy
Floyd | white and candy-apple red. The The Spiritual Sequel Path leads
Floyd | backwards towards The Land of Unlaunched Vessels.  Ahead of you,
Floyd | The
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path probably leads somewhere really amazing.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a launchpad and a rocket here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Anticlimactic Path
Floyd | You are on the anticlimactic path.  Backwards is The Land of
Floyd | Thoroughly-Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, you can see the back of
Floyd | the liquor store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land Behind the Liquor Store
Floyd | You are in The Land Behind the Liquor Store.  It's underwhelming.
Floyd | You've got your standard collection of broken down boxes, a
Floyd | dumpster,
Floyd | and a stack of pallets.  Behind you, the anticlimactic path leads
Floyd | to
Floyd | The Land of Thoroughly-Launched Vessels.  Ahead of you, The Path
Floyd | Around the Liquor Store leads to The Land in Front of the Liquor
Floyd | Store.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Path Around the Liquor Store
Floyd | You're on the path around the liquor store.  You see the side of
Floyd | the
Floyd | liquor store on one side and a fence on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > F
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | The Land in Front of the Liquor Store looks mostly abandoned, and
Floyd | you
Floyd | feel a slight sense of disappointment and dread here.  The liquor
Floyd | store is closed, looks like permanently, and there's just a weird
Floyd | kiddie ride here.  There are marks on the sidewalk where some other
Floyd | metal vending machines were, but it looks like they've been carted
Floyd | away.  Only the kiddie ride remains.  It's pretty depressing here,
Floyd | but
Floyd | if you continue to go forward, the Idyllic Path leads to The Land
Floyd | of
Floyd | Puppy Cardiovascular health, which is the superior place.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a lite-brite (in which is a last page from the coloring
Floyd | book, black, and printed with some kind of glow-in-the-dark ink)
Floyd | and a
Floyd | kiddie ride here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Thoroughly-Launched."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "put quarter in slot" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > PUT QUARTER IN SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Gravity pulls the quarter down into the slot, and then there is an
Floyd | agonizing pause before the weight of the quarter trips an internal
Floyd | lever in the machine and its song comes to life.  50% speed in one
Floyd | second, full speed at two seconds.  The song is "In my merry
Floyd | Oldsmobile" and the dance of the humvee is drunken yet tame as it
Floyd | rolls and lists in a pattern potentially thrilling to a 3-year old
Floyd | but
Floyd | usually not really.  If you want to, you can ride the humvee now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "ride humvee" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > RIDE HUMVEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You climb up on the molded fiberglass seat of the humvee like a pro
Floyd | and right yourself against its tame rollicking.  At first you find
Floyd | it
Floyd | boring, but you quickly get in the spirit, facetiously adjusting
Floyd | your
Floyd | imaginary cowboy hat and making a quick lasso motion with your
Floyd | wrist
Floyd | to show the yellow humvee you're in full control, despite its
Floyd | raucous
Floyd | bucking.
Floyd |
Floyd | If this was what you were trying to do, you pretty much won the
Floyd | game,
Floyd | but c'mon, you entered this fictional world with all its richness
Floyd | and
Floyd | descriptions of antipasto and space locations and all you wanted to
Floyd | do
Floyd | is solve its one puzzle?  It's a mood piece, man!  You're just
Floyd | supposed to be relaxed and soak up the sweet, sweet ambience.  That
Floyd | said, none of my beta testers actually got the puzzle on their own.
Floyd | I
Floyd | didn't think it was that hard since if you trigger the
Floyd | jack-in-the-box
Floyd | in the room you find it in, it freaks your brother out, so I felt
Floyd | like
Floyd | that was a big clue, but I do have a lot of worthless items / red
Floyd | herrings.  What was I talking about?  I dunno, good job though.  I
Floyd | personally suck at puzzles in games so I doubt I would have been
Floyd | able
Floyd | to figure it out myself.
Floyd |
Floyd | Ok.  I'll admit it.  There might be one even harder puzzle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It's five o'clock here and I'm out of ideas."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. We're at the three-hour mark."
		DavidW asks, "Call it here?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, Id say so."
		DavidW says, "I assume the harder puzzle involves the space station and/or the misty nothingy area at the end."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, those are reasonable."
		DavidW says, "Also, I sensed a horse theme throughout."
		Knight_Otu says, "But I have no idea what to do about them."
		Knight_Otu says, "There was a bit of that."
		DavidW says, "Three horse-y things."
		DavidW asks, "Could 'Mister Tuxedo' be an anagram?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nothing stands out as obvious."
		DavidW says, "Ms Exit Detour."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "The game said explicitly not to abbreviate the name to Mr."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "anagram" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > ANAGRAM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "detox rum" 		

Floyd ]  The Land in Front of the Liquor Store
Floyd | >
Floyd | > DETOX RUM
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognize.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "If you want rum, get into that liquor store."
		DavidW says, "Which didn't even seem to have a door."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't want rum, that was just an anagram of the shortened Mr Tuxedo."
		DavidW says, "Ride out M texts"
		DavidW says, "well, if it is an anagram, I'm not getting it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Me neither."
		DavidW asks, "I guess the penny was a red herring?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess."
		DavidW says, "Anyway, let's stop here. Thanks for the game, and perhaps we can do that last Spring Thing game next week."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Yeah. Good night, and stay safe, everyone!"
		Roger exclaims, "sorry, suffered from a sudden onset nap -- but thanks, y'all!"



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The Prongleman Job by Arthur DiBianca
As played on ifMUD on April 26, 2020

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 Prongleman Job. The Prongleman Job was an entrant to the Main Festival, Spring Thing 2020. 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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Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "load sleepmask prongleman" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thanks!"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "about, please"
		Knight_Otu says, "A little unusual."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "about" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ABOUT 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a verb I recognise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Huh."
		DavidW says, "His games are almost always with limited vocab. I'm very surprised there's no mention."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x me" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > X ME 		
CF | 		
CF | You don't need to use EXAMINE or X in this game. Just type the name 		
CF | of 		
CF | the object you want to interact with. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "me" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ME 		
CF | 		
CF | You're wearing the traditional attire of a cat burglar. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > I 		
CF | 		
CF | You haven't acquired any valuables yet. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "so, figurine"
		Knight_Otu says, "So we just use the noun. Got it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "figurine" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FIGURINE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted wooden carving, about three feet tall. It's hard to 		
CF | tell what it's supposed to depict���maybe a moose on its hind legs 		
CF | holding two spoons? You check it over, but there don't seem to be 		
CF | any 		
CF | hidden compartments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bed" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BED 		
CF | 		
CF | The bed is topped with a dark-blue spread and a couple of pillows. 		
CF | You 		
CF | look underneath the bed and discover a cardboard box, which you 		
CF | pull 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the box. It contains some old books, but no 		
CF | valuables. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "I guess there is no status bar."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the drawers one by one. They're all empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "This is strongly reminding me of Out of the Study."
		DavidW says, "Don't forget the books. Also try spoons."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm still trying to figure out why you would make all the nouns verbs and subvert examine as a default verb."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You look inside the closet. It's totally empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "books" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKS 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the box again, but you don't find anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you leap out the window. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Well that was a surprise."
		DavidW says, "huh. Short game."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Jacqueline asks, "Is it, though?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Tight time limit."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		Jacqueline says, "I mean, maybe it is. Maybe you learn each playthrough."
		DavidW says, "Unless there's a way to gain time."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "Or that, yeah"
		DavidW | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.)
		Jacqueline asks, "Should we take the figurine?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, I'm not sure how we'd keep Prongleman away."
		DavidW says, "I don't know if we have TAKE."
		Jacqueline says, "oh, ah."
		Knight_Otu says, "Not sure if we actually can... right."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "take figurine" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TAKE FIGURINE 		
CF | 		
CF | You don't need to use GET or TAKE in this game. Just type the name 		
CF | of 		
CF | the object you want to interact with. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess that discounts my next theory of getting to the front door really quickly and blocking his ability to enter the house."
		DavidW says, "Try SPOONS."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "spoons" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SPOONS 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "ok, EAST"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "Another east?"
		DavidW says, "yes please"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | You try that door, but it's locked. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Well that just leaves north."
		DavidW says, "hm"
		DavidW says, "yes try it"
		Knight_Otu says, "Unless we want to DOOR."
		DavidW says, "not yet"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "East?"
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bed" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BED 		
CF | 		
CF | The bed has a couple of pillows. You take a good look on top of the 		
CF | bed and under it, but you don't find anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Darn, too slow."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bed" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BED 		
CF | 		
CF | The bed has a couple of pillows. You take a good look on top of the 		
CF | bed and under it, but you don't find anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The first drawer is full of clothes. You go through it, but find 		
CF | nothing. (The Thieves' Society has a rule about minimizing the 		
CF | ransacking, and clothes drawers always pose the biggest challenge.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nightstand" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NIGHTSTAND 		
CF | 		
CF | There's an empty glass on the nightstand. It has a pair of doors, 		
CF | which you open to reveal a box of crackers. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "crackers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CRACKERS 		
CF | 		
CF | There's nothing in the box but crackers. Taped to the side is a 		
CF | note 		
CF | that says, "Button before knob before crank. Switch before handle 		
CF | before crank. Button before switch." 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "Maybe the true treasure is the crackers we ate along the way."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But then we don't have them anymore!"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry. Just finished breakfast. Apparently I am still snacky."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suits" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITS 		
CF | 		
CF | You run your hands over the suits. They don't seem to have anything 		
CF | in 		
CF | them. On the wall behind them, however, you discover a red button. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Ah hah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "picture" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PICTURE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a framed print of the painting Flowers with Bugs by 		
CF | Penny Ascorth. There's nothing behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline says, "oooooooh\"
		DavidW says, "I want you to try BUTTON from the first room."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline asks, "Can we just undo?"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		Jacqueline says, "We cannot undo."
		Jacqueline says, "Thank you, Arthur."
		DavidW says, "I doubt UNDO is a good idea."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah, yeah. I realize."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "So you want button here, or in the master bedroom?"
		DavidW says, "Here"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "See if we run there immediately. Okay, we don't"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "Have we typed HELP?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We hadn't."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "help" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HELP 		
CF | 		
CF | You can move around the house with directions: N, W, E, S. 		
CF | Type LOOK (L) to look at the room you're in. 		
CF | Type INVENTORY (I) to see what you've picked up. 		
CF | Type LEAVE at any time to conclude your burglary. 		
CF | 		
CF | To examine or fiddle with something in the house, just type its 		
CF | name, 		
CF | like BED. You don't need to use a verb. Please don't use a verb. 		
CF | The 		
CF | verbs all walked out on me. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "You revealed the button via closet then suits."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh wow."
		Knight_Otu says, "Look is a verb."
		Jacqueline says, "The verbs... they just left him. I wonder what he did to the verbs."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was hoping the button could be pressed without having to go through the whole closet, but of course it can't."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suit" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUIT 		
CF | 		
CF | You run your hands over the suits. They don't seem to have anything 		
CF | in 		
CF | them. On the wall behind them, however, you discover a red button. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Jacqueline It... 		Jacqueline asks, "It... clicks?"
		Jacqueline asks, "That's all?"
		Knight_Otu says, "It clicks."
		Jacqueline blinks.
		DavidW says, "Now we need to find the knob or the switch."
		Knight_Otu says, "There's still the knob, the crank, the sitch, and the handle."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So, west and west?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
		Jacqueline says, "gives the game some side-eye."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline learns how to emote.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "mirror" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > MIRROR 		
CF | 		
CF | You realize the mirror is hinged. You pull it open to reveal a 		
CF | medicine cabinet sunk into the wall. The cabinet contains a large 		
CF | bottle of aspirin and a nail clipper. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sink" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SINK 		
CF | 		
CF | You take a good look in and under the sink, but you don't find 		
CF | anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "toilet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TOILET 		
CF | 		
CF | You take the lid off the tank. Inside you see a submerged tan 		
CF | plastic 		
CF | bag. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu blinks.
		Jacqueline says, "I was thinking there was gonna be a sekrit compartment in the closet behind the suits and we would just hang in Narnia until Mr Prongleman found the wallet he'd left behind and left again."
		DavidW says, "Drugs!"
		Jacqueline says, "Golly"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You fish the sealed bag out of the toilet tank. You tear it open 		
CF | and 		
CF | pull out an old parchment! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "parchment" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PARCHMENT 		
CF | 		
CF | It looks like an original letter from 18th-century French poet 		
CF | Maurice 		
CF | Valdier. Not sure the toilet was the wisest storage location, but 		
CF | the 		
CF | letter seems undamaged. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "Oh, sure. That's where I keep all my old parchments."
		Knight_Otu blinks some more.
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, we have our first treasure. We're not a total failure as a thief now."
		Jacqueline says, "True."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bathtub" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BATHTUB 		
CF | 		
CF | One nice thing about a bathtub is that it's very easy to tell 		
CF | whether 		
CF | it's got anything in it. This one is empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "We are now slightly a thief."
		Jacqueline says, "Just slightly."
		DavidW asks, "wait, we gave the parchment already?"
		Knight_Otu says, "C'mon Athena. You give us bad intel, we give you bad loot."
		DavidW says, "oh we haven't restarted yet."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "So north from bathroom/master bedroom for now?"
		DavidW says, "yes"
		DavidW says, "We can look at lesser things like rods, tile, doors later, if we must."
		Knight_Otu says, "Until we find the other contraptions, we have xhausted those rooms I belirve."
		DavidW says, "canopy, curtains."
		Knight_Otu says, "Man my typing."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a tall, ornate clock with a steady tick. You open the front 		
CF | panel 		
CF | and peer inside. You don't find anything unusual. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But, that would be the perfect spot for a crank or something!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "East?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "case" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CASE 		
CF | 		
CF | The display case is a brass frame with reinforced glass. There's a 		
CF | small red light on the side. Inside you see a jade turtle. 		
CF | 		
CF | You try to open the case, but it's locked. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "light" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LIGHT 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a small red light on the side of the display case. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Good thing all the rooms have windows."
		DavidW says, "The hallways don't."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Odd that the dining room has a south door."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I'm tempted to spend some time in them to see what happns there."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sideboard" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SIDEBOARD 		
CF | 		
CF | The sideboard contains a lot of nice dishes, but they don't seem to 		
CF | be 		
CF | concealing anything. A newspaper lies on top. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "newspaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NEWSPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | It's yesterday's issue of the Bintucket Bullhorn. The 		
CF | front 		
CF | page story catches your eye. Apparently the vandals who were 		
CF | etching 		
CF | strange messages in windows and cars all over town have been 		
CF | arrested. 		
CF | They were not Bintucketers at all, but college students from nearby 		
CF | Pengsbury. The two who were caught were wearing green robes and 		
CF | headbands. They quickly ratted out the others. 		
CF | 		
CF | Their motives in writing such things as, "It's happening soon" and 		
CF | "Don't be left off the bus" remain unclear. No similar messages 		
CF | appeared in Pengsbury, and none of the students gave a clear 		
CF | explanation of why they chose Bintucket. Three claimed to be 		
CF | starting 		
CF | a cult, but one said they were just "goof-etching." 		
CF | 		
CF | Oscar Links, owner of a downtown restaurant, expressed relief. "I 		
CF | think I was the hardest hit. All my windows were covered with this 		
CF | weird stuff. It makes me mad. But I guess when I was a kid, I did a 		
CF | lot of pranks myself. Nothing weird, though." 		
CF | 		
CF | You glance through the rest of the first section. It's the 		
CF | pedestrian 		
CF | stuff you normally find in the Bullhorn. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "werid"
		Jacqueline says, "weird, even"
		Knight_Otu says, "Very much so."
		DavidW asks, "So we should be examining windows?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "painting" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAINTING 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painting of a tall ship in harbor. It's not valuable, and 		
CF | there's nothing behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "table" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a very nice table. There is nothing on it, and you can't find 		
CF | anything under it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chairs" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIRS 		
CF | 		
CF | You carefully examine one of the chairs, but you find nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "chandelier"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chandelier" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHANDELIER 		
CF | 		
CF | The chandelier is a complicated construction of little pieces of 		
CF | glass. It might be worth something, but you would never be able to 		
CF | carry it. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks, I knew I was forgetting something."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess next stop is north from the dining room."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Logically, a kitchen."
		Knight_Otu says, "Most likely, yes."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push space" 		Knight_Otu asks, "Am I lagging?"
		DavidW says, "er, don't tell the bot"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Sorry."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Easy mistake to make."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "True."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline asks, "What happens if we're in a hallway when dude comes back?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That's something I want to try out."
		Knight_Otu says, "Later, though."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "fridge" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FRIDGE 		
CF | 		
CF | You take a look inside the refrigerator. You see a container of 		
CF | bean 		
CF | dip and a few other run-of-the-mill items. The freezer is pretty 		
CF | empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "oven" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > OVEN 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the oven. There's nothing inside. It could use a good 		
CF | cleaning, though. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "counter" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > COUNTER 		
CF | 		
CF | The light-brown laminate counter is bare. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dip" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DIP 		
CF | 		
CF | The bean dip in the refrigerator is neither valuable nor useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "sez you"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sink" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SINK 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a stack of dishes in the sink. Nothing interesting. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one drawer. It has a lot of odds and ends, but nothing of 		
CF | value. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "if you open ANOTHER drawer?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains nothing but placemats. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third drawer. It's full of cutlery. It occurs to you 		
CF | that 		
CF | a steak knife might be useful, so you grab one. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "My."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | The last drawer contains ladles, spatulas, things like that. 		
CF | Nothing 		
CF | valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline exclaims, "!!"
		Jacqueline asks, "Are we about to do a murder??"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, I guess not."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nope, we skeedaddled."
		Jacqueline says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "There's more than one use for a knife, y'know, than MUR_DER"
		Jacqueline asks, "Perhaps the steak knife is used to pry something?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we want west, or another run through the kitchen?"
		DavidW asks, "So there's multiple cabinets. How many chairs were in the dining room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Six I believe."
		DavidW says, "We want both eventually. Feel free to try west."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sofa" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SOFA 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel around the cushions and pillows. One of the pillows 		
CF | definitely has a lump. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline asks, "A ... fancy ... box?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lump" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMP 		
CF | 		
CF | One of the pillows has a suspicious lump. You don't have an obvious 		
CF | way of getting to it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline asks, "How fancy?"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe we could use a knife."
		Knight_Otu says, "There the knife may come in.. right."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | The box is made of lacquered wood, inlaid with an intricate 		
CF | pattern. 		
CF | On top you see a button, a crank, a switch, a knob, and a handle. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		Knight_Otu says, ""Button before knob before crank""
		Knight_Otu says, "Switch before handle before crank. Button before switch.""
		DavidW asks, "where did this box come from?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Just sitting around here it seems."
		DavidW asks, "Did you just guess 'box' and get lucky?"
		Knight_Otu says, "No, it was mentioneed in the room."
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah."
		Jacqueline says, "It was fancy."
		DavidW says, "oh, I missed the line."
		Jacqueline says, "What I missed is how you all know the order of button, switch, crank, etc"
		DavidW says, "It was on a note on the crackers."
		DavidW says, "2nd bedroom's nightstand."
		Knight_Otu says, "So button must be first, crank last if I'm not totally wrong."
		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		Jacqueline says, "That's what you all were talking about when we pushed the button."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, yeah. I missed that bit. Thanks."
		DavidW says, "There's three possible orders. BKSHC, BSKHC, or BSHKC."
		Knight_Otu says, "We probably don't have enough time to go through even one order now, but let's see."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the button. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the button. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SWITCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You slide the switch. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "knob" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > KNOB 		
CF | 		
CF | You twist the knob. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "handle" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HANDLE 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull the handle out slightly. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "crank" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CRANK 		
CF | 		
CF | You rotate the crank until it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | After a moment, all the controls return to their former positions. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | The box is made of lacquered wood, inlaid with an intricate 		
CF | pattern. 		
CF | On top you see a button, a crank, a switch, a knob, and a handle. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "Wrong order."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "recliner" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RECLINER 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine the recliner closely. It's not hiding anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "television" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TELEVISION 		
CF | 		
CF | The television is mounted firmly on the wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lamp" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LAMP 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a five-foot steel lamp with a cloth shade. You don't find 		
CF | anything of interest. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | Using the remote, you turn on the TV. A local news report is 		
CF | airing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tv" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TV 		
CF | 		
CF | The television is currently showing a local news report. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Well, thanks for the detailed news report. :p"
		DavidW asks, "Do you have to say REPORT?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the button. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "report" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REPORT 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "Guess we don't get more cult news"
		Knight_Otu says, "(Also, I'm surprised we haven't been disturbed by the owner yet.)"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "knob" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > KNOB 		
CF | 		
CF | You twist the knob. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Speak of them."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "We may have barely enough time for two combinations?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), " r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the button. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "knob" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > KNOB 		
CF | 		
CF | You twist the knob. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "I wonder how we manage to steal ten items in such a short time frame."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SWITCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You slide the switch. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Probably we don't."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "handle" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HANDLE 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull the handle out slightly. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline asks, "Maybe we just find the best of the things?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "crank" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CRANK 		
CF | 		
CF | You rotate the crank until it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | With a chime, the front of the box pops out like a cash register! 		
CF | You 		
CF | see a ruby pin inside, and you take it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Or Prongleman is in on it."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, snap."
		Knight_Otu says, "There we have it."
		Knight_Otu asks, "North?"
		DavidW says, "sure. Or examine the pin."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pin" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PIN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a lapel pin shaped like an apple tree, with rubies for apples. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "desk" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DESK 		
CF | 		
CF | A few uninteresting papers are lying on the desk. There are also 		
CF | four 		
CF | drawers. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open a drawer. It's empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains a stapler. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open a third drawer. It's empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the fourth drawer. It contains a blurry photo. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "photo" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PHOTO 		
CF | 		
CF | It's too blurry to make out. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | You look underneath the rug and see an outline. You fold the rug 		
CF | over, 		
CF | revealing a small hatch in the floor! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh hoh."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hatch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HATCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift open the hatch. Inside a small compartment in the floor 		
CF | you 		
CF | see a collectible model car! You grab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Second item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline says, "Oh. It's ... I keep wanting a hiding place."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Hey, two treasures!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Perhaps we may find one later?"
		DavidW says, "yes, congrats"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "True!"
		Jacqueline asks, "We haven't slit open the pillow yet, right?"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole two valuables. That gives you the rank of Mild 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "correct"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "We now have a mild case of thievery."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "portrait" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PORTRAIT 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an elderly lady. Sure enough, there's a 		
CF | safe behind it! You remove the portrait and set it on the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "safe" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SAFE 		
CF | 		
CF | Time for a little safecracking! You place your fingers lightly on 		
CF | the 		
CF | dial. 		
CF | 		
CF | It currently points to 0. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Darn, why is it locked!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		
CF | >> Finish 		
CF | 		
CF | You let go of the dial. The safe is still locked. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Such a mean safe."
		Knight_Otu says, "No point just guessing I would guess."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine one section of the bookshelves. Just regular old books. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine another part of the shelves. You don't see anything 		
CF | suspicious. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You notice a few books that aren't flush with the others. You pull 		
CF | them out and discover a red button mounted on the back of the 		
CF | shelf! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "well, if we had a stethoscope, we might hear the tumblers."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Another button!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW says, "Perhaps when both red buttons are pressed, a secret panel opens somewhere. Or that locked door."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | You look underneath the rug and see an outline. You fold the rug 		
CF | over, 		
CF | revealing a small hatch in the floor! 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW says, "There's still a door north of the northern end of the hallway."
		DavidW says, "where the ... front door ought to be."
		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure Prongleman returns at a consistent time."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that should be the next target."
		DavidW says, "Maybe we can bar the front door so P can't get back in."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "front" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FRONT 		
CF | 		
CF | A thief would never leave by the front door! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "ah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Now some would argue that, I'm sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a somewhat dull beige rug. You take a good look underneath it, 		
CF | but you discover nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "floor" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FLOOR 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note, you will never need to refer directly to the floor.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh key."
		DavidW says, "hooray"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "table" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLE 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing on or under the table. It has one drawer, which 		
CF | you 		
CF | open to reveal a pile of old notes and receipts. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "notes" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NOTES 		
CF | 		
CF | You sift through them all, but there's nothing interesting or 		
CF | valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rack" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RACK 		
CF | 		
CF | A red jacket is hanging on the coat rack. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "jacket" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JACKET 		
CF | 		
CF | You carefully go through the pockets of the jacket, but they're all 		
CF | empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Not the wallet Prongleman forgot."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plant" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLANT 		
CF | 		
CF | You're not sure what kind of plant it is, but it's pretty tall. The 		
CF | large pot is full of dirt. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Maybe he forget the jacket."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		DavidW says, "DIRT"
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, no convenient hiding space for us here."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dirt" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DIRT 		
CF | 		
CF | You don't have a good way of searching through the dirt. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of a key rattling in the front 		
CF | door! What? Prongleman has come back already? But the 		
CF | Investigation Committee told you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You race over to the living room, 		
CF | throw 		
CF | open the window, and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "Using the key or the knife next?"
		Knight_Otu says, "So, we nab the key and go... yeah."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "door" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DOOR 		
CF | 		
CF | Doors lead east and west. The east door is locked, but you unlock 		
CF | it 		
CF | with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "But we're leaving the box with the ruby pin in the living room, and the parchment in the toilet tank. Okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "heap" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HEAP 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull off the cloth and throw it aside. You see a big sheet of 		
CF | plywood with a variety of items piled on it. The plywood seems to 		
CF | be 		
CF | lying on something else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | On top of the plywood you see a paint can, a cinderblock, a bowling 		
CF | ball bag, a suitcase, an old grill, and a cardboard box. The 		
CF | plywood 		
CF | appears to be resting on something else, possibly a folded ladder. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ladder" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LADDER 		
CF | 		
CF | You can't get to the ladder while the plywood is lying on it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suitcase" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITCASE 		
CF | 		
CF | You move the suitcase off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "oh geez, is this for an attic access?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Maybe?"
		Jacqueline says, "Maybe THAT is where we hide."
		Jacqueline says, "I know, I know. We're not going to be allowed to hide."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't recall seeing an access point."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | You poke around the lumber, and you discover a small note on the 		
CF | wall 		
CF | behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline says, "But it's the only way I can think of to stay and get all ten things is to hide"
		Jacqueline asks, "But! But! NOTE!?"
		DavidW says, "Maybe the red buttons open the attic door? Also, we've never checked the ceilings."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm pretty sure now that Prongleman's return is random."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | You poke around the lumber, and you discover a small note on the 		
CF | wall 		
CF | behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "note" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | The note says, "Study - Bedroom - Kitchen". 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, I guess there's a button in the kitchen, too."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The lid of the chest creaks open, revealing a lot of junk. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "huh"
		DavidW says, "Probably in one of those cabinets we skipped."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "junk" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JUNK 		
CF | 		
CF | You search through a portion of the junk. Nothing valuable so far. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "junk" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JUNK 		
CF | 		
CF | You search through some more junk. Still nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "junk" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JUNK 		
CF | 		
CF | You search through some more junk. Who keeps junk like this? 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "junk" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JUNK 		
CF | 		
CF | You finish searching through the junk. At the bottom of the chest 		
CF | you 		
CF | find a small garden spade! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "For the DIRT"
		Knight_Otu asks, "That could be for the dirt, but do we have the time?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "spade" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SPADE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a small steel garden spade, about five inches long. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dirt" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DIRT 		
CF | 		
CF | Using the spade, you dig around in the dirt and find a platinum 		
CF | coin! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "What's this, DnD?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You run to the dining room, throw 		
CF | open 		
CF | the window, and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW says, "The ladder might also be for the high shelf in the storage room."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay. There was still a shelf in the storage room (and the ladder), and the lump in the living room."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Also, we know what happens when Prongleman returns while we're in the hallway."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ceiling" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CEILING 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note, you will never need to refer directly to the ceiling.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "High shelf seems more likely than ceiling hatch to the attic."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "agreed"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another cabinet. It has some stacks of plates, nothing 		
CF | else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third cabinet. It has a lot of spices and condiments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | The last cabinet contains more glasses and mugs. Behind them you 		
CF | catch 		
CF | sight of a red button! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "There it is."
		Jacqueline asks, "Gosh! Really?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one drawer. It has a lot of odds and ends, but nothing of 		
CF | value. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains nothing but placemats. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third drawer. It's full of cutlery. It occurs to you 		
CF | that 		
CF | a steak knife might be useful, so you grab one. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sofa" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SOFA 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel around the cushions and pillows. One of the pillows 		
CF | definitely has a lump. 		
CF | 		
CF | Using your steak knife, you cut open the pillow. You feel around 		
CF | inside and pull out a strange jewel! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shelf" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHELF 		
CF | 		
CF | It looks like there's something on the shelf, but it's too high to 		
CF | reach. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "heap" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HEAP 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull off the cloth and throw it aside. You see a big sheet of 		
CF | plywood with a variety of items piled on it. The plywood seems to 		
CF | be 		
CF | lying on something else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | On top of the plywood you see a paint can, a cinderblock, a bowling 		
CF | ball bag, a suitcase, an old grill, and a cardboard box. The 		
CF | plywood 		
CF | appears to be resting on something else, possibly a folded ladder. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "can" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAN 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift the paint can off the plywood and set it aside. It feels 		
CF | like 		
CF | it's almost full. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "can" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a nearly full can of Gorner & Donaldson #45 Pea Green. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cinderblock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CINDERBLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | With a grunt, you pick up the cinderblock and set it down next to 		
CF | the 		
CF | plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the bag and set it next to the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suitcase" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITCASE 		
CF | 		
CF | You move the suitcase off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "grill" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > GRILL 		
CF | 		
CF | You drag the grill off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the box, which is pretty heavy, and set it down next to 		
CF | the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "We still need to find the combo or an aid to unlocking the safe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that too."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift up one edge of the plywood and slide it over to the wall. 		
CF | A 		
CF | stepladder is revealed. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Almost!"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "heap" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HEAP 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull off the cloth and throw it aside. You see a big sheet of 		
CF | plywood with a variety of items piled on it. The plywood seems to 		
CF | be 		
CF | lying on something else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | On top of the plywood you see a paint can, a cinderblock, a bowling 		
CF | ball bag, a suitcase, an old grill, and a cardboard box. The 		
CF | plywood 		
CF | appears to be resting on something else, possibly a folded ladder. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "can" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAN 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift the paint can off the plywood and set it aside. It feels 		
CF | like 		
CF | it's almost full. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cinderblock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CINDERBLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | With a grunt, you pick up the cinderblock and set it down next to 		
CF | the 		
CF | plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the bag and set it next to the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suitcase" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITCASE 		
CF | 		
CF | You move the suitcase off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "grill" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > GRILL 		
CF | 		
CF | You drag the grill off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the box, which is pretty heavy, and set it down next to 		
CF | the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift up one edge of the plywood and slide it over to the wall. 		
CF | A 		
CF | stepladder is revealed. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ladder" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LADDER 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the ladder, open it, and place it below the shelf. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shelf" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHELF 		
CF | 		
CF | You climb the ladder and take a golden trophy from the 		
CF | shelf! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suitcase" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITCASE 		
CF | 		
CF | You unlatch the suitcase and look inside. It's empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Had to check."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the cardboard box, revealing a lot of books. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "books" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKS 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the books, but there's nothing useful or valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "toilet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TOILET 		
CF | 		
CF | You take the lid off the tank. Inside you see a submerged tan 		
CF | plastic 		
CF | bag. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You fish the sealed bag out of the toilet tank. You tear it open 		
CF | and 		
CF | pull out an old parchment! 		
CF | 		
CF | (Second item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | You look underneath the rug and see an outline. You fold the rug 		
CF | over, 		
CF | revealing a small hatch in the floor! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hatch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HATCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift open the hatch. Inside a small compartment in the floor 		
CF | you 		
CF | see a collectible model car! You grab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Third item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | A few uninteresting papers are lying on the desk. There are also 		
CF | four 		
CF | drawers. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open a drawer. It's empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains a stapler. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stapler" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > STAPLER 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a regular old stapler. It's of no use to you. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open a third drawer. It's empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the fourth drawer. It contains a blurry photo. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "photo" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PHOTO 		
CF | 		
CF | It's too blurry to make out. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "photo" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PHOTO 		
CF | 		
CF | It's too blurry to make out. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "We never found glasses for the photo."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Nothing on the back, eh?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Shame we can't just TAKE the cushion and the box with us."
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW asks, "So, does acquiring a treasure give us more time?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, yeah, the display case. I bet that's what the buttons are for."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables." She sighs. "Maybe we should have sent Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole three valuables. That gives you the rank of Casual 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "oh, right, the jade turtle"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "It rather feels like it, doesn't it? The time extensions, I mean."
		Jacqueline says, "Clever, the lack of a statusline."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, hm."
		Knight_Otu says, "I hadn't considered that treasures could give us more time."
		Jacqueline says, "Sadly, I'm not willing to pull up a transcript and tally moves."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Should I get the treasures in the toilet, the box, and the study before pressing the study button?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Then we may have a better idea."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, if we are curious, I could look at just the first runthrough and then a runthrough where we got a thing and count."
		Jacqueline says, "I guess I am willing."
		Jacqueline says, "I would be away for a second though."
		DavidW says, "I'm trying to see how many treasures we've seen. I count 7, including the jade turtle."
		Knight_Otu says, "Parhment, pin, coin, turtle, trophy, diamond? from the cushion, model car..."
		DavidW says, "parchment, pin, car, coin, jewel, trophy, turtle. And the safe *must* have a treasure."
		Knight_Otu says, "We have the same list it seems."
		DavidW says, "We should examine all the treasures in case there's a secret theme a-foot."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		Knight_Otu asks, "We good to go?"
		DavidW asks, "Is the current plan to try for the turtle?"
		Knight_Otu says, "That and nab some treasures on the way. Perhaps not the pin though. That's a bit of a time investment."
		Jacqueline says, "I did not go away to count things in transcripts, if that's what you're asking."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, then let's go push some buttons."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "please"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "What."
		DavidW says, "weird"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, that proves the return is at least partially random."
		Knight_Otu says, "But not whether getting a treasure extends the timer."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		DavidW asks, "Have you tried to go to the bathroom immediately before?"
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "I think I did?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "toilet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TOILET 		
CF | 		
CF | You take the lid off the tank. Inside you see a submerged tan 		
CF | plastic 		
CF | bag. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You fish the sealed bag out of the toilet tank. You tear it open 		
CF | and 		
CF | pull out an old parchment! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | You look underneath the rug and see an outline. You fold the rug 		
CF | over, 		
CF | revealing a small hatch in the floor! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hatch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HATCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift open the hatch. Inside a small compartment in the floor 		
CF | you 		
CF | see a collectible model car! You grab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Second item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookcase" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKCASE 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelf" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELF 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine one section of the bookshelves. Just regular old books. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelf" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELF 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine another part of the shelves. You don't see anything 		
CF | suspicious. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelf" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELF 		
CF | 		
CF | You notice a few books that aren't flush with the others. You pull 		
CF | them out and discover a red button mounted on the back of the 		
CF | shelf! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suits" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITS 		
CF | 		
CF | You run your hands over the suits. They don't seem to have anything 		
CF | in 		
CF | them. On the wall behind them, however, you discover a red button. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "Okay, I have looked at a handful of transcripts and have a theory that it's not necessarily treasures, but certain actions that, instead of giving us points, give us turns."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another cabinet. It has some stacks of plates, nothing 		
CF | else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third cabinet. It has a lot of spices and condiments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | The last cabinet contains more glasses and mugs. Behind them you 		
CF | catch 		
CF | sight of a red button! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. You hear an angry buzz. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		Jacqueline says, "Like, each button seems to give us moves, I think."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "case" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CASE 		
CF | 		
CF | The display case is a brass frame with reinforced glass. There's a 		
CF | small red light on the side. Inside you see a jade turtle. 		
CF | 		
CF | You try to open the case, but it's locked. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "light" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LIGHT 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a small red light on the side of the display case. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		DavidW asks, "Wrong order of button-pushing?"
		Knight_Otu |The note says, "Study - Bedroom - Kitchen".
		DavidW asks, "Could the note randomize the order?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I hope that isn't random?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You run to the dining room, throw open 		
CF | the 		
CF | window, and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole two valuables. That gives you the rank of Mild 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Though I guess it would be an example of not playing fair."
		DavidW says, "We might try to fiddle with the safe."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		DavidW says, "Maybe a glass from the kitchen will help."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Or with the photo"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "glasses" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > GLASSES 		
CF | 		
CF | They don't seem useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one drawer. It has a lot of odds and ends, but nothing of 		
CF | value. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains nothing but placemats. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third drawer. It's full of cutlery. It occurs to you 		
CF | that 		
CF | a steak knife might be useful, so you grab one. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | The last drawer contains ladles, spatulas, things like that. 		
CF | Nothing 		
CF | valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Also, I wonder about the suits in the master bedroom, if they need double inspection."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Maybe."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sofa" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SOFA 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel around the cushions and pillows. One of the pillows 		
CF | definitely has a lump. 		
CF | 		
CF | Using your steak knife, you cut open the pillow. You feel around 		
CF | inside and pull out a strange jewel! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "painting" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAINTING 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an elderly lady. Sure enough, there's a 		
CF | safe behind it! You remove the portrait and set it on the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "safe" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SAFE 		
CF | 		
CF | Time for a little safecracking! You place your fingers lightly on 		
CF | the 		
CF | dial. 		
CF | 		
CF | It currently points to 0. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 39. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 38. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 37. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 36. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 35. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 34. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 33. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		DavidW asks, "jeez, one digit at a time?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think that's useful right now."
		Knight_Otu says, "And yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | >> Spin 		
CF | 		
CF | You spin the dial a few times and leave it pointing to 0. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "f" 		
CF | >> Finish 		
CF | 		
CF | You let go of the dial. The safe is still locked. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "I suspect the photo has the combo?"
		DavidW says, "Or maybe the receipts in the foyer."
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm, maybe."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not sure the photo helps with anything."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW says, "I think the photo is important."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suits" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITS 		
CF | 		
CF | You run your hands over the suits. They don't seem to have anything 		
CF | in 		
CF | them. On the wall behind them, however, you discover a red button. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suits" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITS 		
CF | 		
CF | There's nothing else interesting about the suits. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | The first drawer is full of clothes. You go through it, but find 		
CF | nothing. (The Thieves' Society has a rule about minimizing the 		
CF | ransacking, and clothes drawers always pose the biggest challenge.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing but clothes in the second drawer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing but clothes in the third drawer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | The fourth drawer is just more clothes. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWERS 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel under the clothes in the last drawer and discover a small 		
CF | bronze urn! You nab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "New treasure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine one section of the bookshelves. Just regular old books. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine another part of the shelves. You don't see anything 		
CF | suspicious. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You notice a few books that aren't flush with the others. You pull 		
CF | them out and discover a red button mounted on the back of the 		
CF | shelf! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine the last section of books. Nothing of interest. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another cabinet. It has some stacks of plates, nothing 		
CF | else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third cabinet. It has a lot of spices and condiments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | The last cabinet contains more glasses and mugs. Behind them you 		
CF | catch 		
CF | sight of a red button! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. You hear an angry buzz. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "I suppose you should multi-inspect the drawers in the guest bedroom too."
		Knight_Otu says, "Nope, angry buzz. We probably need the note."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | You can't go that way. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of a key rattling in the front 		
CF | door! What? Prongleman has come back already? But the 		
CF | Investigation Committee told you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you race over to the living room, throw 		
CF | open the window, and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push space" 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Darnit again."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the drawers one by one. They're all empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The chest of drawers is completely empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Fully empty."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bed" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BED 		
CF | 		
CF | The bed is topped with a dark-blue spread and a couple of pillows. 		
CF | You 		
CF | look underneath the bed and discover a cardboard box, which you 		
CF | pull 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the box. It contains some old books, but no 		
CF | valuables. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You go through the box again, but you don't find anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "table" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLE 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing on or under the table. It has one drawer, which 		
CF | you 		
CF | open to reveal a pile of old notes and receipts. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "notes" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NOTES 		
CF | 		
CF | You sift through them all, but there's nothing interesting or 		
CF | valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "receipts" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RECEIPTS 		
CF | 		
CF | You sift through them again, but there's nothing interesting or 		
CF | valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a tall, ornate clock with a steady tick. You open the front 		
CF | panel 		
CF | and peer inside. You don't find anything unusual. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "okay, notes = receipts. I wasn't sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | The grandfather clock ticks ominously. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | The grandfather clock ticks ominously. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | You poke around the lumber, and you discover a small note on the 		
CF | wall 		
CF | behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "note" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | The note says, "Study - Kitchen - Bedroom". 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "The order *does* change."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		Knight_Otu says, "No way is it possible to get all ten treasures."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "It must be possible."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine one section of the bookshelves. Just regular old books. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | You poke around the lumber, and you discover a small note on the 		
CF | wall 		
CF | behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "note" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | The note says, "Kitchen - Bedroom - Study". 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another cabinet. It has some stacks of plates, nothing 		
CF | else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third cabinet. It has a lot of spices and condiments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | The last cabinet contains more glasses and mugs. Behind them you 		
CF | catch 		
CF | sight of a red button! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suits" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITS 		
CF | 		
CF | You run your hands over the suits. They don't seem to have anything 		
CF | in 		
CF | them. On the wall behind them, however, you discover a red button. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine one section of the bookshelves. Just regular old books. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine another part of the shelves. You don't see anything 		
CF | suspicious. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bookshelves" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOOKSHELVES 		
CF | 		
CF | You notice a few books that aren't flush with the others. You pull 		
CF | them out and discover a red button mounted on the back of the 		
CF | shelf! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the red button in, and it clicks. You hear a cheerful 		
CF | beep. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "case" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CASE 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the case easily, and you swipe the jade turtle! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Whew."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turtle" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TURTLE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a pretty large and obviously valuable jade turtle. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "congrats"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think there's a hidden theme in the treasures."
		Jacqueline says, "sweet"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "case" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CASE 		
CF | 		
CF | The display case is a brass frame with reinforced glass. There's a 		
CF | small green light on the side. It's empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline says, "I'm trying to recall if I've ever seen a game like this where you earn turns."
		DavidW says, "There's still one hiding spot we haven't found, right? Assuming the safe is one."
		Jacqueline says, "Wait."
		DavidW says, "Sugarlawn"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, there must still be something."
		Jacqueline asks, "We got that turtle and then we were promptly tossed out the window?"
		DavidW says, "There's A Snake In The Bathtub"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may have had a low turncount to begin with."
		Jacqueline says, "True. I wasn't sure if in my first few transcript counts if I was improperly counting mistakes / meta commands that don't count, or if the initial turn count is random."
		Knight_Otu says, "There was one run-through where we went straight to the bathroom and got tossed out. there."
		DavidW says, "On one of these runs, we need to check every chair in the dining room, not just one."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | You carefully examine one of the chairs, but you find nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine another chair, but you find nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | You check a third chair, but nothing turns up. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine a fourth chair. Nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | You go over a fifth chair. Nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | You carefully examine the last chair, but you find nothing. Rats! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "Rats!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "painting" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAINTING 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painting of a tall ship in harbor. It's not valuable, and 		
CF | there's nothing behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "The 'curtains' and 'canopy' of the master bed. Also 'posts'."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the closet. Several suits are hanging on a rod inside. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rod" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ROD 		
CF | 		
CF | Several suits are hanging on a rod in the closet. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "curtains" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CURTAINS 		
CF | 		
CF | The curtains are open, but they can be closed at night. This might 		
CF | be 		
CF | the first time you've ever seen actual bedcurtains. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "canopy" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CANOPY 		
CF | 		
CF | The canopy is made of some fabric with a paisley pattern. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "posts" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > POSTS 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "post" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > POST 		
CF | 		
CF | The bed has a couple of pillows. You take a good look on top of the 		
CF | bed and under it, but you don't find anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bed" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BED 		
CF | 		
CF | The bed doesn't seem to be concealing anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "oh, Post = Bed"
		DavidW asks, "The pillows?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pillows" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PILLOWS 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine the pillows carefully, but find nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nightstand" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NIGHTSTAND 		
CF | 		
CF | There's an empty glass on the nightstand. It has a pair of doors, 		
CF | which you open to reveal a box of crackers. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nightstand" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NIGHTSTAND 		
CF | 		
CF | There's an empty glass on the nightstand. Inside you see a box of 		
CF | crackers. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "crackers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CRACKERS 		
CF | 		
CF | There's nothing in the box but crackers. Taped to the side is a 		
CF | note 		
CF | that says, "Button before knob before crank. Switch before handle 		
CF | before crank. Button before switch." 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW says, "We should inspect every window, unfortunately."
		Knight_Otu says, "We can try."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tile" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TILE 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "I would expect all windows to be the same."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "Maybe the newspaper needs more than one look, then, because why the article?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "newspaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NEWSPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | It's yesterday's issue of the Bintucket Bullhorn. The 		
CF | front 		
CF | page story catches your eye. Apparently the vandals who were 		
CF | etching 		
CF | strange messages in windows and cars all over town have been 		
CF | arrested. 		
CF | They were not Bintucketers at all, but college students from nearby 		
CF | Pengsbury. The two who were caught were wearing green robes and 		
CF | headbands. They quickly ratted out the others. 		
CF | 		
CF | Their motives in writing such things as, "It's happening soon" and 		
CF | "Don't be left off the bus" remain unclear. No similar messages 		
CF | appeared in Pengsbury, and none of the students gave a clear 		
CF | explanation of why they chose Bintucket. Three claimed to be 		
CF | starting 		
CF | a cult, but one said they were just "goof-etching." 		
CF | 		
CF | Oscar Links, owner of a downtown restaurant, expressed relief. "I 		
CF | think I was the hardest hit. All my windows were covered with this 		
CF | weird stuff. It makes me mad. But I guess when I was a kid, I did a 		
CF | lot of pranks myself. Nothing weird, though." 		
CF | 		
CF | You glance through the rest of the first section. It's the 		
CF | pedestrian 		
CF | stuff you normally find in the Bullhorn. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "newspaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NEWSPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | You look through the lifestyle section. There are a few short 		
CF | articles 		
CF | about home decorating, a story on residents with unusually large 		
CF | pets, 		
CF | and an interview with Ramona Flis, Bintucket's oldest resident. 		
CF | 		
CF | This issue also has the weekly "Ask Bert" column. Bert Hinklis has 		
CF | been with the Bullhorn for at least twenty years, and he's 		
CF | well-known for his earnest advice. A young student writes in, 		
CF | asking 		
CF | what she should do after she discovered her classmate cheating. 		
CF | Bert 		
CF | says it depends whether the classmate is a friend or an enemy. 		
CF | Someone 		
CF | else asks about the etiquette of inviting people to a party when 		
CF | they 		
CF | know you're having the party, but you don't want them to come. Bert 		
CF | recommends hiring a bouncer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "newspaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NEWSPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | The sports section is always the shortest, consisting mostly of 		
CF | stats 		
CF | and results for pro teams around the country. Apparently the 		
CF | Bintucket 		
CF | High basketball team has had no relief from its slump. If they lose 		
CF | one more, that will be two consecutive no-win seasons. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "newspaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NEWSPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | The business section comes last. National Scissors has been 		
CF | reconsidering its plans to open a branch office in Bintucket. 		
CF | Slower-than-expected scissors sales are to blame, but company 		
CF | representatives say there's still a chance. The mayor's office 		
CF | released a statement saying, "National Scissors, don't cut us out!" 		
CF | The CEO responded that the jokes get old fast. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "newspaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NEWSPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | You've finished reading through the newspaper. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "huh. I got nothing from any of that."
		Knight_Otu says, "No circled numbers for the safe combination."
		DavidW says, "The only number I remember seeing was on the paint can."
		Knight_Otu says, "hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You run to the dining room, throw 		
CF | open 		
CF | the window, and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "heap" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HEAP 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull off the cloth and throw it aside. You see a big sheet of 		
CF | plywood with a variety of items piled on it. The plywood seems to 		
CF | be 		
CF | lying on something else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "can" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAN 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift the paint can off the plywood and set it aside. It feels 		
CF | like 		
CF | it's almost full. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "can" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a nearly full can of Gorner & Donaldson #45 Pea Green. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "can" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a nearly full can of Gorner & Donaldson #45 Pea Green. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | On top of the plywood you see a cinderblock, a bowling ball bag, a 		
CF | suitcase, an old grill, and a cardboard box. The plywood appears to 		
CF | be 		
CF | resting on something else, possibly a folded ladder. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "block" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | With a grunt, you pick up the cinderblock and set it down next to 		
CF | the 		
CF | plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "block" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | If you've seen one cinderblock, you've seen them all. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the bag and set it next to the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You unzip the bag. It contains a 14-pound bowling ball. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ball" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BALL 		
CF | 		
CF | The bowling ball inside the bag is of no use to a thief like you. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "suitcase" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SUITCASE 		
CF | 		
CF | You move the suitcase off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "grill" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > GRILL 		
CF | 		
CF | You drag the grill off of the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "grill" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > GRILL 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a sooty old charcoal grill, the kind that sits on the ground. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "The suircase was empty, right?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "box" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BOX 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the box, which is pretty heavy, and set it down next to 		
CF | the plywood. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift up one edge of the plywood and slide it over to the wall. 		
CF | A 		
CF | stepladder is revealed. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plywood" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLYWOOD 		
CF | 		
CF | The plywood is now leaning against the wall, out of the way. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Nothing on the bottom of the plywood"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ladder" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LADDER 		
CF | 		
CF | You pick up the ladder, open it, and place it below the shelf. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ladder" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LADDER 		
CF | 		
CF | You fold up the ladder and put it back on the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
		Knight_Otu says, "SHould have expected that, really."
		DavidW asks, "I wouldn't. Why put it back?"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "No undo!"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Minimizing evidence that someone was at the shelf?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Except of course the exposed ladder that we can't re-cover."
		DavidW asks, "Is anything hidden in the lumber other than the note?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | You poke around the lumber, and you discover a small note on the 		
CF | wall 		
CF | behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Darn it, Prongleman!"
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "I'm wondering what a prongle is, anyway."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu asks, "Something like a Pringle?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | You poke around the lumber, and you discover a small note on the 		
CF | wall 		
CF | behind it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lumber" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LUMBER 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a small note on the wall behind the lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "note" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > NOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | The note says, "Kitchen - Study - Bedroom". 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "okay, nothing else in the lumber region."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "figurine" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FIGURINE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted wooden carving, about three feet tall. It's hard to 		
CF | tell what it's supposed to depict���maybe a moose on its hind legs 		
CF | holding two spoons? You check it over, but there don't seem to be 		
CF | any 		
CF | hidden compartments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "figurine" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FIGURINE 		
CF | 		
CF | You've examined the moose-like figurine, but it doesn't seem 		
CF | useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "What else haven't we exhaustively examined? I guess the mirror in the bathroom."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "mirror" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > MIRROR 		
CF | 		
CF | You realize the mirror is hinged. You pull it open to reveal a 		
CF | medicine cabinet sunk into the wall. The cabinet contains a large 		
CF | bottle of aspirin and a nail clipper. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "We never inspected the spices/condiments."
		Knight_Otu says, "True."
		DavidW asks, "Look in the aspirin?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "aspirin" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ASPIRIN 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the bottle. It has a few aspirin tablets, but nothing 		
CF | else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tablets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLETS 		
CF | 		
CF | The bottle just has a few aspirin tablets in it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clipper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLIPPER 		
CF | 		
CF | The nail clipper is definitely not valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one cabinet. It contains nothing but some glasses. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another cabinet. It has some stacks of plates, nothing 		
CF | else. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "plates" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLATES 		
CF | 		
CF | They don't seem useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third cabinet. It has a lot of spices and condiments. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "spices" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SPICES 		
CF | 		
CF | They don't seem useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "condiments" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CONDIMENTS 		
CF | 		
CF | They don't seem useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cabinets" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CABINETS 		
CF | 		
CF | The last cabinet contains more glasses and mugs. Behind them you 		
CF | catch 		
CF | sight of a red button! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "mugs" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > MUGS 		
CF | 		
CF | They don't seem useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "fridge" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FRIDGE 		
CF | 		
CF | You take a look inside the refrigerator. You see a container of 		
CF | bean 		
CF | dip and a few other run-of-the-mill items. The freezer is pretty 		
CF | empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "items" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ITEMS 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "all" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ALL 		
CF | 		
CF | One at a time, if you please. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "freezer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FREEZER 		
CF | 		
CF | You already searched the refrigerator and found nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Darn."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "door" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DOOR 		
CF | 		
CF | The door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "door" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DOOR 		
CF | 		
CF | A door leads north, and there is a doorway to the west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "doorway" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DOORWAY 		
CF | 		
CF | A door leads north, and there is a doorway to the west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tv" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TV 		
CF | 		
CF | The television is mounted firmly on the wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | Using the remote, you turn on the TV. A local news report is 		
CF | airing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "wallpaper? carpet?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "carpet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CARPET 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a tan wall-to-wall carpet. Hopefully it isn't concealing 		
CF | anything, because it would take too long to search every inch of 		
CF | it. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW asks, "remote again to change the channel?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | Using the remote, you turn on the TV. A local news report is 		
CF | airing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | You change the channel. Now it's a basketball game. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | You change the channel. Now it's an old movie. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "tv" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TV 		
CF | 		
CF | The television is currently showing an old movie. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | You change the channel. Now it's a poker tournament. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | You change the channel. Now it's a nature documentary. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | You change the channel. Now it's an animated sitcom. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "remote" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > REMOTE 		
CF | 		
CF | You change the channel. Now it's a local news report. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "wallpaper" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WALLPAPER 		
CF | 		
CF | The wallpaper has an understated crosshatch pattern. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pattern" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PATTERN 		
CF | 		
CF | The box is made of lacquered wood, inlaid with an intricate 		
CF | pattern. 		
CF | On top you see a button, a crank, a switch, a knob, and a handle. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "set the safe to 45?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "painting" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAINTING 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an elderly lady. Sure enough, there's a 		
CF | safe behind it! You remove the portrait and set it on the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "safe" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SAFE 		
CF | 		
CF | Time for a little safecracking! You place your fingers lightly on 		
CF | the 		
CF | dial. 		
CF | 		
CF | It currently points to 0. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 39. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 38. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | >> Right 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial right to 39. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | >> Right 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial right to 0. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | >> Right 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial right to 1. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		Knight_Otu says, "No 45."
		DavidW says, "oh, doesn't go that high."
		Knight_Otu says, "I... think I'm out of ideas."
		Jacqueline says, "I don't know why, but the tedium of the safe dial makes me smile instead of annoying me."
		Jacqueline says, "Probably because I'm not driving."
		DavidW asks, "We still never examined *every* window. Also we haven't examined *every* treasure. What if something is in the urn?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | >> Right 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial right to 2. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. That could be."
		DavidW says, "I thought safecracking would be Prongleman free."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, dial turning takes precious time."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I would have hoped."
		Jacqueline says, "That's why there's got to be a clue somewhere."
		DavidW says, "The game must be counting incorrect moves or something."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "I think some moves give, and some moves taketh away."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The first drawer is full of clothes. You go through it, but find 		
CF | nothing. (The Thieves' Society has a rule about minimizing the 		
CF | ransacking, and clothes drawers always pose the biggest challenge.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing but clothes in the second drawer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing but clothes in the third drawer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The fourth drawer is just more clothes. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel under the clothes in the last drawer and discover a small 		
CF | bronze urn! You nab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "urn" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > URN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a small bronze urn, enameled with geometric shapes. It looks 		
CF | pretty ancient and valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "urn" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > URN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a small bronze urn, enameled with geometric shapes. It looks 		
CF | pretty ancient and valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There are small windows on either side of the front door, but you 		
CF | won't need to use them. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | The hallway ends here. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "Wait. Why is one hallway DIMLY-LIT and the other two aren't?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "I think that's all windows now?"
		DavidW says, "Check the light in the southernmost hallway."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "light" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LIGHT 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hallway" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HALLWAY 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lit" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LIT 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "Maybe sometimes a dimly lit hallway is just a dimly lit hallway."
		DavidW says, "I guess."
		Knight_Otu asks, "I had assumed it was because it was at the end of the corridor, but that raises the question ehy the other lights are on?"
		DavidW says, "I thought maybe a phaser on overload was hiding in a light panel."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You run back to the guest bedroom and 		
CF | leap 		
CF | out the window. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		Jacqueline says, "haha"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "toilet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TOILET 		
CF | 		
CF | You take the lid off the tank. Inside you see a submerged tan 		
CF | plastic 		
CF | bag. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bag" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BAG 		
CF | 		
CF | You fish the sealed bag out of the toilet tank. You tear it open 		
CF | and 		
CF | pull out an old parchment! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the master bedroom. It has an old-fashioned 		
CF | four-post 		
CF | bed, complete with canopy and even curtains. There's also a chest 		
CF | of 		
CF | drawers, a nightstand, and a closet. A picture hangs on the wall. A 		
CF | door leads west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The first drawer is full of clothes. You go through it, but find 		
CF | nothing. (The Thieves' Society has a rule about minimizing the 		
CF | ransacking, and clothes drawers always pose the biggest challenge.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing but clothes in the second drawer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You find nothing but clothes in the third drawer. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The fourth drawer is just more clothes. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel under the clothes in the last drawer and discover a small 		
CF | bronze urn! You nab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Second item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | You look underneath the rug and see an outline. You fold the rug 		
CF | over, 		
CF | revealing a small hatch in the floor! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "hatch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HATCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You lift open the hatch. Inside a small compartment in the floor 		
CF | you 		
CF | see a collectible model car! You grab it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Third item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "button" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BUTTON 		
CF | 		
CF | You push the button. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "knob" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > KNOB 		
CF | 		
CF | You twist the knob. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "switch" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SWITCH 		
CF | 		
CF | You slide the switch. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "handle" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > HANDLE 		
CF | 		
CF | You pull the handle out slightly. It clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "crank" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CRANK 		
CF | 		
CF | You rotate the crank until it clicks. 		
CF | 		
CF | With a chime, the front of the box pops out like a cash register! 		
CF | You 		
CF | see a ruby pin inside, and you take it. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Fourth item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one drawer. It has a lot of odds and ends, but nothing of 		
CF | value. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains nothing but placemats. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third drawer. It's full of cutlery. It occurs to you 		
CF | that 		
CF | a steak knife might be useful, so you grab one. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sofa" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SOFA 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel around the cushions and pillows. One of the pillows 		
CF | definitely has a lump. 		
CF | 		
CF | Using your steak knife, you cut open the pillow. You feel around 		
CF | inside and pull out a strange jewel! 		
CF | 		
CF | (Fifth item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "jewel" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JEWEL 		
CF | 		
CF | It's like a silver egg with a bunch of small charms attached to it 		
CF | by 		
CF | tiny chains. The charms are precious stones carved into a variety 		
CF | of 		
CF | odd shapes. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "charms" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHARMS 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "car" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CAR 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a rare scale model of a 1953 Remley Roadhopper. The car never 		
CF | went into production, so they only made a few of these promotional 		
CF | models. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | The rug has been folded over to reveal an open hatch in the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "painting" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAINTING 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an elderly lady. Sure enough, there's a 		
CF | safe behind it! You remove the portrait and set it on the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "safe" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SAFE 		
CF | 		
CF | Time for a little safecracking! You place your fingers lightly on 		
CF | the 		
CF | dial. 		
CF | 		
CF | It currently points to 0. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press L to turn the dial left, R to turn it right, S to spin 		
CF | and 		
CF | reset it, or F to finish: 		
CF | >> 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "19" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		
CF | >> Left 		
CF | 		
CF | You turn the dial left to 39. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline says, "Damn"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think the safe may be a red herring."
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Hm. That's possible!"
		Jacqueline says, "Definitely possible."
		Knight_Otu says, "With how it's set up, I don't think it's possible to actually open it."
		DavidW says, "If the safe is a red herring, then there's two hiding spots yet to find."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, that is an oddity. I'm not sure where those two spots would be."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables." She sighs. "Maybe we should have sent Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole five valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Intermediate 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "I'm still curious about the photo."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But hey, five valuables!"
		DavidW says, "If only we'd found a magnifying glass somewhere."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
		DavidW asks, "Did we examine the table in the living room?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not actually sure."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "closet" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOSET 		
CF | 		
CF | You look inside the closet. It's totally empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "table" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLE 		
CF | 		
CF | You look under the end table, but find nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "table" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLE 		
CF | 		
CF | The table itself appears to be of no use. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "table" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TABLE 		
CF | 		
CF | The table itself appears to be of no use. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lamp" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LAMP 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a five-foot steel lamp with a cloth shade. You don't find 		
CF | anything of interest. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "lamp" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LAMP 		
CF | 		
CF | The lamp seems to be of no use. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shade" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHADE 		
CF | 		
CF | The lamp seems to be of no use. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a tall, ornate clock with a steady tick. You open the front 		
CF | panel 		
CF | and peer inside. You don't find anything unusual. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "clock" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CLOCK 		
CF | 		
CF | The grandfather clock ticks ominously. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "tick" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > TICK 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, sorry."
		DavidW says, "s'ok"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chandelier" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHANDELIER 		
CF | 		
CF | The chandelier is a complicated construction of little pieces of 		
CF | glass. It might be worth something, but you would never be able to 		
CF | carry it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "It was a longshot."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chandelier" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHANDELIER 		
CF | 		
CF | The chandelier is a complicated construction of little pieces of 		
CF | glass. It might be worth something, but you would never be able to 		
CF | carry it. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "oven" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > OVEN 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the oven. There's nothing inside. It could use a good 		
CF | cleaning, though. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "oven" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > OVEN 		
CF | 		
CF | The oven doesn't seem to be concealing anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sink" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SINK 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a stack of dishes in the sink. Nothing interesting. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sink" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SINK 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a stack of dishes in the sink. Nothing interesting. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dishes" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DISHES 		
CF | 		
CF | There's a stack of dishes in the sink. Nothing interesting. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "counter" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > COUNTER 		
CF | 		
CF | The light-brown laminate counter is bare. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "furnishings"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "counter" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > COUNTER 		
CF | 		
CF | The light-brown laminate counter is bare. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "furnishings" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FURNISHINGS 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "furnishing" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > FURNISHING 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "placemats in one of the drawers?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one drawer. It has a lot of odds and ends, but nothing of 		
CF | value. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society. Unfortunately, you have nothing 		
CF | to 		
CF | deliver. Let's just say, they aren't very impressed. 		
CF | 		
CF | You didn't steal any valuables. That gives you the rank of 		
CF | Non-Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Kitchen 		
CF | The furnishings in here seem older than the rest of the house. In 		
CF | particular, the refrigerator and the oven must have seen better 		
CF | days. 		
CF | A counter runs along one wall. It contains a sink, and there are 		
CF | several cabinets above it and drawers below it. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open one drawer. It has a lot of odds and ends, but nothing of 		
CF | value. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open another drawer. It contains nothing but placemats. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "placemat" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLACEMAT 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "placemats" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PLACEMATS 		
CF | 		
CF | They don't seem useful. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | You open the third drawer. It's full of cutlery. It occurs to you 		
CF | that 		
CF | a steak knife might be useful, so you grab one. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drawer" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DRAWER 		
CF | 		
CF | The last drawer contains ladles, spatulas, things like that. 		
CF | Nothing 		
CF | valuable. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Dining Room 		
CF | This is probably the most nicely furnished room in the house. A 		
CF | fine 		
CF | chandelier hangs over a polished mahogany dining table and six 		
CF | elegant 		
CF | chairs. A sideboard stands against the wall, and next to it is a 		
CF | small 		
CF | display case. A painting hangs on another wall. A doorway leads 		
CF | west, 		
CF | and there is a door to the north. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sideboard" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SIDEBOARD 		
CF | 		
CF | The sideboard contains a lot of nice dishes, but they don't seem to 		
CF | be 		
CF | concealing anything. A newspaper lies on top. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sideboard" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SIDEBOARD 		
CF | 		
CF | A newspaper lies on top. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sofa" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SOFA 		
CF | 		
CF | You feel around the cushions and pillows. One of the pillows 		
CF | definitely has a lump. 		
CF | 		
CF | Using your steak knife, you cut open the pillow. You feel around 		
CF | inside and pull out a strange jewel! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sofa" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SOFA 		
CF | 		
CF | One of the pillows has been cut open by a thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "gasp"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Gosh, call the police!"
		Knight_Otu says, "On second thought, maybe not,"
		DavidW says, "try inventory"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > I 		
CF | 		
CF | So far you have acquired one valuable: a strange jewel. 		
CF | 		
CF | You are also carrying a steak knife. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "jewel" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > JEWEL 		
CF | 		
CF | It's like a silver egg with a bunch of small charms attached to it 		
CF | by 		
CF | tiny chains. The charms are precious stones carved into a variety 		
CF | of 		
CF | odd shapes. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "shapes"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "shapes" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SHAPES 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "recliner" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RECLINER 		
CF | 		
CF | You examine the recliner closely. It's not hiding anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "recliner" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RECLINER 		
CF | 		
CF | The recliner isn't hiding anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pillow" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PILLOW 		
CF | 		
CF | One of the pillows has been cut open by a thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bathroom 		
CF | The floor of this bathroom is gray-and-white checkered tile, and 		
CF | the 		
CF | walls are sky blue. The amenities include a toilet, a sink, and a 		
CF | bathtub. Above the sink is a mirror. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sink" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SINK 		
CF | 		
CF | You take a good look in and under the sink, but you don't find 		
CF | anything. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "athtub" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > ATHTUB 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "bathtub" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > BATHTUB 		
CF | 		
CF | One nice thing about a bathtub is that it's very easy to tell 		
CF | whether 		
CF | it's got anything in it. This one is empty. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "mirror" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > MIRROR 		
CF | 		
CF | You realize the mirror is hinged. You pull it open to reveal a 		
CF | medicine cabinet sunk into the wall. The cabinet contains a large 		
CF | bottle of aspirin and a nail clipper. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, mustn't get caught! You throw open the window and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Knight_Otu says, "We're closing in on the three-hour mark."
		DavidW says, "yeah, perhaps we should stop."
		Jacqueline says, "Continuing is totally up to y'all."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm working on admin stuff for ClubFloyd and IFComp while watching you all progress. So I'm fine if you keep going, but will also understand if you stop. :)"
		DavidW says, "I wish I understood the time situation better."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, the time count is weird."
		DavidW asks, "What does the coin look like?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, one last run."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Try again! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game may or may not be playing fair.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chair" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHAIR 		
CF | 		
CF | The chair has a carved wooden back and legs, and a green 		
CF | upholstered 		
CF | seat. You get down and look under it. Taped to the bottom of the 		
CF | seat 		
CF | you find a key! You take it, of course. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > S 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | The door is locked, but you unlock it with the key. 		
CF | 		
CF | Storage Room 		
CF | This room stores a variety of things. A heap in the middle of the 		
CF | floor is covered by a large white cloth. A battered chest sits 		
CF | against 		
CF | one wall, and there's a shelf high on the opposite wall. One corner 		
CF | is 		
CF | filled with lumber. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | The lid of the chest creaks open, revealing a lot of junk. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You search through a portion of the junk. Nothing valuable so far. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You search through some more junk. Still nothing. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You search through some more junk. Who keeps junk like this? 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "chest" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > CHEST 		
CF | 		
CF | You finish searching through the junk. At the bottom of the chest 		
CF | you 		
CF | find a small garden spade! 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "spade" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > SPADE 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a small steel garden spade, about five inches long. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Foyer 		
CF | This is where most people enter the Prongleman house. A thick round 		
CF | rug occupies the middle of the oak floor. A fancy chair sits up 		
CF | against the wall, next to a small writing table. A coat rack and a 		
CF | potted plant stand in one corner. The front door is to the north, 		
CF | and 		
CF | a doorway leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dirt" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DIRT 		
CF | 		
CF | Using the spade, you dig around in the dirt and find a platinum 		
CF | coin! 		
CF | 		
CF | (First item purloined!) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "coin" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > COIN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a large commemorative coin. Looks like solid platinum. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "coin" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > COIN 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a large commemorative coin. Looks like solid platinum. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW asks, "Commemorates what?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may never know."
		DavidW asks, "The dawn of the prongles?"
		DavidW says, "No number on thing, though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "dirt" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DIRT 		
CF | 		
CF | You've already dug through the dirt. 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of a key rattling in the front 		
CF | door! What? Prongleman has come back already? But the 		
CF | Investigation Committee told you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Feeling a little irritated, you race over to the living room, throw 		
CF | open the window, and leap out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		DavidW says, "Pages on the desk in the living room."
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You return to the Thieves' Society and hand your loot over to 		
CF | Athena 		
CF | LaMarche of the Fencing Committee. "You were supposed to get ten 		
CF | valuables," she says, shaking her head. "We should have sent 		
CF | Pendergrass." 		
CF | 		
CF | You stole one valuable item. That gives you the rank of Slight 		
CF | Thief. 		
CF | 		
CF | (Keep trying! You can do this!) 		
CF | 		
CF | Would you like to RESTART (R) or QUIT (Q)? 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "r" 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | The Prongleman Job 		
CF | A game by Arthur DiBianca 		
CF | Release 1 / Serial number 200326 / Inform 7 build 6L38 (I6/v6.33 		
CF | lib 		
CF | 6/12N) 		
CF | 		
CF | Special thanks to Andy Fleming, Lorne Harris, Hall Hood, Isaac Orf, 		
CF | Luke Pebler, and Brian Rushton for testing, and to Nadia Bellazola 		
CF | for 		
CF | cover art. 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | You've been a member of the Thieves' Society of Greater Bintucket 		
CF | for 		
CF | almost a year, but they just got around to giving your first real 		
CF | assignment. It's a neat job. You're to enter the home of the 		
CF | reasonably wealthy Claude L. Prongleman and steal ten valuable 		
CF | items. 		
CF | According to the society's Investigation Committee, he'll be gone 		
CF | for 		
CF | a couple of hours. 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a warm spring night. As you see Prongleman leave the house, 		
CF | you 		
CF | sneak up and get a rear window open without much trouble. You slip 		
CF | inside.... 		
CF | 		
CF | (Note: This game is a little unusual.) 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
Knight_Otu pushes the green 'space' button. 		
CF | Press SPACE to begin! 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Bedroom 		
CF | This looks like the guest bedroom. There's a neatly made queen-size 		
CF | bed, a small chest of drawers, and a closet. In one corner you see 		
CF | a 		
CF | wooden figurine. A door leads east. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > E 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a dimly-lit hallway near the back of the house. It 		
CF | continues 		
CF | north. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the middle of the house. It continues 		
CF | north 		
CF | and south. Doors lead east and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Hallway 		
CF | You're in a hallway near the front of the house. It continues 		
CF | south. 		
CF | Framed doorways lead north, east, and west. 		
CF | 		
CF | A grandfather clock stands near one wall. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > W 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Living Room 		
CF | This room is wallpapered and carpeted. It's furnished with a sofa, 		
CF | a 		
CF | recliner, and a small end table. A large television is mounted on 		
CF | the 		
CF | wall. A floor lamp stands in one corner. A door leads north, and 		
CF | there 		
CF | is a doorway to the east. 		
CF | 		
CF | On the end table you see a remote control and a fancy box. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > N 		
CF | 		
CF | 		
CF | Study 		
CF | A massive oak desk commands this room. A Turkish rug lies on the 		
CF | floor 		
CF | in front of it. One wall is lined with bookshelves, and a portrait 		
CF | hangs on the opposite wall. A door leads south. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "desk" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > DESK 		
CF | 		
CF | A few uninteresting papers are lying on the desk. There are also 		
CF | four 		
CF | drawers. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "papers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAPERS 		
CF | 		
CF | The papers are just bills and account statements. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "oh right, Study."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "papers" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PAPERS 		
CF | 		
CF | The papers are just bills and account statements. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		DavidW says, "hmph"
		DavidW says, "Examine the portrait after moving it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "portrait" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PORTRAIT 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an elderly lady. Sure enough, there's a 		
CF | safe behind it! You remove the portrait and set it on the floor. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "portrait" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > PORTRAIT 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an old lady. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "window" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > WINDOW 		
CF | 		
CF | There is a window in this room. It may be useful for escaping the 		
CF | house, should the need arise. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "lady" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > LADY 		
CF | 		
CF | It's a painted portrait of an old lady. 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "key" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > KEY 		
CF | 		
CF | That's not a command I know, and it's not a nearby object. (Type 		
CF | HELP 		
CF | for commands.) 		
CF | 		
CF | > 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "rug" 		
CF | > 		
CF | > RUG 		
CF | 		
CF | You look underneath the rug and see an outline. You fold the rug 		
CF | over, 		
CF | revealing a small hatch in the floor! 		
CF | 		
CF | Suddenly you hear the sound of the front door opening! What? 		
CF | Prongleman has come back already? But the Investigation Committee 		
CF | told 		
CF | you he'd be gone for hours! 		
CF | 		
CF | Well, there's nothing for it. You throw open the window and leap 		
CF | out. 		
CF | 		
CF | Press SPACE to continue. 		Jacqueline says, "grr"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we should stop here for today. We did have a run with fivee treasures, at least."
		Jacqueline asks, "So, are you all calling it for today, or calling it calling it?"
		DavidW says, "yeah. I can't think of anything else just yet."
		Knight_Otu says, "I honestly have no idea where else to search if we were to continue."
		DavidW says, "We must've skipped something, but I can't think what."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, I guess we could just let things simmer for the week. See what epiphanies occur for us."
		DavidW says, "Or something unfair like we can't take a kitchen glass to magnify with until we find the blurry photo first."
		DavidW asks, "hmm. If I were to hide a safe combo in this house, where would I hide it?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, ideally in your head."
		DavidW says, "Works for computer passwords!"
		DavidW says, "Maybe it's inside the fancy box after we take the pin."
		Knight_Otu says, "True, that's one thing we didn't re-examine."
		DavidW says, "False bottoms, false bottoms, talk about butt fakes, my box' got em."
		Jacqueline applauds.
		DavidW says, "but yeah, let's just stop here."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay. We can decide next week whether to continue or do something else."
		Jacqueline says, "Apologies, but I'm about to do some ClubFloyd stuff en masse....."
		DavidW says, "oh, something else, I think. This was nice, but I don't think we can do a second run like this."
		Jacqueline asks, "Hm?"
		DavidW says, "It'd be like Anchorhead all over again, spinning our wheels for hours."



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ClubFloyd Transcript:
Augmented Fourth by Brian Uri
As played on ifMUD over five sessions between March 22 and May 24, 2020

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 Augmented Fourth written by Brian Uri. Augmented Fourth was released in 2000. It was nominated for two Xyzzy Awards (for Best Puzzles and Best Individual NPC). 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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*** SESSION 1 *** 		
		DavidW says, "We're playing Augmented Fourth."
		DavidW says, "And we haven't picked any driver yet."
		Sandon says, "Augmented fourth? I love that one. I've already plaid like half of it."
		Jacqueline says, "We usually pick a driver if things are timed, or there's a big map, or... or other reasons. But sometimes we just explore the game as a group until we see the need for a driver."
		DavidW says, "I probably won't be driving since I've played and I have to keep my spoilery-mouth shut."
		Sandon says, "I've plaid some but not much, I'll still do a big oll spoiler"
		Jacqueline says (to Sandon), "Ah. Well, then you may need to just watch, until we get to where you haven't played. We're fine as long as your honest."
		Sandon says, "when can you actually use say command and when should you use clubfloyd channel? sorry for all the questions, I'm kinda new to this"
		Teaspoon asks, "wait so has everyone played it but me?"
		Jacqueline says, "I have not played it, T"
		Teaspoon says, "oh ok cool"
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think I played it, but I'm not 100% sure."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load sleepmask aug4" 		

Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                "Actually, I find hamsters to be quite
Floyd ]              disagreeable little beasts. Always running
Floyd ]             this way and that...demanding food, shelter,
Floyd ]                 and even immunity from property tax!"
Floyd ]
Floyd ]                                - King Goosen of Papoosen
Floyd ]
Floyd ]
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd |                           Augmented Fourth
Floyd |                      An Interactive Performance
Floyd |                            by Brian Uri!
Floyd |
Floyd |                       [Press any key to begin.]

		
Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. 		

Floyd ]  Orchestra Pit, in Midair                  Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | "In ye go!" With a heave and shove, two burly guards in matching green
Floyd | tights toss you into Orchestra Pit. As the earthen sides rush past you
Floyd | and sunlight dims, you have the sinking sensation that perhaps "Ode to
Floyd | a Duck" was not the best choice from your repertoire...
Floyd |
Floyd | Augmented Fourth
Floyd | An Interactive Performance
Floyd | (c) 2000-2013 by Brian Uri!, [LINK]
Floyd | Type "help" at any time for game information.
Floyd | Release 3 / Serial number 130702 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchestra Pit, in Midair
Floyd | The earthen sides of this pit look loose and near the consistency of
Floyd | mud. They seem to rush past as the speed of your descent increases.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Sandon exclaims, "cooool, we've got some action!" 		Teaspoon says, "snort an *orchestra pit*"
		Sandon asks, "who's gonna go for this bit?"
		Jacqueline asks, "Oh wow. Copyright 2000-20*13*?"
		Teaspoon says, "long lead time"
		DavidW says, "I think free-for-all is fine until we leave the pit."
		Jacqueline says, "So this is either a very tightly timed situation, or an eternal drop like in Alice in Wonderland."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Orchestra Pit, in Midair                  Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're looking a bit worse for the wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Flailing helplessly, you fall further into the pit...
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchestra Pit, in Midair
Floyd | The light from above dims with each passing moment. A large gnarled
Floyd | root from some hidden root system protrudes from the side of the pit
Floyd | here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "grab root" 		

Floyd ]  Orchestra Pit, in Midair                  Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GRAB ROOT
Floyd |
Floyd | Straining, you reach out and make a grab for the root. You manage to
Floyd | hang on for a few moments, but the combination of a pulpy texture and
Floyd | the slickness of mud prevents you from keeping it in your grasp.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up above, the guard with the hooked nose nudges his companion. "Hey
Floyd | Rob, aren't ye supposed to read the fellow his sentence?" The other
Floyd | guard blinks and nods. "Quite right, Jim..." He searches for the
Floyd | scroll in the pockets of his tights for a few seconds before realizing
Floyd | that they have no pockets. "One moment...It's around here somewhere."
Floyd | He disappears from view.
Floyd |
Floyd | Your face turns an unhealthy green as you fall, and you wonder what
Floyd | ever possessed you to audition for the King...
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchestra Pit, in Midair
Floyd | Although the bottom is quite dark, you think you are about halfway
Floyd | down the pit. The end of a rope is caught in the muddy wall here and
Floyd | the length of the rope hangs down about five feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon says, "I'll give a bit of a hint, it's not as bad as it looks like"
		Knight_Otu says, "Rooty rescue."
		Sandon asks, "alright, want me to go?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nah."
		Sandon says, "righty"
		Knight_Otu says, "Wecan figure this out."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Orchestra Pit, in Midair                  Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're looking a bit worse for the wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rob the Guard returns to the edge of the pit carrying a scroll. He
Floyd | unrolls it and begins to read as the wind whips past your ears.
Floyd | "Whereas today is the day after yesterday and the day before tomorrow,
Floyd | and whereas I, King Goosen of Papoosen have set to this document my
Floyd | seal, and whereas my seal ran off in search of fish, requiring me to
Floyd | get another..." The hook-nosed guard elbows Rob. "Skip to the end,
Floyd | Rob. Poor fellow's goin' to hit the bottom soon."
Floyd |
Floyd | The wind runs through your hair like a screaming banshee as you
Floyd | continue your descent. If you had it all to do over you would have
Floyd | practiced a little more. And learned a different song...
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchestra Pit, in Midair
Floyd | You can just barely make out the bottom of the pit, far below you. A
Floyd | small outcropping of stone juts from the side of the pit here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "Thoughts of the Witcher are nigh irresistable"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Orchestra Pit, in Midair                  Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Good point there..." Rob the Guard clears his throat, searching for a
Floyd | good spot to continue from. "And when in the course of human events,
Floyd | eh, so and so and so and so...Ah, here we are!" He moves further down
Floyd | the scroll and resumes his proclamation. "...and since I, King Goosen,
Floyd | did not like his performance of 'Ode to a Duck', feeling that it was
Floyd | inflammatory, I hereby banish him from my realm to spend the rest of
Floyd | his days in Orchestra Pit, unless he should die from the fall, as most
Floyd | people tend to do."
Floyd |
Floyd | The ground approaches with maddening steadiness. Perhaps you should
Floyd | have been a carpenter... Or perhaps you just needed more than one song
Floyd | in your repertoire.
Floyd |
Floyd | Orchestra Pit, in Midair
Floyd | You are almost at the bottom of the pit. Now that impact is so
Floyd | imminent, you almost wish you could keep on falling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sing" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SING
Floyd |
Floyd | Singing was never your forte.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rob the Guard adjusts his spectacles. "And should he, in that time,
Floyd | learn to play better, it shall not matter, since there is no way back
Floyd | out of the Pit. This I hereby put to paper as my word is the law when
Floyd | the law is my word, when it is heard. Indeed. Thus I spake. Er, spoke.
Floyd | Alright, scribe, stop your dictating now." Finishing, Rob rolls up the
Floyd | scroll and puts it away.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a loud SHLURP, you land in the mud at the bottom of the pit...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit Bottom
Floyd | The pit is about twenty yards in diameter and run-off from the sides
Floyd | drains into a large mud puddle in the center of floor. The air is
Floyd | thick with the odour of mud and mildew.
Floyd |
Floyd | You stretch and do a quick check, thankfully finding that you're still
Floyd | whole.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jim grimaces and sucks his tooth. "Ouch! That had to sting..." He cups
Floyd | his mouth and shouts down to you, "You're lucky, old pal! A few people
Floyd | have been known to break all of their limbs with that drop!" He elbows
Floyd | Rob and snickers. "But then, it wouldn't be much of an experience if
Floyd | he up and died so quickly, eh?" Rob nods. "Indeed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | By some trick of acoustics, you can still hear the guards' banter
Floyd | quite clearly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing no matter what I grab, we shall fall, so."
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Teaspoon says, "....we're a bard who can't sing, huh"
		Sandon says, "looks like so"
		Knight_Otu says, "The worst kind of bard."
		Teaspoon says, "wellll guess we just gotta get out of this hole then"
		Sandon exclaims, "he's not a bard, he's a babard, a bad bard!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, maybe except bagpipe bards."
		Teaspoon asks, "what DO we play I wonder. the lute? the harp? the xylophone?"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "You're right, the writing is great for ClubFloyd During Pandemic."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xyxxy" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYXXY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon asks, "I know the answers to these, should I hint or just keep it?"
		Jacqueline says, "Just keep it, please."
		Sandon says, "alright"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up above, Jim holds a whispered conversation with Rob before
Floyd | disappearing from view. He returns a few moments later with a large
Floyd | oblong case. "We almost forgot to give ye your trumpet back!" With a
Floyd | grunt, he tosses the case into the pit and it begins the downward
Floyd | journey you just finished.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh the TRUMPET"
		Teaspoon says, "okies"
		DavidW says (to Teaspoon), "You probably meant XYZZY earlier."
		Jacqueline says, "You and DW can chat about us on #cfspoilers, just please please please don't mischannel"
		Teaspoon says, "thanks David"
		Knight_Otu says, "We've barely started. We can ask if we need to."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "XYZZY" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a tugging sensation at the tips of your toes. Without
Floyd | warning, you suddenly wink out of existence...
Floyd |
Floyd | Control Room
Floyd | Red and blue lights flash from long metal panels of all shapes and
Floyd | sizes. As your eyes become accustomed to this distraction, you see
Floyd | hundreds of little gnomelike men rushing in every direction, carrying
Floyd | all manner of objects. One particular gnome brushes by with a package
Floyd | labeled "Papoosen Propworks: mirrored walls".
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to you, a tall gnome, who looks to be in charge, shouts orders
Floyd | into the organized chaos, occasionally stopping to make notes in his
Floyd | black binder.
Floyd |
Floyd | The head gnome turns impatiently. "D'you put that music in the volcano
Floyd | yet, Larry?" He blinks. "Yer not Larry...Hey! How'd you get here?"
Floyd | Obviously displeased, the head gnome sets his black binder down and
Floyd | frowns. "This here's a restricted area, pal! I don't know how you
Floyd | figgered out the magic word, but you'll hafta get gone!"
Floyd |
Floyd | He snaps his fingers briskly. A moment of disorientation finds you
Floyd | back where you were before. You can't help but wonder if it was all
Floyd | just a dream, brought on by the stress of the week's events...
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit Bottom
Floyd |
Floyd | The trumpet case continues its descent, occasionally rebounding off
Floyd | the sides of the pit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "well that's a thing"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wait" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > WAIT
Floyd |
Floyd | Time passes...
Floyd |
Floyd | Jim calls down again, "Mind that ye watch out for the lurkin' sea
Floyd | monsters down in all of that mud! They're hungry little devils, they
Floyd | are, and it'd be a shame to see ye eaten up." He puts a gloved hand to
Floyd | his mouth and stage-whispers sideways to Rob. "Though that's what
Floyd | usually happens to 'em all, isn't it, Rob?" The other guard nods
Floyd | agreeably. "Quite right..."
Floyd |
Floyd | The trumpet case continues to fall. Luckily, the clasps seem to have
Floyd | stayed latched despite the beating it is taking on the way down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh my fourth wall."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "pray" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PRAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You mumble a quick prayer.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rob whispers something to Jim and they both laugh.
Floyd |
Floyd | Spinning like a house dropped from a cyclone, the trumpet case falls
Floyd | further into the pit. It is only about ten feet above, and falling
Floyd | fast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon asks, "does someone want to propperly spell xyzzy and see what it does?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Also that poor trumpet."
		Jacqueline asks, "Guess that's our trumpet?"
		Teaspoon asks, "Sandon, is your terminal lagging?"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | There are none at all available!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Pit Bottom
Floyd | The pit is about twenty yards in diameter and run-off from the sides
Floyd | drains into a large mud puddle in the center of floor. Every step
Floyd | squelches like grapes under a cart wheel and the air is thick with the
Floyd | odour of mud and mildew.
Floyd |
Floyd | With a sickening squish, the case lands in the mud, its top torn off
Floyd | and clasps lost in transit. The trumpet rolls out, and though a little
Floyd | dirty, it seems to have weathered the fall pretty well. It's a good
Floyd | thing your case was Doofa-certified!
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon says, "why? I use a screen reader, that's all. it might take a bit"
		Sandon says, "my computer is super boggy today though, yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. Makes sense. He asked because we'd already corrected the Xyzzy"
		Sandon says, "Oh od I'm sorry"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "no worries!"
		Jacqueline says, "no worries"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | trumpet: Taken.
Floyd | broken case: It's useless in its current state.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Sandon says, "poor trumpet" 		Teaspoon says, "and now we are BARD"
		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, it happens all the time to me, I say something, aand it's already obsolete."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | The trumpet is a beautiful silver affair that was specially-made for
Floyd | you in Lower Suburban Papoosen. Each valve is capped with gold-plate
Floyd | and has a pearl inlay for a finger button. The bell is engraved with
Floyd | spidery lines which weave around it in symmetric patterns.
Floyd |
Floyd | Rob calls down, "Hallo down there! Are ye bored yet? It must get
Floyd | pretty tedious explorin' a room with no exits in any of the four
Floyd | cardinal directions but it wouldn't be much of a prison otherwise, eh?
Floyd | It's not like we promised ye a beach resort!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks (of Teaspoon/KO), "Did you all get the idea that some of these walls are fake and we can just walk?"
		Sandon asks, "is that supposed to be meta?"
		Teaspoon says, "....well, I hadn't no"
		Sandon says, "it looks like it"
		Teaspoon says, "still admiring TRUMPET"
		Jacqueline says, "That's what I got from the 'wall mirrors' or whatever they were called when we did the Xyzzy thing"
		Sandon says, "with the hole "exits" thing. This is super weird."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You play "Ode to a Duck" on the trumpet. Up above, Jim cackles. "No
Floyd | wonder the King ordered you to be tossed in the pit! That's got to be
Floyd | the worst playing we've ever heard, right, Rob?"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indeed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | Rob squints against the sun. "Hey, what are ye doin' down there? I
Floyd | hope ye aren't tryin' to escape, since there's no way out of Orchestra
Floyd | Pit. Just be a good fellow and wait for the sea monsters to come eat
Floyd | ye."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "I mean, the cardinal directions are supposed to be blocked. There was no mention of the diagonals, was there?"
		Jacqueline says, "I'm guessing the cardinal directions are not blocked"
		Jacqueline asks, "May I try?"
		Teaspoon says, "let's try"
		Knight_Otu says, "Try."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | Jim shields his eyes from the sun and peers into the gloom. "Ye comfy
Floyd | down there? I s'pose we could always throw ye down an antique brass
Floyd | lantern if it'd help you feel at home. There's no way out of the pit,
Floyd | so ye'd best get settled in."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon says, "diagonals are just two cardinals, bet they still fit in the no go catagory of exits of the month"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Sea monsters should get here any minute now," proclaims Rob
Floyd | cheerfully.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "huh"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "down" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DOWN
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Nothin' personal, but it's always fun watchin' poor fellows like
Floyd | yourself gettin' munched on by the sea monsters!" Jim nods vigorously
Floyd | and Rob agrees. "Indeed..."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "up" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > UP
Floyd |
Floyd | The sides of the pit are too slippery to climb, but in your attempt,
Floyd | you dislodge some mud from the east side. There is now a small muddy
Floyd | hole to show for your efforts.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two guards chuckle at some unheard joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd | You seem to be trapped in a pit at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x hole" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is hard to tell what is on the other side from here. But the hole
Floyd | looks like it could easily be enlarged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nne" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NNE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "dig hole" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull away some mud from around the hole. It is a little bigger
Floyd | now.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Okay, I'm done with my experiment"
		Sandon says, "it's a faiiiiil"
		DavidW says, "Perhaps Jacqueline is lagging too."
		Jacqueline says, "I am not"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm chortling that UP is the wayout"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "dig hole" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull away some mud from around the hole. It is now fairly
Floyd | sizeable, but still not big enough to go through.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two guards chuckle at some unheard joke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon says, "perhaps life is lagging"
		Jacqueline says, "I was just trying to do my thing first."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "dig hole" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull away some mud from around the hole. It's fairly big, about
Floyd | half your size, and vague shapes are taking form on the other side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh no sea monsters"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x shapes" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 0             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | The hole is about half your size now. Vague shapes can be seen on the
Floyd | other side but you can't make out any detail.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "let's find out if they're delicious"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "dig hole" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DIG HOLE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pull away some mud from around the hole. It is now large enough to
Floyd | fit through.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You have just gained one point in Masonry Deconstruction.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay"
		Teaspoon says, "...what a remarkably specific skil"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Freedom!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shapes" 		

Floyd ]  Pit Bottom                                Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | A large man-sized hole dominated the east side. On the other side, you
Floyd | see a narrow passageway, a good deal cleaner than your current
Floyd | position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Sandon says, "yeahhh, it's like the faux-skill-system-making skill"
		Teaspoon asks, "east then?"
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | You gingerly climb through the hole, careful to avoid the occasional
Floyd | drip of water which threatens your pate.
Floyd |
Floyd | Up above, Jim leans over the edge of the pit, squinting. "Hallo down
Floyd | there! Where'd ye go?" He frowns and turns to Rob. "He must have
Floyd | already gotten eaten by the little devils... Poor fellow, he didn't
Floyd | even have a chance to shout out!"
Floyd |
Floyd | "Indeed..." muses Rob.
Floyd |
Floyd | The two continue their vigil into the pit for a few more minutes
Floyd | before deciding that nothing else will happen. "Ah well, Jim, there's
Floyd | always that lad involved in the pickle caper that we get to toss in
Floyd | next week! Come on, let's cover the pit back up!"
Floyd |
Floyd | From your vantage point, you watch as the two guards struggle with a
Floyd | heavy metal hatch. There is a resounding clang as the hatch is locked
Floyd | into place and fourteen less-resounding clicks as the guards ensure
Floyd | that it will not be openable from the inside. A few more minutes pass
Floyd | and all sounds from above fade away. In the pale light which peeks
Floyd | around the hatch, you take stock of your new surroundings, resigned to
Floyd | your new dismal home.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Passage
Floyd | In the dim light, you see that you have entered a roughly-carved
Floyd | hallway running in from the north and around a sharp turn to the
Floyd | northeast. The light outlines a massive pile of uncut rocks against
Floyd | the south wall. In the midst of crumbled masonry, a large hole
Floyd | decorates the west wall, with stray rivulets of mud oozing from
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | You feel a bit hungry. It doesn't matter though...you're a pretty
Floyd | tough cookie.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh noooo not a food timer"
		Sandon says, "I umm have to go, like real life and stuff..."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "b'well!"
		DavidW says, "bye Sandon"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Take care!"
		Sandon says, "bye"
		Sandon says, "you too, be careful, that"
Sandon goes home. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x me" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ME
Floyd |
Floyd | You're looking a bit worse for the wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x rocks" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCKS
Floyd |
Floyd | The rock pile against the south wall consists mostly of massive chunks
Floyd | of granite, although you do see a few heavy rocks of more manageable
Floyd | size close to the top.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "me: do we even need rocks"
		Teaspoon says, "me, if player: OOH TAKE EVERYTHING"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take all" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | heavy rock: You're carrying too much to pick up the rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW chuckles at some unheard joke.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a trumpet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Can we push or pull the rocks?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take rock" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the pile of rocks)
Floyd | You struggle underneath the weight of the rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop rock" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Passage
Floyd | In the dim light, you see that you have entered a roughly-carved
Floyd | hallway running in from the north and around a sharp turn to the
Floyd | northeast. The light outlines a massive pile of uncut rocks against
Floyd | the south wall. In the midst of crumbled masonry, a large hole
Floyd | decorates the west wall, with stray rivulets of mud oozing from
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy rock and a trumpet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I didn't expect us to be able to actually get the rock."
		Teaspoon asks, "I think it's just a wall that generates rocks?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x rock" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The burdensome rock has a coarse texture which luckily provides a good
Floyd | grip.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I'd explore a bit more."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we need to save early and often?"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh good point. Maybe."
		Teaspoon says, "oooh right"
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 ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "So, NE?"
		Teaspoon says, "agreed"
		DavidW says, "You will want to save every now and then, yes. Some parts of the game are tricky."
		Knight_Otu says, "With our trumpet."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarry Entrance
Floyd | The walls of this chamber are regular and clean-cut. A square trapdoor
Floyd | is embedded into the stone floor in the center of the room and a
Floyd | passage leads southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the trapdoor, suspended from a chain. The
Floyd | chain seems to have snapped on two of the four corners and the edge of
Floyd | the platform rests on top of the trapdoor. A giant chunk of granite
Floyd | wedges the lower edge to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "wait so it's a trap but we can. see the trap?"
		Teaspoon says, "er"
		Jacqueline asks, "A giant chunk of granite wedges the lower edge of... of what? The board that is hanging from two corners by a single chain?"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm sure we'll need a rock but danged if I can figure how"
		Knight_Otu says, "Trap door, as an up-down passage."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open trap" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TRAP
Floyd |
Floyd | The broken platform prevents the trapdoor from opening more than a few
Floyd | inches.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think the granite wedges the platform."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "move platform" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > MOVE PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | You manage to lift the platform a few inches. It is very unwieldy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You let go of the broken platform which squeals back into its original
Floyd | position.
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Passage
Floyd | In the dim light, you see that you have entered a roughly-carved
Floyd | hallway running in from the north and around a sharp turn to the
Floyd | northeast. The light outlines a massive pile of uncut rocks against
Floyd | the south wall. In the midst of crumbled masonry, a large hole
Floyd | decorates the west wall, with stray rivulets of mud oozing from
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a heavy rock here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "get rock" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle underneath the weight of the rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a heavy rock
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarry Entrance
Floyd | The walls of this chamber are regular and clean-cut. A square trapdoor
Floyd | is embedded into the stone floor in the center of the room and a
Floyd | passage leads southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the trapdoor, suspended from a chain. The
Floyd | chain seems to have snapped on two of the four corners and the edge of
Floyd | the platform rests on top of the trapdoor. A giant chunk of granite
Floyd | wedges the lower edge to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a trumpet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Okay. Now what do I do with the rock?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "wedge rock" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > WEDGE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "?"
		DavidW says, "It would help if you saw the third room."
		Jacqueline asks, "What room?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop rock" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the heavy rock)
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "get rock" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the heavy rock)
Floyd | You struggle underneath the weight of the rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "North from the passage I think."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The quarry extends to the west and a passage leads southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I thought that was back to the big pit - oooh, no, that would have been a different direction."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay"
		Teaspoon asks, "oh, west then?"
		DavidW asks, "From the initial place, there were exits N and NE, was it?"
		Jacqueline says (to Tsp), "Sure"
		Jacqueline says, "Go for it"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 1             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Quarry
Floyd | Shattered rocks and debris litter this chamber, evidently the site of
Floyd | a quarry or an excavation. A faint light from the south shows the dark
Floyd | shape of a gaping hole in the center of the floor. A well-traveled
Floyd | passage leads south and the chamber extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the gaping hole, suspended from a chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "so we have to use the rock to lower the platform so we can stand on it"
		Teaspoon says, "i think"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "put rock on platform" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROCK ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grunt, you drop the heavy rock on the wooden platform. The
Floyd | platform squeals like a mad pack of rodents and sinks about two feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You have earned one point in Mineral Levitation.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Quarry
Floyd | Shattered rocks and debris litter this chamber, evidently the site of
Floyd | a quarry or an excavation. A faint light from the south shows the dark
Floyd | shape of a gaping hole in the center of the floor. A well-traveled
Floyd | passage leads south and the chamber extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the gaping hole, suspended from a chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden platform is a heavy rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "in... mineral levitation"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Teaspoon says, "somebody making fun of D n' D"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
		DavidW says, "The two platforms are in a pulley system. This one's down so the other one..."
		Jacqueline asks, "Hinting much?"
		DavidW says, "sorry"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "I didn't expect lugging of heavy rocks immediately."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | The wooden platform is blocking your jump in its current position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take rock" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE ROCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You struggle underneath the weight of the rock. The wooden platform
Floyd | returns to its original height.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "oh huh"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'd almost say Dwarf Fortress rather than DnD, but this game predates DF."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a heavy rock
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "er"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Quarry
Floyd | Shattered rocks and debris litter this chamber, evidently the site of
Floyd | a quarry or an excavation. A faint light from the south shows the dark
Floyd | shape of a gaping hole in the center of the floor. A well-traveled
Floyd | passage leads south and the chamber extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the gaping hole, suspended from a chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarry Entrance
Floyd | The walls of this chamber are much more regular and clean-cut than the
Floyd | one to the west. A square trapdoor is embedded into the stone floor in
Floyd | the center of the room and a passage leads southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the trapdoor, suspended from a chain. The
Floyd | chain seems to have snapped on two of the four corners and the edge of
Floyd | the platform rests on top of the trapdoor. A giant chunk of granite
Floyd | wedges the lower edge to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a trumpet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "I assume we can take THIS rock if we want"
		Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait. Did I just undo what we needed to do? I'm going to take a step back."
		Jacqueline says, "tsp You go"
		Teaspoon asks, "I don't think so?"
		DavidW says, "yes, you undid your progress"
		Teaspoon says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Okay, yeah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Quarry
Floyd | Shattered rocks and debris litter this chamber, evidently the site of
Floyd | a quarry or an excavation. A faint light from the south shows the dark
Floyd | shape of a gaping hole in the center of the floor. A well-traveled
Floyd | passage leads south and the chamber extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the gaping hole, suspended from a chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a heavy rock
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "put rock on platform" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT ROCK ON PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | With a grunt, you drop the heavy rock on the wooden platform. The
Floyd | platform squeals like a mad pack of rodents and sinks about two feet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarry Entrance
Floyd | The walls of this chamber are much more regular and clean-cut than the
Floyd | one to the west. A square trapdoor is embedded into the stone floor in
Floyd | the center of the room and a passage leads southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the trapdoor, suspended from a chain. The
Floyd | chain seems to have snapped on two of the four corners and the edge of
Floyd | the platform rests on top of the trapdoor. A giant chunk of granite
Floyd | wedges the lower edge to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see a trumpet here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take granite" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE GRANITE
Floyd |
Floyd | None of your pockets are big enough to carry around a giant granite
Floyd | chunk.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "push granite" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH GRANITE
Floyd |
Floyd | Your attempts to move the granite result in nothing more than strained
Floyd | muscles.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...okay I'm at a loss"
		Knight_Otu says, "We still have two open paths I believe."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "exits" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > EXITS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Should I say anything?"
		Jacqueline binds and gags DW and tosses him in the corner.
		Knight_Otu says, "South from the quarry, and north from the passage."
		Teaspoon says, "directional puzzles are not my forte"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Go for it."
		Jacqueline says, "Let's look around."
		Teaspoon says, "agreed"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, I misread the south part."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sorry about that. It's for our own good."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "get trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Narrow Passage                            Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Narrow Passage
Floyd | In the dim light, you see that you have entered a roughly-carved
Floyd | hallway running in from the north and around a sharp turn to the
Floyd | northeast. The light outlines a massive pile of uncut rocks against
Floyd | the south wall. In the midst of crumbled masonry, a large hole
Floyd | decorates the west wall, with stray rivulets of mud oozing from
Floyd | within.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Stone Quarry                              Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Quarry
Floyd | Shattered rocks and debris litter this chamber, evidently the site of
Floyd | a quarry or an excavation. A faint light from the south shows the dark
Floyd | shape of a gaping hole in the center of the floor. A well-traveled
Floyd | passage leads south and the chamber extends to the east.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the gaping hole, suspended from a chain.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the wooden platform is a heavy rock.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
		Teaspoon says, "so we're in a triangle"
		Knight_Otu says, "My internal mapping suckd."
		Teaspoon says, "same"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Quarry Entrance
Floyd | The walls of this chamber are much more regular and clean-cut than the
Floyd | one to the west. A square trapdoor is embedded into the stone floor in
Floyd | the center of the room and a passage leads southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | A wooden platform hangs over the trapdoor, suspended from a chain. The
Floyd | chain seems to have snapped on two of the four corners and the edge of
Floyd | the platform rests on top of the trapdoor. A giant chunk of granite
Floyd | wedges the lower edge to the ground.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x platform" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLATFORM
Floyd |
Floyd | The platform is about seven feet square and hangs by a metal chain
Floyd | which is only connected to two of its four corners. A giant chunk of
Floyd | granite sits half on the platform, wedging one side to the ground. The
Floyd | suspended side of the platform is higher than its original position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x chain" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CHAIN
Floyd |
Floyd | The chain connects to each of the four corners of the platform. It
Floyd | merges into a single line several feet above the platform and
Floyd | disappears into the darkness near the ceiling. Two of the corners have
Floyd | snapped, upsetting the suspended platform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a simple trapdoor set into the floor of the chamber, almost
Floyd | eight feet square. There is a small bronze plaque on its surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bronze sign shows a thin layer of settled dust.
Floyd |
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #006
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "do we take notes in this game?"
		DavidW says, "Sometimes"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may as well."
		Teaspoon says, "...well, I guess we have the transcript come to think of it"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well, not immediately."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "open door" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | With one side of the platform raised, you manage to open the trapdoor
Floyd | enough to fit through.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I can always pull up the raw and put it somewhere. Just let me know."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "yay!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Hey# that worked!"
		Jacqueline says, "I have a call in a little under 2 hours, just so that people know that I will disappear."
		Teaspoon asks, "down?"
		Teaspoon says, "okies"
		DavidW asks, "Trumpet?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Understood."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Quarry Entrance                           Score: 2             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a trumpet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "yay trapdoor"
		Teaspoon says, "we're good"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 5             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd | You carefully crawl under the broken platform and drop through the
Floyd | trapdoor, landing in the room below. In a cloud of disturbed dust, the
Floyd | trapdoor slams shut, leaving you in the dark.
Floyd |
Floyd | Although stuffy, the air is a good deal dryer than the dungeon where
Floyd | you spent last night. You hope you're in a tunnel back to the surface,
Floyd | so you can return home and forget your foolish decisions.
Floyd |
Floyd | More likely, you're trapped in some bleak cavity of the earth, worse
Floyd | off than before.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You have just gained three points for Dark Hole Bravery.]
Floyd |
Floyd | Darkness
Floyd | It is pitch black. You are unlikely to be tripped by a polydactyl
Floyd | raccoon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Oh no, darkness!"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 5             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 5 out of a possible 70, in 77 turns, earning
Floyd | you the status of Musical Neophyte.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and sound a steady pitch on your trumpet. The
Floyd | bright sound of the trumpet rings through the darkness, rebounding off
Floyd | walls and escaping your close confines to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You have earned two points for a Seeing-Ear Trumpet.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "full score" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > FULL SCORE
Floyd |
Floyd | You have so far scored 7 out of a possible 70, in 78 turns, earning
Floyd | you the status of Musical Neophyte.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "huh that worked"
		Knight_Otu says, "Nice one."
		Teaspoon says, "we have sonar"
		Jacqueline says, "That was cool, KO."
		Teaspoon says, "no wonder the king doesn't appreciate our playing"
		Jacqueline exclaims, "Well done!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the sound of the echo to the northeast, gingerly moving
Floyd | through the darkness.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sound of the trumpet echo fades away completely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "That goes to TS."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and sound a steady pitch on your trumpet. The
Floyd | bright sound of the trumpet rings through the darkness, and fades
Floyd | towards the southwest and east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Oh, so it does. My bad."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "east" 		

Floyd ]  Darkness                                  Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAST
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the sound of the echo to the east, gingerly moving through
Floyd | the darkness, down an incline.
Floyd |
Floyd | The sound of the trumpet echo fades away completely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "GOOD JOB TEASPOON"
		Teaspoon says, "heh no worries"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a deep breath and sound a steady pitch on your trumpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Who is causing that horribly obscene racket?" There is a scintillant
Floyd | sparkle of luminescence and the room is bathed in light from a
Floyd | newly-opened entrance in the east wall...
Floyd |
Floyd | Construction Office
Floyd | This room consists of little more than a large stone counter before a
Floyd | doorway to the east. Behind the counter hangs an aged banner
Floyd | proclaiming, "Nolava Odd Community Construction Office". Beneath the
Floyd | banner someone has affixed a small day calendar. To the west, a dusty
Floyd | incline leads up into the quarry.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sitting atop the counter is a bound book entitled "Nolava Odd
Floyd | Community Building Codes".
Floyd |
Floyd | A tall bearded man in a black robe stalks into the room. Peering
Floyd | through the dust, he identifies you as the culprit. "Well I'll be!
Floyd | That wall from the pit must have finally broken down... we haven't had
Floyd | a visitor down here in years!" He rushes up to you, nearly bowling you
Floyd | over in the process, and shakes your hand furiously. "I am Leonine,
Floyd | the magician, and this is my home! Well actually, this is the
Floyd | Construction Office, but this little community is my home! I moved
Floyd | down into this volcano when I became fed up with King Goosen up above.
Floyd | And if you got tossed in the pit...well, sniveling snails, you must be
Floyd | on my side of the bed! Are you odd?"
Floyd |
Floyd | Leonine waits for a moment but continues on before you can answer.
Floyd | "This is the Nolava Odd Community and every permanent resident is a
Floyd | little odd, so if you're planning on sticking around, I'd suggest that
Floyd | you pick up some kind of idiosyncrasy, unless you just want to be
Floyd | mildly ill-tempered, which is just fine in my book as well. Of course,
Floyd | you won't have much company, since most of the residents are dead or
Floyd | moved away."Leonine is nearby, enjoying the scenery.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a Building Codes manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...that was a lot"
		Teaspoon says, "then again I suppose I would also be odd if I lived in a pit"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x manual" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | The manual is composed of hand-written pages, detailing various
Floyd | construction jobs in the area.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leonine looks you over critically. "Now if you're going to live here,
Floyd | you'll need to clean up those clothes..." Leonine, in a deep and
Floyd | resonant voice, speaks the word "Fresh!"
Floyd |
Floyd | When nothing immediately happens, he slaps his forehead. "That one
Floyd | removes dirt from produce..." He tries again. "Clean Clothes!"
Floyd |
Floyd | The mud on your clothes disappears and you feel refreshed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Are horrible bards odd or typical?"
		Teaspoon says, "depends on how this society looks on kleptomania i guess"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read manual" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You open up the Building Codes manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now in Book-Reading Mode. To look up a building code, type in
Floyd | the number of the code. To read about a random code, type in RANDOM.
Floyd | To close the book, type STOP).
Floyd |
Floyd | Next, Leonine takes a look at the trumpet and sniggers. "If you're
Floyd | going to play a musical instrument, you should have a better
Floyd | instrument than that!" Before you can protest that you like your
Floyd | trumpet, the magician mumbles something under his breath.
Floyd |
Floyd | Thankfully, your trumpet remains intact, but the bell now glows with
Floyd | magic. "Heh heh, you'll have fun playing that trumpet now, neighbour!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "006" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 006
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #006 Quarry Trapdoor: 1-T-05, Built to keep granite rocks from
Floyd | accidently falling through the elevator shaft.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leonine gives you the once-over and frowns. "You don't seem to be very
Floyd | happy to be a new member of the Nolava Odd Community... You don't
Floyd | really want to go back up to the surface do you?" Leonine thinks about
Floyd | this. "Damn foolery if you ask me, but to each his own I guess. Well,
Floyd | if you really want to get out, there's a ladder to the surface inside
Floyd | a rock spire near the old South Plaza. I can't recall what we did with
Floyd | the door though...or the key for that matter." Leonine brightens. "You
Floyd | could go check at the library! There should be records...but stay
Floyd | awhile and be an acquaintance, hey?"
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "well, we could just sit here and read random codes"
		Jacqueline says, "I like him, actually."
		DavidW says, "Or start from 001 and read them all in order."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "001" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 001
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #001 Nolava Construction Office: 1-N-05, Created from the Ploog Fund
Floyd | for the mining of granite and other materials beneath the ground. Ran
Floyd | into a few zoning problems with Mullog.
Floyd |
Floyd | Leonine suddenly jumps two feet in the air, a feat made disturbing by
Floyd | the fact that he lands on your toes. "Leapin' lemurs! I left an
Floyd | experiment on the stove. Come on over for tea sometime, new
Floyd | neighbour!" With a snap of his fingers, Leonine vanishes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "yes, I like Leonine as well."
		Jacqueline says, "When we are done I want to look at the calendar. Maybe we'll find out how many days it has been since there has been a construction accident."
		Knight_Otu asks, "How many codes are there?"
		Teaspoon says, "at least six, presumably"
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "002" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 002
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #002 Wheelbarrow: 1-P-05, Wasted all of yesterday trying to move
Floyd | granite chunks bare-handed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW asks, "maybe around 36?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "003" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 003
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #003 Quarry Rock Elevator: 1-Q-05, Useful for removing granite chunks
Floyd | from the quarry and lowering them into the Office for transportation.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "it's a sort of diary I guess"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "004" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 004
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #004 Bed: 1-R-05, Built a granite bed. Not getting much sleep. Will
Floyd | make a more comfortable one once materials are shipped down from
Floyd | Papoosen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "I wonder who wrote it"
		Jacqueline asks, "Leonine?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Looks like it. The first number the month, the letter the day, the second number the year?"
		DavidW says, "not Leonine"
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "005" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 005
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #005 Ladder: 1-S-05, Constructed to provide easier access to the
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon exclaims, "hurrah!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, Leonine just moved in."
		Teaspoon says, "now we just need to find it"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "007" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 007
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #007 Bed: 1-U-05, Lumber arrived from the surface today. Constructed a
Floyd | more comfortable bed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "008" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 008
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #008 Ladder Rung: 1-V-05, One of the rungs on the castle ladder back
Floyd | up to the surface broke.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon (
		Jacqueline says (to Tsp), "OMG YOUR EYES"
		Teaspoon says, "....snort"
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm sure we'll be fine."
		Teaspoon says, "sleepy smiley"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "009" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 009
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #009 Plaque Molds: 1-W-05, Constructed to build bronze plaques to
Floyd | place on some prominent buildings for posterity's sake.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Teaspoon says, "I'm enjoying this Zork builder person"
		Jacqueline says, "yeah"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "010" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 010
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #010 Metal Chain: 1-X-05, Created to replace the hemp rope on the
Floyd | elevator. Should reduce breakdowns by 90% per day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "011" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 011
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #011 Armadillo Trap: 1-Y-05, Fashioned from spare parts to keep wild
Floyd | armadillos from invading my personal space.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "hee"
		Jacqueline says, "That was a good entry about reducing breakdowns by 90% per ay"
		Jacqueline says, "day, even"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure was."
		Teaspoon says, "note: do not trust any ropes in this game"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Teaspoon asks, "also beware of armadillos?"
		Jacqueline says, "Apparently"
		Knight_Otu says, ">kill armadillo"
		Teaspoon says, "noooo"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "12" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 12
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #012 Rain Gauge: 1-Z-05, Rainstorm started today. Constructed the rain
Floyd | gauge for Leonine's experiments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay. >pet armadille"
		Jacqueline says (to ko), "better"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "oh, I guess he's been here a while!"
		Knight_Otu says, "*armadillo"
		Knight_Otu says, "Seems so."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "13" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 13
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #013 Umbrella: 2-A-05, Fashioned for Finney at the start of a
Floyd | rainstorm.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "14" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 14
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #014 Midway Drain: 2-B-05, Installed after realizing that continued
Floyd | heavy rains could flood the Construction Office and ruin my toffee
Floyd | stash...grrr...
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oooh toffee"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "15" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 15
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #015 Midway Drain Grate: 2-D-05, Built over the drain system to
Floyd | prevent nesting armadillos from clogging the waterways.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says (to ko), "Although apparently armadillos carry the bacteria that cause leprosy / Hansen's disease, so maybe don't pet them, either."
		Jacqueline says, "Cute though they are."
		Teaspoon says, "petting non domestic generally bad idea anyway, I know"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, I guess then >admire armadillo from afar."
		Teaspoon says, "which does not stop me with stray cats"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "There we go"
		Jacqueline says (to Tsp), "hee"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "16" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 16
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #016 Quarry Wall: 2-E-05, Used last month's leftover masonry to keep
Floyd | Orchestra Pit from flooding the Quarry.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "...I have a bad feeling about this now"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I'm glad we're reading it all"
		Teaspoon says, "what if we accidentally flood the place"
		Knight_Otu says, "Well well."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "17" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 17
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #017 Umbrella: 2-F-05, Had to make another umbrella, this time for
Floyd | Leonine, who was apparently suffering from parasol-envy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "gigglesnort"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		Teaspoon says, "a woeful fate to be sure"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "18" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 18
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #018 Armadillo Trap: 2-H-05, Realized that armadillos can escape from
Floyd | grass traps fairly easily. Used granite this time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "This is again being very Dwarf Fortressy"
		Teaspoon says, "yeah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "19" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 19
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #019 Ladder Rungs: 2-M-05, Had to make four new rungs to replace the
Floyd | ones broken by Leonine's habit of jumping down five at a time.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "20" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 20
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #020 Leonine's House: 2-P-05, Built a house for the founder of the Odd
Floyd | Community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Do not try this in real life."
		Knight_Otu says, "Jumping down ladders, that is."
		Teaspoon says, "possibly he has Magic Healing"
Peregrine arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "21" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 21
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #021 Armadillo Trap: 2-R-05, Realized that there was no openings in
Floyd | the armadillo trap for the little buggers to get into. Made a new one.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Still, that has to hurt."
		Jacqueline says (to P), "Hey, P. We are playing a z-code game, and I hadn't sorted out sleepmask, so we're back in here for now."
		Teaspoon says, "here's to hoping the architecture is better than the wildlife traps"
		Jacqueline says, "Sorry for the confusion."
		Peregrine says, "No problem"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "22" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 22
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #022 Park: 2-S-05, Hoping to take advantage of the heavy rains, made a
Floyd | quaint little park north of Leonine's house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "I'll just lie back in my recliner and lurk :D"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "23" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 23
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #023 Park Path: 2-T-05, Stopped raining today. All the plants died.
Floyd | Tore out much of the garden and made a footpath through the center.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "24" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 24
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #024 Park Fence: 2-U-05, Built a quaint white picket fence around the
Floyd | perimeter of the park, because it was aesthetically pleasing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Poor park."
		Teaspoon says, "betcha something ghastly happens to this fence"
		Peregrine asks, "Are we investigating an outbreak of armadillos?"
		Teaspoon says, "we're reading a book by a Zork-ish constructor who is dealing with that problem"
		Teaspoon says, "or was"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "25" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 25
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #025 Drain System: 2-V-05, Expanded the drainage system to the east
Floyd | and south, in expectation of a sudden population burst. Currently
Floyd | there are 2 Odd residents and me living here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "We're a horrible bard who was tossed into the Orchestra Pit."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "26" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 26
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #026 Southern Plaza: 2-W-05, Built a granite pavilion south of
Floyd | Leonine's house for all the Odd gatherings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "This is unlike any other orchestra pit, though."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "27" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 27
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #027 Plaza Billboard: 2-X-05, Constructed a billboard in the plaza on
Floyd | the off-chance that Stebar Clocks needed a new advertising location.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "True."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "28" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 28
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #028 Statue of Leonine: 2-Y-05, Made a granite statue, twelve feet
Floyd | tall of Leonine.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "Oh, Augmented Fourth? I never got far in that game"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "29" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 29
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #029 Armadillo Trap: 2-Z-05, Realized that having an opening in the
Floyd | side of an armadillo trap somewhat defeats the purpose of said trap.
Floyd | Made a little armadillo door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "We're still in room 7 or so."
		Peregrine says, "That's further than I ever got"
		Teaspoon says, "yeah, so far we made it out of the first puzzle and met a wizard"
		Knight_Otu says, "The writer has just no luck with their traps."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "30" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 30
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #030 Finney's House: 3-A-05, Made a house to the southwest for
Floyd | Leonine's colleague Finney, a musician and scholar, and still quite
Floyd | odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "so far the wizard hasn't tried to kill us, and even told us how to get home. sort of"
		Teaspoon says, "oh, I wonder if this is our mentor or somebody"
		Peregrine says, "I never finished the first puzzle. (Also, tangentially, I now know what an Augmented Fourth is, because I am now reorienting myself into film scoring via music theory.)"
		Jacqueline says, "I am enjoying this book. In particular, the slow but persistent evolution of armadillo trap innovation."
		Knight_Otu says, "But even this book must end sometime."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm getting the strong vibe of one of those early 80s adventure modules for CRPGs where you'd have them randomly ordered to stop people doing what we're doing right now and reading them all in order"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "One would think it to not be infinite, yes."
		Teaspoon says, "like it's clearly not in chronological order"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "31" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 31
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #031 Finney's Pond: 3-B-05, Built a fish pond to elevate the social
Floyd | status of Finney's House. Quite useless since he spends most of his
Floyd | time indoors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "This book isn't infinite. I hope I can say that much."
		Jacqueline smiles.
		Teaspoon asks, "...and if that *is* the model then some of it might be fake?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "32" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 32
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #032 Puzzle: 3-C-05, Fashioned a puzzle for Finney to play with, since
Floyd | he was bored and disrupting my work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "33" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 33
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #033 Finney's Security System: 3-D-05, Installed a security system
Floyd | because of Finney's distrust of travelers (even though there haven't
Floyd | been any so far).
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Teaspoon says, "oh that could be a problem"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "34" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 34
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #034 Xylophone: 3-G-05, Constructed from whale baleens to meet the
Floyd | specifications set forth by Finney. Had to let him come get it since I
Floyd | couldn't get it past the security system.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "I mean, I guess one could write a random generator for that book."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "35" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 35
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #035 Frog Statue: 3-H-05, Fashioned a giant froggie statue out of
Floyd | leftover granite and showcased it in the Southern Plaza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "36" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 36
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #036 Fly Statue: 3-I-05, Made a fly statue to hang over the froggie
Floyd | statue. Accidently made it too heavy, causing it to break its supports
Floyd | and crash to the ground, cracking up the froggie too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "aw"
		Jacqueline cries.
		Teaspoon says, "*blows sad trumpet*"
		* Dave has joined the channel.
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "37" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 37
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #037 Neo-Wonk Sculpture: 3-J-05, Tossed a few spare support bars into
Floyd | the statue mess and called it art.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Peregrine says, "haha"
		Teaspoon says, "*snort*"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "38" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 38
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #038 Plates: 3-K-05, Molded some granite plates for eating.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Nooo, the frog and fly!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "39" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 39
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #039 Armadillo Decoy: 3-L-05, Realized that there are no armadillos in
Floyd | the Nolava Odd Community. Made a decoy so my trap and grate wouldn't
Floyd | go to waste.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "woot"
		Teaspoon says, "AHHAHAHAHAHAH"
		Knight_Otu says, "Pft."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "40" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > 40
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #040 Finney's Road: 3-M-05, At Finney's insistence, I built a paved
Floyd | road from his home to the Construction Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "41" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 41
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #041 Designer Plates: 3-N-05, Painted hamsters on the plates and sold
Floyd | them as curiosities through an agent in Suburban Papoosen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "42" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 42
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #042 Designer Forks: 3-O-05, Realized the possibilities of lucrative
Floyd | business and extended my line of granite eatware.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "a life well lived"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "43" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 43
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #043 Designer Noodle-Twisters: 3-P-05, Built a prototype for a granite
Floyd | noodle twister. Discarded it after realizing that I was probably
Floyd | catering to too small a clientele.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline nods.
		Teaspoon says, "ya think"
		Peregrine says, "don't take your clientele for granite"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "44" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 44
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #044 Armadillo Decoy: 3-Y-05, Modeled a second decoy after the first
Floyd | in hopes of attracting an armadillo to capture and evict.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "He has, thus far, been doing lots of things for, like, three people"
		Teaspoon says, "boo hiss"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "45" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 45
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #045 Bank: 3-Z-05, Built to store the valuables of the Odd Community
Floyd | residents.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oh, a bank! nice"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "46" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 46
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #046 Bank Trap: 4-A-05, Built to protect the bank from footpads.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "aww"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "47" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 47
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #047 Harmonica: 4-B-05, Tried making a granite harmonica. Couldn't
Floyd | produce overtones.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "But is it a vault-bank or a sitting-bank?"
		Dave asks, "where is the output for the current game again?"
		Jacqueline asks, "footpads?"
		Teaspoon says, "old word for robbers"
		DavidW says, "It's a word used in Zork."
		Jacqueline says (to Dave), "Toyshop"
		Knight_Otu says (to Dave), "We're in the toyshop."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "48" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 48
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #048 Northern Gate: 4-C-05, Erected a gate to protect the protected
Floyd | valuables in the protected bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "this footpad is gravely underfoot"
		Jacqueline says (to DW/Tsp), "Ah. Right."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "49" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 49
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #049 Armadillo Lair: 4-H-05, In hopes that a pre-fab home would
Floyd | attract an armadillo, I built one near the mess hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "snrk"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "50" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 50
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #050 Bounce Chamber: 4-K-05, Prepared for the Odd Community's four
Floyd | month life span with a granite Bounce Chamber in South Plaza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "Who is invading whose space now?"
Dave arrives, ready to play with the toys. 		Peregrine says, "decidedly armadillos are an inexhaustible source of mirth"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Oh man. You could write a thinkpiece on this."
		Teaspoon says, "....what can possibly go worng with a ROCK bounce chamber"
		DavidW says, "granite Bounce Chamber?!"
		Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "Definitely"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "51" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 51
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #051 Checkerboard: 4-M-05, Replaced the Bounce Chamber at the last
Floyd | minute, for safety reasons.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Teaspoon says, "absent minded"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "52" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 52
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #052 Mess Hall: 4-O-05, Got tired of eating off the ground. Felt the
Floyd | rock grit in my sandwiches might lead to future dental problems.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "But he had made plates..."
		Teaspoon says, "yeah I'm definitely getting a sense of backwards chronology in this listings"
		Knight_Otu says, "But no tables it seem."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "53" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 53
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #053 Mess Hall Table: 4-P-05, Realized I was still eating off the
Floyd | ground in the mess hall. Made a table.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "seems*"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "54" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 54
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #054 Kitchen Counter: 4-Q-05, Built a granite counter in the Mess Hall
Floyd | kitchen to prepare food upon.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "oh right"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "55" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 55
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #055 False Armadillo: 4-T-05, Realized that armadillos are not
Floyd | indigenous to this area. Made a third decoy and put all the armadillo
Floyd | paraphernalia on display at the South Plaza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "Aw."
Dave disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Knight_Otu says, "What an odd fellow. Oh, right."
		Teaspoon says, "I wasn't really planning to spend Sunday afternoon reading about armadillo lures but it's surprisingly relaxing"
		Jacqueline says, "Truth"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "56" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 56
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #056 Chair: 5-F-05, Made a wooden chair with materials imported from
Floyd | the surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "57" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 57
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #057 Chair: 5-G-05, Put another plaque on the same chair, to counter
Floyd | the residents' complaints that all jobs are finished in one day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "Wood? Is that even legal?"
		Teaspoon says, "HA HA"
		Teaspoon says, "I wonder who complained"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "58" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 58
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #058 Bench: 5-H-05, Misplaced the chair. Had to make a bench.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "59" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 59
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #059 Poont's Lab: 5-Z-05, Built a laboratory for a new Odd resident,
Floyd | Poont.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon exclaims, "oh, nice!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "60" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 60
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #060 Poont's Mirror Room: 6-D-05, Had to import materials to create a
Floyd | mirror room for Poont's experiments.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon asks, "oh, was he the gnome?"
		DavidW says, "Nope"
		Jacqueline asks, "Possib - oh. No?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "61" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 61
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #061 Poont's Experiment: 6-E-05, Created a prototype machine for
Floyd | Poont's studies.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "62" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 62
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #062 Poont's Door: 6-F-05, Constructed a magic door to meet Poont's
Floyd | specifications, distrustful as he was of visitors and rummer salesmen.
Floyd | He keeps the instructions in the communal safe despite my protests. It
Floyd | would be so easy for Leonine or someone to play a trick on the old
Floyd | coot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "Someone... like us?"
		Teaspoon says, "f 63"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "63" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 63
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #063 Control Room: 7-...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmmm...this entry seems to have been erased. A giant stamp adorns the
Floyd | page: "Protected by the Ploog Privacy Act of 3" You can barely make
Floyd | out some of the erased material...it mentions a control room and "xyz"
Floyd | or something of that nature...
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oh, we know what that was"
		Knight_Otu says, "Indeed."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "64" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 64
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #064 Control Room: 7-...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmmm...this entry seems to have been erased. It seems to be a
Floyd | continuation of entry #63. You can just barely make out something
Floyd | about control room plush chairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "65" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 65
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #065 Control Room: 7-...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmmm...this entry seems to have been erased. It seems to be a
Floyd | continuation of entry #63. You can just barely make out something
Floyd | about scenery packages.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "ah, and this is where the random generator comes in I guses"
		DavidW says, "nope"
		DavidW says, "This book isn't random."
		Jacqueline says, "We could always xyzzy again"
		Jacqueline says, "But let's keep reading a bit"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "66" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 66
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #066 Control Room: 7-...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmmm...this entry seems to have been erased. It seems to be a
Floyd | continuation of entry #63. You can just barely make out something
Floyd | about top secret fuzzibusters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "67" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 67
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #067 Control Room: 7-...
Floyd |
Floyd | Hmmm...this entry seems to have been erased. It seems to be a
Floyd | continuation of entry #63. You can just barely make out something
Floyd | about a magic music press.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "68" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 68
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #068 Moilan's Hut: 8-F-05, Made a home near the mess hall for the new
Floyd | hired guard who protects the gate which protects the protected bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "so that's Leo, and his colleague, and this security guard, and the Mirror Guy, so at least four NPCs running around"
		Teaspoon says, "unless they're dead like Leo hinted"
		Knight_Otu says, "We'll see I guess."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "69" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 69
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #069 Moilan's Fudge Box: 8-G-05, Created a granite box to house
Floyd | Moilan's fudge collection and to keep it from going stale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "mmmm"
		Teaspoon says, "note: bribe guard to abandon post with fudge"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "70" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 70
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #070 Porcelain Vase: 8-Z-05, Didn't actually make this but felt it
Floyd | deserved a code. A peddler from the surface had it for sale. Took it
Floyd | for granite.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "*sad trombone*"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "71" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 71
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #071 Squiggy's Tower: 1-A-06, Built a granite tower for a new Odd
Floyd | resident, Squiggy. Ran into a few zoning problems with Mullog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "Squiggy"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "72" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 72
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #072 Squiggy's Light Trap: 1-B-06, Created a strongbox in Squiggy's
Floyd | tower, distrustful as he was of the bank.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "Mullog is new too."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "73" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 73
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #073 Squiggy's Door: 1-C-06, Fashioned a granite door which can only
Floyd | be opened from the inside. Questioned the feasibility of this but then
Floyd | realized that Squiggy teleports in when outside. Then wondered why he
Floyd | even needs a door.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "we'll have to teleport IN but won't need to teleport out"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Teaspoon says, "unless this is all flavor text I dunno"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "74" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 74
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #074 Wall Repair: 1-F-06, Found a strange featureless cube in the
Floyd | quarry today. Since it was just the right size, I used it to plug a
Floyd | hole in the pit wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
		Teaspoon asks, "oh, we might need that?"
		Knight_Otu asks, ";Maybe?"
		Teaspoon says, "I am personally in favor of asking David whether we'd have to reload to get that"
		Knight_Otu says, "But strange and featureless sounds interesting."
		Jacqueline asks, "Why would we need to reload?"
		Jacqueline says, "We can still - oh, no we can't"
		Teaspoon says, "that was up the trapdoor"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Teaspoon asks, "can we get back up that way?"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may be able to find another path."
		Teaspoon says, "that's true"
		Jacqueline says, "True"
		DavidW asks, "Are you asking?"
		Jacqueline says, "We would have had no way to know, so."
		Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sure. Why not. We're asking."
		DavidW says, "You cannot return all the way to the pit. You also don't need to."
		Teaspoon says, "ok, that's good"
		DavidW says, "You missed something, but it wasn't a cube."
		Knight_Otu says, "Got it."
		Teaspoon says, "...oh dear"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "75" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 75
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #075 Poont's Bear Den: 2-B-06, Poont's pet bear needed quarters so I
Floyd | hollowed out a den in the side of the volcano behind Poont's lab.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm hoping it was nothing important."
		Jacqueline says, "Well, he said we didn't need to go back, so."
		Teaspoon says, "...okay this sentence is entirely compatible with what we've heard already but it's still one weird sentence"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "76" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 76
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #076 Socks: 2-I-06, Tried to make a pair of granite socks today.
Floyd | Discarded them because of blisters.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "Also, no armadillos, but now there is possibly a bear. Possibly it is as real as the armadillos."
		DavidW says, "You would have had a bit more info, but it's background stuff."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "77" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 77
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #077 Ladder Rung: 2-L-06, Yet another ladder rung broke today. Must
Floyd | remind Leonine to stop jumping down the ladder when he spies on the
Floyd | King.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oh, so the ladder goes straight to the king's throne room or bathtub or something, huh"
Roger arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "78" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 78
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #078 Undergarments: 3-A-06, Fashioned a pair of underpants from
Floyd | granite. Chaffed horribly and discarded them. Not sure about the
Floyd | future of granite-wear.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Roger says, "ooh, retro" 		Knight_Otu says, "I guess Oddrealm isn't quite sprawling."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "79" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 79
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #079 Random Entry: 4-A-06, Didn't build anything today, but no one
Floyd | reads these entries anyways.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "I saw we find this ladder, climb it, sneak up behind the king, and blow our trumpet. Really loudly."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "good plan!"
		DavidW says, "Excellent."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "80" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 80
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #080 Snoobar's House: 7-F-06, Constructed and painted purple for a new
Floyd | resident of the community, Snoobar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline exclaims (at Entry79), "NOT TRUE!"
		Teaspoon says, "...this is gonna be a big game huh"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "81" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 81
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #081 Maze of Dread: 8-A-06, Created to appease Snoobar's distrust of
Floyd | visitors, despite the low population of the community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Everybody distrusts visitors here, huh."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm starting to think Leo is the only person who actually likes people"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "82" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 82
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #082 Maze of Dread Sign: 8-B-06, Warning sign made to alert future
Floyd | travelers of the maze. Placed in brambles for maximum effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "83" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 83
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #083 Snoobar's Hill: 8-C-06, Continued pestering from Snoobar caused
Floyd | the construction of another deterrent, a magic hill which is uphill in
Floyd | both directions, surrounding his house. Only works for rummer
Floyd | salesmen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "The maze. I kind of figured there'd be one of those."
		DavidW says, "At least one."
		Teaspoon says, "won't it be hilarious if none of this is true"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "84" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 84
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #084 Snoobar's Vault: 8-D-06, Continued pestering from Snoobar led me
Floyd | to build a giant purple vault inside his house. Since they are pretty
Floyd | good friends, Snoobar gave the means to unlock the vault to Squiggy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "85" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 85
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #085 Snoobar's Door: 8-E-06, I am tired of Snoobar's pestering. Built
Floyd | a door which can only be opened with a Doofa-certified key to guard
Floyd | his house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "I'm getting the feeling that after the session I should paste the whole book into my notes file."
		DavidW says, "I think the manual is portable."
		Teaspoon says, "that'll be good"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "86" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > 86
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #086 Snoobar's Key: 8-F-06, Built a Doofa-certified key so Snoobar
Floyd | could get into his house. Thank goodness he's stopped bothering me!
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "But we need the right entry number if we want to look something up."
		DavidW says, "There's plaques with numbers on them everywhere."
		Teaspoon says, "presumably this is the vault that we'll need for whatever Leo mentioned earlier"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, right."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "87" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 87
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #087 Snoobar's Window Seals: 8-G-06, Snoobar came back today because
Floyd | his windows didn't lock. Sealed them shut for him.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "88" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 88
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #088 Snoobar's: 8-Z-06, Didn't make anything today either. Just
Floyd | thoroughly conditioned to write "Snoobar". Urrrg.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "my heart goes out to you, construction person"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "89" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 89
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #089 Library: 9-F-06, A joint proposal from Poont and Finney has led
Floyd | to the construction of a library to archive all the knowledge of the
Floyd | Odd Community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says (to 88), "hee"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "90" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 90
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #090 Ring Holder: 9-T-06, Found a gold ring in the quarry and made a
Floyd | small granite case to keep it safe in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "Leonine mentioned the library."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "91" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 91
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #091 Fou-llama Estate: 1-H-07, Built to house a new resident of the
Floyd | Nolava Community, Madame Fou-llama.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "wha"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "92" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 92
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #092 Ball Court: 1-M-07, Constructed a Piddle-Ball court near
Floyd | Leonine's house, just in case anyone ever takes up Piddle-Ball. Not
Floyd | sure how safe the granite court is, though.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "93" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 93
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #093 Amoshtuff Cottage: 1-P-07, Built for Madame Fou-llama's butler,
Floyd | after realizing he was sleeping on the ground outside her estate.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "94" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 94
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #094 Accordion: 1-T-07, Tried to make a working accordion out of
Floyd | granite. Realized that granite isn't very compressible.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Roger has disconnected. 		
Roger has connected. 		DavidW says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu says, "So very Dwarf Fortress at times."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "95" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 95
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #095 Plaza Drums: 1-Z-07, Made a toy drum set out of granite. Realized
Floyd | the possibilities of "Hard Rock" music.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "OW!"
		Teaspoon says, "the fate of this brave soul fascinates me"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "96" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 96
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #096 Armadillo Decoy: 2-F-07, Felt it was time for the granite
Floyd | armadillos to have a kid. Put the new little one on display in South
Floyd | Plaza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "I knew it had to come, but still."
		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "97" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 97
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #097 Ring Display Case: 2-Q-07, Made a display case to show off my
Floyd | nifty gold ring. I usually wear it, but it looks spiffy in the display
Floyd | case. Got the message '[Your score has gone up by 5 points.]' when I
Floyd | put it in.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "chortles"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "98" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 98
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #098 Swimming Pool: 3-A-07, Built a twelve foot deep pool in South
Floyd | Plaza. Waiting for heavy rains.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "...man."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "99" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 99
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #099 Water System: 3-B-07, Realized that the Midway Drain System would
Floyd | prevent flooding which might have filled up the pool. Connected the
Floyd | drains to the pool.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "100" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 100
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #100 Diving Board: 3-R-07, Built a granite diving board by the
Floyd | swimming pool, just in case it fills up some day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "101" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 101
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #101 Opera Hall: 4-F-07, Built upon Finney's insistence of higher
Floyd | culture in the community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "are we SURE this book doesn't go on forever"
		DavidW says, "I'm sure."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "102" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 102
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #102 Opera Seats: 4-G-07, Stood through the performance of Finney's
Floyd | first four hundred etudes and got back cramps for my troubles. Felt
Floyd | seats were in order.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "Fou-llama and her butler were the last to move in."
		Teaspoon says, "okies"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "103" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 103
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #103 Opera Stage: 4-H-07, Created a raised stage after it was
Floyd | determined that it's harder for listeners to throw cantaloupes up at
Floyd | the performer than down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "one wonder who was throwing said cantaloupe"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "104" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 104
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #104 Ear Plugs: 4-I-07, I am tired of Finney's etudes. However,
Floyd | granite does make for some very uncomfortable earplugs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "105" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 105
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #105 Finney's Road II: 4-J-07, At Finney's insistence, I extended the
Floyd | paved road from his home to the Opera Hall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "Everyone but Finney?"
		Teaspoon says, "plausible"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "106" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 106
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #106 Rubble Cart: 4-L-07, Fashioned a flatbed hand cart to cope with
Floyd | the disaster. Currently at work cleaning up the cave-in of the
Floyd | Southern Plaza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "yeah, the Opera Hall was mostly for Finney."
		Teaspoon says, "oops"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "107" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 107
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #107 Rubble Elevator: 4-P-07, Built a rock elevator in the castle
Floyd | ladder shaft. Traded disaster debris to Papoosen Rock Company for
Floyd | three hundred unopened bags of Camelkian Toffees. Yum!
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "One wonders, with the failure of granite wear, if everyone is naked. And, if not, if they've figured out softer things to wear, why they wouldn't use that tech to make ear plugs."
		Teaspoon says, "I think it's more a sincere committment to granite"
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Hm."
		Roger says, "overripe cantaloupes"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "108" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 108
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #108 Rubble Wall: 4-U-07, Realized that there was too much debris in
Floyd | South Plaza. Also, the Rock Company ran out of toffees. Alas, I will
Floyd | no longer be able to take toffees for granite. Constructed a granite
Floyd | wall effectively blocking off South Plaza for good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon exclaims, "we won't be able to see the armadillo statues!"
		DavidW says, "I don't remember any nudity, but Mullog might be wearing very little."
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "NOO!"
		Teaspoon says, "how sad that they will be unimplemented"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "109" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 109
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #109 Quarry Supports: 5-F-07, Created supports to strengthen the
Floyd | quarry tunnels, to prevent the possibility of a South Plaza disaster.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "110" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 110
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #110 Door Cart: 8-A-07, After the decision came to seal off the Castle
Floyd | passage, I made a cart to transport the door to Snoobar's.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "111" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 111
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #111 Rock File: 8-C-07, Built a file to even out the rough edges where
Floyd | the door was in the Rock Wall.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "112" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 112
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #112 Resurfacing: 9-1-07, Resurfaced the road running from Finney's to
Floyd | the Opera Hall. Its average usage of 4 pedestrians per day made
Floyd | potholes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "...in granite. Amazing."
		Knight_Otu says, "I want to ask why everyone still came if Finney was so bad, but I guess Finney'd know if someone skipped opera day."
		Teaspoon says, "as a bard, I don't think that question would occur to us"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "113" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 113
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #113 Security Maze: 9-R-07, Created as a result of Madame Fou-llama's
Floyd | distrust of visitors and broom peddlers. May cause problems with Code
Floyd | #114.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "114" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 114
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #114 Granite Crate: 9-S-07, Created a crate to hold the materials for
Floyd | Code #115. On a side note, lost my ring while working around the
Floyd | granite today. Must find.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Why am I not surprised at the distrust."
		Teaspoon says, "running theme"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "115" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 115
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #115 (planned) Granite Statue: Sent materials to Madame Fou-llama's
Floyd | before the Security Maze was activated. May make the statue some day.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "116" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 116
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #116 (planned) Quarry Rock Elevator: Really need to get around to
Floyd | fixing that elevator chain...It's just an accident waiting to happen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oh no, if that's what did in our hero that would be very sad"
		Knight_Otu says, "It's no longer waiting, writer."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "117" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 117
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | The entries only seem to go from 001 through 116.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says (to Teaspoon), "I'm so sorry."
		Teaspoon says, "woe"
		Knight_Otu says, "Long book is long."
		Teaspoon says, "yep"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | The entries only seem to go from 001 through 116.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "drop book" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | The entries only seem to go from 001 through 116.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "Darn"
		DavidW says, "STOP to end read mode"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "STOP" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You shut the manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Construction Office
Floyd | This room consists of little more than a large stone counter before a
Floyd | doorway to the east. Behind the counter hangs an aged banner
Floyd | proclaiming, "Nolava Odd Community Construction Office". Beneath the
Floyd | banner someone has affixed a small day calendar. To the west, a dusty
Floyd | incline leads up into the quarry.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a Building Codes manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
		Jacqueline says, "I thought we were just reading this awesome book for three or more sessions."
		Teaspoon says, "I wouldn't have minded"
		Jacqueline says, "Same"
		Jacqueline says, "I can play for 45 more minutes"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x calendar" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CALENDAR
Floyd |
Floyd | The day calendar was last used on 9-U-07. It's been nearly three years
Floyd | since then.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Entry 450: The armadillos are coming."
		Jacqueline says, "ha"
		Teaspoon says, "snort"
		DavidW says, "See if you can find Finney's house, the Mess Hall, the Library, and Leonine's house."
		Teaspoon says, "is anybody good at mapping"
		Teaspoon says, "cos that person is not me"
		DavidW says, "I have a map already. I just need to open it."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "!"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah. David has a full walkthrough of this game."
		Jacqueline says, "That is true."
		DavidW says, "The exit is east. You entered from the west."
		Jacqueline says, "I feel like we shouldn't look at the map, but that if DW is here he can tell us how to get to and from places we've found."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'll try to map as well just in case. Try."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "onwards, then!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of Volcano
Floyd | You stand in the center of a small community built inside a dormant
Floyd | volcano. High above you, the mouth of the volcano allows a view of the
Floyd | outside sky and the occasional birds in flight.A paved road runs from
Floyd | the southwest to the east and a small well-manicured park is to the
Floyd | south. A dirt path crosses the paved one from the north and goes to
Floyd | the southeast. To the west, stands a small granite building with a
Floyd | bronze plaque by its doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bronze sign shows wear from the elements, probably since it is
Floyd | directly under the volcano mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | CONSTRUCTION OFFICE
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #001
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon asks, "park?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure."
		Jacqueline says, "sure"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Library Lane                              Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library Lane
Floyd | Quaint miniature pine trees line the path which runs south through a
Floyd | manicured park from the north. Nestled in the rocks to the southwest
Floyd | is a single-story building adorned with a bronze plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x trees" 		

Floyd ]  Library Lane                              Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREES
Floyd |
Floyd | Upon closer inspection, you find that the trees are all imitation
Floyd | plastic. Perhaps plantlife does not survive well down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "SURPRISE"
		Knight_Otu says, "If only it had continued raining."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | The room is awash with natural light from several well-placed
Floyd | skylights in the ceiling. Row upon row of shelves fill the center of
Floyd | the library, although it seems that only one of the shelves has any
Floyd | literature upon it. The only exit is back out to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a massive tome sitting in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "But then we may have drowned."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "another book!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x tome" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The tome seems to be a reference book of some sort, with entries for
Floyd | various aspects of Papoosen and the Nolava Community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...do we wanna read this or do we wanna map"
		Jacqueline says, "OH YAY ANOTHER BOOK"
		Knight_Otu says, "We can look up a few, I guess."
		DavidW says, "This one is more like an encyclopedia where you look up topics like armadillos."
		Jacqueline says, "I LOVE BOOKS"
		Jacqueline laughs.
		Teaspoon says, "I'm in for this"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "open tome" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN TOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You open up the massive tome.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now in Book-Reading Mode. To look up a subject, type in the
Floyd | subject. To turn to a random page, type in RANDOM. To close the book,
Floyd | type STOP).
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "engage Book-reading mode"
		DavidW says, "all the residents and the King should have entries."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "armadillo" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ARMADILLO
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Armadillos:
Floyd | In spite of its heavy coat of armor reaching from head to end of tail,
Floyd | the armadillo can swim. And because it can undergo considerable
Floyd | exertion for six minutes without breathing, it walks submerged across
Floyd | the bottom of small streams and ponds. The animal is normally
Floyd | solitary, although several of the same sex are sometimes found in one
Floyd | of the four or five burrows or ledge crevices which the average animal
Floyd | maintains.
Floyd |
Floyd | The home den contains a nest made of half a bushel of dry grass and
Floyd | leaves, while the other burrows serve as emergency shelters. The
Floyd | tunnels are only 10 to 15 feet long and generally have one entrance
Floyd | under a stump.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "leonine" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEONINE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Leonine 1/05:
Floyd | Leonine was the original Odd man and created the Community through
Floyd | hard work and a little magic. The self-appointed "Wizard of Odd", he
Floyd | is one of the last living members to remain and spends much of his
Floyd | time wandering through the community or inventing new magical spells.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "odd" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ODD
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community 1/05:
Floyd | Our community, founded by Leonine, is a wonderful enclave of truly
Floyd | "odd" folk. Created to escape the absurdities of the common people up
Floyd | above, the Community is both an experiment in creative granite uses
Floyd | and habitation of a supposedly dormant volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | It should be noted that the original nom de plume of the community was
Floyd | "Avalon". But because of intellectual property disputes with the
Floyd | Papoosen Legend Outfit, the more fitting "Nolava" was chosen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "papoosen" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PAPOOSEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Papoosen:
Floyd | The principal kingdom by default, since no other kingdoms have been
Floyd | discovered. Papoosen is run under a dictatorial monarchy in which the
Floyd | king gets anything he demands. All the people love and adore him.
Floyd |
Floyd | This entry looks to have been modified a good deal.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "...really"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "king" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > KING
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | King Goosen:
Floyd | The grandiloquent benefactor of all that is serpiphical, may he live
Floyd | forever and grant his unboundable wisdom upon his heirs.
Floyd |
Floyd | This entry seems to have been modified.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "snort"
		Knight_Otu says, "The king has agents down here."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "granite" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GRANITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Granite:
Floyd | A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and
Floyd | mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. Quite
Floyd | abundant in the Community, and therefore used in many aspects of daily
Floyd | life, ranging from toothbrushes to pillows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "quarry" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > QUARRY
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Stone Quarry:
Floyd | The stone quarry is the Odd Community's prime resource, a seemingly
Floyd | bottomless store of granite, which is useful in many building
Floyd | situations. It was this quarry that made the building of a community
Floyd | in the volcano a feasible option.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "madame" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > MADAME
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Madame Fou-llama and the Security Maze 1/07:
Floyd | Madame Fou-llama is a collector of fine antiques. She was the last Odd
Floyd | Community resident to move here, and her token-female-ish nature will
Floyd | no doubt allow this community to appeal to every gender of visitor.
Floyd | Leery of broom peddlers, Madame Fou-llama had a security maze
Floyd | constructed in front of her house which can only be passed by spelling
Floyd | out the owner's name without stopping in the middle. It is believed
Floyd | that Madame Fou-llama is still trapped in her estate, since the
Floyd | realization that her name can only be spelled out on the way INTO the
Floyd | maze. Madame Fou-llama is presumed to be alive, and resides with her
Floyd | butler, Mr. Amoshtuff.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "amoshtuff" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > AMOSHTUFF
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Butler Amoshtuff 1/07:
Floyd | This dashing young fellow is the personal servant of Madame Fou-llama.
Floyd | He resides in a small cottage on the Fou-llama estate, maintaining her
Floyd | home and preparing her seemingly inexhaustible supply of tea.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "poont" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > POONT
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Poont 5/05:
Floyd | Poont became the third member of the Odd Community and spent much of
Floyd | his time in the lab, experimenting with new technologies and magic. He
Floyd | passed away in a tragic mishap with his new experimental prototype.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "*blows trumpet*"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "finney" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > FINNEY
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Finney the Musician 1/05:
Floyd | Finney was the original companion of Leonine when the Nolava Community
Floyd | first took flight. A venerable xylophonist up above, he left Papoosen
Floyd | after a fledgling company gained a monopoly over all twenty-four major
Floyd | and minor scales, greatly limiting his musical vocabulary. Since then,
Floyd | Finney has done much research into the uses of granite in music and
Floyd | supported Ahtha's efforts at granite instruments. Sadly, Finney
Floyd | decided to move on when granite shipments from the quarry dried up on
Floyd | Ahtha's apparent demise. Finney was also known to dabble in sculpture
Floyd | work, but his work never reached the same artistic level as Snoobar.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ahtha" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > AHTHA
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ahtha the Builder 1/05:
Floyd | Ahtha was hired by Leonine because of his reputation as a master
Floyd | stonesmith. A combination of his skill and others' magic allowed the
Floyd | quick construction of many structures in the Community. In his free
Floyd | time, the man ate Camelkian Toffees and experimented in new forms of
Floyd | granite shaping. Tragically, Ahtha is assumed to have perished in the
Floyd | quarry since nothing has been heard since then. Since Ahtha spent so
Floyd | much time there, the quarry was respectfully sealed off as his final
Floyd | resting place.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "toffee" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TOFFEE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Camelkian Toffees:
Floyd | Considered a delicacy in some parts of Papoosen, these almond toffees
Floyd | are actually quite repulsive in taste, and rare is the fellow who can
Floyd | eat more than two at a time without feeling nauseated.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oooooh so this place wasn't initially intended as a place for the king to throw people"
		Knight_Otu asks, "As a guess, we could have found Ahtha's corpse?"
		Teaspoon says, "but as a social commune"
		DavidW says (to KO), "Yes."
		Teaspoon says, "...that would be very sad"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "snoobar" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > SNOOBAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Snoobar 7/06:
Floyd | Snoobar was the fifth member of the Odd Community. Distrustful of
Floyd | salesmen of all stripes, Snoobar commissioned an "uphill" hill to be
Floyd | built around his house. People who approach with intent to sell goods
Floyd | find that the journey to the door and back are both uphill - usually a
Floyd | good half mile at a sixty degree angle to the horizontal. Snoobar's
Floyd | purple house showed off his love of colour and it is said that he had
Floyd | a magical vault inside where he stored his art and other
Floyd | unmentionables. It has been presumed that Snoobar is currently locked
Floyd | up inside his house, the security measures too stringent for him to
Floyd | exit. The general consensus is that he misplaced his one-of-a-kind
Floyd | Doofa-certified key and can no longer open the front door. In the
Floyd | house of Snoobar is a giant purple vault to protect his valuables. As
Floyd | a trusted friend, Squiggy was given the means to open the vault
Floyd | although it did no good once Snoobar became locked in his house.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "I think 'x debris' in the platform/hole room would have revealed a skeleton and a note."
		Teaspoon asks, "what did the note say?"
		DavidW says, "My notes say it mentions a lost ring."
		Knight_Otu says, "Ah."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "squiggy" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > SQUIGGY
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Squiggy 1/06:
Floyd | The fourth member of the Odd Community, Squiggy was a master magician
Floyd | and lived in a tower in the elite section of the Odd Community. His
Floyd | tower had no doors or windows and Squiggy delighted in teleporting
Floyd | throughout the volcano. However, tragedy reared its frazzled head in
Floyd | 7/08 when Squiggy accidently teleported himself into the wall of his
Floyd | tower.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "'art and other unmentionables'"
		DavidW says, "And you wouldn't've seen an entire skeleton, just the hand."
		Teaspoon says, "aw"
		Jacqueline says, "aw man"
		Jacqueline says, "sad trumpet"
		Roger says, "could we try looking up GRANITE"
		Jacqueline sits back, waits for a giant granite entry.
		Knight_Otu asks, "Didn't we?"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "moilan" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan:
Floyd | A guard who was hired to patrol the northern "elite" section of the
Floyd | Odd Community. He has an affinity for chocolate products of all kinds
Floyd | and protects his assigned gate with a single-mindedness that anyone
Floyd | can admire.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "I did granite earlier, but you can read it again."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh right. We did."
		Roger says, "I haven't been glued to this window but don't rewind just for me"
		Jacqueline says, "It wasn't as massive as one might think."
		Jacqueline says, "It's fine."
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "granite" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GRANITE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Granite:
Floyd | A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and
Floyd | mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. Quite
Floyd | abundant in the Community, and therefore used in many aspects of daily
Floyd | life, ranging from toothbrushes to pillows.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "fudge" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > FUDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fudge:
Floyd | A delicacy not often found in the Odd Community, but abundant on the
Floyd | surface.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Roger says, "thanks"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "bank" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > BANK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | The Fifth Bank of Nolava 3/05:
Floyd | A wonder in modern architecture, this structure was built, not
Floyd | surprisingly, from granite. The bank houses a communal safe used by
Floyd | every resident of the Odd Community. This safe is protected by a
Floyd | devious trap! Amazingly few bank tellers have lost their lives,
Floyd | undoubtedly due to the fact that there never were any to begin with.
Floyd | This safe ended up being rarely used, since most Oddsmen found their
Floyd | own homes to be more secure than the bank. Poont and Leonine were both
Floyd | known to use the safe on occasion, although all of the first five
Floyd | Oddsmen had keys. By the time the widow entered the community, the
Floyd | bank had fallen into disuse.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "welcome"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "mullog" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > MULLOG
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mullog:
Floyd | A scrawny little fellow who predates the Odd Community. Zoning battles
Floyd | were originally fought when the Construction Office was first
Floyd | established since rocks were mined directly from Mullog's subterranean
Floyd | lair. A compromise was reached when Mullog agreed to allow mining in
Floyd | exchange for a monthly supply of Camelkian Toffees.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu asks, "The "Fifth" Bank?"
		DavidW says, "Spell Mullog backwards."
		Teaspoon says, "wow"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		Jacqueline says, "Ever since Avalon I've been watching for those."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "library" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > LIBRARY
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Library:
Floyd | The library was erected in 06 at the behest of both Finney and Poont,
Floyd | with the expectation that it would soon be filled with much
Floyd | literature. The passing years brought a single reference book and a
Floyd | box of Poont's pamphlets, mostly because Finney refused to share his
Floyd | private library of knowledge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh. Was the ring Mullog's, then? (Don't answer that.)"
		DavidW says, "oh, the pamphlets are on a shelf here."
		Teaspoon says, "does it make us invisible"
		Jacqueline says, "oooh"
		Peregrine says, "my preciousss"
		Teaspoon says, "ok, I think I looked up all the npcs"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x ben" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > X BEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "ben" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > BEN
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "pretty sure that guard was named ben"
DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > XYZZY
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | This page seems to have been ripped out...
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Peregrine says, "hah"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "gnome" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > GNOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Lenny the Head Gnome 7/05:
Floyd | Hmm...this entry has been purged.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "figures"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "volcano" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > VOLCANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Volcano:
Floyd | Dormant for many years, the volcano sits in the center of the Kingdom
Floyd | of Papoosen. Orchestra Pit and the stone quarry can be found under its
Floyd | western face, and King Goosen's castle looks over the land from the
Floyd | south face. Some people have questioned the curious lack of volcanic
Floyd | rock within the volcano, and the reasoning behind it still isn't
Floyd | entirely understood. One noted scholar suggested that the inside of
Floyd | the volcano was completely granite to aid future playwrights with
Floyd | productions of events within the volcano. Since igneous rock was
Floyd | unnecessarily expensive, he reasoned, playwrights with fuzzibusters
Floyd | could easily write a drama on the events in the volcano. This theory
Floyd | was quickly dismissed when people realized that nothing interesting
Floyd | ever happened in the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "I have a list of topics. I think 'Doofa' has been mentioned once or twice by the other book."
		Teaspoon says, "o"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "doofa" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > DOOFA
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Doofa and Doofa-Certified Products:
Floyd | Doofa - a veritable genius of the last century. When Doofa entered the
Floyd | realm of commercial ventures, he saw men all around him scrambling for
Floyd | control and dominance in every market from clocks to toffees.
Floyd | Realizing he could never compete with such fierce competition, Doofa
Floyd | instead formed the Doofa Certification Board, a stringent one-person
Floyd | committee which requires "every product ever made and everything else"
Floyd | to be thoroughly inspected before distribution. His "monopoly on
Floyd | monopolies" has since earned him great wealth, and Doofa certification
Floyd | is a household term, even years after his death.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "clock" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Stebar Clocks:
Floyd | Contrary to popular belief, the Stebar business does not make clocks.
Floyd | In the initial monopoly rush, old man Stebar claimed a monopoly on the
Floyd | creation of all clocks in Papoosen. To protect it, he rounded up all
Floyd | the clockmakers and had them deported. Unfortunately for old man
Floyd | Stebar, no one on his staff knew how to make clocks. So in the
Floyd | meantime, Stebar Clocks has launched a massive advertising campaign,
Floyd | hoping that enough interest will be generated in Papoosen while his
Floyd | staff learns how to make clocks, a feat which is proceeding very
Floyd | slowly.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "fuzzibuster" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > FUZZIBUSTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuzzibuster:
Floyd | A device invented by some anonymous young pre-monopoly worker many
Floyd | years past. It has the ability to make ordinary inexpensive materials
Floyd | resemble, to all outward appearances, granite. Its purposes are quite
Floyd | limited, although they are frequently in high demand by the Papoosen
Floyd | Legend Outfit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "I can see that being useful here"
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "trumpet" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Trumpet:
Floyd | The trumpet is a member of the brass family of instruments, in which
Floyd | sound is generated by buzzing lips (preferably your own) inside a
Floyd | mouthpiece. With the addition of three valves along the tubing, the
Floyd | trumpet has a wide range of pitches and is quite suitable as both a
Floyd | fanfaric and a balladic instrument.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "xylophone" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > XYLOPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Xylophone:
Floyd | A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated, tuned wooden
Floyd | bars supported at nodal points and struck with padded mallets.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "opera" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > OPERA
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Opera Hall:
Floyd | At the urging of Finney, the Opera Hall was built in the Odd
Floyd | Community. Constructed from blue glass and other materials with solid
Floyd | acoustical properties, the hall reached a cultural highpoint with
Floyd | Finney's performance of "Finney's First Four Hundred Etudes".
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
DavidW says (to Floyd), "neo-wonk" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NEO-WONK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Neo-Wonk Art:
Floyd | Wonk refers to the movement of finding random assortments of pebbles
Floyd | along the side of the road and signing them, thus making them works of
Floyd | art. The movement came to an end at the height of its popularity when
Floyd | roads disappeared overnight from the efforts of zealous artists trying
Floyd | to monopolize the art. The Neo-Wonk movement allows artists to include
Floyd | random jumbles of any object, not just pebbles. This was decided in
Floyd | hopes that the roads of Papoosen would not disappear again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "very wise to be sure"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "monopoly" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > MONOPOLY
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Commerce in Papoosen:
Floyd | In times past, commerce in Papoosen was a free and open market. Then
Floyd | one day, a wagon wheel maker realized that she would have a much
Floyd | better chance at profits if she were the only wagon wheel maker in the
Floyd | business. Rather than take the time to actually corner the wheel
Floyd | market and create high quality parts, she instead opted to "register"
Floyd | her monopoly with the current king. As merchants realized how easy it
Floyd | could be to claim a monopoly without doing any more work than before,
Floyd | the rush was on. People claimed monopolies on almost everything
Floyd | imaginable, even things which they never even planned on selling.
Floyd | Things peaked when Doofa created his certification board and took the
Floyd | monopoly on monopolies. The rush ended soon after, with one minor
Floyd | consequence for the people of Papoosen. Due to a miscalculation by old
Floyd | man Stebar, no new clocks could be made and so the passing of time
Floyd | went out of vogue as the older clocks stopped working.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "bard" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > BARD
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "Timeless land."
DavidW says (to Floyd), "maze of dread" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > MAZE OF DREAD
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Maze of Dread:
Floyd | This maze separates Snoobar's house from the rest of the community.
Floyd | Tales have been told of people entering and never returning, although
Floyd | most tales are probably tall, given the lack of visitors to the
Floyd | community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "that's why it's still dawn I guess"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "random" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > RANDOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip to a random page...
Floyd |
Floyd | Volcano:
Floyd | Dormant for many years, the volcano sits in the center of the Kingdom
Floyd | of Papoosen. Orchestra Pit and the stone quarry can be found under its
Floyd | western face, and King Goosen's castle looks over the land from the
Floyd | south face. Some people have questioned the curious lack of volcanic
Floyd | rock within the volcano, and the reasoning behind it still isn't
Floyd | entirely understood. One noted scholar suggested that the inside of
Floyd | the volcano was completely granite to aid future playwrights with
Floyd | productions of events within the volcano. Since igneous rock was
Floyd | unnecessarily expensive, he reasoned, playwrights with fuzzibusters
Floyd | could easily write a drama on the events in the volcano. This theory
Floyd | was quickly dismissed when people realized that nothing interesting
Floyd | ever happened in the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "south plaza" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SOUTH PLAZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "Time in this game is like in Eric the Unready. You do something significant, the sun jumps ahead."
		Teaspoon asks, "are we done with book?"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "plaza" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAZA
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "disaster" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > DISASTER
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "You're mostly done, yes."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "random" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > RANDOM
Floyd |
Floyd | You flip to a random page...
Floyd |
Floyd | Fuzzibuster:
Floyd | A device invented by some anonymous young pre-monopoly worker many
Floyd | years past. It has the ability to make ordinary inexpensive materials
Floyd | resemble, to all outward appearances, granite. Its purposes are quite
Floyd | limited, although they are frequently in high demand by the Papoosen
Floyd | Legend Outfit.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "legend" 		

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Floyd |
Floyd | > LEGEND
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Papoosen Legend Outfit:
Floyd | This outfit is a traveling performance troupe which often reenacts
Floyd | historical scenes in the history of Papoosen. Since the coronation of
Floyd | King Goosen however, its memorable series of "Bartholomew the Daring
Floyd | Duck" pantomimes have been banned.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "There's more topics, but you can return later. Or 'random' them out, sure."
Roger goes home. 		
Roger has disconnected. 		Teaspoon says, "oh, that's why we got in trouble"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "duck" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Ducks:
Floyd | Ducks are waterfowl not indigenous to the Greater Papoosen Area. Ever
Floyd | since the first King adopted a surname with the word "goose" in it,
Floyd | the popularity of ducks has declined remarkably. Before all the ducks
Floyd | were rounded up and bundled off to Jahoosa, there were two types found
Floyd | in the wild. The "White Duck" so called because it was white was often
Floyd | used by sport fisherman to catch various types of fish. The "Yellow
Floyd | Duck", so called because of its reddish-brown wings used to be a
Floyd | common sight in towns where they were trained to hunt rats.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. 		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "jahoosa" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > JAHOOSA
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Jahoosa:
Floyd | Jahoosa is a small town on the outskirts of Papoosen. Recently, waves
Floyd | of displaced ducks have taken over this quiet little town, making most
Floyd | of the townspeople stay indoors. Exportation of fertilizer has
Floyd | increased tenfold, however.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bear" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > BEAR
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Bears:
Floyd | Grizzly bear dens are usually found within the mountains, at
Floyd | elevations around 7300 feet. In this region, there is typically high
Floyd | precipitation and snowfall, and the growing season is brief. A natural
Floyd | chamber such as a cave or hollow tree may once in a while be used as a
Floyd | bear den, however, grizzlies almost always dig their own dens.
Floyd |
Floyd | Dens are usually dug horizontally into slopes, where the bear flings
Floyd | an incredible shower of rock and rubble out between its legs and down
Floyd | the mountainside. Each den contains a tunnel and a chamber, the
Floyd | chamber is larger in height and width than the tunnel. The chamber of
Floyd | most dens are shallow cup-shaped beds, lined with fir boughs, grass or
Floyd | small twigs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "fourth" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > FOURTH
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | You don't seem to find an entry for that.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Teaspoon says, "oh well"
		Teaspoon asks, "shall we look for those pamphlets?"
		Jacqueline says, "Sure"
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's."
		DavidW says, "STOP to stop read mode."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "STOP" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the tome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "look" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | The room is awash with natural light from several well-placed
Floyd | skylights in the ceiling. Row upon row of shelves fill the center of
Floyd | the library, although it seems that only one of the shelves has any
Floyd | literature upon it. The only exit is back out to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a massive tome sitting in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x shelf" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELF
Floyd |
Floyd | The center bookshelf has a display box which contains several hundred
Floyd | copies of an informational pamphlet entitled "A Timeline of the Nolava
Floyd | Odd Community, by Poont". Apparently they aren't in high demand.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "take pamphlet" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TAKE PAMPHLET
Floyd |
Floyd | You take a pamphlet from the box.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read pamphlet" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PAMPHLET
Floyd |
Floyd | (the Timeline pamphlet)
Floyd | A BRIEF TIMELINE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF THE NOLAVA ODD
Floyd | COMMUNITY
Floyd | by Poont
Floyd | The pamphlet seems to be divided up by year, with sections for 05, 06,
Floyd | 07, and 08.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now in Book-Reading Mode. To read about a specific year in
Floyd | the pamphlet, just type in the year. To close the pamphlet, type
Floyd | STOP).
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "05" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 05
Floyd |
Floyd | You skim through the pamphlet searching for that year...
Floyd |
Floyd | * 1/05: Leonine, our illustrious founding father has the brilliant
Floyd | idea to create a community of odd folk at the bottom of a dormant
Floyd | volcano in Papoosen.
Floyd | * 1/05: Ahtha, the illustrious builder is sent into the volcano to
Floyd | prepare for the coming of our grandiose community. He immediately sets
Floyd | to work mining the main resource - granite.
Floyd | * 1/05: Once the tunnel up to the surface has been completed, Leonine
Floyd | makes the journey into the underground, accompanied by his friend and
Floyd | fellow Oddsman, Finney, the illustrious musician.
Floyd | * 2/05: A terrible rainstorm occured, nearly flooding the fledgling
Floyd | community before draining measures were implemented. The first
Floyd | hardship successfully faced by the illustrious Oddsmen!
Floyd | * 2/05: The magnificent South Plaza was created, for all our
Floyd | entertainment and festive needs.
Floyd | * 3/05: The Fifth Bank of Nolava is constructed. Although it was
Floyd | actually the first bank, it was christened "Fifth" to be...well...
Floyd | Odd.
Floyd | * 5/05: The third Oddsman, myself, joined the Odd Community. For those
Floyd | laymen unfamiliar with me, I am Poont, illustrious experimenter!
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Knight_Otu says, "They were quite optimistic about the eventual sizeof their commune."
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "06" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 06
Floyd |
Floyd | You skim through the pamphlet searching for that year...
Floyd |
Floyd | * 1/06: After a long wait, the fourth Oddsman joined our illustrious
Floyd | community. He was Squiggy, a master of magic, much like Leonine.
Floyd | * 7/06: Snoobar, the illustrious artist, became the fifth Oddsman, and
Floyd | a welcome addition he was!
Floyd | * 9/06: With the backing of myself and my illustrious compatriot,
Floyd | Finney, this magnificent library was created.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), " 07" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | >  07
Floyd |
Floyd | You skim through the pamphlet searching for that year...
Floyd |
Floyd | * 1/07: The sixth Oddsman, and first lady of Nolava came to join our
Floyd | illustrious group. She was Madame Fou-llama, a collector of fine
Floyd | antiques.
Floyd | * 4/07: To show our deep appreciation for the arts, we have made a
Floyd | fine and beautiful Opera Hall.
Floyd | * 4/07: The second disaster struck! But our illustrious group never
Floyd | gave ground for an instant. The area where South Plaza once stood is
Floyd | naught but a massive mountain of granite rubble after a major quake
Floyd | shook the volcano.
Floyd | * 8/07: The decision was made to seal ourselves off from the outside
Floyd | world for good, because of problems with Papoosen guards and rummer
Floyd | salesmen. The illustrious Snoobar was given the door for safekeeping
Floyd | and the illustrious Finney was given the key.
Floyd | * 9/07: Poor illustrious Ahtha vanished without a trace in the quarry.
Floyd | After several weeks went by without word, the decision was made to
Floyd | seal off the Construction Office.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		Jacqueline says, "wow. Even the pamphlet has book reading mode."
		Teaspoon says, "we should look up rummer"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "08" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > 08
Floyd |
Floyd | You skim through the pamphlet searching for that year...
Floyd |
Floyd | * 1/08: Bored with his surroundings and lacking anyone to mine granite
Floyd | for new instruments, Finney decided to part with our company. He shall
Floyd | be missed...
Floyd | * 3/08: Snoobar has been locked in his purple house for five months
Floyd | now without word, and no one can get in to check up on the illustrious
Floyd | fellow. We shall hope for the best but assume the worst. He shall be
Floyd | missed...
Floyd | * 7/08: It would seem that Squiggy passed away yesterday. Because his
Floyd | tower has a door which doesn't open from the outside, he routinely
Floyd | teleports in. But he miscalculated somehow, and is now permanently
Floyd | part of the tower walls. He shall be missed...
Floyd | * 9/08: Our merry community is now down to three, and yet Madame
Floyd | Fou-llama has not been heard from since she erected her inescapable
Floyd | security maze. I worry for the future, but Leonine is quite chipper.
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "STOP" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You put the pamphlet away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x tome" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TOME
Floyd |
Floyd | The tome seems to be a reference book of some sort, with entries for
Floyd | various aspects of Papoosen and the Nolava Community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "rummer" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "read tome" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ TOME
Floyd |
Floyd | You open up the massive tome.
Floyd |
Floyd | (You are now in Book-Reading Mode. To look up a subject, type in the
Floyd | subject. To turn to a random page, type in RANDOM. To close the book,
Floyd | type STOP).
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "rummer" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > RUMMER
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book looking for an entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | Rummer:
Floyd | A large drinking glass. A loose conglomerate of salesmen own the
Floyd | selling monopoly on all rummers in Papoosen. They go to great lengths
Floyd | to market their product, using techniques such as kidnapping pets in
Floyd | exchange for rummer sales. The most recent marketing slogan for
Floyd | rummers is "Rummers: They're great to drink from! Buy now, or we'll
Floyd | come visit your home and make you buy one."
Floyd |
Floyd | >>

		DavidW says, "look up rummer in tome"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "STOP" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > STOP
Floyd |
Floyd | You close the tome.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "You don't *have* to enter read mode."
		Teaspoon says, "oh, that's nice"
		Teaspoon exclaims, "well, I think we've read al the literature in the place!"
		Knight_Otu says, "Good to know."
		Teaspoon says, "yay us"
		Jacqueline asks, "I'm headed out in 10, so maybe we just pause?"
		Jacqueline asks, "For the week?"
		DavidW says, "You've read the majority of written texts in the game."
		Teaspoon says, "suits me"
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, we can stop here."
		Teaspoon says, "I'm probably off shortly also"
		DavidW says, "Please play the trumpet once!"
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You raise the trumpet to your lips and tentatively play the first few
Floyd | notes of "Ode to a Duck". The notes seem to come easily under your
Floyd | fingers and you definitely sound better than you ever have before. But
Floyd | most surprisingly, the end of the song is coupled with the appearance
Floyd | of a white duck!
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck flaps up to the bookshelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | The melody from "Ode to a Duck" echoes through the air but nothing
Floyd | happens.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon says (to Floyd), "x duck" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a little white duck with no distinguishing features.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck hops off the shelf.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "pet duck" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PET DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck cautiously allows itself to be pet.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck quacks loudly, and then hangs its head ashamedly after
Floyd | realizing where it is.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "...I think we can freak out the king pretty well with this duck"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		Teaspoon says, "it'll be awesome"
		Teaspoon asks, "shall we save here then?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		DavidW says, "The trumpet magic is weak at first, but as you gain points, your skill improves too. Just like in Enchanter."
		Teaspoon says, "oh so we can summon a FLOCK of ducks"
Knight_Otu says (to Floyd), "cfa4_trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7             Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Teaspoon says, "groovy"
		DavidW says, "I mean, sometimes your magic fails."
		Jacqueline says, "Thanks, folks."
		Teaspoon exclaims, "same!"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Thanks all!"
		Peregrine says, "Nightnight"
Teaspoon disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Roger says, "the duck abides"
Roger disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. 		Knight_Otu says, "Stay safe, and good night."
		DavidW says, "thanks all"
		
*** SESSION 2 *** 		
		Jacqueline says, "So, a year ago when we played this... I know it was just last week, but such a long week..."
Jacqueline says (to Peregrine), "We're in the ClubHouse" 		
Peregrine has arrived. 		
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library
Floyd | The room is awash with natural light from several well-placed
Floyd | skylights in the ceiling. Row upon row of shelves fill the center
Floyd | of
Floyd | the library, although it seems that only one of the shelves has any
Floyd | literature upon it. The only exit is back out to the northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a small duck standing here, looking content.
Floyd |
Floyd | There is a massive tome sitting in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck waddles about, exploring its surroundings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "The duck makes this the best game."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's weird, it feels like the days are taking longer to pass, but the weeks go by quickly."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "yeah"
Jacqueline says (to ClubFloyd), "x duck" 		

Floyd ]  Library                                   Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DUCK
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a little white duck with no distinguishing features.
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck squats down on the ground and closes its eyes.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks (of Jacq), "Just making sure, my reply mail arrived?"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Oh. Yes, yes it did. Thanks for the reminder."
		Knight_Otu says, "Got it."
		Jacqueline says, "So, last week we learned all about the people who have come and the things that were built."
		Jacqueline asks, "And we are still trapped and this is mostly about escape?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, we were on a journal spree."
		Jacqueline says, "RIght"
		Jacqueline says, "so... now what"
		Jacqueline asks, "?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we are trapped. With a few people wary of strangers."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we explore a bit."
		DavidW says, "I think you've read stuff. I'd go find Leonine's house and Finley's house. Or the mess hall. Or the Opera House."
		Iria says, "Late again. Blame it on numerous factors."
		Jacqueline asks (of iria), "Do you have a ClubHouse pass?"
		Jacqueline asks, "er, have I added you to the room?"
		Knight_Otu says (to Iria), "Actually we're starting."
		Jacqueline says, "I need to make passes. No one has a pass yet."
		Iria asks, "How do I get a pass?"
		Jacqueline says, "I just whispered to you."
		Jacqueline says, "Okay, now type CLUBHOUSE"
Iria has arrived. 		
Peregrine says, "welcome to the clubhouse" 		
Iria says, "Thanks" 		
Peregrine says, "we have a wide range of clubs. Some date back to the Cro-Magnon era." 		
Jacqueline says, "snrk" 		
Peregrine says, "we also have clubs with spikes, truncheons, wiffle bats..." 		Jacqueline asks, "Okay. On channel and on task now... where to?"
		Jacqueline says, "And who's driving? As usual, I would prefer to not be it."
		DavidW asks, "I think the exit is east or northeast?"
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess if I'm already mapping a bit."
		Knight_Otu says, "Northeast according to my map."
		Jacqueline hugs Knight.
		Peregrine says, "aww"
		Knight_Otu says, "Unless Teaspoon wants to drive again. They've just connected."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh. Hey, hey. Tsp"
		Teaspoon says, "not today"
		Jacqueline says, "aww"
		Teaspoon says, "testing a new client"
		Jacqueline says, "Not at all, or just not driving - ah, okay"
		Knight_Otu asks, "We're in the clubhouse, by the way. I'm not sure if you were already added?"
		Teaspoon says, "it seems to work but I haven't worked out the bugs"
Teaspoon has arrived. 		Knight_Otu says, "Cool."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Library Lane                              Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Library Lane
Floyd | Quaint miniature pine trees line the path which runs south through
Floyd | a
Floyd | manicured park from the north. Nestled in the rocks to the
Floyd | southwest
Floyd | is a single-story building adorned with a bronze plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Library Lane                              Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a Timeline pamphlet
Floyd |   a trumpet
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Will the duck poof away at some point?"
		DavidW says, "No. You can resummon it, though, you your location."
		Knight_Otu says, "Also, we didn't pick up that other book with the building codes. We may want that."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks, David."
Roger has arrived. 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of Volcano
Floyd | You stand in the center of a small community built inside a dormant
Floyd | volcano. High above you, the mouth of the volcano allows a view of
Floyd | the
Floyd | outside sky and the occasional birds in flight.A paved road runs
Floyd | from
Floyd | the southwest to the east and a small well-manicured park is to the
Floyd | south. A dirt path crosses the paved one from the north and goes to
Floyd | the southeast. To the west, stands a small granite building with a
Floyd | bronze plaque by its doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x birds" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BIRDS
Floyd |
Floyd | The occasional bird flies through the sky outside the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Peregrine says, "ah, the jolly roger still flies" 		Jacqueline says, "Aw man. Freedom."
		Jacqueline says, "Those birds are free."
		Knight_Otu says, "f grow wings"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		DavidW says, "Learn more magic."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Construction Office
Floyd | This room consists of little more than a large stone counter before
Floyd | a
Floyd | doorway to the east. Behind the counter hangs an aged banner
Floyd | proclaiming, "Nolava Odd Community Construction Office". Beneath
Floyd | the
Floyd | banner someone has affixed a small day calendar. To the west, a
Floyd | dusty
Floyd | incline leads up into the quarry.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the counter is a Building Codes manual.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "we'll have to wing it"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get manual" 		

Floyd ]  Construction Office                       Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of Volcano
Floyd | You stand in the center of a small community built inside a dormant
Floyd | volcano. High above you, the mouth of the volcano allows a view of
Floyd | the
Floyd | outside sky and the occasional birds in flight.A paved road runs
Floyd | from
Floyd | the southwest to the east and a small well-manicured park is to the
Floyd | south. A dirt path crosses the paved one from the north and goes to
Floyd | the southeast. To the west, stands a small granite building with a
Floyd | bronze plaque by its doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "now I'm imagining the grass coated in pink nail polish"
		Peregrine says, "'well-manicured park'"
		Knight_Otu says, "I think we have four paths here. North, east, southwest, southeast."
		Jacqueline says, "ah. I was trying to figure that out."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Any preferences?"
		Jacqueline says, "(The pink nail polish thing, I mean)"
		Teaspoon says, "north"
		DavidW says, "They're all good at this point."
		Peregrine says, "Have we look at the plaque"
		Peregrine says, "*looked"
		Knight_Otu says, "f x plague"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plague" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAGUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oops."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bronze sign shows wear from the elements, probably since it is
Floyd | directly under the volcano mouth.
Floyd |
Floyd | CONSTRUCTION OFFICE
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #001
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Freudian slip much?"
		Peregrine says, "[Insert COVID-19 joke here]"
		Knight_Otu says, "Apparently."
		Knight_Otu says, "Double oops there by me."
		Jacqueline says, "hahaha haha ha hawwwwwwwww"
		Knight_Otu says, "Anyway, the plaques hold building codes that we can look up in the manual."
		Peregrine says, "Must have been hard to construct the construction office without having a construction office."
		Teaspoon says, "hah"
		Jacqueline says (to P), "Very meta"
		Knight_Otu says, "Chicken and egg situation."
		Peregrine says (to Jacqueline), "I meta joke on the way to the punchline."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oww."
		Teaspoon says, "book I"
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Teaspoon says, "oh boo, an auto correct"
		Teaspoon says, "joy"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 1 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 1 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #001 Nolava Construction Office: 1-N-05, Created from the Ploog
Floyd | Fund
Floyd | for the mining of granite and other materials beneath the ground.
Floyd | Ran
Floyd | into a few zoning problems with Mullog.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "So we go north."
		Jacqueline says, "Oh gosh. How could I have forgotten all the gran-- I guess I took the granite for granted."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd | The dirt path meanders through odd rock formations before leading
Floyd | you
Floyd | to a Mess Hall...
Floyd |
Floyd | Mess Hall
Floyd | You are standing in a long room, empty except for a wooden table in
Floyd | the center. Doorways lead back out to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the table are a fudge brownie and an empty metal cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "heh"
		Teaspoon says, "there's enough of it"
		Knight_Otu says, "The granite is gonna be ba-salty."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "And I was being so good at not using that joke this session."
		Jacqueline says, "See, I literally had forgotten about the granite."
		Peregrine says, "Talk about going against the grain-nite"
		Jacqueline says, "Then as I typed that, I Knew someone would use the opportunity to make a joke."
		Jacqueline says, "So I just preempted it."
		Jacqueline says, "I think I did the right thing."
		Peregrine says, "Jacq is a rock."
		DavidW says, "Let's see if you guys do the right thing here."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x table" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The table is fairly plain, with benches attached on either side. On
Floyd | the table you see a fudge brownie and an empty metal cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Teaspoon teleports home to the sound of tortured piano strings. 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x benches" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BENCHES
Floyd |
Floyd | The table is fairly plain, with benches attached on either side. On
Floyd | the table you see a fudge brownie and an empty metal cup.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x brownie" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BROWNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | The brownie doesn't look more than a day-old. It probably hasn't
Floyd | been
Floyd | here long.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "It's the Holy Grail! And a brownie."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x cup" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | The cup has its share of dents and scratches from accumulated use.
Floyd | It
Floyd | looks big enough to hold several fifths of liquid, but thankfully,
Floyd | any
Floyd | obscure jokes about parallel fifths have been omitted.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oh dear"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf1" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "eat brownie" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > EAT BROWNIE
Floyd |
Floyd | As you reach for the brownie, a voice rings out over your shoulder.
Floyd | "Hurr hurr! You be getting away from moi' brownie, thief!" A short
Floyd | bearded man in a helmet charges into the room and snatches the
Floyd | brownie
Floyd | off the counter, popping it into his mouth with great relish.
Floyd | "Mmmmm,
Floyd | fudge." He glares at you. "You be staying offa moi' lunch, you hear
Floyd | me? Hurr!" He stalks away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "gosh"
		Knight_Otu says, "We may want to undo that for now."
		DavidW says, "Actually, no."
		Knight_Otu says, "Oh."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get cup" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET CUP
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "No Cup-snatching level up?"
		DavidW says, "The library book told you they hired a guard to protect the gate that protects the protected bank, and the guy loves his fudge."
		Knight_Otu says, "It did, I guess."
		DavidW says, "You can go north and see the gate and talk to him if you like. No rush."
		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to ask if we should go further north."
		Jacqueline says, "I'm good with whatever."
		Knight_Otu says, "We do seem to be done here for now."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | A long granite wall surrounds the more elite section of the Odd
Floyd | Community. To the northwest, a massive gate has been erected to
Floyd | keep
Floyd | out rummer salesmen. The mess hall is south of here, and a small
Floyd | stone
Floyd | hut sits by the gate forlornly.
Floyd |
Floyd | A helmeted guard with a spear is here, standing at attention by the
Floyd | gate. The guard tips his helmet to you. "G'day traveler! Hurr, I be
Floyd | Moilan, and I'm in charge o' this gate before ya."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Ah. Hence the 'moi' bit?"
		DavidW asks, "hm?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "talkto moilan" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALKTO MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "talk to moilan" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TALK TO MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | You'll have to specify what you want to say.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard adjusts his helmet and straightens out his uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about gate" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT GATE
Floyd |
Floyd | "This 'ere be moi post! I can't let you in the gate without an
Floyd | invitation from Squiggy or Poont." Moilan chuckles. "Pretty 'ard
Floyd | considering they're dead."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about him" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT HIM
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan shrugs. "I don't know aboot that, so it must not be too
Floyd | important."
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard adjusts his helmet and straightens out his uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "When he stole the brownie he said 'You be getting away from moi' brownie,' and 'You be staying offa moi' lunch'"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about moilan" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan hits his chest with a fist. "That be me! Moilan at yer
Floyd | service."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, I see."
		Jacqueline says, "And I was trying to figure out if that was his accent or what."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about squiggy" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT SQUIGGY
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan nods. "Squiggy lived up in this end o' Nolava. 'e teleported
Floyd | into a wall one day, and we never heard aboot him since then."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about poont" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT POONT
Floyd |
Floyd | "Poont lived past this gate. Blew up though." Moilan tries not to
Floyd | laugh. "Sad indeed, but kinda funny. Hurr!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine asks, "Hm, if we ask him multiple times about himself, will he eventually knock himself out by punching his own chest?"
		DavidW says, "Never tried that."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about moilan" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan hits his chest with a fist. "That be me! Moilan at yer
Floyd | service."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about moilan" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan hits his chest with a fist. "That be me! Moilan at yer
Floyd | service."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about moilan" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT MOILAN
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan hits his chest with a fist. "That be me! Moilan at yer
Floyd | service."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I suspect no."
		DavidW says, "Seriously, that won't work."
		Peregrine says, "I didn't think it would."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about leonine" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT LEONINE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Hurr, Leonine is a funny old man... he's the only one I ever see
Floyd | down
Floyd | here anymore. Sometimes he brings me food!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I don't think that'll work, but that's one of the reasons I like playing with y'all. I would never think to even try that."
		DavidW says, "I like the thinking, though."
		DavidW says, "yeah, ditto what Jacqueline said"
Peregrine..DavidW Maybe I will make a puzzle game where you have to take advantage of the mechanical behavior of the NPCs 		Peregrine says (to DavidW), "Maybe I will make a puzzle game where you have to take advantage of the mechanical behavior of the NPCs"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about fudge" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT FUDGE
Floyd |
Floyd | "Ahh, fudge! It be moi favourite treat...although it gets harder to
Floyd | find down in this 'ere volcano."
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Peregrine), "I'm sure that *has* been done, but I don't remember a specific example."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ask moilan about nolava" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ASK MOILAN ABOUT NOLAVA
Floyd |
Floyd | "You be standin' in it, ya loon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "Nice guy, this one."
		Knight_Otu says, "Doesn't mean I know anything about it, Moilan."
		Jacqueline asks, "What if *we* hit his chest?"
		Jacqueline says, "(Kidding)"
		DavidW says, "oh, he's a nice guy, yes. But he's also a guard, so he'll get his just desserts."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x stone" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The hut lacks the grandiloquence of the gate which it stands next
Floyd | too.
Floyd | There are no windows, just a plain wooden door on the front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x door" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOOR
Floyd |
Floyd | The hut lacks the grandiloquence of the gate which it stands next
Floyd | too.
Floyd | There are no windows, just a plain wooden door on the front.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to DW), "He already got our dessert."
		Peregrine says, "aw"
		DavidW says, "Maybe there's more."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | North Gate
Floyd | A long granite wall surrounds the more elite section of the Odd
Floyd | Community. To the northwest, a massive gate has been erected to
Floyd | keep
Floyd | out rummer salesmen. The mess hall is south of here, and a small
Floyd | stone
Floyd | hut sits by the gate forlornly.
Floyd |
Floyd | Moilan is here, standing at attention by the gate.
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard adjusts his helmet and straightens out his uniform.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine exclaims, "We will acquire ALL the desserts!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "in" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > IN
Floyd |
Floyd | The mess hall is south and a gate lies to the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "enter hut" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ENTER HUT
Floyd |
Floyd | Which do you mean, the stone hut or the bronze plaque on hut?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "stone" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > STONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The guard waves you away. "Hurr! Offa me hoose, ya loon!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Okay, okay."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  North Gate                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The plaque resembles others scattered throughout the community.
Floyd |
Floyd | NORTH GATE
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #048
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "I think we're mostly done here for now."
		DavidW says, "mmhm"
		Knight_Otu says, "(We'll be back, of course.)"
		DavidW says, "Go a different direction from the center of the volcano, I guess."
		DavidW says (to Knight), "Of course."
		Knight_Otu says, "That was the plan, yes."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Mess Hall                                 Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Mess Hall
Floyd | You are standing in a long room, empty except for a wooden table in
Floyd | the center. Doorways lead back out to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd | You follow the dirt path back to the center of the community...
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of Volcano
Floyd | You stand in the center of a small community built inside a dormant
Floyd | volcano. High above you, the mouth of the volcano allows a view of
Floyd | the
Floyd | outside sky and the occasional birds in flight.A paved road runs
Floyd | from
Floyd | the southwest to the east and a small well-manicured park is to the
Floyd | south. A dirt path crosses the paved one from the north and goes to
Floyd | the southeast. To the west, stands a small granite building with a
Floyd | bronze plaque by its doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Sunlight peeks past the clouds to shine into the volcano.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Still dawn."
		Knight_Otu says, "So we still have southeast, southwest, and east, if I mapped correctly."
		DavidW says, "Sounds right."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Any preferences?"
		Jacqueline asks, "e?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Courtyard
Floyd | The western path ends between a granite wall to the north and a
Floyd | two-story building to the east. A tasteful granite arch to the
Floyd | northeast leads into a courtyard which resembles a giant grassy
Floyd | checkerboard. The capstone of the archway bears a small bronze
Floyd | plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "you gotta visit it all eventually."
		Jacqueline says, "Hm. A few things to check out here."
		Knight_Otu says, "Sure, but we can't be in three rooms at once."
		DavidW says, "It's so nice that the plaques tell you what you're in for."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The bronze sign seems fairly new, showing no signs of weather
Floyd | deterioration.
Floyd |
Floyd | SECURITY MAZE
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #113
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "That's the lady's maze I guess?"
		DavidW says, "Yes"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 113 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 113 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #113 Security Maze: 9-R-07, Created as a result of Madame
Floyd | Fou-llama's
Floyd | distrust of visitors and broom peddlers. May cause problems with
Floyd | Code
Floyd | #114.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "arch" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > ARCH
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x arch" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ARCH
Floyd |
Floyd | Like many of the structures in the volcano, the archway in the wall
Floyd | is
Floyd | made from granite. In this case, finely-cut granite has been used
Floyd | in
Floyd | place of brick to form a corbeled arch.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x building" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BUILDING
Floyd |
Floyd | The building is constructed from some sort of blue glass, and
Floyd | probably
Floyd | shines brilliantly on days when the sun shines through the volcano
Floyd | opening. Over the entrance to the east, you see:
Floyd |
Floyd | OPERA HALL
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #101
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline goes to look up 'corbeled'
		Jacqueline says, "Dammit. Not initially helpful, dictionary... [adj] (of a structure) supported on corbels."
		Knight_Otu says, "I got sent from Alternate spelling of corbelled to having corbels to actual corbels."
		DavidW says, "Next, on Stephen Corbel,...."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. Okay. I've seen a picture now."
		Knight_Otu says, "I'm not quite sure I can visualize what the arch looks like from what I'm seeing, but maybe..."
		DavidW says, "If you do go in the maze, please save first."
		Knight_Otu says, "Right, like we're going into a maze deliberately at this point."
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "[LINK]"
		Jacqueline says (to KO), "heehee"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Courtyard
Floyd | The western path ends between a granite wall to the north and a
Floyd | two-story building to the east. A tasteful granite arch to the
Floyd | northeast leads into a courtyard which resembles a giant grassy
Floyd | checkerboard. The capstone of the archway bears a small bronze
Floyd | plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I've seen this group do more crazy things than head into a maze without prep."
		Knight_Otu says, "Picture seems to take a long time to load on my end."
		Jacqueline says, "oh"
		Jacqueline says, "darn"
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "I mean it's true, but still."
		Knight_Otu says, "There it is."
		DavidW says, "In the corbel arch, the bricks are all lying flat as in most walls."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, seeing it now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x wall" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | The wall is made of smooth grey granite. It seems fairly new, in
Floyd | respect to other works of architecture you have seen down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push wall" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH WALL
Floyd |
Floyd | You are unable to.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Makes sense. Fou-llama was the last to arrive."
		Knight_Otu says, "True, but from the manual, there was still quite some time before the builder died."
		Knight_Otu says, "To the opera? Let's hope it doesn't have another opera pit though."
		DavidW says, "It's safe."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Opera Hall
Floyd | Every step you take serves to showcase the wonderful acoustics in
Floyd | this
Floyd | building. The ceiling is a full two stories above you and the room
Floyd | is
Floyd | brighter than normal because of its blue glass walls. Beyond the
Floyd | seats, you see a small semicircular stage with a xylophone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the xylophone sits a monstrous leather-bound book mounted
Floyd | on a
Floyd | stand, open to a page in the middle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "oooh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x book" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the practice book)
Floyd | Across the top of each page, the title has been printed in small
Floyd | fancy
Floyd | letters: "The Well-Tampered Xylophone - A Collection of
Floyd | Twelve-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Seventy-Four Etudes in Each of
Floyd | Twenty-Five
Floyd | Major and Minor Keys". The current page looks to be fairly
Floyd | difficult,
Floyd | especially for a non-keyboardist like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I forget this book, but I bet you can't carry this one."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Across the top of each page, the title has been printed in small
Floyd | fancy
Floyd | letters: "The Well-Tampered Xylophone - A Collection of
Floyd | Twelve-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Seventy-Four Etudes in Each of
Floyd | Twenty-Five
Floyd | Major and Minor Keys". The current page looks to be fairly
Floyd | difficult,
Floyd | especially for a non-keyboardist like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Peregrine says, "Haha, a parody of the Well-Tempered Clavier"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x xylophone" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X XYLOPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The xylophone seems to be constructed from baleens. It is highly
Floyd | polished and there are a pair of mallets hanging off the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x mallets" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MALLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The xylophone seems to be constructed from baleens. It is highly
Floyd | polished and there are a pair of mallets hanging off the side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play xylophone" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY XYLOPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the mallets and play a fairly decent scale.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | As soon as you have finished "Ode to a Duck", a duck appears in
Floyd | front
Floyd | of you.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quack!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play xylophone" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY XYLOPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | You pick up the mallets and play a fairly decent scale.
Floyd |
Floyd | "Quack!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "hunh"
		Jacqueline says, "QUACK"
		Jacqueline says, "There was a duck outside my window, and he sounded like he was laughing. It made me smile."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "duck, play xylophone" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DUCK, PLAY XYLOPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The duck just blinks and continues looking around.
Floyd |
Floyd | In a cloud of dust, the duck flaps into the air and leaves the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read practice" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ PRACTICE
Floyd |
Floyd | Across the top of each page, the title has been printed in small
Floyd | fancy
Floyd | letters: "The Well-Tampered Xylophone - A Collection of
Floyd | Twelve-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Seventy-Four Etudes in Each of
Floyd | Twenty-Five
Floyd | Major and Minor Keys". The current page looks to be fairly
Floyd | difficult,
Floyd | especially for a non-keyboardist like yourself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "close book" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLOSE BOOK
Floyd |
Floyd | (the practice book)
Floyd | You have a feeling that if you closed the book, you'd never be able
Floyd | to
Floyd | open it again.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | It would take a horse and cart to even consider moving that book.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Finney was the orchestra master, I believe? Was he a giant?"
		DavidW says, "He's a normal dude."
		DavidW says, "well, normal for the Odd Community."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we are a scrawny bard then."
		DavidW says, "It's weird you guys keep saying 'bard'. The game never uses that term."
		Knight_Otu says, "True, true."
		Knight_Otu says, "It's shorter than musician or trumpeteer though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling has been designed for maximum acoustical effect.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x walls" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WALLS
Floyd |
Floyd | The walls of the building are made of some sort bluish glass. Light
Floyd | shines through freely.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x seats" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SEATS
Floyd |
Floyd | Despite the grandeur of the opera hall, there are only enough seats
Floyd | for twelve people. This is, after all, a very small community.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "And the twelve seats were overshooting it."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Opera Hall
Floyd | Every step you take serves to showcase the wonderful acoustics in
Floyd | this
Floyd | building. The ceiling is a full two stories above you and the room
Floyd | is
Floyd | brighter than normal because of its blue glass walls. Beyond the
Floyd | seats, you see a small semicircular stage with a xylophone.
Floyd |
Floyd | Next to the xylophone sits a monstrous leather-bound book mounted
Floyd | on a
Floyd | stand, open to a page in the middle.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get xylophone" 		

Floyd ]  Opera Hall                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET XYLOPHONE
Floyd |
Floyd | The xylophone is too big to be porting about and there are no
Floyd | wheels
Floyd | to roll it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I think you've done all you can here for now."
		Knight_Otu says, "Okay. I think... right."
		Knight_Otu says, "So back to the center of the volcano for now."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Outside Courtyard                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Outside Courtyard
Floyd | The western path ends between a granite wall to the north and a
Floyd | two-story building to the east. A tasteful granite arch to the
Floyd | northeast leads into a courtyard which resembles a giant grassy
Floyd | checkerboard. The capstone of the archway bears a small bronze
Floyd | plaque.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Center of Volcano                         Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Center of Volcano
Floyd | You stand in the center of a small community built inside a dormant
Floyd | volcano. High above you, the mouth of the volcano allows a view of
Floyd | the
Floyd | outside sky and the occasional birds in flight.A paved road runs
Floyd | from
Floyd | the southwest to the east and a small well-manicured park is to the
Floyd | south. A dirt path crosses the paved one from the north and goes to
Floyd | the southeast. To the west, stands a small granite building with a
Floyd | bronze plaque by its doorway.
Floyd |
Floyd | Clouds cross over the mouth of the volcano, casting shadows for a
Floyd | moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Southwest and southeast remain."
		DavidW says, "The southern paths join up at the south end, if that helps. It's a loop."
		Knight_Otu says, "Thanks."
		Jacqueline asks, "Ah. So doesn't matter which one we take?"
		DavidW says, "Not really."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess southwest is mentioned first."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Paved Road                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Paved Road
Floyd | A well-maintained road threads across the barren floor of the
Floyd | volcano,
Floyd | running roughly northeast to west. The road is probably wide enough
Floyd | for three camels to travel side by side.
Floyd |
Floyd | A small puzzle piece sits in the road, blown in by the wind and
Floyd | forgotten.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "The library was southeast so southwest is the only way you haven't gone yet."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Wasn't library lane south?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x puzzle" 		

Floyd ]  Paved Road                                Score: 7
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PUZZLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The heavy 3 by 3 inch puzzle piece fits in the palm of your hand.
Floyd | One
Floyd | side of the piece is plain paperboard, but the other side seems to
Floyd | depict an epic struggle between man and beast in an extremely dark
Floyd | room. So dark, in fact, that it's anyone's guess as to what is
Floyd | really
Floyd | happening.
Floyd |
Floyd |      *****
Floyd |      *****
Floyd |     ******
Floyd |      *****
Floyd |      *****
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh. I misremembered, then."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Paved Road                                Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You have just gained a point for Piece Collecting.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "So the southwest and south paths join up and southeast must be to somewhere else. Thanks."
		Peregrine says, "We're beginning to *piece* things together now"
		Knight_Otu says, "Heh."
		DavidW says, "I think the piece was inspired by Jigsaw."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x road" 		

Floyd ]  Paved Road                                Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ROAD
Floyd |
Floyd | The road is kept in good condition, although it does not seem to
Floyd | have
Floyd | much traffic these days.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Or ever had much traffic to begin with."
		Jacqueline nods.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Finney's House
Floyd | You stand at the front of a fairly large white house. The doorway
Floyd | stands open to the southwest and a bronze plaque hangs next to it.
Floyd | A
Floyd | paved road leads away from the house to the east. All around the
Floyd | house, tall mountains of rock loom in the air, and a narrow path
Floyd | runs
Floyd | around the house to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Northeast of a white house."
		Jacqueline says, "With an open front door"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x house" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HOUSE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a beautiful colonial house which is painted white. It is
Floyd | clear
Floyd | that the owner must have been quite wealthy.The front doorway
Floyd | stands
Floyd | open to the southwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "No comment."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x mountains" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MOUNTAINS
Floyd |
Floyd | Jagged teeth of granite project from the volcano floor carving the
Floyd | area into numerous valleys.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says (to KO), "Open the mailbox and read the leaflet."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open mailbox" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN MAILBOX
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "NO!"
		Jacqueline laughs.
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x plaque" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X PLAQUE
Floyd |
Floyd | FINNEY'S HOUSE
Floyd | Nolava Odd Community
Floyd | Building Code #030
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 30 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 30 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #030 Finney's House: 3-A-05, Made a house to the southwest for
Floyd | Leonine's colleague Finney, a musician and scholar, and still quite
Floyd | odd.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 31 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 31 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #031 Finney's Pond: 3-B-05, Built a fish pond to elevate the social
Floyd | status of Finney's House. Quite useless since he spends most of his
Floyd | time indoors.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 32 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 32 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #032 Puzzle: 3-C-05, Fashioned a puzzle for Finney to play with,
Floyd | since
Floyd | he was bored and disrupting my work.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "There's the puzzle. But what was his fiendish defense?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 33 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 33 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #033 Finney's Security System: 3-D-05, Installed a security system
Floyd | because of Finney's distrust of travelers (even though there
Floyd | haven't
Floyd | been any so far).
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you'll see."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 34 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 34 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #034 Xylophone: 3-G-05, Constructed from whale baleens to meet the
Floyd | specifications set forth by Finney. Had to let him come get it
Floyd | since I
Floyd | couldn't get it past the security system.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 35 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 35 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #035 Frog Statue: 3-H-05, Fashioned a giant froggie statue out of
Floyd | leftover granite and showcased it in the Southern Plaza.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Was that the one that needed the key?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 36 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 36 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #036 Fly Statue: 3-I-05, Made a fly statue to hang over the froggie
Floyd | statue. Accidently made it too heavy, causing it to break its
Floyd | supports
Floyd | and crash to the ground, cracking up the froggie too.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "no, someone else"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look up 37 in manual" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UP 37 IN MANUAL
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the manual looking for the correct entry...
Floyd |
Floyd | #037 Neo-Wonk Sculpture: 3-J-05, Tossed a few spare support bars
Floyd | into
Floyd | the statue mess and called it art.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf2" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "Do we dare trespass?"
		DavidW says, "It won't kill you immediately."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | You abruptly hit an invisible barrier in the doorway. From some
Floyd | unseen
Floyd | location, a hollow voice speaks, "Warning! This house is protected
Floyd | by
Floyd | a grumganer system! You may not take any possessions through this
Floyd | doorway from either side. If you persist in doing so, you will be
Floyd | grumganed!"
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Oh no, not grumganing!"
		Jacqueline says, "Ah. Drop our stuff."
		DavidW says, "Spoiler: You do not want to be grumganed."
		DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "Excellent idea."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can look it up in the library."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drop all" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | black puzzle piece: Dropped.
Floyd | empty metal cup: Dropped.
Floyd | Building Codes manual: Dropped.
Floyd | Timeline pamphlet: Dropped.
Floyd | trumpet: Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "alright, naked household"
		Knight_Otu says, "I was about to ask if we needed to strip."
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
		Jacqueline says, "Let's go..."
		DavidW says, "Not in this game."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | A slight tickle at your neck is all that you feel as you step
Floyd | through
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer of Finney's house is very majestic in scope. The ceiling
Floyd | is
Floyd | a full two stories above you, and the entire room is bathed in
Floyd | natural
Floyd | light from a single window high up on the east wall. A massive
Floyd | Osienthal rug covers most of the floor, and a small endtable sits
Floyd | in
Floyd | one corner. To the northeast is the doorway, and more of the house
Floyd | can
Floyd | be seen to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "wait let's try throwing things through"
		Knight_Otu says, "Hrm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "look under rug" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LOOK UNDER RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Overcome by a strange urge, you roll the rug aside and look
Floyd | underneath. The floor below is nondescript and completely normal.
Floyd | You
Floyd | roll the rug back to its original position.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x endtable" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X ENDTABLE
Floyd |
Floyd | The endtable looks to be more for decoration than utility.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | A slight tickle at your neck is all that you feel as you step
Floyd | through
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finney's House
Floyd | You stand at the front of a fairly large white house. The doorway
Floyd | stands open to the southwest and a bronze plaque hangs next to it.
Floyd | A
Floyd | paved road leads away from the house to the east. All around the
Floyd | house, tall mountains of rock loom in the air, and a narrow path
Floyd | runs
Floyd | around the house to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trumpet, a Timeline pamphlet, a Building Codes
Floyd | manual,
Floyd | an empty metal cup and a black puzzle piece here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "throw puzzle sw" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > THROW PUZZLE SW
Floyd |
Floyd | I only understood you as far as wanting to throw the black puzzle
Floyd | piece.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No throwing into directions it seems."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying nothing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "sw" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SW
Floyd |
Floyd | A slight tickle at your neck is all that you feel as you step
Floyd | through
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer of Finney's house is very majestic in scope. The ceiling
Floyd | is
Floyd | a full two stories above you, and the entire room is bathed in
Floyd | natural
Floyd | light from a single window high up on the east wall. A massive
Floyd | Osienthal rug covers most of the floor, and a small endtable sits
Floyd | in
Floyd | one corner. To the northeast is the doorway, and more of the house
Floyd | can
Floyd | be seen to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The open window is very high up on the wall, close to the ceiling.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | Like most Osienthal rugs, this particular one is a multi-weave of
Floyd | earth tones, composing a surface which is not only aesthetically
Floyd | pleasing, but also good at hiding dirt.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "maybe we can put the rug in the doorway and place/pull things through on it"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x ceiling" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X CEILING
Floyd |
Floyd | The ceiling is two stories above you, giving the room a very open
Floyd | feel.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Because the rug isn't a thing?"
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah, I suspect that isn't going to cut it."
		Roger says, "well not a thing we are carrying"
		Roger says, "but I'm fine with looting house first"
		DavidW says, "I know what can cut a rug! :dances a jig:"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cut rug" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > CUT RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't cut the rug with your bare hands.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu asks, "West?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "w" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > W
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Hallway
Floyd | You stand at the foot of a grand double staircase which leads up to
Floyd | the second floor. The centerpiece of this room is a granite statue
Floyd | of
Floyd | Finney, which looks across the room from its proud pose. A smaller
Floyd | doorway is to the southeast and the entrance to the house is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue depicts a portly mustachioed gentleman in foppish
Floyd | clothing.
Floyd | He carries a pair of keyboard mallets in one hand and smiles
Floyd | benevolently. At the base of the statue, "FINNEY, MASTER
Floyd | XYLOPHONIST
Floyd | IN ALL TWENTY-FOUR KEYS" is etched.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hang on."
		Knight_Otu says, "The tome spoke of 25 keys."
		DavidW asks, "Golly. Did it really?"
		Roger says, "well he was really bad in one of them"
		Jacqueline says, "Yeah"
		DavidW says, "I wonder if it means anything."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x mallets" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X MALLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | The arm of the statue carries a granite pair of keyboard mallets,
Floyd | frozen in time as if downbeat is imminent.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, probably not. (Kidding.)"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get them" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see "them" (the mountains of rocks) at the moment.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get mallets" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET MALLETS
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't seem to remove the arm or the granite mallets from the
Floyd | rest
Floyd | of the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "push/pull/turn arm?"
		Knight_Otu exclaims, "Psst!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "turn arm" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TURN ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on the statue's arm but it does not budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push arm" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on the statue's arm but it does not budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pull arm" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL ARM
Floyd |
Floyd | You tug on the statue's arm but it does not budge.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "push statue" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUSH STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue cannot be moved; it is too heavy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Roger says, "this dude cannot be disarmed"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x staircase" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAIRCASE
Floyd |
Floyd | The staircase is very artistically designed, with two separate
Floyd | flights
Floyd | on either side of the statue meeting at a landing on the second
Floyd | floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "But we have such a disarming personality!"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x doorway" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DOORWAY
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search statue" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | You discover nothing unusual about the statue.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "se or up, I think."
		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah. I'd say se before up."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | You stand in a cluttered woodworking shop whose only exit is to the
Floyd | northwest. All around the room you see various half-completed
Floyd | shapes
Floyd | carved from wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | A squat metal device sits on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x shapes" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHAPES
Floyd |
Floyd | It would seem that Finney was quite a talented and prolific
Floyd | woodcarver, but it would also seem that he was not very good at
Floyd | finishing his projects. Half-formed carvings and sculptures take up
Floyd | most of the available space in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search them" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH THEM
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer underneath a few sculptures but don't find anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x device" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DEVICE
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a squat metal device sitting in the center of the workshop.
Floyd | The
Floyd | surface is unmarked and the only noticeable feature are two
Floyd | adjacent
Floyd | slots on top, one white and one black.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm. We want the black puzzle piece here, I bet."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Though small, the device is much heavier than it first appears. You
Floyd | can't move it more than a few inches to either side.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Not much else we can do here yet, I think."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Hallway
Floyd | You stand at the foot of a grand double staircase which leads up to
Floyd | the second floor. The centerpiece of this room is a granite statue
Floyd | of
Floyd | Finney, which looks across the room from its proud pose. A smaller
Floyd | doorway is to the southeast and the entrance to the house is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you could search the wood."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Corridor
Floyd | The two flights of the double staircase meet here at a balcony
Floyd | which
Floyd | overlooks the first floor of the house. Matching doorways lead
Floyd | southeast and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x balcony" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X BALCONY
Floyd |
Floyd | The balcony is about twenty feet across and looks out over the
Floyd | statue
Floyd | on the first floor.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x statue" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STATUE
Floyd |
Floyd | The statue at the bottom of the stairs. You should probably go
Floyd | downstairs if you want to get a closer look.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "> drop duck on statue"
		Knight_Otu says, "Perspective shift yielded no info."
		Knight_Otu says (to David), "Well, without our trumpet, that's kind of hard at the moment."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Balcony perspective shifts work best on floor mosaics."
		Knight_Otu says, "Can't see the window from here."
		Knight_Otu says, "I don't think there's one here."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Can't spy the foyer from here."
		Knight_Otu says, "So we have south and southeast."
		DavidW says, "maybe from one of the other upstairs rooms."
		Knight_Otu says, "Possibly."
		Knight_Otu asks, "Any preferences for the first direction?"
		DavidW says, "nope"
		Jacqueline says, "You pick"
		DavidW says, "logically, they ought to be bedroom and bathroom, but they probably aren't."
		Knight_Otu asks, "When are they ever?"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Music Salon
Floyd | This room is small, but acoustically significant. The ceiling has
Floyd | been
Floyd | shaped to provide for the maximum benefit of the small ensembles
Floyd | which
Floyd | must have played here at one time, and even the smallest sound
Floyd | provides a rich timbre here. A Grandunk piano sits in the center of
Floyd | the room, just waiting to be played. There are no windows here, but
Floyd | a
Floyd | doorway in the back of the room leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | Someone has left a piece called "Lively Jig" on the music stand in
Floyd | the
Floyd | corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Explicit lack of windows."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x jig" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X JIG
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lively Jig
Floyd | Induces dancing in animate creatures
Floyd |
Floyd | This piece is quite long; it's two pages in length with numerous
Floyd | repeats and other markings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lively Jig
Floyd | Induces dancing in animate creatures
Floyd |
Floyd | This piece is quite long; it's two pages in length with numerous
Floyd | repeats and other markings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "learn it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEARN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You need to be holding the music to memorize it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "learn it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEARN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You diligently study the piece in hopes of memorizing it, but it's
Floyd | just too long. Before you are two-thirds of the way through it,
Floyd | you've
Floyd | forgotten the first melody.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "I know those feels."
		Roger says, "awww yeah gonna get jiggy wid it"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drop jig" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP JIG
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play piano" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You noodle a bit on the keys, but two-handed playing skills have
Floyd | always eluded you. A couple of the notes sound tinny, as if
Floyd | something
Floyd | is interfering with the movement of the strings.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | The piano is a very expensive model, coated in a sleek black
Floyd | material
Floyd | that doesn't inhibit its resonance. Eighty-eight polished keys sit
Floyd | elegantly in the keyboard, hinting at infinite musical
Floyd | possibilities.
Floyd | The piano's lid is closed.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oo, open lid"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 8
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You raise the lid of the piano, revealing the strings inside.
Floyd | Tucked
Floyd | underneath the middle C string is a light puzzle piece. How could
Floyd | that
Floyd | have fallen in there?
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get puzzle" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET PUZZLE
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | [You have just gained a point for Finding Something in an Illogical
Floyd | Location.]
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "hee"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X IT
Floyd |
Floyd | One side of the piece is plain paperboard, but the other side shows
Floyd | a
Floyd | vivid depiction of a blindingly white snowstorm. Or perhaps the
Floyd | artist
Floyd | just forgot to paint anything.
Floyd |
Floyd |      OOOOOO
Floyd |      OOOOOO
Floyd |      OOOOO
Floyd |      OOOOOO
Floyd |      OOOOOO
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Please. I found a fork in one piano and a photo in another."
		Knight_Otu says, "So there's the white piece, presumably for that device downstairs."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Music Salon
Floyd | This room is small, but acoustically significant. The ceiling has
Floyd | been
Floyd | shaped to provide for the maximum benefit of the small ensembles
Floyd | which
Floyd | must have played here at one time, and even the smallest sound
Floyd | provides a rich timbre here. A Grandunk piano sits in the center of
Floyd | the room, just waiting to be played. There are no windows here, but
Floyd | a
Floyd | doorway in the back of the room leads north.
Floyd |

		Roger says, "and a Nazi travelling papers this one time"

Floyd | A metal stand is in the corner of the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can also see "Lively Jig" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x stand" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | It is a standard black metal stand sitting in the corner of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Oh, we can move this."
		Knight_Otu says, "Let's not forget we have it when we go out."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Corridor
Floyd | The two flights of the double staircase meet here at a balcony
Floyd | which
Floyd | overlooks the first floor of the house. Matching doorways lead
Floyd | southeast and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I just realized the puzzle pieces are more based on Graham Nelson's Jigsaw than I thought. One is black, the other is white, and the two main characters in Jigsaw are Black and White."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The study is a richly furnished room where Finney must have spent
Floyd | many
Floyd | of his days. A mahogany bookshelf fills up the entire north wall,
Floyd | its
Floyd | shelves lined with all manner of books and treatises. A round
Floyd | window
Floyd | is set in the east wall and Finney's writing desk sits in the
Floyd | center
Floyd | of the room, nestled in a wide array of furniture. The only exit is
Floyd | to
Floyd | the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | On the writing desk is a piece of sheet music titled "Heavy Heart".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window is about the size of a Piddle ball and looks to be used
Floyd | for
Floyd | air circulation in the room. It overlooks the foyer downstairs.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "open it" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > OPEN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | There is no pane in the window, it is completely open already.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x foyer" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FOYER
Floyd |
Floyd | The foyer can be seen out the round window. You can also see an
Floyd | outer
Floyd | window in the foyer.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x outer window" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X OUTER WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | From here, you can see the window high up in the foyer. It is
Floyd | almost
Floyd | directly across from the round study window. A fresh breeze blows
Floyd | in
Floyd | from the outside.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Hm."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x rug" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X RUG
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't see any such thing.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "No rugged message down there."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x desk" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The writing desk is slightly slanted and sits in the middle of the
Floyd | room.On top of the desk, you see a piece of sheet music titled
Floyd | "Heavy
Floyd | Heart".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x heart" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X HEART
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Heavy Heart
Floyd | Increases the force of gravity
Floyd |
Floyd | This piece is a hand-printed copy and was probably written by
Floyd | Finney
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Heavy Heart
Floyd | Increases the force of gravity
Floyd |
Floyd | This piece is a hand-printed copy and was probably written by
Floyd | Finney
Floyd | himself.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get it" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "learn it" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > LEARN IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You diligently commit the song to memory and then tuck the music
Floyd | away.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "learn it?"
		DavidW says, "yay"
		Jacqueline says, "yay"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "spells" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SPELLS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu exclaims, "New spell!"
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "music" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > MUSIC
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
DavidW says (to ClubFloyd), "memory" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > MEMORY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline says, "So maybe that one that we can't learn just needs to be played right there."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "melodies" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > MELODIES
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "melody" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > MELODY
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "songs" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SONGS
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "hmph. You'd think there'd be a way to list them."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "song" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SONG
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search desk" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH DESK
Floyd |
Floyd | The writing desk is slightly slanted and sits in the middle of the
Floyd | room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x shelves" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X SHELVES
Floyd |
Floyd | The bookcase houses a gargantuan collection of books and treatises.
Floyd | Everything from "My Cat Doth Went a Walking" to "Yodelus Eggplant
Floyd | Looks Into the Tuba" can be found on the shelves. However, the only
Floyd | book of interest is a compact book entitled, "Finney's Music
Floyd | Dictionary".
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "I know you get a menu when you 'play trumpet' though."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x dictionary" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X DICTIONARY
Floyd |
Floyd | The dictionary is quite small, as if the author never got around to
Floyd | completing it.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, another book"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "read it" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > READ IT
Floyd |
Floyd | You thumb through the book to find that only a few pages have
Floyd | entries
Floyd | on them...
Floyd |
Floyd | To The Reader: It is my humble hope that this will one day be a
Floyd | definitive dictionary of music, preferably with a nice big number
Floyd | in
Floyd | front, perhaps "Finney's Book of Nine Billion, Eighty-Four
Floyd | Definitions
Floyd | of Music for the Layman", or maybe Infinite if I can write that
Floyd | much,
Floyd | but anyhow, I digress...
Floyd |
Floyd | Cadence: The musical chords which outline a final resting point in
Floyd | a
Floyd | song. Personally I think cadences make music far too predictable so
Floyd | I
Floyd | usually only use one. And actually, in fifteen of my thirty-seven
Floyd | "Studies Only Using the Note F" I forwent a cadence entirely!
Floyd |
Floyd | Embouchure: To people who play brass instruments, like the trumpet
Floyd | and
Floyd | tuba, the embouchure is the area of the lips that play into the
Floyd | mouthpiece. People with stronger embouchures have more playing
Floyd | endurance and can play difficult passages with ease.
Floyd |
Floyd | Key: The tonal level of a piece of music. There are twelve major
Floyd | keys
Floyd | starting on each of twelve pitches between A and G. The major keys
Floyd | are
Floyd | the happy ones! There are also twelve minor keys, which start on
Floyd | the
Floyd | same pitches, for a grand total of 24 keys. Personally I like the
Floyd | keys
Floyd | of Ab minor and D major.
Floyd |
Floyd | Overtones: These are the natural tones that are produced at various
Floyd | intervals over the pitch being playing. Though you can't always
Floyd | hear
Floyd | them enough to label them, they give every instrument a unique
Floyd | timbre.
Floyd |
Floyd | Transposition: This is the act of taking a piece of music written
Floyd | in
Floyd | one key and rewriting it in a different key. One time, as an
Floyd | exercise,
Floyd | I transposed all four thousand of my G major sonatas to C# major.
Floyd | There isn't much to do down here.
Floyd |
Floyd | Tritone: Also known as the augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Floyd | The
Floyd | interval of notes that is the exact one half of an octave in the
Floyd | standard system. To the ear, its sound is easily recognizable,
Floyd | although one cannot tell whether the interval is an augmented
Floyd | fourth
Floyd | or a diminished fifth, since the two are the same sounding pitch.
Floyd | An
Floyd | example tritone is C to F# (augmented fourth) or C to Gb
Floyd | (diminished
Floyd | fifth), both of which sound the same. I once tried to write a piece
Floyd | exclusively in tritones. However, I ran out of new notes in the
Floyd | second
Floyd | measure, and initial reactions to the twelve minute piece were not
Floyd | very good.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "transpose" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > TRANSPOSE
Floyd |
Floyd | That's not a verb I recognise.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline | There isn't much to do down here.
		Jacqueline says, "heh"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "l" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > L
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Study
Floyd | The study is a richly furnished room where Finney must have spent
Floyd | many
Floyd | of his days. A mahogany bookshelf fills up the entire north wall,
Floyd | its
Floyd | shelves lined with all manner of books and treatises. A round
Floyd | window
Floyd | is set in the east wall and Finney's writing desk sits in the
Floyd | center
Floyd | of the room, nestled in a wide array of furniture. The only exit is
Floyd | to
Floyd | the northwest.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x furniture" 		

Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X FURNITURE
Floyd |
Floyd | A wide array of stylish furniture decorates the study. Most of it
Floyd | is
Floyd | quite gaudy, if useless.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Jacqueline asks, "Remind me why, if they seem bored down here, why they're down here?"
		Jacqueline says, "I ask in the context of a pandemic where I am feeling not isolated enough..."
		DavidW says, "Finney isn't. He was one of those who left."
		Jacqueline says, "Ah."
		Knight_Otu asks, "So shall we try fitting the puzzle piece into the strange device?"
		DavidW says, "sure"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf3" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  Study                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Corridor
Floyd | The two flights of the double staircase meet here at a balcony
Floyd | which
Floyd | overlooks the first floor of the house. Matching doorways lead
Floyd | southeast and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Hallway
Floyd | You stand at the foot of a grand double staircase which leads up to
Floyd | the second floor. The centerpiece of this room is a granite statue
Floyd | of
Floyd | Finney, which looks across the room from its proud pose. A smaller
Floyd | doorway is to the southeast and the entrance to the house is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "It would help verify that is where it belongs."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | You stand in a cluttered woodworking shop whose only exit is to the
Floyd | northwest. All around the room you see various half-completed
Floyd | shapes
Floyd | carved from wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | A squat metal device sits on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "put puzzle in white slot" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PUT PUZZLE IN WHITE SLOT
Floyd |
Floyd | You place the puzzle piece in the white slot.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Seems to fit."
		DavidW says, "yup"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Hallway
Floyd | You stand at the foot of a grand double staircase which leads up to
Floyd | the second floor. The centerpiece of this room is a granite statue
Floyd | of
Floyd | Finney, which looks across the room from its proud pose. A smaller
Floyd | doorway is to the southeast and the entrance to the house is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "u" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > U
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Corridor
Floyd | The two flights of the double staircase meet here at a balcony
Floyd | which
Floyd | overlooks the first floor of the house. Matching doorways lead
Floyd | southeast and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Music Salon
Floyd | This room is small, but acoustically significant. The ceiling has
Floyd | been
Floyd | shaped to provide for the maximum benefit of the small ensembles
Floyd | which
Floyd | must have played here at one time, and even the smallest sound
Floyd | provides a rich timbre here. A Grandunk piano sits in the center of
Floyd | the room, just waiting to be played. There are no windows here, but
Floyd | a
Floyd | doorway in the back of the room leads north.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see "Lively Jig" here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play piano" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY PIANO
Floyd |
Floyd | You noodle a bit on the keys, but two-handed playing skills have
Floyd | always eluded you.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You can't play a song without your trumpet.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Right."
		DavidW says, "I think, unless you want to examine the wood in the workshop, you're done in this house for now. Make sure you drop everything before you leave."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "i" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > I
Floyd |
Floyd | You are carrying:
Floyd |   a music stand
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "drop stand" 		

Floyd ]  Music Salon                               Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > DROP STAND
Floyd |
Floyd | Dropped.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "n" 		

Floyd ]  Upstairs Corridor                         Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > N
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Upstairs Corridor
Floyd | The two flights of the double staircase meet here at a balcony
Floyd | which
Floyd | overlooks the first floor of the house. Matching doorways lead
Floyd | southeast and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "d" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > D
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Hallway
Floyd | You stand at the foot of a grand double staircase which leads up to
Floyd | the second floor. The centerpiece of this room is a granite statue
Floyd | of
Floyd | Finney, which looks across the room from its proud pose. A smaller
Floyd | doorway is to the southeast and the entrance to the house is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "se" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SE
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Workshop
Floyd | You stand in a cluttered woodworking shop whose only exit is to the
Floyd | northwest. All around the room you see various half-completed
Floyd | shapes
Floyd | carved from wood.
Floyd |
Floyd | A squat metal device sits on the floor here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x wood" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | It would seem that Finney was quite a talented and prolific
Floyd | woodcarver, but it would also seem that he was not very good at
Floyd | finishing his projects. Half-formed carvings and sculptures take up
Floyd | most of the available space in the room.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search it" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH IT
Floyd |
Floyd | Other than the two adjacent slots, the device is unspectacular.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "search wood" 		

Floyd ]  Workshop                                  Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > SEARCH WOOD
Floyd |
Floyd | You peer underneath a few sculptures but don't find anything.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "nw" 		

Floyd ]  Lower Hallway                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NW
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Lower Hallway
Floyd | You stand at the foot of a grand double staircase which leads up to
Floyd | the second floor. The centerpiece of this room is a granite statue
Floyd | of
Floyd | Finney, which looks across the room from its proud pose. A smaller
Floyd | doorway is to the southeast and the entrance to the house is east.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | Foyer
Floyd | The foyer of Finney's house is very majestic in scope. The ceiling
Floyd | is
Floyd | a full two stories above you, and the entire room is bathed in
Floyd | natural
Floyd | light from a single window high up on the east wall. A massive
Floyd | Osienthal rug covers most of the floor, and a small endtable sits
Floyd | in
Floyd | one corner. To the northeast is the doorway, and more of the house
Floyd | can
Floyd | be seen to the west.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "e" 		

Floyd ]  Foyer                                     Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > E
Floyd |
Floyd | The only exits here are west and northeast.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "ne" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > NE
Floyd |
Floyd | A slight tickle at your neck is all that you feel as you step
Floyd | through
Floyd | the door.
Floyd |
Floyd | Finney's House
Floyd | You stand at the front of a fairly large white house. The doorway
Floyd | stands open to the southwest and a bronze plaque hangs next to it.
Floyd | A
Floyd | paved road leads away from the house to the east. All around the
Floyd | house, tall mountains of rock loom in the air, and a narrow path
Floyd | runs
Floyd | around the house to the south.
Floyd |
Floyd | You can see a trumpet, a Timeline pamphlet, a Building Codes
Floyd | manual,
Floyd | an empty metal cup and a black puzzle piece here.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "get all" 		

Floyd ]  Finney's House                            Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > GET ALL
Floyd |
Floyd | trumpet: Taken.
Floyd | Timeline pamphlet: Taken.
Floyd | Building Codes manual: Taken.
Floyd | empty metal cup: Taken.
Floyd | black puzzle piece: Taken.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		Knight_Otu says, "Next stop, south."
		DavidW says, "okay"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "s" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > S
Floyd |
Floyd |
Floyd | East of House
Floyd | You are facing the east side of a white house. There is no door
Floyd | here,
Floyd | and the sole window is not boarded up, although it is on the second
Floyd | floor. A path runs alongside the house to the north and south.
Floyd |
Floyd | A Y-shaped tree stands about twenty feet from the house, stunted
Floyd | and
Floyd | twisted from lack of nutrients.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x tree" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree stands almost five feet tall and looks decidedly
Floyd | unhealthy.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "SAVE" 		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cf4" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:
Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "climb tree" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > CLIMB TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree creaks alarmingly under your weight and you quickly shimmy
Floyd | back down.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW asks, "Y tree? Y?"
		Knight_Otu asks, "Are we going to slingshot ourselves through the window, I wonder?"
		Jacqueline says, "eep"
		Knight_Otu says, "(Not actually asking.)"
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "x window" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > X WINDOW
Floyd |
Floyd | The window is high up on the second floor of the house. Someone
Floyd | seems
Floyd | to have left it open.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "*We* can use the normal front doorway, thank you."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "pull tree" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PULL TREE
Floyd |
Floyd | The tree sways back and forth.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "Feel free to fling any armadillos, though, if you find any."
		Jacqueline says, "Sigh - folks, I'm sorry, but we're at the two hour mark and I gotta step away."
		DavidW says, "drat."
		Knight_Otu says, "I guess we can stop here."
		DavidW says, "yeah."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "save" 		

Floyd | >
Floyd | > SAVE
Floyd | %% Enter a save filename to write:

		Jacqueline says, "Y'all can keep going if you'd like."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "cfa4ytree" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd | Ok.
Floyd |
Floyd | >

		DavidW says, "oh, you can try that new song on the trumpet, at least"
		DavidW says, "Heavy Heart."
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "play trumpet" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | > PLAY TRUMPET
Floyd |
Floyd | You bring up your trumpet. What would you like to play?
Floyd |    (O) Ode to a Duck: Summons a duck
Floyd |    (H) Heavy Heart: Increases the force of gravity
Floyd |    (X) None

		
Knight_Otu says (to ClubFloyd), "h" 		

Floyd ]  East of House                             Score: 9
Floyd | Dawn
Floyd |
Floyd | The threnody seems to weigh upon your soul, but no physical effects
Floyd | can be seen.
Floyd |
Floyd | >